Review: Nvidia Shield TV Streams Brilliant 4K/HDR
Last week we received the new standard (tubular design) Nvidia Shield TV streaming media player based on the Android TV OS and what we found was a slick, speedy performer with lots of apps supporting native 4K/HDR content, a fantastic remote, great gaming responsiveness and…
Review: Polk Legend L200 Bookshelf Speakers Sing
Over the years Polk Audio has built a reputation for developing affordable speakers with clarity and depth of sound, and the L200 mid-sized bookshelf models in the brand’s new flagship Legend series takes that legacy a big step further. We found the speakers have high…
Review: New Roku Ultra Makes Streaming Faster
With the seven-model 2019 Roku media player line shipping this month, we were eager to test the new flagship Roku Ultra model (4670x) and after using it for a couple of days now we weren’t disappointed. The latest version of the Roku Ultra retains the…
Review: Samsung 65Q60R Is A Colorful Bargain 4K TV
For folks who either can’t afford a top-performing Samsung quantum dot LED-LCD TV or aren’t willing to spend the extra money for one, the company offers a nice mid-range compromise in its 2019 4K QLED Q60R series. These models are closer to mainstream price points…
Review: Hisense 55H8F Elevates 4K HDR At A Value
The Hisense H8 series has been one of our favorite value 4K TV lines for the past few years, and we are pleased to say the 2019 version is better than ever. We found the television series to have impressive picture quality in both standard…
Review: LG 65SM9500 Goes Wide, Bright And Colorful
The LG 2019 flagship 4K Ultra HD LED LCD TV called the “NanoCell” 65SM9500, marks the next evolution in the company’s quest to stretch the brightness and color barriers in home-based LCD displays, and our review of the 65-inch model found some impressive results. Shoppers…
Review: Yamaha RX-V685 Offers Big Bang For The Bucks
Yamaha has long earned high accolades for the natural sound quality it gets from its highly engineered audio video receivers, and over the years this distinctive high-level of natural sound has filtered down into lower price ranges. The Yamaha RX-V685 is an example of a…
Review: `2001: A Space Odyssey’ 4K Release The Best Yet
After several delays, the much-anticipated release of the 50th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray special edition release of Stanley Kubrick’s and Arthur C. Clarke’s sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey hits stores (and perhaps your mailbox) today (Dec. 18th). It was worth the wait. The…
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