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If you want to fire up your 120-inch screen with a voice command like “Alexa, turn on the projector,” Optoma’s newest effort is at your beck and call. When it goes on sale in April for $1,700 (roughly converting to £1,240 in the UK and AU$2,150 in Australia), the UHD51A will be the first projector …

When I first heard about LG Display’s 65-inch rollable OLED TV, I pictured something you’d take home from the poster store: a long tube you could tote around and unfurl wherever you wanted to enjoy big-screen TV. The reality is less futuristic, and so much better. Yes, the TV really does roll up into a tube like paper. But in …

Jimmy Iovine says he’s still “committed” to Apple. The music mogul on Tuesday shot down rumors he’s planning to leave Apple in August after his stock fully vests, according to a report by Variety. Last week, the music industry blog Hits Daily Double and Billboard reported Iovine is leaving the company, which he joined in 2014 when the iPhone maker …

Sony is no stranger to expensive ultra-short-throw projectors, but its latest example, the LSPX-A1, strives to be different. It’s designed to look like a stylish credenza or side table. The top is artificial marble, the frame is finished in half-mirror aluminum and there’s a wooden shelf below. Turned off, it would blend into a modernist living room seamlessly. Now playing: …

CES 2018 began with a bang today, or should I say a flood. The first rain to fall on Las Vegas in 116 days swept into the city yesterday, drenching crews who were rushing to open the show. By this morning, the convention center was leaking, Google had to shut its splashy pavilion and rivers were flowing through a hotel …

Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray has been around for over two years now and, as is customary with maturing technologies, the size of the devices drops alongside the price.  Sony has long been the master of miniaturization, and it’s applied its shrink-ray technology to the UBP-X700, its latest 4K Blu-ray player. The X700’s biggest claim to fame? It now supports Dolby …

While the size-to-capability balance of Micro Four Thirds cameras really can’t be beat, the smaller-than-APS-C-size sensors can be a drag in low light.  With Sony’s full-frame, low-light-champion A7S II as competition, Panasonic took a necessary step backward. It created a 10.2-megapixel Four Thirds sensor for the Lumix GH5S, about half the resolution of the 20MP version in the GH5 in …

Sony’s Extra Bass portable Bluetooth speaker line up is getting three new additions this spring: The SRS-XB41 ($250), SRS- XB31 ($150) and SRS-XB21 ($100). There’s no word yet on international pricing, but $250 converts to about £185 or AU$320. The company is billing these as mini party speakers, as all of them also incorporate LED lighting effects. “We are excited …

Sony and LG aren’t breaking any new ground with their 2018 OLED TVs, but that doesn’t mean they won’t end the year as our favorites once again. Organic Light Emitting Diode display technology delivers the best image quality we’ve ever tested, and 2017’s A1E matched its competitors from LG in our testing. The new version’s biggest change is a design …

Sony’s MDR-1A launched in 2014 and became one of our favorite wired headphones, with its combination of excellent sound and comfort. Now Sony’s bringing out a new, improved version: The MDR-1AM2. The new model also lists for $300 and will ship this spring. While the headphones look the same as the previous model, they have a newly developed 40mm driver …