Televisions

Upgrade Your TV for Football Season with TCL’s Big Screen Deals and NFL Season of More Giveaway!

Football season is here, and it’s the perfect time to upgrade your home entertainment setup with an incredible TCL TV. Whether you’re looking for a massive screen to bring every play to life or a smaller set for an extra room, TCL has something for everyone on sale this week! As the Official TV Partner of the NFL, TCL is also running their NFL Season of More giveaway, offering fans a chance to win big screens, with up to $2.75 million in TVs up for grabs. Ready for more? Let’s dive into the deals and the giveaway!

News, Events

XGIMI Launches MoGo 3 Pro, Elfin Flip, AURA 2, HORIZON S Series & More, with Prices Starting at $399

XGIMI has just rolled out an impressive lineup of projectors at IFA, each tailored for different lifestyles, from the on-the-go professional to the hardcore home cinema enthusiast. With options starting at $399, there’s something for everyone looking to elevate their entertainment experience.

Deals

TCL Slashes TV Prices in Time for the Olympics and the NFL Season!

Summers used to be a quiet time for watching television, but the world of streaming has shifted that, and now any time is peak TV time. Especially with the Olympics, and then from there, it’s practically fall, which means hockey is back! Oh, and the NFL, which is teaming up with TCL for a special promotional contest on 98″ TVs!

Deals

Get the ZVOX AccuVoice AV120 Compact TV Soundbar with Bluetooth for $69.99, and You’ll Be Able to Hear the Dialogue in All Your Favorite Shows

If you often find yourself rewinding to catch the dialogue in your favorite shows or relying on closed captions during intense TV moments, ZVOX’s range of TV speakers, soundbars, and headphones might be the solution you need. We’ve just got word that the $149.99 ZVOX AccuVoice AV120 compact TV soundbar with Bluetooth (in Bronze) will be available for under $70 for a limited time, so there’s never been a better time to give AccuVoice technology a try!

Deals

Get a 100″ Hisense U76N Series QLED 4K Google TV for $2999 — Just in Time for the SuperBowl!

Are you ready to elevate your Super Bowl viewing experience? If so, you should check out this Hisense blockbuster deal on their 100″ U76N ULED TV! With this colossal screen, you’ll be right in the middle of the action, bringing the stadium into your living room! Priced at a nearly irresistible $2,999 — a whopping 40% off the original $4,999 — the Hisense 100″ U76N is your ticket to an unparalleled viewing extravaganza.

Reviews

120″ AWOL Vision Vanish Laser TV Turns Any Room into a Stunning Home Theater

I’ve long wanted a home theater system but never wanted to go to the expense and trouble of having a technician come and install a ceiling projector and dropdown ceiling screen; it just wasn’t in the cards. The all-in-one 120″ AWOL Vision Vanish Laser TV eliminates the need to install anything. When I recently experienced this system, which was also shown at CES this year and won a “Best of” award from us, it blew my mind.

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Events

Gear Diary’s Best of CES 2024 Awards

CES 2024 has wrapped, and this year, there was a plethora of exciting and innovative new products to discover and explore. After sorting through (what felt like) thousands of press announcements and making our way through a dizzying amount of CES events, venues, and demos, these are the products we found to be the most innovative and intriguing. Without further ado and in no particular order, here are our top 16 Best of CES 2024 choices. Let’s delve into the exciting array of advancements that emerged from this year’s CES!

Gear Bits, Events

MediaTek Brings Big Improvements to WiFi, Television, Smart Homes, and More!

The folks at MediaTek are consistently launching new chips and platforms to keep up with the changing technological landscape. They’ve got some exciting news coming out this week, with developments under the hood and ones you’ll interact with more directly!

Events, News

TCL TVs, Soundbars, and Mobile Devices Get a 2024 Refresh!

Sometimes, you look around and realize there are some brands that just contribute to everything in our everyday lives. TCL is definitely one of them! They cover you for your entertainment at home and on the go, and they’ve just refreshed their best offerings for 2024!

Gear Bits, Events

LG Brings the Cutting Edge to Its 2024 OLED Television Lineup!

Do you need a new TV? LG is giving you good reason to think you do with their updated OLED TV lineup for 2024! LG is packing some serious technology with an AI processor to sharpen objects and analyze colors to adjust to various scenes. At the same time, Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro will create images that look more vibrant and three-dimensional.

News

Amazon Connects Every Part of Your Life with New Eero, Echo, Ring Devices, and More!

