…USB-A 2 is 5V/.5A/2.5W AV IN (3.5mm to 3 x RCA adapter supplied) Optical Out (Toslink) LAN (speed unspecified) Headphone 3.5mm Antenna Overall, a good selection of ports, and it is nice to see 2 X HMDI 2.1 with VRR and ALLM. It has Wi-Fi 5 AC 2.4/5Ghz half-duplex (not…
The BlueAnt XT120 is a 2.1 all-in-one soundbar with a built-in sub-woofer that adds mid-bass to any TV. Frankly, at $279, it’s a no-brainer to improve TV sound. CyberShack is impressed with the Aussie company for a few reasons. First, the BlueAnt sound signature is neutral (flat/good), meaning that its…
The new 2023 Akai 22S7TNS series will be powered by Samsung’s Tizen smart TV Operating System. What does that mean to you? Tizen is Samsung’s smart TV OS and competes mainly with LG webOS22, Google TV, Hisense VIDAA, Roku, and some generic TV OS. It fundamentally defines two things: First…
Creative SoundBlaster X1 DAC and headphone amp solves the issues of poor sound and low volume from USB host devices like PC, Mac, PS4/5, Nintendo switch and some USB-C smartphones. Why? This gum packet-sized device plugs into the USB-C port on the host device and has a 3.5mm port on…
You really need two of the $329 Amazon Alexa Echo Studio 2022 speakers to unleash the power of stereo pairing in the best-sounding Echo speaker yet. It is worth listening to. The power not only comes from the 330W but the 1” tweeter, 3 x 2” midrange and a 5.25”…
The new Amazon Fire TV Cube 2022 is a big step up from the Fire TV stick with 4K, Dolby Vision/Atmos, Wi-Fi 6E and Alexa voice control in a small cube format with a remote control. While it is still essentially a $219 HDMI smart TV device, it has grown…
The $799.95 Bose Smart Soundbar 600 joins the Bose soundbar family that caters for simple TV speaker replacement to the top-of-the-range $1399.95 Smart Soundbar 900. Now Bose doesn’t reveal many specifications – a real pain for reviewers, so this is the first look. We reserve the right to make changes….
LG has an early Xmas gift for its 4 and 8K TV models from 2018 to 2022, running webOS 4.0 to webOS 2022. Users can get a 3-month Apple TV+ 3-month. Of course, it is meant to promote Apple TV+ (website here), but it is worth nearly $30 if you…
The Sony TV range 2022 had a few false starts, but the range is now in stock at Harvey Norman with some great pre-Xmas deals. How to tell if it is a 2022 model? The range name has a ‘K’ as the identifier (2021 is ‘J’). Sony TVs are a…
The Bose QuietComfort 45 headphones replace the ageing QC35 (original and II) that set the standards for the jet-setting traveller. Small, light, great ANC, and pretty good music. The QC45s have a lot to live up to. In case you have an older pair (and love them to death), the…
The Bose QuietComfort II earbuds (QC II) is its premium Bluetooth ANC earphone (buds) that may just take the ANC crown from Sony’s WF-1000XM4. Not only that, but they are 30% smaller/lighter than the QC I, and its CustomTune audio optimises the sound for your ears. In my opinion, there…
The Sennheiser TV Clear comprises a pair of in-ear BT True Wireless earphones and a TV transmitter. It claims that ‘TV will never be the same’—and it is right—although at $639.95, it needs to be. To be clear (pun), most TVs have Bluetooth capabilities, and you can use any earphones…