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Best smart lighting 2024: Reviews & buying advice
Today’s smart lighting is brighter and easier to control than ever, but choosing the right solution for your environment remains a challenge.
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The ROXi Interactive Music Channel is coming to NextGen TV
Pearl TV, a consortium of U.S. broadcasters, is also looking to use ROXi’s FastStream interactive television tech for other interactive channels, including sports.
Best Picks
These are the best indoor and outdoor TV antennas in 2024
A great TV antenna lets you watch broadcast television for free and in better resolution than you'll get any other way, including streaming services.
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Roku Pro Series TVs arrive, with mini-LEDs, muscular processing
The smart TV builder is moving up with quantum dots, mini-LED backlighting, more powerful processors, and a very cool backlit remote.
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Best smart speakers & displays for state-of-the-art smart homes
Whether you prefer Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri, we’ll help you find just the right model.
How-To
How to connect your iPhone or iPad to your big-screen TV
Try these options when you want to mirror iPhone or iPad content on a bigger screen.
Reviews
JBL Xtreme 4 speaker review: A powerful portable for parties
The 4th-generation of JBL's Bluetooth travel speaker is beefier, better protected from the elements, and louder than ever.
Cord-Cutter Confidential
Roku's forced arbitration update leaves users fuming
Friendly reminder from Roku: You don't exactly own your smart TV.
Reviews
Tapo D230S1 video doorbell review: Feature-rich and easy-to-use
The TP-link Tapo D230S1 video doorbell allows you to see and talk to the person on your porch.
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Samsung yanks Google Assistant from its smart TVs
Starting March 1, Alexa and Bixby will be the only voice assistant options on Samsung smart TVs.
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Amazon Fire TV devices can now create AI-generated art
Just give Alexa a prompt, and your supported Fire TV can crank out AI-generated artwork that can be used as wallpaper for your TV screen.
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DTS Play-Fi Home Theater promises convenient immersive audio
Platform developer Xperi says it can do it all without wires—and without burdening your Wi-Fi network.
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xMEMS' breakthrough micro-speakers debut in earbuds at CES
Both Creative Labs and Noble Audio are showing off true wireless headphones that incorporate solid-state MEMS micro-speakers. We gave them a listen.
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LG stole CES with this amazing transparent OLED TV
With its stunning 77-inch transparent screen, the LG OLED T made for one of the best demos at CES 2024. Here's what people are saying.
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EarFun unwraps Wave Pro headphone and UBoom X speaker
At CES 2024, EarFun adds two more feature-packed audio products that retail at bargain prices.
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Sennheiser bows new earbuds and headphones at CES 2024
The German headphone manufacturer debuted three new products at the show.
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Hisense boasts high dimming zone counts and brightness in its 2024 TVs
Hisense's 2024 UX-series TVs deliver staggering specs in the larger-size models, and better tech has trickled down to its less-expensive U-series.
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TCL touts "High-zone" mini-LED TVs and new processors in 2024
Mini-LED backlights with up to 20,000 dimming zones is TCL's big talking point, but smart processing trickling down to its mid-range TVs is welcome news, too.
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TCL's latest soundbars add Dolby Atmos, room correction
All four of TCL's 2024 soundbars will offer immersive Dolby Atmos sound and auto room correction, including its entry-level models.
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