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CNET Buys House To Kit Out With Smart Gadgets

Consumer tech site CNET is spending big money on promoting the ‘smart home’, with the publication seeing exponential growth in the category over the last few years...

Essential Install Live! North Keynote Speaker Announced As Catherine Machalinski

Business expert Catherine Machalinski will give a keynote speech at Essential Install Live! North...

World’s First 8K TV From Sharp Costs £86,677

The world's first 8K TV to go on sale will come from Sharp, but it won't be cheap, nor will it be easy to pass 8K content through...

Apple TV To Get VLC, Plex

Apple’s App push for its new TV set-top box is paying off, with two big names already committed to the platform; Plex and VLC...

HiddenHub Lauded As First ‘Truly Smart Speaker’

HiddenHub promises to constantly adapt to its environment, which should help it deliver the best acoustic profile every single time...

Audiobility Olive One Promises An All-In-One Solution For Multi-Room Audio

The Olive One promises an attractive, all in one HD music player, ideal for a multi-room environment...

Jay-Z’s Tidal Now Offers CDs

Jay-Z's music streaming service, Tidal, has begun offering users the ability to purchase CDs - although there's only one available right now...

Integra Ready To Receive Atmos And DTS:X

Integra has announced three new 7.2 channel network receivers, all of which are Dolby Atmos-enabled, two being primed for DTS:X...

New Apple TV Has Siri, Apps & Games But No 4K

Apple's hoping to revolutionise the TV market with the new Apple TV. Tim Cook calls it 'the future of television', while Eddy Cue lauds it as 'a big day for the big screen', but can Siri, Apps and Games change TV as we know it?...

Sony Launches Native 4K Home Cinema Projectors

Sony’s new projectors boast native 4K resolution and white colour design options, one of which is compatible with HDMI input of HDR content with a 300,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio...