How to Show Off Your Art on a Matt Display, with the Frame TV in the Next-Generation DisplayPortable Display Case
All right, now for a much larger Samsung display that demands to be shown off like art. The Frame TV is currently on sale for $949 at Amazon, or $949 at Target and Best Buy. You can dress your living space up with this wonderful TV that will allow you to display artwork on the matt display while it is not in use. The latest Frame uses an anti-glare screen that makes the available art pieces to display look much more convincing and less reflective than the previous generation. It can be flush-mounted to a wall if the ports are on a box that is easy to see.
The M8 has a microphone and speakers, as well as a decent qualityWebcam. It has built-in streaming apps and a handy remote control. I am not suggesting you glue yourself to your chair, but this monitor can cover all the bases. Take the occasional walk outside, okay?
Getting the Most from the New Fire TV: Kindle Paperwhite Seaming Robovac Deals for Less Than $100/$Phrase$
The Frame supports 4K resolution at 120Hz, though its other specs are mostly in the “ok” department. It doesn’t have any local dimming. If you care more about interior design than television specifications, then this may be your best bet. The new Fire TV is aimed at the same crowd. Read our eyes-on impressions.
The ad-supported Kindle Paperwhite is available in used condition from Woot for less than a new model, which is 40 percent cheaper. It will save you 40 and is $10 cheaper than Amazon’s refurbished model. Though, the one on sale at Woot is listed as being in “very good” condition and comes with a 90-day warranty, whereas the Amazon refurb includes a one-year warranty.
The paperwhite has a larger display and a battery that lasts for weeks despite being frequently used, compared to the previous generation that had a smaller display and a less robust battery. If you find yourself liking the ads, you can remove them for $20 later. The upcoming Kindle Scribe, with its included stylus and much higher price, seems intriguing, but the Paperwhite is a great reading experience that doesn’t break the bank. Read our review.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/25/23422494/samsung-m8-frame-tv-kindle-paperwhite-shark-robovac-deal-sale
The Shark AI Ultra XL, GALAXY Z FOLD4, and other lidar-enabled robotic devices on sale during the SAMSUNG week deals
There are all kinds of robot vacuums out there, but not all of them feature lidar, which is helpful in preventing your bot from bumping into your furniture and leaving marks over time. It is safe to say that this third-party seller isn’t sleazy, like some other sellers, and the Shark AI Ultra XL is currently on sale for $369.99 off its normal price. The discount is $20 more than the all-time low price, which was seen during the Amazon Prime Early Access Sale.
The company is celebrating with a deals event that runs through the 1st of November. There are a lot of new products on sale, from the new QLED 8K smart TV to the brand-new SAMSUNG GALAXY Z FOLD4. The company is offering several exclusive daily deals until the event ends and you should check back when the device you want is on sale. The best deals are here.
Special offer for Gear readers: Get a 1-year subscription to WIRED for $5 ($25 off). If you’d like, this also gives you unlimited access to WIRED.com. Subscriptions help fund the work we do every day.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/samsung-week-deals-october-24/
Trade-in Discounts: Tools, Services and Websites for Smartphones and Tablets with Factory-Reset and Factory-Fold Reset Devices
You can get a discount on almost anything if you use the trade-in program, and even if you have no device to trade in, you can still get the standard discount pricing. You can pick from a variety of brands, but you need to be sure your phone is in good condition and it’s cracked. You should always check elsewhere first if you’re able to get more for your device. We have a few recommendations on services and websites you can use right here. Before you swap your old device for a new one, make sure it is factory-reset.
If you do not send in the trade-in device or if it doesn’t meet eligibility requirements, the company reserves the right to turn off the new product remotely.
The Fold4 is for anyone who wants to live at the forefront of technology. The device’s large screen makes it ideal for multitasking with multiple app windows, or for just watching your favorite show in bed. Close it and you can still access normal phone functions on the exterior screen. It’s a chunky device, but that’s a sacrifice you’ll have to make for all that tech. There is also a deal at Amazon.
I miss the feeling of physically hanging up a phone after a conversation. The flip4 might be able to “slamming your phone shut” for you. It’s like a phone but folds in half to fit in a suitcase or pocket. It’s possible to end calls by closing the device.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/samsung-week-deals-october-24/
The Galaxy A53 5G (8/10, WIRED Recommendations): A good deal for a small price: The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra as an extra Android tablet
Do you want to spend less? You can usually find the Samsung Galaxy A53 5G (8/10, WIRED Recommends) on sale for around this price, but that doesn’t stop it from being a good deal. It’s got a bright, 120-Hz screen, more than a day of battery life, a decent camera, and solid performance. Four OS upgrade and five years of security updates is included in the price. It’s rare for a phone to cost that much.
