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Vizio Announces Pricing & Availability for 2022 TVs
Bob Ankosko  |  Jun 08, 2021
Vizio has announced details, pricing, and availability for the 32 models that comprise its 2022 TV lineup. You read that right — 2022. Pandemic-driven setbacks pushed the release of its 2020 TVs to late in the year so those models were carried over into 2021. About a third of the new models are currently available, with the remainder slated to ship in July or August. All but eight of the models are 4K.
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Vizio Is Now Part of Walmart. Wait…What?
Bob Ankosko  |  Feb 26, 2024
California-based value TV maker Vizio will soon be part of the $650 billion Walmart empire and become the mega-retailer’s official TV brand, once a $2.3 billion acquisition deal announced last week is finalized.
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Vizio Launches App-Controlled, 4K/HDR TVs
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 22, 2016
Today marks the official launch of Vizio’s four-model P-Series lineup of high-dynamic range-enabled HDTVs at prices ranging from $1,000 for a 50-inch model to $3,800 for a 75-inch model. But that’s just part of the story.
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Vizio Launches M-Series UHD TV Lineup with Prices Starting at $600
Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 16, 2015
Vizio launched the M-Series lineup of UHD TVs featuring full-array LED backlighting in nine screen sizes. Prices range from $600 for a 43-inch model to $4,000 for an 80-inch screen.
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Vizio to Add Full-Array LED Backlighting to 2014 TVs
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 22, 2013
Stepping up its TV game in 2014 by putting a “big emphasis on picture quality,” Vizio announced yesterday that it will add full-array LED backlighting with local dimming to its 2014 E Series line of LCD TVs. The line will include a 55-inch model that will sell in the “mid $700” range, according to a spokesman.
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Vizio to Add Full-Array LED Backlighting to 2014 TVs
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 22, 2013
Stepping up its TV game in 2014 by putting a “big emphasis on picture quality,” Vizio announced yesterday that it will add full-array LED backlighting with local dimming to its 2014 E Series line of LCD TVs. The line will include a 55-inch model that will sell in the “mid $700” range, according to a spokesman.
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Wall Flower: REL Acoustics Habitat1 On-Wall Wireless Subwoofer
Bob Ankosko  |  Aug 14, 2013
The Welsh company REL Acoustics has been specializing in subwoofers for more than two decades and likes to do things a bit differently. In particular, REL believes a subwoofer must be connected to the main amplifier’s high-level inputs to make sure it receives the same signal as the main speakers—the company even provides a special cable to make the high-level connection.
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What Kind of TV Do You Plan to Buy Next?
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 09, 2015
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What Next? A Mini Tablet for Your Wrist?
Bob Ankosko  |  Nov 09, 2015
Actually, yes. The Rufus Cuff is a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth-enabled Android OS “wrist communicator” with a 3.2-inch screen created by startup Rufus Labs.
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Premiere Design
What Would Mozart Think?
Bob Ankosko  |  Sep 23, 2015
Poet Audio Pandoretta 360° Wireless Sound System

When I stumbled upon Poet Audio’s Pandoretta, I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at. I knew it was a speaker and not some sort of fancy air-filtration system, but what kind of speaker? Was it a new take on Yamaha’s Digital Sound Projector with an array of tiny drivers behind all those holes? It didn’t occur to me that the stainless steel “grille” might be an elaborate design element. Yet that’s exactly what it is.

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