Even though OLED TVs have been around for a while, their pricing makes them very much a luxury purchase, but luckily, pricing has been coming down a lot recently. If you’re thinking of upgrading to one, then we’d very strongly recommend the Sony BRAVIA XR A95L, which we gave a perfect score of 10 out of 10. Even better, there is a considerable $500 discount from Walmart that brings the total price down to $2,899 from $3,400, and while that’s still quite pricey, it’s well worth it for one of the best TVs on the market when it comes to QD-OLED technology.
When our editor at large, Caleb Denison, got his hands on the Sony BRAVIA XR A95L, he said, “This TV is just next-level amazing. The A95L doesn’t just deliver the wow — it delivers the whoa.” That’s for a good reason too, since it manages to hit all the big checkmarks pretty well, such as an excellent picture quality that includes high color purity and saturation levels, as well as overall great brightness. It’s also great for gamers as it has a pretty low input gaming mode, as well as a base refresh rate of 120Hz.
That high refresh rate is also great for those who enjoy watching action-packed content like action films or sports, and while it doesn’t come with HLG HDR, you won’t miss it that much with this panel. You’ll also appreciate the surprisingly excellent audio quality, which isn’t something you’d expect with a TV, but the XR A95L knocks out of the park. The same goes for the 4K AI upscaling, which can always be a hit and a miss, but this TV does a surprisingly excellent job of upscaling older 1080p content, which is great for the kind of streaming most people do.
All in all, the Sony BRAVIA XR A95L is an incredibly versatile TV, with the largest issue being its high cost, something that’s somewhat mitigated with the $500 discount from Walmart. Of course, if you’re not fully convince or want to check out some other options, these OLED TV deals and general TV deal roundups are worth checking out.
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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