home entertainment

[ad_1] When you walk into a record store, the cassette section (yes, record stores have cassette sections again) won’t be just filled with old cassettes, but rather freshly shrink-wrapped albums…

[ad_1] Subwoofers seemed elusive to me for many years—only rich people, car people, or audiophiles really dealt with them, and my family fell into none of those categories. After a…

[ad_1] In 2018, Zink met with Christopher Nolan, director of Inception, Interstellar, and a trio of Batman films. Nolan offhandedly bemoaned how terrible home TV sets made his movies look,…

[ad_1] Over the past few years of staring into screens, I’ve come to realize that most viewers want a middle-class TV. Maybe not a TV that drives a BMW and…

[ad_1] I liked the second-generation Apple TV 4K, but I rarely recommended it to anyone except Apple die-hards. Sure, it has a good remote, but it was expensive compared to…

[ad_1] Most people are looking for one of two things in a soundbar: the most affordable option or the best-sounding one. While it’s easy to find products that fit one…

[ad_1] However, this is the first projector I’ve used where I felt I didn’t need blackout curtains (or significant modifications to my home). During the day, I could put on…

[ad_1] It’s always hard to know where to start when buying a new TV. The technology develops so fast that it can seem dumb to spend too much. But if…

[ad_1] If you’re an audiophile, the days when when you had to spend thousands of dollars on a receiver and persuade your contractor uncle to show you how to run…

[ad_1] I have a confession: I’ve been using the same desktop speakers for nearly 20 years. This set of budget Logitech speakers have, miraculously, served me well since 2004. When…

[ad_1] Rokus continue to remain our favorite TV streaming devices. They’re super easy to use and offer a wide array of streaming channels. Their displays aren’t fancy, but they offer…

[ad_1] Nobody needs an 8K TV in 2022. The vast majority of us aren’t even watching 4K resolution content all of the time, unless you pay for upgraded streaming (and…

[ad_1] I have a shitty TV in my bedroom. It’s old, cheap, and likely the last of its kind. While the picture quality is bad, the sound quality is even…

[ad_1] There are all kinds of digital subscriptions you can sign up for nowadays—for cloud storage and fitness plans and music streaming and audiobooks—and you simply cannot sign up for…

[ad_1] In TV land, excellent black levels have been the name of the game for nearly a decade. By providing better contrast via new backlighting technologies like organic LEDs (OLED)…

[ad_1] As a long-time TV reviewer, I firmly believe that no one needs to suffer through a grainy screen or slow, laggy video quality. There are now dozens of TVs…

[ad_1] Saving up for a new screen? To help you navigate the dozens of seemingly identical TV models from Samsung, LG, Vizio, TCL, Sony, and other manufacturers, we’ve watched hundreds…

[ad_1] If you put down money every month for a streaming service (or seven), then you probably want the best possible video quality your service provides. However, that’s not always…