Samsung Shape Wireless Audio System Review
When Samsung announced its Shape Wireless Audio System a few months back, tech bloggers were quick to dub it “Sonos Killer,” “Sonos Toppler,” and “Sonos Taker On-er.” To a certain extent, all of those categorizations are true: By releasing a system that’s functionally similar to,…
The Best HDTVs and 4K UHDTVs of 2013
The year 2013 has been a time of triumph—and some trouble—for the TV industry. Triumph number one: the introduction of bigscreen OLED HDTVs from Samsung and LG that readily deliver on that technology’s picture quality promise (though both manufacturers threw us a curveball by making…
Samsung PN60F8500 HDTV Review
The PN60F8500 represents a huge advance in plasma technology. Surprising us at the 2013 Consumer Electronics show, Samsung introduced significantly improved plasma panels. We were struck immediately by the 8500’s high brightness and ability of its new panel to reject ambient room light. How did…
Should you buy a 4K Ultra HDTV?
With the holiday selling season about to kick into high gear, a big question that folks shopping for a new TV will be faced with is, “Should I buy one of these fancy new Ultra HDTVs, or that plain, old regular HDTV?” Even with…
Smart TV: Second Screen Explained
The rollout of Smart TV has been accompanied by loads of buzzwords. Of these, Second Screen just might be the buzz-iest. But what is Second Screen, and what, if anything, makes it buzz-worthy? Second Screen defines a multimedia experience that happens in parallel with…
The Best Blu-ray HDTV and 4K Upconverting Players
There are dozens of Blu-ray players on the market. Telling the difference between them can be nearly impossible without some kind of giant chart. Even I lose track of what player has what feature after reviewing dozens of them. However, all that time evaluating and…
LG Unveils New Lower-price Ultra HDTVs at CEDIA
LG just upped its total Ultra HDTV model count to five with the unveiling of two new Ultra HDTVs at the CEDIA 2013 show in Denver. As we first reported a few weeks back, the LA9650 Series arrives in 65- and 55-inch screen sizes priced…
HDMI 2.0: What You Need to Know
The recent IFA Trade Show saw the introduction of HDMI 2.0, the newest version of the HDMI standard. Version 2.0 adds much better support for 3840×2160-resolution Ultra HD (UHD and also called 4K) sources going forward. I posed a number of in-depth technical questions concerning…
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