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At long last: Apple will sell a desktop monitor that doesn’t cost $5, 000

It took quite a time, but Apple has finally re-entered the consumer desktop computer monitor space with the Studio Display. It’s been a decade since Apple last made and sold a consumer pc monitor; the long-beloved Apple Cinema Display was discontinued in 2011. Apple has instead partnered with LG to sell monitors the South Korean […]

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Samsung’s 2022 TVs get 144 Hz support and a built-in NFT marketplace

Enlarge / Here’s the first publicly released render of Samsung’s new Mini LED TV. (credit: Samsung) It’s that time of year again: The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is upon us, and companies like Samsung are announcing the first details of their 2022 product refreshes. That includes Samsung’s flagship TV lineup, which will this year see […]

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Years after its competition, Hulu begins streaming in HDR

Enlarge / Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, now available in HDR on some devices. (credit: Hulu) HDR has been a standard feature of new TVs for years now, and you’d be hard-pressed to find many 4K TVs that don’t support HDR. But even as Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, HBO Max, and others have rolled out HDR support […]

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Not just OLED: LG is about to release its first Mini LED TVs

Enlarge / A promotional image depicting one of LG’s new Mini LED TVs. (credit: LG) LG plans to introduce its first consumer Mini LED TVs sometime next month, according to a press release from the South Korean company. Mini LED is a new variant of LCD TV tech that offers better contrast ratios, among other […]

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Months from the release of Dune 2021, the 1984 version gets a 4K release

Everything you get when you buy the new release of Dune (1984). [credit: Arrow Films ] The controversial yet memorable 1984 film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 science fiction novel Dune will be released in 4K and HDR for the first time on August 31, thanks to a new 4K UltraHD Blu-ray set from […]

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Samsung will soon ship Micro LED TVs, but MiniLED still leads the lineup

A Samsung Micro LED TV in suitably swanky digs. [credit: Samsung ] It’s that time of year when many TV manufacturers begin announcing prices for and shipping their annual product refreshes. We took a look at Sony’s OLED lineup yesterday, but today we’re turning our attention to Samsung, which just announced imminent availability (most models […]

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Sony’s brighter A90J OLED TV makes its way to living rooms this month

Sony’s A90J OLED TV. [credit: Sony ] LG’s OLED TV lineup often gets the most press among its peers, but Sony’s high-end OLED TVs get positive reviews as well. Today, Sony announced pricing and release timing for its flagship 2021 OLED, the A90J. Preorders have already started in Europe and the UK, and the US […]