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Samsung NU8000 LED LCD TV Review
The is their best midrange TV set for 2018. After what I consider a down year in 2017, the first one in a long time for Samsung, they've made a number of changes to their displays for 2018 to address those issues. The NU8000 is still an edge-lit … Read More...
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First Impressions: FIBBR Ultra Pro Fiber Optic HDMI Cable
Over the next several months we’ll be rolling out a series of articles related to my apartment renovation in Manhattan. Today we offer first-look at one of the components we’ll be reviewing: the . In today’s preview, we will be describing the cable and talking about installation. Once the project is complete we’ll return with […]
CES 2018 Thoughts and Recap
2018 was the first CES with an In-N-Out on the strip in walking distance TVs: Minor Improvements for 2018 The main thing for TVs in 2018 is that we’re mostly getting moderate improvements over 2017. For example, LG added the new LUT access to their higher-end TVs for 2018, but the OLED panel itself looks […]
Recent Video Reviews
Samsung NU8000 LED LCD TV Review
The is their best midrange TV set for 2018. After what I consider a down year in 2017, the first one in a long time for Samsung, they've made a number of changes to their displays for 2018 to address … [Read More...]
Kaleidescape Strato Review
Kaleidescape is a name familiar to many as they’ve been producing high-end movie servers for a number of years. Over the past decade, the home movie experience has changed drastically with a shift to … [Read More...]
Recent Audio Reviews
SVS SB-4000 Subwoofer Review
Since moving to a new house, I’ve been unable to find subwoofer bliss. I had an , but the 10” driver was no longer powerful enough for me and I wanted more. I also have been using a dual 15” subwoofer … [Read More...]
Bluesound Whole Home Audio Review
While Sonos has ruled the roost for whole home audio almost since it started, the competition has picked up the past few years. One of the main competitors is Bluesound, which aims at the audiophile. … [Read More...]
Recent Media Reviews
Tomb Raider 4K Blu-ray Review
Summary: Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates … [Read More...]
A Wrinkle in Time 4K Blu-ray Review
Summary: More than 50 years after Madeleine L'Engle's young adult novel "A Wrinkle in Time" was awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal, the big-screen retelling of this TIMELESS classic takes audiences … [Read More...]
The Patriot 4K Blu-ray Review
Summary: In 1776 South Carolina, widower and legendary war hero Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) finds himself thrust into the midst of the American Revolutionary War as he helplessly watches his family … [Read More...]
Press Releases
Yamaha announces YAS-108 sound bar
Yamaha YAS-108 Sound Bar Packs Powerful Performance and Accessible Price into Streamlined, Stylish Design BUENA PARK, Calif. (June 18, 2018) — Yamaha is introducing an elegant, powerful reimagining of its best-selling sound bar with today’s unveiling of the YAS-108. The new sound bar’s low profile, single-chassis design and simple TV connections integrate easily and unobtrusively […]
Apple announces plans to develop new integration capabilities for Control4
Today, at WWDC 2018, Apple’s annual developer conference, Apple announced that it plans to develop new integration capabilities for the Apple TV, including expanded Siri voice control for 3rd party control systems, like Control4. The Apple TV software that supports these new capabilities is expected to be available later this year, so integration with Control4 […]
A Quiet Place comes to 4K Blu-ray on July 10th
Critically Acclaimed Thriller Arrives on Digital June 26, 2018 On 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ & DVD July 10 HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Director John Krasinski’s “sensationally gripping” (Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times), “heart-pounding” (Stephen Whitty, New York Daily News) and “mind-blowingly tense” (Isaac Feldberg, The Boston Globe) film A QUIET PLACE debuts on Digital June 26, […]
Xbox One X Auto Low Latency Mode In-Use
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With the April 2018 software update, the added support for Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM). More commonly called Game Mode, this is an HDMI 2.1 feature that lets a game console tell a TV when it is playing a game, and has the TV automatically enable game mode. Using game mode typically results in lower […]