Great news for cheap OLED TVs and monitors: LG’s new ‘2-stack’ tech should cost less to make and be more energy efficient than its recent ‘OLED SE’ panel
 Great news for cheap OLED TVs and monitors: LG’s new ‘2-stack’ tech should cost less to make and be more energy efficient than its recent ‘OLED SE’ panel

LG’s new 2-stack OLED panel is cheaper to make and delivers better color and viewing angles than current WOLED panels, the firm says

It’s like, ‘Wait a minute, are you, wait, is that Jimothy?’ The inside story of how the viral raccoon climbed inside Roku City
 It’s like, ‘Wait a minute, are you, wait, is that Jimothy?’ The inside story of how the viral raccoon climbed inside Roku City

Jimothy Raccoon, the squat, viral Seattle-based mammal, is now immortalized inside Roku City. Here’s how that happened

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Dolby Vision 2 HDR is officially arriving on certain Hisense TVs — here’s which models are getting it first, and what it does
 Dolby Vision 2 HDR is officially arriving on certain Hisense TVs — here’s which models are getting it first, and what it does

Dolby Vision 2 is available on select Hisense TVs right now, and it’s rolling out to more models in the coming weeks.

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Marantz’s new Dolby Atmos AV receivers bring up to 7.4.4 channels of surround sound — and home theater nerds will love their cool monitoring and diagnostic options
 Marantz’s new Dolby Atmos AV receivers bring up to 7.4.4 channels of surround sound — and home theater nerds will love their cool monitoring and diagnostic options

Marantz’s gorgeous home theater AVRs get a brand-new DAC, Dirac for everyone, and better gaming support — and come in a range of prices

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Samsung’s next-gen HDR10+ Advanced is launching on Prime Video this month — surprisingly beating Dolby Vision 2 to the punch, though with some huge unanswered questions remaining
 Samsung’s next-gen HDR10+ Advanced is launching on Prime Video this month — surprisingly beating Dolby Vision 2 to the punch, though with some huge unanswered questions remaining

Prime Video and Samsung are launching HDR10+ Advanced in August 2026 for selected content on the streaming service

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Should Star Trek fans be worried about ‘dwindling’ Blu-ray, 4K and DVD releases in the streaming era? One star says not — despite Starfleet Academy having no confirmed release date on physical media
 Should Star Trek fans be worried about ‘dwindling’ Blu-ray, 4K and DVD releases in the streaming era? One star says not — despite Starfleet Academy having no confirmed release date on physical media

With a Blu-ray, 4K and DVD release date for Starfleet Academy season 1 hanging in the balance, should Star Trek fans be worried about physical access? Not according to Jeri Ryan.

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What does a backyard Dolby Atmos home music studio look like when you’re a sound engineer for major artists? The shed of my dreams, that’s what
 What does a backyard Dolby Atmos home music studio look like when you’re a sound engineer for major artists? The shed of my dreams, that’s what

The shed of my dreams is very very spatial — and it was all done as a DIY project.

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‘8K Blu-ray would be a technical feat in search of a problem to solve’: I talked to the Blu-ray Disc Association, player manufacturers and TV makers about what comes after 4K Blu-ray, and the future of physical media
 ‘8K Blu-ray would be a technical feat in search of a problem to solve’: I talked to the Blu-ray Disc Association, player manufacturers and TV makers about what comes after 4K Blu-ray, and the future of physical media

I dug into the future of physical movie collecting with the people behind the technology.

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Disney+ just lost 4K and all HDR support in parts of Europe, so you have to ask what the point of a Premium subscription is — and this is exactly why physical media is on the rise

Disney+ has stopped streaming in 4K and HDR to some European subscribers, most likely because of a streaming patent dispute. Premium customers are going to be very unhappy, but there’s no word on compensation yet.

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‘OLED better watch its back’: LG’s C6 OLED TV is one of the best I’ve tested this year, but when I put it side-by-side with the Sony Bravia 7 II RGB TV, the close battle shocked me
 ‘OLED better watch its back’: LG’s C6 OLED TV is one of the best I’ve tested this year, but when I put it side-by-side with the Sony Bravia 7 II RGB TV, the close battle shocked me

As RGB LED takes the fight to OLED in 2026, I compared the LG C6 next to Sony’s more affordable RGB TV, the Bravia 7 II.