Amazon is coming for literally everything in your home. Your books, home security, entertainment systems, car — even how you sleep — can all be connected, and Amazon wants to be that connection. The slew of new Amazon hardware and software features they announced this week shows they’re impressively close, and we are slightly overwhelmed just thinking about it all!

News

Exciting New 65″ Sony BRAVIA XR A80J 4K HDR OLED TV Finally Gets Pricing and Availability Date

My first HD TV was a Sony. It was packed with the latest technology available at the time. Now, pricing and availability for the new 65” Sony BRAVIA XR A80J 4K HDR OLED TV has just been announced. The new BRAVIA looks great, and it offers bleeding-edge technology. It’s not inexpensive but, as the saying goes, you get what you pay for.

Gear Bits

New MediaTek MT9638 Smart TV Chips Rolled Out to Make Your Entertainment Even Faster

When we talk about MediaTek, it’s usually in the context of their hard work behind the scenes in bringing 5G to phones everywhere. But they do more than just 5G chips; they’re also bringing their ability to provide AI processing units to 4K smart TVs with their new MediaTek MT9638 smart TV chips!

Events, News

All TCL 6-Series Roku TVs Launched in 2021 Will Feature 8K Resolution

8K televisions were first introduced a few years ago when many of us were still upgrading our TVs to 4K. It landed firmly in the “I don’t really need it, nor do I want to pay for it” category for me, but it might be time to rethink that stance, as all TCL 6-Series Roku TVs released later this year will feature 8K resolution.

News, Events

Roku Announces It’s the #1 Selling Smart TV OS in the US and Canada

As we recently posted, Roku is expanding its reach by obtaining exclusive rights to all of the failed streaming platform Quibi’s content. That is just one small reason Roku announced that, according to NPD’s Weekly Retail Tracking Service, they are the #1 selling smart TV OS sold in the U.S. and Canada. I can totally appreciate why.

Events, News

Samsung Goes Greener and Offers More Accessibility with New TVs

At Samsung’s (virtual) press conference presentation yesterday, the company announced new products and initiatives that reflect their commitment to innovation. Televisions that are more immersive than ever were on display, as were innovations that can make entertainment more accessible to more people. Here’s a look at some of what they shared.

Reviews

Vizio V-Series Delivers Smart Affordable Entertainment #ad

This is a sponsored post; we received compensation from Vizio, but all opinions are the author’s. Vizio currently offers several television lines; their OLED line starts at $1299.99, the P-Series starts at $1199.99 for a 65” television, and a 40″ M-Series starts at $399.99. By contrast, you can get a 40” V-Series television for just $229.99. The V705x-H1, which I was sent for review, has an MSRP of $659.99 and is currently available for $549.99.

Reviews

Roku Ultra and Roku StreamBar Both Bring Powerful and Enjoyable Streaming Experiences

Roku prides themselves on their laser focus — it’s all about making streaming the best possible experience for their users. Their interface is simple, their devices are plug and play, and their entire ecosystem is built around offering multiple options at every price point. We took a look at the Roku StreamBar and new Roku Ultra and came away very impressed!

Gear Bits

VIZIO Launches One of the Best ‘Marvel Avengers’ Giveaways We’ve Yet Seen

What do you have going on every week until Christmas? Hopefully, whatever it is, you’ll have time to enter this huge giveaway from VIZIO each week because you’re not going to want to miss it. To celebrate their partnership with Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics for the Marvel’s Avengers video game, VIZIO is giving fans a chance to win a Quantum 4K HDR Smart TV, a V-Series 5.1 Home Theater Sound Bar, and a digital copy of Marvel’s Avengers in weekly giveaways!

News

VIZIO Partners with Square Enix to Become the Official HDTV and Soundbar for Marvel’s Avengers

VIZIO announced today that they’ve teamed up with Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics to be the official HDTV and soundbar partner for the highly anticipated Marvel’s Avengers video game. VIZIO’s HDTVs are optimized for gaming thanks to their IQ 4K HDR processors as well as the ProGaming Engine. Paired with a VIZIO soundbar, you’ll be ready to game.

News

TCL Brings Your Television Experience to a New Level with Roku and 4k in Their 5 and 6-Series!

If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us all, it’s that streaming is an essential service. It’s also taught us to wash hands better, but that’s more life advice and less relevant to why you’re probably reading Gear Diary. In any case, if you’ve been working your TV to the limit, check out the new TCL 5 and 6 Series 4K smart TVs with Roku!

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