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is the most extra Android tablet you can find. It has all the high end specifications like a 120-Hz screen refresh rate, and it is very massive with a 14.6-inch display. Inside is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset too, so it has heaps of power. You can get some light work done with Samsung’s DeX mode. The machine should get better with time, because of the plans for improvements on the platform over the course of the year. This deal can also be purchased at Amazon.
The S8 Ultra is overkill, so most people should stick with the Tab S8+. The pricier sibling has a big, 12.4-inch screen, but you can get it with the larger 12.2-inch one. If you’re after a large-screen iPad Pro alternative, this is it. It is also available at Amazon.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/samsung-week-deals-october-24/
The Atmos Sound, the Colors, and Spectroscopy of the QN-90B, LG’s OLED, and Apple’s 64GB iPad Air
The HW-Q990B is a terrible name for a product, but it’s an amazing one. The sound of the Atmos sound can fill a room with clear dialog and good music. It’s like a traditional home theater setup.
The QN-90B can get incredibly bright, so it’s perfect for anyone with bright rooms. The miniLED backlighting is easy to set up, and it supports a 120-Hz screen refresh rate for all your favorite games. At Amazon, you can find this deal as well.
If you want an amazing-looking display at a somewhat low price, LG’s A2 OLED is an excellent value. It lacks the high refresh rate panel and brightness of the pricier LG C2, but the A2 costs less for fantastic picture quality.
Alice Newcome-Beill highlighted an incredible iPad Air deal from Walmart. Stock is dwindling, but you can still get the space gray color of Apple’s 64GB iPad Air for just $349 ($120 off the sale price). All five colors are available in the 512gm model for $499 which is $100 less than the sale price.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Limited-time GeForce Now Cloud Game Streaming Service Benefits from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
Nvidia announced a limited-time discount on a subscription to its GeForce Now cloud game streaming service. The Priority tier is just $29.99 for six months, compared to $49.99. The free tier only offers one hour of game sessions, and the higher tier offers 60 frames per second of gaming and a faster virtual gaming PC. This promotion will last until November 20th.
Nvidia’s GeForce Now lets you play PC games that you already own (plus some free-to-play titles like Fortnite) while you’re away. The Priority tier lets you play games at up to 1080p at 60 frames per second with ray-tracing graphics.
Do you want to start holiday shopping before Black Friday? Despite the fact it’s still a few weeks away, many major retailers are already launching early Black Friday sales, making the days leading up to the shopping event an ideal time to avoid the rush.
While it’s possible prices will go even lower once the big day finally rolls around, the discounts we’re currently seeing are nothing to sneeze at. Apple devices, smart displays, TVs, tablets and more are some of the popular tech and gadgets that are being discounted by Target, Best Buy, and Walmart.
The new software on the Chromecast has a dedicated remote. It brings together recommendations from all of your streaming services and supports 4K HDR content with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HDR10 Plus.
The C2 TV: Improving the Look of a High-Resolution, Low-Scale, High-Precision Gamma-Ray Player
Both Amazon and Target offer a buy two get one free promotion, where you can get video games, books, toys, and more. The current sales include new and discounted titles, letting you save on everything from Elden Ring to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
The j7 Plus is good at avoiding obstacles, features good battery life, and includes an auto-emptying docking station. iRobot will replace a vacuum for free if it runs over pet waste within the first year of ownership.
Apple’s revamped iPad Mini ditches the home button and opts for a larger edge-to-edge display. It also comes outfitted with a faster processor, support for USB-C, and a top-mounted power button that moonlights as a Touch ID sensor.
Elsewhere, the C2 takes after its sleek predecessors in overall design, but there are still noticeable upgrades. The screen is nearly invisible when powered on, and it keeps you fully immersed in whatever you are watching, no matter what it is. The glossy glass panel can be prone to distracting reflections depending on the time of day or where the TV is positioned in a room; I missed the anti-glare coating of the TCL 6-Series and other TVs at times. The richness and punch of the TV’s image are only enhanced when the viewing conditions are right.
It will be obvious when you power the C2 on that one of the main improvements has been made. The most notable thing about this TV’s design is just how remarkably light it is. The heft has been reduced by a great deal thanks to the switch to fiber materials. The 65-inch model I’ve been testing weighs 40.8 pounds with the stand or 36.6 pounds without. The difference between the stand attached version and the stand without version is substantial. You’ll still want a helping hand when unboxing and setting up one of the larger-sized C2s, but that’s really only because of the screen’s width; the weight is entirely manageable now. The pedestal stand is also now lighter, narrower, and appreciably taller; my Sonos soundbar partially obstructed the screen with my old CX, but that’s not a problem thanks to this stand’s extra clearance.
The whole array of HDMI 2.1 features is present in all four of the HDMI ports. It’s nice not having to be so precious about which device gets plugged into what port. Obviously, you’ll want to ensure your soundbar is running through the eARC HDMI port, but the rest provide ample flexibility. Some TV makers are starting to go to full-bandwidth on all of their HDMI ports, but others like Hisense and TCL still limit some of the most important features to only two port, since they can’t fit all of the features in one TV.
