The 11 best TVs for 2024 | Digital Trends

August 22, 2024August 21, 2024 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

The best TVs of 2024 are made by brands that we all know and love. We’re talking titans of tech like Samsung, Sony, LG, TCL, and Hisense. Of course, no one TV set is the same as another. And with numerous sizes, picture technologies, and special features to sort through, choosing your next TV can be quite the daunting endeavor. Fortunately, we’re all about making things easier.

We here at Digital Trends know a thing or two about TVs, and we’ve leveraged all our experience and hands-on testing to create this roundup of the best TVs you can buy right now. Whether you’re a movie fanatic, PlayStation diehard, or a more casual viewer that’s looking to score a great deal, there’s a TV on this list for just about everyone!

The best cheap headphones and earbuds for 2024 | Digital Trends

June 19, 2024June 18, 2024 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Not every pair of headphones or earbuds has to cost over $200.

Yes, the fancy, expensive flagship models from brands like Bose, Sony, and Apple get a lot of attention, but the truth is that you can absolutely get great sound, comfort, and convenient features without spending more than $100 if you shop carefully. That’s where we come in.

We’ve compiled a list of the best cheap earbuds and headphones that will cost you less than a nice dinner for two, yet they deliver the most sought-after qualities of much more expensive models.

Best wireless headphones for 2023 from Bose, Sony, and more | Digital Trends

June 8, 2023June 7, 2023 ~ knjohn ~ 1 Comment

While wired headphones are still great for getting the most out of hi-res lossless music, wireless headphones have come a long way in terms of sound quality, features like active noise cancellation (ANC), transparency mode, and more. They’re incredibly comfortable, and, of course, you don’t have any wires to get tangled up in on your morning commute.

We’re always looking for the best wireless headphones, and we also take comfort, audio quality, and battery life, seriously, too. For this roundup, we’re focusing on wireless headphones of the over-ear variety. For the best wireless earbuds, we’ve got a roundup of those, too.

That said, we think that Sony’s latest WH-1000XM5 are so good that they currently take the top spot on not just this list, but also our picks for the best noise-canceling headphones and the best headphones, period. They’re light, very comfortable, have excellent noise cancellation and sound quality, and are packed with premium features.

Night Vision Pocket Camera | Cool Business Ideas

May 27, 2022May 26, 2022 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Startup Duovox has launched a compact night vision camera with a custom Sony sensor and advanced algorithms at its heart that effectively turn night into day, bringing the full-color experience to after-dark hikes in the mountains, and night-time wildlife photography or even pitch black handicam horror flicks.

“We have used the latest low-light imaging technology and combined it with our own advanced AI algorithms,” said Duovox founder, David Chen. “This allows Duovox to turn an entire night-time scene into a full-color daylit photograph.”

Currently raising production funds on Kickstarter, the Duovox Mate Pro is the fourth-night vision camera from Duovox and is designed as an easy carry rather than the dashcam format of previous iterations.

Sony confirms its new PlayStation Plus tiers will launch on June 13, reveals list of games | TechCrunch

May 19, 2022May 16, 2022 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Sony announced today that its revamped PlayStation Plus gaming subscription tiers will launch in the United States on June 13th. The new PlayStation Plus tiers offer similar benefits to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass, which gives users access to a library of rotating games for a monthly fee. Sony has also released a list of games that will be available during the launch time frame. It’s worth noting that Sony’s new subscription tiers won’t include new first-party games, such as “Horizon Zero Dawn and “Horizon Forbidden West,” at least not at launch.

The lowest tier of the subscription service is called “PlayStation Plus Essential” and comes with the same benefits that PlayStation Plus members have today and costs $9.99 per month. The middle tier, which is called “PlayStation Plus Extra,” comes with all the same perks as the Essential tier but includes a selection of up to 400 PS4 and PS5 games. Sony notes that games in the Extra tier can be downloaded for online play. The Extra tier costs $14.99 per month.

Sony’s 4th Generation Noise Cancelling Headphones | CoolBusinessIdeas.com

September 18, 2020September 16, 2020 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

The MDR-1000X started it all in 2016, followed a year later by the WH-1000XM2, and then the XM3 in August 2017. Now, the highly anticipated XM4 noise-canceling headphones have been announced.

Until we tried on a pair of the original 1000X headphones at IFA 2016, we had thought that Bose was going to rule the noise-canceling roost for a long time to come. Sony’s over-ears impressively removed the background hustle and bustle from the show floor and allowed us to completely focus on the sample music being offered.

The technology has gone from strength to strength with each successive generation, with us noting after taking the XM3s for a proper workout that “it’s the noise canceling capabilities that really sell these headphones, setting a new bar for other headphone manufacturers to strive for.”

Sony has created the Cadillac of pay TV. Would you pay $600 a year for it? | Mashable

March 19, 2015 ~ knjohn ~ 1 Comment

Sony has built the Cadillac plan of Internet TV: It’s big, it’s shiny and it’s expensive.

Sony launched its new PlayStation Vue streaming TV service on Wednesday featuring a 55-channel bundle that includes shows from three major broadcast networks — although notably lacks ESPN.

Vue comes along just as the Internet TV market has begun to take off. Dish’s Sling TV, one of the first “over the top” (OTT) bundles of channels to hit the market, reportedly logged 100,000 sign-ups in its first month. Apple is also reportedly working on an Internet TV service.

Rich Greenfield, media and tech analyst for BTIG Research, said Vue represented the most recent of many steps toward breaking the dominance of cable providers.

“The bundling is coming unhinged right in front of our eyes,” he said in an email to Mashable.

Think The Cassette Tape Is Dead? Then Why Did Sony Just Squeeze 185TB Of Data Onto One? | Forbes

May 5, 2014 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Vinyl is making a comeback, but for all intents and purposes the reign of cassette tapes is long since over, right? Perhaps not, if Sony has anything to say about it. At today’s International Magnetics Conference (Intermag) in Europe, the company is presenting a method of data storage utilizing magnetic tape which is capable of holding a whopping 148GB per inch.