Latest News https://www.ecoustics.com/news/ everything hi-fi Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:11:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 LCD TV Prices Could Rise Before Black Friday as Samsung, LG and Sony Face Higher Panel Costs https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lcd-tv-prices-rise-2026/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lcd-tv-prices-rise-2026/#respond Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:11:52 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lcd-tv-prices-rise-2026/
LCD panel costs are rising for Samsung, LG and Sony as Chinese suppliers cut production just as cheaper OLED TVs narrow the price gap.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lcd-tv-prices-rise-2026/feed/ 0 Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 Could Make Bluetooth the Backup Plan https://www.ecoustics.com/news/qualcomm-snapdragon-sound-elite-gen-2/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/qualcomm-snapdragon-sound-elite-gen-2/#respond Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:42:54 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/qualcomm-snapdragon-sound-elite-gen-2/
Bluetooth may no longer have to do everything. Qualcomm’s new audio platform adds Wi-Fi 6E, XPAN lossless streaming and smarter ANC.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/qualcomm-snapdragon-sound-elite-gen-2/feed/ 0 Gone With the Wind Finally Comes to 4K UHD With Dolby Vision and Original Mono Audio https://www.ecoustics.com/news/gone-with-the-wind-4k-uhd-blu-ray-2026/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/gone-with-the-wind-4k-uhd-blu-ray-2026/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:54:33 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/gone-with-the-wind-4k-uhd-blu-ray-2026/
Can Gone With the Wind finally get the 4K UHD treatment it deserves, or will Scarlett have to survive one more home-video indignity?]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/gone-with-the-wind-4k-uhd-blu-ray-2026/feed/ 0 Open-ear Earbuds Are Booming While Traditional TWS Stalls https://www.ecoustics.com/news/open-ear-earbuds-market-growth-2026/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/open-ear-earbuds-market-growth-2026/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:27:07 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/open-ear-earbuds-market-growth-2026/
Traditional earbuds slipped while open-ear shipments climbed to 11.1 million. Apparently not everyone wants their ear canals occupied all day.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/open-ear-earbuds-market-growth-2026/feed/ 1 LG Denies Smart TV Spying Claims But The Privacy Story Is More Complicated https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lg-smart-tv-privacy-acr/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lg-smart-tv-privacy-acr/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:49:35 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lg-smart-tv-privacy-acr/
LG denies its smart TVs continuously record conversations, but ACR, network discovery and advertising data raise larger privacy questions.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lg-smart-tv-privacy-acr/feed/ 3 LG Caught Red-Handed Collecting Viewing Habits https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lg-caught-collecting-viewing-habits/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lg-caught-collecting-viewing-habits/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:28:57 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lg-caught-collecting-viewing-habits/
The blog DoctorBeet uncovered a disturbing problem with some LG Smart TVs on November 18, 2013. All viewing habits were being to sent to LG’s servers. More alarming, is that there is an obscure setting, which is enabled by default, called “Collection of watching info” that starts tracking as soon as the TV is on and […]]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/lg-caught-collecting-viewing-habits/feed/ 0 GM Backtracks on Apple CarPlay With a Compromise That Makes Far More Sense https://www.ecoustics.com/news/gm-apple-carplay-2027-silverado-sierra/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/gm-apple-carplay-2027-silverado-sierra/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:03:34 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/gm-apple-carplay-2027-silverado-sierra/
GM wanted CarPlay gone. The 2027 Silverado and Sierra now prove customers could have had deep vehicle integration and CarPlay all along.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/gm-apple-carplay-2027-silverado-sierra/feed/ 2 Spotify Adds All 58 Taylor Swift Music Videos as Its YouTube Ambitions Get Harder to Ignore https://www.ecoustics.com/news/spotify-taylor-swift-music-videos/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/spotify-taylor-swift-music-videos/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:22:07 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/spotify-taylor-swift-music-videos/
Spotify spent years owning your ears. With all 58 Taylor Swift videos now onboard, it would rather YouTube stop borrowing your eyeballs too.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/spotify-taylor-swift-music-videos/feed/ 2 CEDIA Says the U.S. Smart Home Market Is Worth $33.8 Billion and Audio Is Still Huge https://www.ecoustics.com/news/cedia-us-smart-home-market-2026/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/cedia-us-smart-home-market-2026/#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:27:51 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/cedia-us-smart-home-market-2026/
How big is the U.S. smart home market? CEDIA says $33.8 billion, with networking, distributed audio and lighting leading the business.]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/cedia-us-smart-home-market-2026/feed/ 0 Dual Turntables Get Exclusive U.S. Distribution Through Playback as CS 629Q Moves Toward Launch https://www.ecoustics.com/news/dual-turntables-playback-distribution-us/ https://www.ecoustics.com/news/dual-turntables-playback-distribution-us/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:08:27 +0000 https://www.ecoustics.com/news/dual-turntables-playback-distribution-us/
Playback is now Dual’s exclusive U.S. distributor as the app-controlled CS 629Q clears FCC certification. Is automatic vinyl playback ready for a comeback?]]> https://www.ecoustics.com/news/dual-turntables-playback-distribution-us/feed/ 2