Switch on the C2 using LG’s Magic Motion remote — yes, you can still use it like a Wii wand controller with motion controls if you want — and you’re greeted by the latest version of webOS. The company’s TV software switched to a full “homescreen” experience a couple years ago that’s more akin to Samsung’s Tizen and Vizio’s Smartcast OS. I preferred the less busy lower-third “blades” interface of older LGs, but I can’t fault the company for getting with the times. You can easily navigate around webOS on the C2 with ease whether you are using features such as AirPlay 2, orggling on smart lights through the Home Dashboard.
The C2 phosphor TVs: Audio, Performance, and Other Aspects of Consumers and Gamer-oriented Devices
Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it — contracts that no one actually reads. It is impossible for us to read and analyze all the agreements. We’re going to start counting the number of times you have to agree to use the devices since they are agreements most people don’t read and can’t negotiate.
If you have to rely on your built in speakers for some time, the C2’s audio output is better than what you can get with a surround system. The company uses some tricks to maintain balance but don’t expect much in the way of bass. If you want to improve its audio experience, you have to use a better sound system than the C2 can provide.
Setting price aside — come on, let’s be excited! The phosphors are being used for gaming. The advancements made on the TV side of the business have trickled down, and these monitors have specs that speak directly to gamers, like DisplayPort, HDMI 2.1 ports, support for USB-C video, and a lot more.
I’m partial to the 27-inch version for a few reasons. It is not a novelty to see a small TV with a terrible stand and that is not an example of a small TV that is actually a big TV. It might be on the small side for some (not sure about you, but 27 inches is perfect for my studio apartment), and it looks so sharp running Valorant at QHD resolution that most people probably won’t mind that it isn’t 4K, like LG’s OLED TVs. The latest games consoles support the same resolution as QHD and it doesn’t need the latest graphics cards to do it.
I also like that the 27-inch model can pivot 90 degrees if you want your OLED in portrait mode (the 45-inch model can’t, though both can swivel 10 degrees to the left or right). If you do not want the included stand, each monitor has a VESA 100 x 100 mount that can be wall-mounted or attached to a monitor arm. Both monitors have a pair of HDMI 2.1 ports and one DisplayPort 1.4 port.
We’ll have to see how it fares in the real world, but the spec sheets for both OLEDs claim a typical brightness level of just 200 nits. Each can display an HDR picture at up to 800 nits of brightness, but only across 3 percent of the total screen. If you, like most people, want to watch or play your HDR content in fullscreen mode, the peak brightness of the OLED panel as a whole will nosedive.
The Odyssey G8 is slightly smaller than Alienware’s QD-OLED gaming monitor from the year 2021, but it still has the same panel. It matches many of the key details, including the 34 inch screen size, 21:9 aspect ratio, 1800R curved screen, and a 175Hz refresh rate. Samsung still hasn’t shared a price, but we’ll update this post if that changes.
QD-OLED screens differ from the traditional OLED panels that’ve long been manufactured by LG Display in the way they produce an image. LG’s displays are considered WRGB OLED, because they use blue and yellow OLED compound to generate white-ish light pixels that are passed through color filters to produce red, green, and blue sub-pixels. The fourth white sub-pixel is meant to enhance brightness for high dynamic range (HDR) content.
These monitors can be used to connect to powerful consoles and PCs, with one exception: They also allow you to play games in the cloud with a controller. They have the Smart Hub which allows them to access smart TV apps. In terms of ports, there are Mini DisplayPort, Micro HDMI 2.1, andUSB-C.
Unfortunately, they are not accessible in terms of pricing. The 27-inch models start at about $1,000. That’s the price of LG’s UltraGear OLED, which is the model that’ll arrive the fastest to your door if you order one now. Dough claims it can offer a 27-inch model for $649, if you’re willing to trust a lesser known company with a bad track record for late releases.
The latest iteration of the Xbox Wireless Controller: The Apple Watch Series 8 on sale in 41mm, GPS-only configurations at Amazon and Best Buy
If you’re looking to pick up a second controller for your Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S, PC, or really any Bluetooth-equipped device, it’s hard to go wrong with Microsoft’s tried-and-true Xbox Wireless Controller. The latest iteration of the Xbox controller has a few niceties that gives it an upper hand over its predecessors. The controller has a dedicated button for saving and sharing clips online, as well as a textured button, aUSB-C charging port, and the ability to charge it using Microsoft’s rechargeable battery.
The Apple Watch Series 8 is on sale once again in its 41mm, GPS-only configuration at Amazon and Best Buy for $329 ($70 off), its best price to date. It has the same amount of features as the last-gen Series 7 but comes with a few extras, most notably Crash Detection and a new temperature sensor that can be used for cycle tracking.