Audio, video or TV product related news, reviews and articles.
“If the rain comes comes, they run and hide their heads.” When I think of thinksound’s new Rain2 earphones, I always think of the iconic Beatles’ song, “Rain”. I don’t know why, except that the Rain2 earphones serve as a counterpoint to the song—in my head, at least. It means that while the song, “Rain,” […]
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I got an email from Amazon outlining the new features added to their Fire TV with the newly-released OS 1.5 update. The update adds the following features: “Expandable USB storage—Use a connected USB flash drive to expand your Amazon Fire TV storage for downloaded apps and games—this enables you to have more games downloaded for
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I’ve been using an inexpensive set of Philips wired earphones forever and have been pretty happy with them. However, the more time that has passed, the more I have thought about replacing them with a Bluetooth set, especially when doing chores around the house. The iClever IC-BTH01 Bluetooth Stereo Headset was then offered to the
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Are you tired of the boring black background on your Roku streaming player or your Roku TV? Now you can add a theme featuring your favorite TV show to jazz up the backgrounds. Right now, the Game of Thrones and Netflix original series House of Cards are free for a limited time only. Additional Themes range from $0.99 and
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Apple doesn’t sell just any Bluetooth speaker in their online store, so Soen scored a coup of sorts with their new Transit XS portable—and mountable—Bluetooth speaker. The Transit XS is the smaller cousin to the original Transit. Besides its size, the XS model is different in a few ways from the bigger Transit. The XS
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Yesterday we took a quick look at the new HBO Now streaming service on the Apple TV. With HBO Now, you can access all of HBO’s original programming plus a variety of movies without needing an HBO subscription through your cable company. You only need a broadband connection, and you’ll need the iPad connected to
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Bluetooth hands-free headsets or smart car calling features are becoming more and more necessary now that 14 states have banned hand-held cell phone use while driving, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. Even if your state doesn’t have a ban on hand-held cell phone use while driving, there are bans on people using them in school
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Our condo complex provides cable service as part of our monthly HOA fees, but that service is standard definition. We rent a cable box directly from Time Warner so we can see high-def programming with our “free” cable, but we don’t have any premium channels. I feel left out sometimes when people talk about all
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I have trouble keeping my earphones in my ears while working out and constantly have to reposition them which is indeed an exercise in futility! 😉 Decibullz Custom Molded Earphone Adapters are an elegant, inexpensive solution to this tedious problem. You can replace your standard silicone tips from earphones that have a straight nozzle with
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When reviewing headphones, earphones and speakers, there is always one constant throughout: A music source. Whether it’s vinyl, CD, iTunes, music burned in Apple Lossless, FLAC, Spotify/Pandora or even FM radio, the music has to come from somewhere. Then there’s the music player: iPhone/Android smartphone, various iPods, digital audio players, computer, home stereo. As you
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As I have said before, I prefer earbuds, having tried literally dozens of them from stock earbuds to wireless sport headphones to extravagant, handmade monitors and everything in between. I like their small, compact, transportable form-factor for travel, working out, puttering around the house, etc. Be that as it may, it surprises me how many people are
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As a rule, I don’t get that excited about Bluetooth speakers anymore unless there’s a feature that really grabs my attention. The last waterproof Bluetooth speaker I reviewed was the NYNE Aqua floating Bluetooth speaker. What’s so different about the Ivation Acoustix waterproof Bluetooth speaker?
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Our smartphones and tablets continue to evolve with more memory, faster processors, larger displays, and better cameras, but have you ever considered the design of the audio jack? The 3.5mm jack that you plug your earbuds and headphones into hasn’t changed in decades. The old saying “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is true,
MAGZET turns your 3.5mm audio jack into a magsafe style connection Read More
While unboxing the Blue Mo-Fi headphones, I was reminded of the door hinges on my wife’s 1997 Lexus SC300 sports coupe. See, the Lexus hinges are not your everyday hinge—they’re over-engineered so the large doors open and slide a bit forward which helps in tight parking spaces. Lexus reportedly spent over a million bucks developing
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Are you tired of the standard look of Bluetooth speakers? Or perhaps you’ve had difficulty finding one to match your decor. Clio is a simply elegant Bluetooth 24 watt speaker that practically disappears into any environment and uses Edge Motion technology. Edge Motion™-driven speakers use piezo-electric actuators to stimulate the sides of an optically clear
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Winter’s not quite over yet, and you can count on the Audio Trapper Hat to keep your ears warm. You can also count on the hat to keep the tunes flowing, because it has built-in speakers in the ear flaps. It has a retractable audio cable that will work with any device with a 3.5mm
Keep your ears warm without giving up your music Read More
I’m a captive of the cable company. That is, because of my location I can’t get over the air channels and the local channels are not available on the Internet. I have given in and subscribe to a package that includes one set-top box, which means only one TV can display the channels we subscribe
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To say that we are in the golden age of headphones is an understatement. There’s never been a better time to find excellent sounding headphones in almost every price range, especially the higher-priced headphones. When you include the countless names entering the market, you have a recipe for awesomeness. Adding to this aural soup-de-jour is
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I long for the perfect smartphone. You know, the one that has awesome battery life, a high resolution camera that takes clear pictures in low light, and fantastic audio quality to blow you away. I recently upgraded my phone to a Nexus 6, but found one of the things lacking was the sound quality when
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I have a strong preference for over-the-ear headphones, rather than earbuds or on-ear models. I also tend to get so involved in whatever I’m listening to that I tend to walk away from the source without disconnecting. This is not good for cables or lighter music sources that are not attached to my person. So,
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