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John.Higgins

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Dolby Vision 2 will be available first on some 2026 Hisense TVs
After being announced last September, Dolby Vision 2 is rolling out to TVs, starting with the 2026 Hisense UX, UR9, UR8, and U7. TCL and Philips will be adding Dolby Vision 2 support to select TVs ...
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The Nothing Ear 3A deliver great, but sometimes buggy, performance for the price
Nothing has had a strong visual identity since the Ear 1 were released in 2021 for $99 and challenged the notion that a highly featured headset requires a high price. The Ear 3A have the same trans...
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Sony’s flagship RGB LED TV is incredible
The Sony Bravia 9 II is the most anticipated new TV in years. It's an amazing RGB LED TV. I watched Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on the new Bravia with my son, who has been getting i...
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Blue Prince became a bonding — and learning — experience for my family
I've always been the gamer in the family. When my son was born nearly 11 years ago, gaming was one of the things I looked forward to sharing with him. Pulling up a chair next to me, he would watch ...
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Vizio accidentally made the best dumb TV on the market
When I first started testing Vizio's 65-inch Mini LED Quantum TV, I thought the big story was that Vizio was back and that it had a quantum-dot TV for under $398 - the cheapest on the market. Vizio...
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Prime Day has served up several great deals on 4K TVs
There are three times of year that are best for buying a new TV: leading up to the Super Bowl, Black Friday, and of course now, during Amazon Prime Day. Many of the new 2026 models have been releas...
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These are my favorite Prime Day deals on earbuds and headphones
I can’t think of a tech accessory I actively use more than headphones. Whether it’s for music, calls, or just to block out ambient noise so I can focus, I always have a pair close at hand. One of t...
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Kaleidescape’s movie player blows streaming, and your wallet, away
We've lost something in the past 15 years. Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Apple; they've all convinced us that streaming is the best way to watch movies and shows at home. With everything at our fingerti...
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The three sets of earbuds I reach for
I have been an audio reviewer for 20 years. My time as a freelance headphones panelist at Wirecutter, and the multitude of reviews I’ve written for sites like Reviewed, Digital Trends, IGN, and now...
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Where was tvOS 27 at WWDC?
Every year, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference gives us a first look at what's coming next to the company's many operating systems. But missing from today's keynote, apart from a single graphi...
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WiiM expands its whole-home ecosystem with a new soundbar
WiiM, the audio company that's challenged the idea that audiophile-level performance requires a small loan, is expanding its whole-home ecosystem with the WiiM Bar, which releases in July. Much lik...
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Sony’s first RGB TV is a statement piece
The first wave of RGB LED TVs are fighting for their spot in the TV hierarchy. They need to outperform OLED TVs in brightness and color (because they'll never match OLED's contrast), and they need ...
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Anker’s new earbuds have the best call quality I’ve ever heard
Soundcore, Anker's audio brand, has mostly lived in the budget-to-midrange world, but with its new Liberty 5 Pro earbuds, it's aiming at the big guys. The two new earbuds - the Liberty 5 Pro and Li...
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Sony’s 1000X The Collexion are a luxurious and expensive celebration of its iconic headphones
Ten years ago Sony introduced the MDR-1000X headphones. They combined noise canceling, good sound, design, and comfort in a way that we hadn't quite seen before in a set of wireless headphones. (At...
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The Apple Studio Display could have been so much more
For the better part of 12 years, Apple owned the 5K monitor world - primarily because it made basically the only options. LG's 5K UltraFine was a solid, if bland choice, but many people bought a 27...
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