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Abt Begins Summer Sales With Memorial Day TV Specials

May 25th, 2017 · No Comments · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Blu-ray Discs, Blu-ray Players, Connected TVs, electronic program guides, Full Array LED Backlit with Local Dimming, HDMI, HDR, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, LG Electronics, News, screen mirroring, Second Screen, Streaming Services, UHDTV, Ultra HD Blu-ray Players

HD Guru retail partner Abt Electronics is celebrating the summer early with store wide Memorial Day specials on big-screen televisions, as well as various consumer electronics products, major appliances and home furnishings. The limited time special runs through Monday May 29th, and includes heavily discounted prices, and other incentives including $50 and $100 bonus discounts […]

Hisense H9D, H9D+, H7D, H6D 4K Ultra HDTVs Hit Stores

May 24th, 2017 · 1 Comment · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Connected TVs, HDMI, HDR, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, UHDTV

Hisense USA, which introduced the highly popular high-value H8C 4K LED LCD TV series last year, revealed today that select models from its 2017 H9D and H9D Plus 4K “ULED,” and H7D and H6D series of 4K Ultra HD Smart TVs are available now at authorized retailers around the country. All of the models in […]

LeEco Announces Massive U.S. Layoff

May 23rd, 2017 · No Comments · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Connected TVs, Full HD 1080p, HDMI, HDR, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, OTT services, Streaming Services, UHDTV

UPDATE! The future of Chinese tech giant LeEco’s ambitious plan to conquer the United States and the rest of the world through a consumer electronics/streaming services ecosystem play got a lot more complicated Tuesday. LeEco officially announced that it had laid off 325 U.S. employees, after failing to raise needed capital funding. “The breadth […]

EPA Considering More Stringent Brightness Controls On Energy Star TVs

May 22nd, 2017 · No Comments · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Calibration, Full HD 1080p, HDR, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, OLED, UHD 4K OLED, UHDTV

Those concerned with how the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) work on the Energy Star 8.0 standard for television energy consumption will impact next-generation 4K Ultra HDTVs and HDTVs have until Wednesday to submit comments before the measure moves to the final draft process. Among considerations under review are putting non-defeatable automatic brightness controls (ABCs) […]

Sony Adds Pair Of Wide Angle Full-Format Lenses

May 18th, 2017 · No Comments · 2160p, Digital Camera/Camcorder, Digital Cameras, Full HD 1080p, HDMI, HDR, Lenses, News, UHDTV

Sony continued to expand its arsenal of full-format E-mount lenses this week, with the addition of a pair of new wide-angle zooms that will fit nicely on the just introduced Sony A9 pro-level mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, among others in the Sony line. The new lenses include the Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM ($2,198 […]

Marantz, Integra Add Advanced AV Receivers With Multi-room Audio

May 17th, 2017 · No Comments · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Amazon, Audio, center channel, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, front channels, HDMI, HDR, height channels, Home Automation, Live OTT services, News, object-based audio, OTT services, rear surround channel, Sound Systems, Streaming Services, sub woofer, Surround Sound, Surround Sound Systems, UHDTV, voice command, Wireless Audio

The AV receiver market continued to expand this week, with new introductions from high-end component brands Marantz and Integra. Marantz unveiled a pair of slimmed down receivers hitting retail shelves this month in its and ($549) models, each of which combines advanced home theater surround sound support with multi-room music distribution. Rival Integra, meanwhile, […]

Element, Amazon Unveil First `Fire TV Edition’ 4K Ultra HDTVs

May 16th, 2017 · 1 Comment · 2160p, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Amazon, Connected TVs, electronic program guides, HDMI, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, News, OTT services, Streaming Services, UHDTV

Element’s Sung Choi and Amazon’s Sandeep Gupta present an Element 4K UHDTV – Fire TV Edition. TongFang Global, manufacturer of televisions sold in the United States under the Element and Westinghouse brands, formally introduced Tuesday the first 4K Ultra HD televisions to incorporate the Fire TV operating system without the need to add on a […]

Polk Unveils MagniFi MAX SR 5.1-Ch. Sound Bar With Wireless Surrounds

May 16th, 2017 · 1 Comment · Audio, center channel, front channels, HDMI, News, rear surround channel, Sound Bars, Sound Systems, sub woofer, Surround Sound, Surround Sound Systems

Polk Audio introduced Tuesday its MagniFi MAX SR 5.1-channel sound bar, one of the company’s most advanced to date. The MagniFi MAX SR incorporates Polk Audio’s Stereo Dimensional Array (SDA) digital surround technology that is said to expand the sound stage, while adding detail and immersive surround sound. The MagniFi MAX SR package includes a […]