Tuesday 11 August 2015

LG Electronics LAS950M

LG Electronics LAS950M

LG’s top-of-the-line soundbar and subwoofer solution is also part of its Music Flow multiroom audio system. So that’s a lot of options in this two-box solution.

Our first thought when unpacking the company’s LAS950M soundbar and subwoofer combo (also known as the HS9) was that LG has come quite a long way in recent years with the styling of its offerings. Both devices were elegantly understated with wraparound black grilles and clean, silvery tops. But equally interesting is that LG has come on in leaps and bounds with audio quality in its recent products, notably the Music Flow multiroom system, of which this soundbar can form a part. Let’s see if they perform as well as they look.

TCL U55H8800CDS

TCL U55H8800CDS

The rise of the big Chinese TV manufacturers continues, as TCL shows it can do premium curved 4K LED-backlit design very nicely, thank you.

TCL Electronics, one of the biggest Chinese TV makers, is pushing hard into the fancier end of the market. The U55H8800CDS Ultra High Definition TV is clear evidence of that — a handsomely-styled 55-inch curved-screen unit selling at a relatively modest $2499.