The first soundbar to include the Amazon Fire TV platform is the $230 Anker Nebula Soundbar -- Fire TV Edition, and it's now available for pre-order with deliveries starting on November 19. The 2.1 channel 100-watt speaker features 4K and Dolby Vision HDR and has Alexa built in for smart home control.
| Simon Cohen | April 25, 2023 |
Google unveiled its newest smart speaker, the Nest Mini, at its Made by Google 2019 event. The new version of the Google Home Mini looks very similar to its predecessor, but it's got some impressive new features to go along with its new name, as well as an attractive price.
| Patrick Hearn | April 25, 2023 |
TCL's top-of-the-line 8-Series 4K HDR QLED Roku TVs are finally available for pre-order, as a BestBuy exclusive. The new TVs come in 65- and 75-inch sizes starting at $1,999. In addition to Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, the 8-Series uses a 25,000 mini-LED backlight for much-improved video performance.
| Simon Cohen | April 25, 2023 |
There's a new soundbar in town that vows to breathe cinema-like sound into your home entertainment setup. It's called the TCL TS9030, it was showcased at IFA 2019, and it comes with all the features you could ever need from a soundbar, including Bluetooth, Dolby Atmos, and HDMI ARC.
| Josh Levenson | April 25, 2023 |
Klipsch’s Bar 40 does its namesake proud when it comes to both style and sound, with a great look and impressively clear performance. But those seeking loads of features may want to look elsewhere. We’ll walk you through everything you need to know so you can make the best decision for your budget.
| Ryan Waniata | April 25, 2023 |
Google Nest is giving away 100,000 free Home Minis to people who are living with paralysis. The company announced a partnership with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Friday to provide the devices to paralyzed individuals to help them gain some additional independence.
| E. Price | April 25, 2023 |
Kenzie is a company that just launched on Kickstarter with the intention of hiding smart speakers beneath adorable, crocheted stuffed animals. Their intention is to disrupt the tech industry with cuteness. Buyers can pick from six different hand-crafted designs, but more are on the way.
| P. Hearn | April 25, 2023 |
Vizio brought a myriad of new soundbars to CES 2019, including two new Dolby Atmos bars that offer big sound in a smaller profile, bringing the brand's Atmos offerings to five. Smaller bars fill out the line for a versatile collection. We've got all the details of the lineup here.
| Ryan Waniata | April 25, 2023 |
Harman Kardon and JBL have announced four new audio lines that will hit the market in 2019. New offerings from the conglomerate companies include a brand-new smart soundbar, portable speaker, smart home theater speakers, and a massive portable speaker with both guitar and microphone inputs.
| Parker Hall | April 25, 2023 |
LG has finally announced pricing and availability to the three soundbars it announced at CES 2019. They'll come out in April or May of this year (depending on the model), and will retail between $400 and $1,300, with top-tier models coming with Dolby Atmos and advanced Meridian audio processing.
| Parker Hall | April 25, 2023 |
Sennheiser first showed off its Ambeo 3D virtual surround soundbar at CES at the beginning of the year, but now that we’ve had more hands-on time with it at IFA, we’re more impressed than ever, and convinced that it might be the best virtual surround soundbar we’ve encountered to date.
| Kris Wouk | April 25, 2023 |
Dolby and the NHRA have been working together on something special. The two entities have been producing live drag races in spine-chilling Dolby Atmos. Digital Trends recently went behind the scenes at a race in Las Vegas to check out this newly forged partnership in action.
| Ryan Waniata | April 25, 2023 |
Did you know your Apple HomePod can do way more than play music? If you don't already know these HomePod tips and tricks, you'll be glad you read them. Learn about how to unlock the full set of features available on your HomePod.
| K. Matthews | April 25, 2023 |
LG has announced its premium TV lineup for 2018, with both OLED and Super UHD TVs in a variety of sizes powered by in the company’s ThinQ A.I. platform.
| Kris Wouk | April 25, 2023 |
It’s finally here. Should you buy one? You'll find the answer in our Apple HomePod review.
| Caleb Denison | April 25, 2023 |
The $399 Google Home Max is now available, and the Google Home Mini is on sale for a limited time. Both work with Google Assistant.
| J. McGrath | April 25, 2023 |
We just heard the Polk MagniFi Max SR soundbar surround system for the first time and we're shocked at how huge it sounds.
| Caleb Denison | April 25, 2023 |
In our Samsung HW-K950 Atmos soundbar unboxing and setup video, you'll see what it takes to have the system sounding great in no time.
| Caleb Denison | April 25, 2023 |
Need assistance getting your new soundbar up and running? Our LG SJ9 soundbar setup & unboxing guide is here to help.
| Caleb Denison | April 25, 2023 |
Samsung's HW-MS650 fills the room with sound affordably. Our Samsung Sound + soundbar setup and unboxing guide will help get you started.
| Caleb Denison | April 25, 2023 |
Most modern TVs look great, but sound... less great. Our AmazonBasics Soundbar setup & unboxing guide will help you remedy this problem.
| Caleb Denison | April 25, 2023 |
This TV speaker buying guide clearly sets out your speaker options to boost your TV audio for more explosive sound and clearer dialog. Learn about soundbars, soundbases, powered speakers, and home-theater-in-a-box systems, and pick what you think will be best for your space and listening style.
| Parker Hall | April 25, 2023 |
We got a chance to see what is perhaps the most advanced and dazzling movie theater ever created at Dolby Labs. The new theater is the flagship of Dolby’s plan for the future of movies, Dolby Cinema. And it may already be in a theater near you.
| Ryan Waniata | April 25, 2023 |
The Sound Blaster Roar packs more features and volume into a $150 Bluetooth speaker than we've seen yet.
| Caleb Denison | April 25, 2023 |
We take a close look at a new wireless speaker from Samsung that aims to deliver sound to every corner of the room with 360 distribution.
| Caleb Denison | April 25, 2023 |
Aiwa is staging a comeback, and to do it, the company's new owners are banking on a big, boombox-like Bluetooth speaker called the Exos-9
| Caleb Denison | April 25, 2023 |
TreVolo has enough precision to satisfy the most discerning Bluetooth critic, but where’s the fun in a wireless speaker that can’t blast sound from across the room?
| Ryan Waniata | April 25, 2023 |
While it may not be the most powerful or feature-packed bar in the Yamaha family, when it comes to sheer dollar to performance value, few outpace the YAS-203.
| Ryan Waniata | April 24, 2023 |
The R20-B may be a step up from the model before it, but more sub, more drivers, and more money doesn’t always equal more performance.
| Ryan Waniata | April 24, 2023 |
The Echo wireless speaker is Amazon’s most interesting experiment yet, and easily the most useful wireless speaker we’ve encountered. Whether it catches on will depend on whether Amazon quits its coy little invitation game and begins broad distribution.
| Caleb Denison | April 24, 2023 |
While the price is certainly not for the timid, UE’s Megaboom follows up the company’s extremely successful Boom Bluetooth speaker with bigger sound, stronger armor, and the best Bluetooth range in the biz.
| Ryan Waniata | April 24, 2023 |
Philips' update on its Fidelio sound bar, the B5, is a significant step forward for the already super-convenient surround solution.
| Caleb Denison | April 24, 2023 |
X-mini's Clear Bluetooth speaker offers clean sound, as well as a see-through chassis for a bird's-eye view of the speaker's inner workings.
| Ryan Waniata | April 24, 2023 |
While it isn’t without a couple of quirks, Pioneer’s first sound platform has been expertly tuned to offer cinematic excellence, and great music playback to boot, putting it at the head of the class.
| Ryan Waniata | April 24, 2023 |