Tag: televisions
Leaked new Google TV Streamer box looks less Fire TV Stick, more Apple TV 4K
It’s been four years since Google released its Chromecast with Google TV streaming device, and the company has remained quiet on its plans to unveil the follow-up model. Thanks to recently leaked photos, it’s likely that the ‘Google TV Streamer’ will be the next model from Google to battle the…
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Major UK retailer says its 4K and Blu-ray sales are rising, and it should be a wake-up call for ad-riddled streaming sites
Physical media sales, including 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD, are on the rise according to major UK retailer HMV (reported via BBC). According to Phil Halliday, HMV’s managing director, “physical visual” sales have increased overall, citing that “4K and Blu-ray have been doing particularly well”. Reported figures suggest that HMV’s…
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Sonos Arc 2 Dolby Atmos soundbar photos and details leak, and it’s got exciting next-gen speaker tech
Following a leak late last year that Sonos is developing a successor to its ultra-premium Sonos Arc soundbar codenamed ‘Lasso’ we’ve had another more recent leak courtesy of The Verge that reveals images of the new speaker, and reaffirms that it might boast some high-end audio tech when it drops.…
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OLED-beating micro-LED TV tech looks uncertain as LG and Samsung wobble, but hope is not lost yet
Do you remember when micro-LED was the future of TV and would leave the best OLED TVs in the dust, with its superior brightness and equally good black tones? Unfortunately it seems that that future is still some years away. A new report says that both LG and Samsung are…
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I’m starting to believe in 8K TVs, and Hisense’s latest move makes me hopeful for an affordable future
The topic of 8K TVs has become complicated over the past few years. At one stage, many brands including LG, Samsung, Sony, TCL, and Hisense jumped on the 8K TV bandwagon, embracing the new technology in an attempt to future-proof their TVs. So, if 8K TVs were meant to be the…
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LG’s latest super-cool wireless OLED TV is now launching – expect a US and UK release soon
One of the coolest OLED TVs around has just launched, and you can expect announcements for the US and UK very soon. The TV is the LG M4, and it’s essentially an LG G4 with a very clever wireless connection: you still need to connect it to a power outlet,…
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