Hisense has a little pre-CES 2025 teaser for us, and it looks like the company is taking a page from Sony’s home theater playbook. The new Hisense HT Saturn is a 4.1.2 Dolby Atmos “wireless home theater system” with four speakers and a single subwoofer, which uses a small HDMI ARC/eARC breakout box as a transmitter — a similar configuration to Sony’s Bravia Theater Quad.
Hisense hasn’t released pricing or availability for the HT Saturn yet.
Hisense has equipped the Dolby Atmos soundbar alternative with two features that should make it especially appealing to some Hisense TV owners: an automatic room calibration system that gives you flexibility of placement for the speakers, and in another move that mimics the Bravia Theater Quad’s S-center channel tech, Hisense’s Hi-Concerto feature lets a Hisense TV’s speakers share the audio duties with the wireless speakers.
These features only work with “some” Hisense TVs, but we haven’t received an official list of the compatible models.
The system itself is compatible, however, with any TV that has an HDMI ARC/eARC or optical output. It also works with Bluetooth and has an HDMI input. As with Hisense’s other soundbar offerings, you’ll be able to control and configure the HT Saturn using a Hisense TV remote, once again making the system feel much more integrated for Hisense TV owners.
The system also works with DTS:X and has a total of 13 speakers. Hisense hasn’t given us a breakdown of the kinds and sizes of drivers, other than the 6.5-inch subwoofer. It can be tuned using one of five available EQ modes, including presets for movies, music, sports, and more.
Our first chance to see and hear the HT Saturn will be at CES 2025, where we also expect to see Hisense’s latest TVs, laser TVs, and other audio and video products.
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
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