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Dolby Vision 2 Unveiled: AI HDR Revolution or Just Hype? (What It Means for Your TV)

Dolby Vision 2 Unveiled: AI HDR Revolution or Just Hype? (What It Means for Your TV)

What Exactly Is Dolby Vision 2? How It Differs from Original Dolby Vision More than ten years after Dolby Vision first launched, Dolby Vision 2 marks the next generation of Dolby’s high dynamic range (HDR) video technology theverge.com. The original Dolby Vision (DV) set the gold standard for HDR by using dynamic metadata – allowing each scene or frame to have tailored brightness and color information – to vastly improve contrast, color depth, and detail over standard video formats. Dolby Vision 2 builds on that legacy but goes beyond traditional HDR, introducing new intelligence to adapt the picture in real
2 September 2025
Fluance Ri91 Powered Tower Speakers: $800 Soundbar Killers Simplifying Hi‑Fi

Fluance Ri91 Powered Tower Speakers: $800 Soundbar Killers Simplifying Hi‑Fi

Technical Specs and Design Features The Fluance Ri91 is a powered floorstanding speaker system built for both music and home theater use. Each tower houses three drivers in a 2.5-way configuration: a 28×35 mm Air Motion Transformer (AMT) tweeter for the high frequencies, plus dual 6.5″ woven glass-fiber woofers handling midrange and bass fluance.com. This driver array and an advanced Butterworth crossover yield a wide frequency range (down to ~40 Hz in bass, up to ~30 kHz in treble) with minimal distortion fluance.com. Fluance uses a built-in Class D amplifier rated at 150 W RMS total (75 W per speaker) to power the drivers,
27 August 2025
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Soundbar Showdown: Sony HT-A7000 vs Sonos Arc vs Samsung HW-Q990D – Which Dolby Atmos Champ Reigns Supreme?

Soundbar Showdown: Sony HT-A7000 vs Sonos Arc vs Samsung HW-Q990D – Which Dolby Atmos Champ Reigns Supreme?

The Samsung HW-Q990D is an 11.1.4-channel soundbar system that includes a wireless subwoofer and two wireless rear speakers for true surround sound and DTS:X support. The Sony HT-A7000 is a 7.1.2-channel bar that uses Vertical Surround Engine and S-Force Pro Front Surround, and can expand to up to 9.1.4 with the SA-SW5 sub and SA-RS5 rear speakers. The Sonos Arc is a 5.0.2-channel standalone soundbar with no built‑in sub or rear speakers by default, but can form a 7.1.4 system when paired with a Sub and Era 300 surrounds. HDMI and inputs: the Arc has one HDMI eARC port and
Samsung The Premiere 9 vs Epson LS800 vs Hisense PX3-Pro: Ultra Short Throw Projector Comparison

Samsung The Premiere 9 vs Epson LS800 vs Hisense PX3-Pro: Ultra Short Throw Projector Comparison

Samsung The Premiere 9 (model LPU9D), Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 (LS800B/LS800W), and Hisense PX3-Pro TriChroma Laser Cinema are the three flagship 4K laser UST projectors compared in the article. Samsung The Premiere 9 is rated at 3,450 ISO lumens, but in Dynamic “Peak Brightness” mode it measured about 3,140 ANSI lumens. In Movie or Filmmaker modes, the Premiere 9 outputs roughly 1,600–2,000 lumens for color-accurate viewing. Epson EpiqVision LS800 is rated at 4,000 lumens, with test results around 2,600–2,700 lumens in Cinema/Natural modes. Hisense PX3-Pro is rated at 3,000 ANSI lumens, with peak around 3,400 lumens in vivid mode and
Why Your Next TV Might Be a Projector: What You Need to Know Before You Buy

Why Your Next TV Might Be a Projector: What You Need to Know Before You Buy

In 2025, a midrange projector plus a screen can deliver a 120-inch image for about $2,000, cheaper than most 98-inch LED TVs. The Epson LS12000 uses a laser light engine with 3LCD imaging to produce a native 4K (3840×2160) picture with deep blacks and 1,500–3,000 lumens brightness. JVC’s DLA-NZ8 and NZ9 are native 4K (D-ILA) projectors famed for deep blacks, with some models offering 8K e-shift upscaling. No consumer projector has a native 8K chip in 2025; 8K is achieved via techniques like e-shift on high-end models, often costing around $25,000. The BenQ X3100i is a 4LED DLP projector that
Future-Proof Your Home Theater: 2025-2026 TVs & Streamers Showdown

Future-Proof Your Home Theater: 2025-2026 TVs & Streamers Showdown

LG G5 OLED (2025) is part of the OLED evo line, features a four-stack panel, up to 165Hz refresh, Alpha 9 Gen8 processor, HDMI 2.1, and comes in 55″–97″ sizes with the 55″ model launched around $2,499. Samsung S95F OLED (2025) delivers up to 2,000 nits peak brightness, a 165Hz panel, four HDMI 2.1 ports, a matte anti-glare screen, and uses the Neo Quantum processor (NQ4 AI Gen3) with Vision AI, with sizes 55″–83″ and no Dolby Vision. Sony Bravia 8 II (2025) is a flagship QD-OLED with ~25% higher peak brightness than the A95L, 55″–77″ sizes, Cognitive XR processor,
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