LG Explodes at CES with XBOOM and Soundbars Galore

As usual, LG kicked off the 2019 CES press day with a bang. Or should we say XBOOM? In addition to showing off some amazingly cool new soundbars LG launched a series of exciting audio products in the XBOOM product line. Both the soundbars and XBOOM products reflect LG’s devotion to great sounding products with innovative features.

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Hisense Demos New WCG Technology, Unveils Bigger, Brighter TVs

Hisense announced today at its CES press conference that it will expand its selection of 75-inch 4K LCD TVs and unveil 4K sets that are brighter than last year’s models and use more than 1,000 back-lit local-dimming zones to enhance contrast.

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TCL Readies 8K, Quantum Dots, Ultra Contrast

In a news conference on the eve of CES 2019, TCL made a commitment to further improve TV image quality, announcing plans for 8K TVs and for color-gamut-widening quantum-dot display technology.

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8K, Roll-up OLED, Big Screens Top LG’s 2019 TV Lineup

LG came to CES to launch the industry’s first roll-up OLED TV (at 65 inches), introduce its first two 8K TV sets, and expand its selection of TVs with screen sizes of 70 inches or more to 11 models in all.

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Monoprice Turns Up the Volume with New AV Gear

Monoprice, the aggressive Brea, CA-based online retailer/manufacturer that sells thousands of electronics and tech products online at lower-than-average prices, is making its presence known on the eve of CES 2019 with the announcement of an audiophile-focused 16-channel home theater processor priced at “one-third of the cost of the industry standard.”

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The Inescapable Temptations of CES

Last year — oh, around the same time that I’m sitting down to write this — I penned an editorial lamenting changes to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that made it inhospitable to writers covering the high-end audio and home theater categories. The gist of my article was that for us CES had become mostly irrelevant, and that I would sit the 2018 show out and quite possibly future ones as well.

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CES 2019 Preview: Pioneer, Fibbr, Elite Screens & More

The press releases are flowing as companies gear up for the biggest trade exhibition of the year — CES 2019 — which opens Tuesday in Las Vegas. Here’s a preview of some of the introductions and demonstrations planned for the show, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018.

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