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The Govee TV Backlight 3 is the Smartest TV Upgrade You Can Make
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Smart Home,
When it comes to home entertainment, most people think they need a bigger TV to get a more immersive experience. But you don't need to drop thousands on a massive new panel. True immersion is less about the screen itself and more about the space around it.
The Govee TV Backlight 3 tackles exactly this. It bleeds your content onto the wall behind your TV. This expands your viewing area beyond the bezels in a way that is incredibly eye-catching.
What is in the box
Govee ships everything you need in one package. You get the LED strip, a camera bar to monitor the picture, a control box, corner clips to keep things stable, orange calibration squares, and a power adapter.
You have two sizing options depending on your setup. The 11.8-foot version covers 55 to 65-inch screens. The larger 16.4-foot version fits 75 to 85-inch TVs.
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2027 Kia Telluride X-Pro Review: The Rare Off-Road Trim That Doesn’t Ruin the SUV
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Product Reviews, Transportation,
Most off-road trims are a costume. You pay a few thousand extra for knobby tires, some black plastic cladding, and a pair of tow hooks painted a color that screams rescue me, and what you actually get is a family SUV that rides worse, hums louder on the highway, and never once leaves pavement. The 2027 Kia Telluride X-Pro had every opportunity to be exactly that vehicle.
It isn't, and that's the whole story here. Kia redesigned the Telluride from the ground up for 2027, and the X-Pro is the version that gets 9.1 inches of ground clearance, an electronic limited-slip rear differential, real all-terrain rubber, and recovery hooks that aren't decorative. The surprise is what it didn't cost: the thing still drives like the comfortable, quiet, absurdly practical three-row SUV that made the Telluride a phenomenon in the first place. That balance is harder to pull off than the marketing photos suggest, and almost nobody in this class has managed it.
Alienware’s $800 AW3426DW Is a Gorgeous Ultrawide With One Big Catch
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Displays, Product Reviews, Video Games,
You know the moment when a game finally fills your whole field of view, the world stretching out past the edges of where a normal screen would stop, and you catch yourself just sitting there grinning? That is the feeling the Alienware AW3426DW is built to sell. At $800 for a 34-inch curved QD-OLED, it is Alienware's attempt to make that feeling affordable, and when everything lines up, it absolutely delivers.
The catch is that everything does not always line up. This is a stunning panel wrapped around a very specific idea of how you should be using it, and the moment you step outside that idea, the shine comes off fast. It is one of the best-looking monitors you can put on a desk for the money. It is also one that will happily leave a third of itself black if your game does not play along.
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This Might Be the Smartest Way to Clean a Pool (Beatbot Sora 30 & iSkim) (Video)
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smart Home, Product Reviews, Videos,
Keeping a pool clean sounds simple until you are the one trying to keep leaves, bugs, pollen, dirt, sand, and that weird waterline grime under control right before people show up. In this video, I’m taking a look at a different approach from BeatBot: instead of asking one robot to do everything, the Sora 30 handles the floor, walls, and waterline while the iSkim patrols the surface.
The Rivian R2 Is Almost Perfect But There’s One Big Problem (Video)
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Product Reviews, Transportation, Videos,
The Rivian R2 might be the most important vehicle Rivian has ever made. After spending a day driving it through highways, mountain roads, and dirt trails outside Park City, Utah, it is clear this is not just a smaller R1. It feels like Rivian took the best parts of its adventure-ready DNA and packed them into something more usable, more affordable, and much easier to imagine in a normal driveway.
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The OPPO Find X9 Ultra Is a Warning Shot to Every Flagship (Video)
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, Product Reviews, Videos,
Every flagship phone has a compromise, but the OPPO Find X9 Ultra makes that compromise surprisingly hard to find. This is OPPO’s first Ultra model launching globally, and it arrives with the kind of hardware that makes the usual Samsung, Apple, and Google playbook feel a little too safe. A massive camera system, a 7,050 mAh silicon carbon battery, 100W charging, a 144Hz AMOLED display, and Hasselblad tuning all come together in a phone that feels more like a camera with apps than a phone with a good camera.
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Beyond MiniLED: A First Look at the Hisense UR9 and Its Revolutionary RGB Picture
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Displays, Home Entertainment, Product Reviews,
Walk into almost any home in America and the furniture points at one thing. The couch, the chairs, and the layout all center around the TV. According to a recent poll, 85.3% of people say their TV setup is the focal point of their living space. With the FIFA World Cup heading to the US, being the host house comes with pressure. You need a screen that can handle the spotlight.
Enter the Hisense UR9. This is not just another big screen. It completely changes how a TV builds color. Let's look at why this matters and what makes this flagship display stand out.
Beyond MiniLED: A First Look at the Hisense UR9 and Its Revolutionary RGB Picture
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Product Reviews,
Walk into almost any home in America and the furniture points at one thing. The couch, the chairs, and the layout all center around the TV. According to a recent poll, 85.3% of people say their TV setup is the focal point of their living space. With the FIFA World Cup heading to the US, being the host house comes with pressure. You need a screen that can handle the spotlight.
Enter the Hisense UR9. This is not just another big screen. It completely changes how a TV builds color. Let's look at why this matters and what makes this flagship display stand out.
Why the ASUS ProArt PX13 GoPro Is the Ultimate Field Laptop for Creators
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, PC / Laptop, Product Reviews,
Imagine a 13-inch laptop that costs $3,000 and doesn't even have a dedicated graphics card. Sounds like a tough sell. But somehow, this machine manages to trade blows with an RTX 4060.
This is the ASUS ProArt PX13 GoPro Edition. It goes way deeper than a simple brand collaboration. ASUS actually baked real software and hardware integration into this device. It is easily one of the most purpose-built machines for creators on the market today. Let's dive into what makes it special.
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AirPods Max 2 Review: Apple Fixed Everything (Except This!) (Video)
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Portable Audio / Video, Product Reviews, Videos,
Six years. That's how long we waited for a real AirPods Max update, and the AirPods Max 2 are basically the AirPods Pro 3 dressed up in a much nicer coat. Same H2 chip, same transparency mode, but now with 40mm drivers that finally have the headroom to breathe.
The short version: this is the best-sounding, most feature-rich pair of headphones Apple has ever made, and depending on what you were hoping for, it's either going to excite you or annoy you. At $549, I think you deserve to know which one you're going to be before you buy.
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