When I think of the Bose® brand, two things come to mind: their passionate and loyal customer base and their unique approach to building speaker systems. There are plenty of consumers around the world who swear by their systems and consider them to be some of the highest-quality audio products available. This loyalty is reflected in their sales numbers, which have made Bose one of the industry leaders in the consumer audio market. The company relies on innovative and closely guarded technology patents to deliver speaker systems that,
by Kate Kliner · Posted 11/06/2013
In the realm of multi-room wireless audio systems, the Sonos Wireless Hi-Fi System has dominated the marketplace for quite some time. There are many reasons to love this system, but chief among them is that it offers both a hardware and software system that works together seamlessly, making it easy to set up and operate. In fact, software entrepreneur John MacFarlane founded the company about a decade ago with the goal of redesigning the home stereo for the
Waxing PoeticAh, physical media. Vinyl. LPs. EPs. 45s. 78s. Wondrous words for older music fans and dyed-in-wool Luddites, but surely out of step in this age of instant music downloads and cloud-based media streaming—or are they? Make no mistake: for some diehard music fanatics downloading an mp3 will forever play second fiddle to the joy of acquiring a shiny circle of vinyl. And despite all the recent assertions about the “death of physical media,” vinyl records are experiencing a steady resurgence with DJs, collectors, and younger consumers
Whether you’re a sports fan or a movie lover, the DISH Tailgater Bundle with ViP 211k HD Receiver allows you to enjoy your television programming outside the confines of your living room. Using your existing DISH subscription or the Pay-As-You-Go no contract service, you can pair this bundle with a TV and a power outlet, and you’re on your way to watching television at a campsite or in the stadium parking lot of
LG’s long pedigree of television and external display manufacturing goes back more than 50 years. In the 1960s, shortly after the company’s birth, LG (then GoldStar) began to manufacture Korea’s first home-grown, tube-based televisions. Forty years later, LG developed the world’s first 60-inch plasma television, and then in 2006, the industry’s first 100-inch LCD television panel. By 2009, LG had become the world’s second-largest LCD television provider. A year later, building on the company’s track record of innovation, LG released the
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"The Cerevo LiveShell is a lightweight, easy to use, live streaming device that connects right to your camcorder or DSLR."
by Kate Kliner · Posted 05/24/2013
LG's 100" HECTO Laser LCD TV Projector and 55" curved OLED TV provided the brand’s major highlights at this year’s CES trade show in Las Vegas. However, the company’s new 2013 lineup of DVD/Blu-ray players and home theater systems offered an equally progressive and inspired vision from one of the consumer electronics industry leaders. Even though LG’s latest DVD/Blu-ray players and home theater systems are less impressive in person, they
Last week a peculiarly shaped device appeared on my desk. It was a compact, solid square box with a rather alien aesthetic, by which I mean it looked like something out of a Star Trek episode. The perfectly square cube was dark gray with long diagonal grooves across its entire surface. The only visible signs that suggested this device was terrestrial in origin was a purple LED light in the bottom righthand corner, an AC power cord coming out of the back and a small diagonal ASUS logo on the front panel. It turns out that this uniquely shaped
Televisions are the heart of any home—when you’re not reading, exercising, pursuing hobbies, mowing the lawn or spending time with loved ones, you are more than likely watching TV. And in this highly advanced technological world, TV is facing stiff competition from computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. How will television manufacturers keep up?
Toshiba knows that one way to keep up is to build TV sets that incorporate new technologies that keep pace with today’s sophisticated viewer. I took a look at Toshiba’s 2013 lineup, and I
With so many home entertainment options available these days, television has plenty of competition. Families are playing digital content on their laptops, tablets and home computers. Children are accessing TV shows and YouTube on their smartphones, and media players such as iPods. But TV is still firmly seated on the throne when it comes to the living room, as home-movie viewing morphs from a family staple to a family-themed experience.
Television manufacturers like Samsung realize that digital content comes from many different sources these
The Sony brand is synonymous with style, innovation and quality. Their dedication to brand identity and creative industrial design has been a wildly successful marketing strategy, which companies like Apple and Samsung have adopted over the last decade. Sony has also been an industry leader and innovator when it comes to technology. Sony creations like the Walkman were way ahead of their time and only in the past seven or eight years have other manufacturers caught up. Other Sony technologies, like the Trinitron TV, revolutionized the
In five years it will be 2018. Looking forward, 2018 promises to be an exciting year in sport. The World Cup Finals for soccer will unfold in Russia over the summer, while the XXIII Winter Olympics will come together in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang. However, 2018 is also an important year for Panasonic, since it marks the company’s 100th birthday. Although it may be a bit premature to reflect on the meaning of such a large corporation’s centennial celebration, I do feel there are some parallels that can be made regarding how far
There’s no arguing that Sharp has continually been at the forefront of consumer trends, and for 2013, the CES tradeshow in Las Vegas made it clear that the consumer is demanding larger TV panels that offer more ways to “connect” with media sources. Taking this knowledge to heart, Sharp surpassed every one of their major competitors by equipping 85% of all their 2013 retail TVs with “Smart” Internet connectivity. Sharp’s closest competitor in this area only endowed 57% of their TVs with standard Internet connectivity. In fact, many of Sharp’s
276 Views· Posted 04/10/2013
The Astell & Kern AK100 delivers stunning sound quality with its ability to playback 24-bit/192kHz in a variety of file formats.
by Kate Kliner · Posted 03/20/2013
If you have an iPhone 5, iPod touch 5th generation or iPod nano 7th generation, you're probably already enjoying the sweet sounds of your playlists and podcasts through a pair of headphones throughout the day. But you may also be looking to rock out sans headphones, using an external speaker dock. The Bose SoundDock® Series III Digital Music System lets you do just that, since it features a front-mounted, 8-pin Lightning connector,