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February 12, 2026
The Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds reclaim the noise-canceling crown
Apple, Bose, and Sony are in a running battle for the best noise-canceling earbuds, and the Sony WF-1000XM6 put Sony back in first place - if you can get a good fit with the included foam tips. Wit...
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February 5, 2026
Who’s who and what’s what in TVs in 2026
Each TV company has its own distinct personality and direction. These change over the years, with new technological breakthroughs or at least new business deals. New aspirations shake up the natura...
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February 3, 2026
The four best Super Bowl TV deals we found
The Super Bowl is not only one of the biggest sporting events in the world, it’s also one of the best times of year to find a deal on a big TV. For major events in particular, a large TV makes sens...
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January 25, 2026
Sony’s first clip earbuds don’t quite hit the mark
The Sony LinkBuds Clip are the company's first clip earbuds. They follow the innovative donut-hole LinkBuds and LinkBuds Open and, like their predecessors, allow you to listen to music or podcasts,...
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January 22, 2026
Sony announces its first turntables in years
Sony is releasing a new turntable for the first time since 2019. Two, in fact. The entry-level PS-LX3BT ($399.99) and step-up PS-LX5BT ($499.99) are designed for easy operation with both wired and ...
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January 21, 2026
What a Sony and TCL partnership means for the future of TVs
I'm not sure anyone saw this news coming, but the TV landscape as we know it could change considerably over the next year or two. Sony, the storied Japanese TV brand, has announced that it has sign...
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January 15, 2026
The Sony Bravia 8 II is a TV enthusiast’s dream
Sony has a history of making excellent TVs, from the Trinitron CRTs of last century to the world's first OLED nearly 20 years ago to 2016's ZD9 mini-LED that delivered exceptional brightness and di...
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January 9, 2026
This company could help bring Auracast to an iPhone near you
One of the issues holding Auracast back from wider mainstream use is some companies' lack of support for the Bluetooth technology - Apple being a prime example. With iOS having 58 percent of the ma...
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January 8, 2026
Pioneer Sphera is bringing Dolby Atmos in cars to the people
I fully believe that once someone hears Dolby Atmos music in their car, they won't want anything else. The sonic envelopment turns your car cabin into an immersive, engaging experience. Every time ...
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January 8, 2026
The best TVs of CES 2026
CES serves a few different purposes - to give us the sense of what's to come during the year, to introduce strange devices, and for companies to show off the newest technology. While there wasn't a...
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January 8, 2026
The gap between premium and budget TV brands is quickly closing
For all the time that I've been covering technology, there's been a hierarchy when it comes to TV brands. The big three - Sony, Samsung, and LG - have been on top for a while. Pioneer and Panasonic...
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January 5, 2026
Amazon Fire TV OS gets a much-needed revamp
Amazon Fire TV has been a bit long in the tooth for a while now. Its design isn't as intuitive to navigate as Google TV, Roku, or Apple TV, and its responsiveness is frustrating. I've found it to b...
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January 5, 2026
Amazon adds to the lifestyle TV landscape with the Ember Artline TV
Joining Samsung's The Frame, Hisense CanvasTV, TCL Nxtvision, and newly announced LG Gallery TV, is Amazon's very first art TV. The Amazon Ember Artline is a 4K edge-lit LED TV with a matte screen ...
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January 5, 2026
TCL challenges RGB LED at CES with its X11L SQD-Mini LED TV
CES is poised to be the story of RGB LED, with almost every major TV manufacturer set to show off their latest models using the technology. But TCL is hoping to change that narrative, or even overt...
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January 5, 2026
JBL expands open-ear lineup with new buds coming to the US in March
JBL has announced wide availability of three new open-style earbuds in early 2026. The JBL Sense Pro and Sense Lite join the original Sense, which came out in 2024. The new Sense Pro and Lite use J...
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January 5, 2026
JBL expands Endurance workout line with four new earbuds
JBL is adding a wide range of workout earbuds to its arsenal, with updates to the existing Peak and Run earbuds and the introduction of the Zone and Pace open-ear design buds. The variety of earbud...
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January 5, 2026
LG’s Wallpaper OLED TV returns to CES, and it’s wafer thin
The amazingly thin wallpaper design from LG is back. The first Wallpaper TV was released back in 2017, and it's been six years since we saw the last one. But LG has revived the product line with th...
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December 30, 2025
LG is announcing its own Frame-style TV at CES
In just the past couple years, the art TV category that's been dominated by Samsung's The Frame has seen growth, with additions from both TCL and Hisense. Now LG has announced its own entry, the LG...
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December 27, 2025
Two new wireless Samsung speakers for 2026 lean into aesthetics
For years, Samsung has made products that try to camouflage what they are by displaying works of art. The Frame TV is the most famous example, but the company also released the Music Frame, a speak...
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December 18, 2025
2025 was the beginning of the end of the TV brightness war
Much like the audio industry's compression-driven loudness war, which reached its distortion-fueled apex (and not the good kind) with Metallica's Death Magnetic in 2008, the television industry has...
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December 18, 2025
LG and Dolby partner to release the first FlexConnect soundbar
Dolby Atmos FlexConnect technology debuted this year with the TCL Z100 speakers, and now we're getting our first FlexConnect soundbar thanks to LG. The new H7 soundbar - which runs on the same Alph...
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December 16, 2025
Samsung’s 2026 Micro RGB LED TVs can actually fit in your living room
Following the release of the 115-inch Micro RGB TV back in August, Samsung has revealed today that its Micro RGB technology will extend into smaller sizes ranging from that 115-inch behemoth all th...
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December 16, 2025
LG enters the RGB LED fray in 2026 with the Micro RGB evo TV
In what is sure to be the beginning of a slew of announcements, LG has confirmed it is releasing its first flagship RGB TV in 2026. It wasn't a huge secret, considering "a premium LCD TV with Micro...
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December 12, 2025
The TCL QM9K is an excellent flagship TV, but I’m not sure who it’s for
TCL has been a solid competitor in the midrange TV market for years, going head-to-head with Hisense. Not only are TVs from both manufacturers competitive on features, they even use similar nomencl...
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December 6, 2025
The tech world is sleeping on the most exciting Bluetooth feature in years
It's been a few years since the official introduction of the Bluetooth technology Auracast, which allows devices like earbuds, headphones, speakers, and hearing aids to connect to a single source w...
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December 2, 2025
The Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 are $50 off, but only until the end of Cyber Monday
Unless you want an open-style clip bud, getting high-quality workout earbuds has become more difficult in the past few years. Companies aren’t focusing on them as much, or are completely leaving th...
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December 1, 2025
Get a fantastic 55-inch OLED in your home for $900 on Cyber Monday
For many of us TV reviewers, the current pinnacle of television technology is OLED. It delivers inky blacks, incredible contrast, and pixel-level brightness control. Most of the time when we’re tal...
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December 1, 2025
Soundcore’s Space One headphones are a Cyber Monday steal at just $68
I have a lot of headphones that come through my home every year — and I mean a lot. Many of them are at the higher end of most people’s budget (and getting more expensive due to tariffs), but you d...
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November 28, 2025
Here are my favorite Black Friday TV deals from Samsung, Sony, and others
As with most products, Black Friday is the best time of year to find TVs and their accessories at the year’s lowest prices. It’s the perfect opportunity to upgrade your dedicated home theater, livi...
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November 26, 2025
You’re buying a Frame TV? It’s okay to cheap out a little
Let's get this out of the way: The Samsung Frame is not a good TV. None of the displays that I'd classify as art TVs are - at least not in the ways that we usually think about TVs. They only get a ...
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