Sonos Introduces Upgraded Beam (Gen 2) Compact Soundbar
Multi-room audio developer Sonos introduced Tuesday its Beam (Gen 2) compact smart soundbar. At the same time, Sonos announced plans to offer both Ultra HD and Dolby Atmos Music in select models including the Beam (Gen 2) later this year via Amazon Music, raising the…
Bose Bows Its First Dolby Atmos Soundbar
Bose introduced this week its first soundbar supporting Dolby Atmos surround sound to go up against the popular Sonos Arc. The Bose Smart Soundbar 900 will hit retail shelves on September 23 at an $899 suggested retail price supporting traditional object-based Dolby Atmos with built-in…
Polk Unveils Signature Elite, Monitor MX Hi-Res Speaker Lineups
Sound United’s Polk Audio introduced two updated classic speaker series — the Signature Elite Series and Monitor MX series — optimized for Hi-Res Audio and Dolby Atmos certification. Polk said the the Signature Elite series was “designed to take maximum advantage of modern high resolution…
Samsung Reveals Prices On 2021 Soundbar Trio
Samsung announced this week that pricing and pre-orders are now available on select 2021 Q-Series and A-Series Soundbars. The 2021 Samsung soundbar models revealed so far include: the HW-A450 2.1ch Soundbar with Dolby Audio ($199.99 suggested retail); the HW-Q700A 3.1.2ch Soundbar w/ Dolby Atmos/DTS:X ($699.99);…
Polk Launches Reserve Series Loudspeaker Lineup
Sound United’s Polk Audio speaker brand introduced Tuesday its latest high-performance Reserve Series loudspeaker series for music, movie and gaming applications. Polk said the 9-model Reserve Series was designed for high-performance at value prices, using advanced materials and acoustic engineering. The series is certified for…
Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection Comes To UHD Blu-ray June 8th
Paramount Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm announced this week plans to release on June 8th a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 4-Movie Collection of the Indiana Jones series. The set will also include digital copies of all four films: 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1984’s Indiana…
Panasonic Reveals Flagship JZ2000 Series 4K OLED TVs
Panasonic is introducing as part of its virtual CES 2021 presentations a flagship 4K OLED TV series, model JZ2000, which features new Artificial Intelligence (AI) picture and sound processing, and depending on retailer reaction, U.S. marketing representatives told us the company might consider making it…
Review: Sony 65A9G 4K OLED Scores A Touchdown
We first saw the Sony Master Series Bravia 65A9G 4K OLED TV up close as one of a panel of judges for the annual “TV Shootout” put on by Scarsdale, N.Y. AV retailer Value Electronics, last summer. The television won a close vote for the…
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