New Products

Vizio today announced the availability of the flagship 65-Inch 4K smart TV it previewed at CES 2018 in January.

China-based headphone specialist 1More, maker of the Quad Driver earphones that made our 2017 Top Picks list, has announced an updated version of its Spearhead VR gaming headphones that uses processing developed by pro-sound company Waves Audio to “eliminate the ‘head effect’ and enhance the sense of space and position.”

AudioQuest has announced a hybrid optical/HDMI cable that uses an electro-optical conversion module and four glass-fiber optical conductors to carry 18Gbps of data — including HDR-enabled 4K video — up to 100 feet.

EPI, licensee of Philips-brand video monitors in North America, has announced that the DisplayHDR1000-certified monitor introduced in April is now available at Best Buy and Amazon for $1,000.

Roku has announced its entry into the wildly overcrowded TV speaker market — but not with a soundbar.

Severtson Screens has introduced a motorized, retractable projection screen designed to disappear into the floor when not in use.

Sennheiser’s latest partnership with the community-driven commerce platform Massdrop has yielded a set of headphones that pay tribute to a popular model it introduced 25 years ago — the HD 580 Jubilee, which helped pave the way for a number of well-known audiophile headphones, including the HD 600 and the HD 650.