‘The best looking discs I’ve ever seen’: I’ve picked the top 10 4K Blu-rays I’ve tested in the last two years — including reference-quality discs I use as part of reviewing TVs

After nearly two years of the Blu-ray Bounty, I’ve picked my top 10 4K Blu-rays I’ve tested for my monthly roundups.
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‘We’ve seen an increase in Blu-ray orders of 10,000%’: I spoke to a Blu-ray and vinyl agency about their Blu-ray sales and it’s given me even more hope for physical media’s survival

While home physical media was on the decline, a talk with a vinyl and Blu-ray agency gave me hope for the future.

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HDMI 2.2 is set to arrive in TVs and monitors next year, bringing uncompressed 4K at ridiculous frame rates — here’s what to expect from the next-gen connector, and who it’s actually most useful for

HDMI 2.2 doubles the bandwidth of HDMI 2.1 and the first products should arrive in late 2026 or into 2027

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Avatar, Interstellar, The Rolling Stones and Breakfast at Tiffany’s: I took a look at the Blu-ray reference library used by the world’s biggest AVR maker to develop its home theater gear

From Avatar to The Creator to Bon Jovi to… uh, Pixels. Twice. These are the 130 movies and concert films on the shelves of a 9.4.6-channel Dolby Atmos test room.
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Amazon’s early Prime Day TV deals are almost too good to be true — shop record-low prices on best-selling 4K and QLED TVs from $69.99

Early Prime Day TV deals are live, and I’ve rounded up the best offers, which include record-low prices on Amazon’s best-selling 4K and QLED TVs from just $69.99.
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‘Not a new app, but a new way of navigating’: The Sonos app is finally getting its long-awaited improvements to volume control, player listings and content organization — and you can try it this week, if you want

After ‘hundreds of hours’ studying Sonos users, the latest beta of the Sonos app will feature significant improvements to navigation, volume and more.
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‘Time for a new streaming stick’: Fox is acquiring Roku for $22 billion, and users of the streaming devices are far from happy

Fox and Roku have entered a $22 billion agreement, but Roku users fear the damage it could cause.

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‘Set picture mode to Sport’: Gemini on Google TVs is getting its most useful upgrade yet — you can now tell it to change picture settings instantly, or even just tell it what’s wrong with the picture and it’ll (try to) fix it for you

Google is rolling out an update to its Gemini TV platform that will enable you to control your TV’s settings via voice — but it’s on TCL TVs in the US at first.
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I heard a 9.4.6-channel Dolby Atmos system in Denon and Marantz’s elite reference listening room in their Japan factory — here’s what a best-in-class system with tech from Bowers & Wilkins, Oppo, and Sony can do

Find out which movie provides the ultimate ‘AVR stress test’, and what a quarter-mill of home theater gear can do

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