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Riva Waves Its Magic Multiroom Music WAND
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 07, 2016
Have you heard of Riva Audio? Yeah, me neither—until earlier this evening when I attended a press reception in the Riva Audio suite at the Westgate Hotel in the midst of all the craziness that is CES. Riva currently offers two extremely well-reviewed models of portable, rechargeable, Bluetooth speakers: the water-resistant Turbo S and the larger, more powerful Turbo X. (You can read Lauren Dragan’s review of the Turbo X here. But that’s just the beginning for the young company, because Riva plans to introduce a wireless, multiroom speaker ecosystem later this year.
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Put a Canary in Your Coal Mine
John Sciacca  |  Jan 07, 2016
Back in the day, canaries would be carried down into mine tunnels to warn of any dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide. When the canary died, you knew it was time to get the heck out of dodge. This modern Canary is designed to protect your house while you’re away and notify you of any break-ins.

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The Ultimate Projection Screen Transformer
John Sciacca  |  Jan 07, 2016
Design Screen's incredibly innovative projection screen folds into a piece of art when not in use.
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The HDMI Cable Your Video Has Been Looking For
John Sciacca  |  Jan 07, 2016
You’ve heard it a hundred times before…”All HDMI cables are the same.” Essentially, if you can see an image on the screen that is lacking in sparklies, or doesn’t flash in-and-out, then your HDMI cable is every bit as good as it needs to be. Well, Marseille is looking to change the game with its new mCable, the only HDMI cable that is designed to improve picture quality.

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The LG Signature OLED Makes an Impression
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 07, 2016
A photo shot with a point and shoot camera, viewed on your computer monitor can't really convey how fine this LG Signature 77-inch flat screen OLED looks in the flesh, but this shot from a short NASA video used for demonstration gives you a fair idea.
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LG Wins the Skinny Sweepstakes
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 07, 2016
This edge-on shot shows just how thing the flat (not curved) LG Signature OLED display really is. As I noted in the LG press conference report, it's less than 2.6 mm thick. It does thicken out a bit more near the bottom; the electronics have to go somewhere!
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Samsung Does Widescreen Gaming
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 07, 2016
String together three of Samsung's 27-inch curved widescreen computer monitors and what do you get? An immersive gaming experience if the game itself is designed for it.
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LG Does Widescreen Gaming Too
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 07, 2016
LG's version of widescreen gaming placed three 21:9 curved monitors side by side...
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Everybody Needs 8K
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 07, 2016
Both Samsung and LG were showing huge 8k displays (Samsung's is shown here) and drawing crowds (I couldn't get near enough to LG's to shoot a photo!). While clearly technological demonstrations (with 16 times the resolution of 1080p "Full HD,") someone in Korea thinks this would be a nifty idea. But on the size sets most people buy, I'm not at all sure, apart from the Wow factor at a CES.
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Where's Gru?
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 07, 2016
I have no idea why this company does, apart from some form of data storage, but clearly there are arch villains and Minions involved.
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