Author: Press Room
Your soundbar should always sound better than a flat-panel TV’s built-in speakers, but I’m willing to bet it’s not working at its peak potential. If your audio still feels flat, compressed, or underwhelming, instead of bigger, clearer, and more cinematic, the issue might not be your speaker at all, but the cable that connects it. Plenty of people I know still rely on optical (TOSLINK) audio cables for their soundbars. This is perfectly understandable, as for years it was the standard for soundbar connections, and many TVs still feature an optical port. However, technology has moved on. Now that streaming…
The 2026 Oscar nominations have been announced. The Best Picture nominees include big studio hits (One Battle After Another, F1), prestige dramas (Hamnet, Train Dreams, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, The Secret Agent), and genre movies (Bugonia, Frankenstein, Sinners). If I had to guess, I’d say One Battle After Another will take home the gold, which is fair: it was an important movie for Hollywood. And I’m all but certain that none of the genre movies will take it, since the Academy has long been reluctant to give the Best Picture award to anything in the sci-fi, fantasy, or horror genres.…
Retro revivals are often overblown. Breathless headlines insist vinyl sales are up eleventy billion per cent, yet quietly avoid admitting that the actual numbers are a rounding error compared to the format’s peak. Yet it’s not just ageing nostalgics supergluing rose-tinted glasses to their faces and claiming everything peaked in 1989. Increasingly, Gen Z is getting into retro media and hardware – and there are good reasons for that. That generation grew up during a monumental shift in how home media was consumed. Convenience won at the expense of ownership. Today’s media landscape trends towards on-demand everything but you often…
Most folks choose to buy an incredible Amazon Fire TV Stick to watch their favorite shows and movies on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and the ever-better HBO Max. When loaded with the right tools, however, the device can become even more useful and exciting. Here are eight hidden gems on your Fire TV Stick that can quietly reshape how you watch and interact with your entire living room screen. Better still, neither of these solutions requires the often-difficult side-loading process. Related How I Customize My Fire TV Stick Backgrounds It only takes a moment, and it brings some much-needed personality…
Admittedly, I haven’t used the latest Apple AirPods, but I used an older model for a good while. And while I know there have been tons of upgrades with the latest Apple AirPods Pro 3 and Apple AirPods 4, I recently reviewed a different pair of earbuds that actually meet my needs just fine when it comes to seamless Apple device connectivity: the Powerbeats Fit. Hailing from Beats by Dr. Dre, a brand Apple has owned since July 2014, they have all the features you’d expect from a pair of earbuds that connect beautifully to an iPhone or other Apple…
Arctic weather is keeping vast swaths of people indoors. It’s going to be like this for a minute, so why not kick back and relax this weekend with some of the new offerings at Netflix? There are exactly three new Netflix originals coming to the service this week. The pickings may be slim, but at least that means you won’t have to click through endless options wondering what to watch. Related A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a fun Game of Thrones show that’s too faithful for its own good A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is so faithful…
Amazon doesn’t exactly advertise the privacy controls buried in Fire TV’s settings menus. After months of being greeted by promotional video clips every time I powered on my TCL 75-Inch S5 4K Fire TVs, I finally sat down and dug through every submenu I could find. The tools to reclaim your home screen have been there all along—they’re just not obvious. I’d already customized other aspects of my Fire TV setup across both basement TVs, one in the main living area, and another in my home gym. But the constant advertising assault deserved its own focused session. Ten minutes later,…
When you’re fully settled in with your favorite drink, a pile of snacks, and a show you’ve been waiting for months to watch, nothing kills the vibe faster than your screen turning into a pixelated mess the minute the bandwidth drops. While buffering once in a while is something you can deal with, the quality taking a hit (with no obvious way to force it back up) is what really ruins the experience. With Netflix, this is an issue I’ve found myself running into more often than I’d like (even on a stable connection). Turns out, there’s a hidden Netflix…
The Apple Watch lineup of smartwatches has had a complete refresh over recent months with the arrival of the Apple Watch Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 3. The updates to these watches are more evolutionary rather than groundbreaking, but even so there are a quite a few shiny tricks up their sleeves – and a price tag to match. So now that Apple’s latest watches are available, which one should you slap on your wrist? Design & build: now with more buzzwords Design-wise, Apple hasn’t strayed too far from the path. The Series 11 is sleeker than ever, thinner…
Forget going out, why spend money on expensive cinema tickets when you can recreate the theatre experience right in your own living room with one of the best TVs? By investing in a new television, you can enjoy stunning visuals and immersive entertainment without leaving your home. We’ve reviewed a number of different screens that will make a significant difference to your viewing experience. For those with a big budget, you can elevate your home theatre setup with top-of-the-line gear that brings the magic of the movies to your doorstep. Selecting the right 4K TV can be daunting, but we’re…