If you’re looking for a cutting-edge viewing and listening experience, you’ve probably had your eye on some of Vizio’s 2019 TV and soundbar models. Known for blending high-end fidelity with real-world affordability, Vizio has long offered some of the best price-to-performance ratios in home theater land.
On Tuesday, May 21, the company announced pricing for all of its 2019 TV models, which are now available at retailers nationwide, including Amazon, Best Buy, Costco, Sam’s Club, Target, and Walmart. Prices range from $260 to $3,500, with 20 models that run the gamut between, depending on what size and performance you’re aiming for.
Alongside the 20 TV options, the company announced five different soundbars, including two Dolby Atmos systems for hyper-immersive listening. With prices that range from $70 for its most basic soundbar to $700 for its advanced Dolby Atmos model, you’ll almost certainly be able to find a product for you.
Alongside its new TV and soundbar models, Vizio has one other trick up its sleeve for 2019 that should excite potential buyers. The company announced SmartCast 3.0, the third generation of its proprietary smart TV interface. With upcoming support for Apple Airplay 2 and Apple Homekit to join the interface, which currently supports Google Assistant and Alexa, it will now be possible to integrate Vizio’s TVs into all of the major smart speaker/smart home ecosystems, regardless of your own personal preferences.
Vizio also says SmartCast 3.0 features a number of performance improvements for a more streamlined user experience, as well as a new interface to pair with expanded voice search functionality.
Here’s a full list of the new Vizio TV models:
Looking for a soundbar? Here’s a list of the new models from Vizio for 2019:
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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