The new Humax Aura isn't just a Freeview Play PVR, but a fully functioning Android TV device with support for 4K and HDR, numerous apps, Chromecast, and a built-in Google Assistant.
Philips' 2020 flagship TV offers a stunning design, excellent image accuracy and video processing along with an Atmos speaker bar from Bowers & Wilkins. So is this the luxury TV you have been waiting on?
Google is pitching its newer smartphones away from the bruising powerhouse flagships of Samsung and iPhone and its latest Pixel 5 and 4a 5G models show off decent mid range specs with plenty of clever software.
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Philips TV and Sound Wireless Home System launched
by Andy Bassett
In support of its Play-Fi based wireless ecosystem, Philips plans a range of supporting products including the upcoming W6505 and W6205 wireless speakers and the new 8000 series of soundbars featuring five models.
The Disney+ streaming service is now available on Philips Ambilight Android TVs in the European countries where the much anticipated SVOD recently launched.
Netflix using AV1 codec for greater efficiency on Android mobile
by Andy Bassett
Netflix has announced it has started using the AV1 codec when streaming to its Android mobile app, thus providing viewers with improved compression efficiency over the established VP9 encodes.
Nokia parent company HMD Global releases the Nokia 2.3 which features an AI based camera to help you get the best shot, a two day battery life and Android updates for two years.
VIDEO: Philips launch 805, 855 and 865 OLED TVs | Will they guarantee against burn-in?
by Phil Hinton
We interview Philips picture guru Danny Tack about the new TV models as well as burn-in suppression technology, smooth gradation technology along with Filmmaker mode and why there is no HDMI 2.1
CES 2020 News: Sony announces full 4K, 8K and OLED TV line-ups
by Steve Withers
Sony has announced a new 8K Full Array LED TV, new 4K OLED TVs (including a 48-inch model) and new 4K Full Array LED TVs, all with advanced picture and sound capabilities.
Is it an issue to use a different brand of watch to your smart phone?
by Andy Bassett
How much of a risk is it to have a different make of watch and phone paired? What are the potential problems? Or do AVForums members recommend sticking to the same brand ecosystem.
Sony update brings AirPlay 2 and Dolby Atmos support to select TVs
by Andy Bassett
Earlier this year, Sony announced their plans to bring AirPlay 2 and Homekit functionality along with Dolby Atmos support to their recent mid-range and high-end TVs. Now a major Android Pie (9) update has arrived that also includes these promised features.
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Amazon Music free tier now available on mobile platforms
by Andy Bassett
Up until now, Amazon Music’s free service has only been available if you are listening on an Echo smart speaker, now Amazon has opened up this tier to third party mobile platforms.
Samsung's Tizen TV OS to be made available to third parties
by Andy Bassett
According to Samsung, their Tizen smart O/S appears on over 100 million Samsung TVs around the world. Now, the South Korean TV giant has announced it is to become available to third party TV manufacturers for the first time.
The OLED854 is identical to the OLED804 model apart from the stand and features three-sided Ambilight, Dolby Vision and HDR10+ dynamic metadata systems and the new 3rd Generation P5 image processor, so is this mid-range screen worthy of your interest? Let's find out.
The Philips OLED+ 984 is the company's latest flagship 4K TV that not only boasts Dolby Vision, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos, Android and 4-sided Ambilight, but also a custom-built B&W sound system.
Sony's latest MASTER Series flagship OLED TV, the AG9 (A9G), promises excellent accuracy to the industry standards with class-leading motion and video processing. Does it deliver?
Let’s be clear, I haven’t seen a phone that comes close to what this camera can do. Huawei’s smart move of involving Leica in its photographic endeavours is a part of that.
The XG95 is the top end LED LCD TV from the company for 2019 boasting the X1 Ultimate chipset, Netflix calibrated mode, Acoustic multi-audio, Dolby Vision and Xtended Dynamic Range Pro, to name just a few features, so can it live up to the hype?
Android TV didn’t get much of a look in at the Google I/O opening keynote speech but updates were announced later making it clear that Google are fully behind their TV platform.