Enlarge / An LG TV in a marketing lifestyle image. (credit: LG) LG’s OLED TVs have dominated the conversation among high-end TV enthusiasts for a few years now, but the past couple have finally brought at least some OLED TVs to prices that middle-class households could afford. And like clockwork each year, LG attends the […]
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Asus’ mechanical keyboard uses 312 mini LEDs to display animations
Enlarge / Asus announced an animated mechanical keyboard, the Asus ROG Strix Flare II Animate, at CES this week. It has many of the trendiest specs found in modern premium gaming keyboards, including an ultra-high polling rate. But it’s the programmable LEDs that really make it stand out—and no, I’m not talking about RGB keys. […]
Dell’s XPS 13 Plus brings a MacBook Touch Bar-like experience
Enlarge / Dell XPS 13 Plus in its platinum color. (credit: Scharon Harding) Dell today unveiled the latest in its long line of XPS laptops. Previous updates have ranged from minor CPU refreshes to moderate redesigns with larger screen-to-body ratios, smaller dimensions, and critical changes, like the removal of the up-the-nose webcam . But the […]
Samsung brings 240 Hz refresh rates to 4K monitors
(credit: Samsung) 4K has saturated the TV market, but the sharpest mainstream display resolution is not as common in PC monitors, due to price and limitations. PC gamers specifically opt for PC monitors because they can generally hit higher refresh rates than TVs, which are typically at 60 Hz or 120 Hz, making fast-paced gaming […]
T-Mobile, Amazon, and others are backing out of CES 2022 amid COVID resurgence
(credit: Andrew Cunningham) After an all-virtual Consumer Electronics Show in 2021, it was looking like January 2022’s CES would go back to being an in-person event. Though the Consumer Technology Association is forging ahead with the show, the list is growing of companies that are either going remote or canceling their plans entirely because of […]