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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max to hit the stores on October 7!

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Featuring the tech giant’s best streaming stick yet, the orders for Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max are going to start shipping out on October 7, 2021. If you haven’t booked one yet, you can pre-order the stick on Amazon.

The Fire TV Stick 4K Max is 40% more powerful than its predecessor and is powered by a quad-core 1.8GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max supports 4K UHD, HDR and HDR10+ streaming as well as Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos and recreates a cinematic experience at one’s home.

The Fire TV Stick 4K Max utilises a Mediatek MT7921LS Wi-Fi 6 chipset which fosters faster and smoother streaming through superior connections. The latest Fire TV Stick comes with an Alexa Voice remote which easily allows users to search content, control playback, and manage their smart home, along with much more. The four dedicated buttons allow users to get to the popular apps quickly and users can also control their compatible smart TB and sound bar through the Alexa Voice remote.

With Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Spotify, users can also utilise the power of Alexa to get the most out of the Fire TV Stick for entertainment. The support for high-quality streaming is what sets the Fire TV Stick 4K Max apart and is worth putting your bucks in.

“There is a significant increase in video streaming with several direct to streaming release and customers choosing at-home entertainment. Fire TV has millions of active users in India, who enjoy hours of content every day. With Fire TV Stick 4K Max, we have taken the best-selling streaming media player and made it even better with a faster experience and the latest connectivity that provides seamless streaming without slowing down your home Wi-Fi.”, said Parag Gupta, Head, Amazon Devices India.

The Fire TV Stick 4K is priced at Rs. 6,499 and is available to pre-order on Amazon. Please visit this page for more information.

XGIMI launches two new projectors to reshape home-cinema trends: Horizon & Horizon Pro

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With a view to transform home entertainment and viewing experiences, XGIMI have launched two new state-of-the-art projectors under the umbrella of its celebrated ‘Horizon’ series. The ‘Horizon’ and the ‘Horizon Pro’ projectors are both, powerful devices, and elegantly designed, packing in a heavy load of features. Let’s delve deeper into the features of each.

XGIMI Horizon

The XGIMI Horizon is a versatile, easy-to-use, adaptable and feature-rich projector when it comes to imaging and performance-consistency. The XGIMI Horizon is equipped with a FHD Optical Engine and cutting-edge auto-focus which delivers a resolution of 1920×1080 even on a screen size of 300 inches. Image clarity is bolstered through XGIMI’s X-VUE image engine system, and low latency and a reduction in image blur is obtained through the integration of the MEMC frame interpolation technology.

XGIMI Horizon

The Horizon is also equipped with XGIMI’s 60Hz motion compensation technology, ensuring image stability. XGIMI’s automatic keystone correction technology deserves a mention as it can align the picture vertically and horizontally to custom fit the users’ walls. A manual keystone further aids customisation. The projector provides a maximum brightness of 2200 ANSI Lumens, a lamp life of up to 25,000 hours, and is also integrated with HDR10 technology. It runs on Android TV 10.0 and it is also armed with the Google Assistant. The projector 1 DC port, 2 HDMI 2.0 ports, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and a single LAN port.

XGIMI’s Horizon is priced at Rs. 1,25,000.

XGIMI Horizon Pro

The Horizon Pro is a versatile and easy-to-use 4K home projector from XGIMI. Along with an impressive 40-degree automatic keystone correction technology which aligns the picture vertically and horizontally to fit users’ walls or screens to a perfect aspect ratio. The manual keystone allows further customisation up to 45 degrees, laterally.

XGIMI Horizon Pro

The Horizon Pro is equipped with cutting-edge autofocus which delivers clear image qualities to screen sizes up to 300 inches. It also offers a maximum brightness of 2200 ANSI Lumens which doesn’t compromise picture quality even in bright environments. With a lamp life of 25,000 hours, the Horizon Pro’s image quality is further enhanced through its X-VUE image engine, 60Hz motion compensation technology, and MEMC frame interpolation technology.

Two 8W, 45mm full-range Harman Kardon speakers provide cinematic sound quality and the Horizon Pro supports DTS-HD and DTS Studio Sound Dolby as well. The Horizon Pro stands out as its integrated with the Android TV (10.0), Google Play Store, and Google Assistant.

Mr.Sushil Motwani, the official India Representative for XGIMI in India says, “Home entertainment is no longer a luxury segment but an essential one in these times. For those missing out on larger-than-life cinematic experiences right now, the XGIMI’s Horizon Series projectors are the perfect answer. They are extremely adaptable to different spaces, lifestyle and usage habits. They are handy, energy efficient and easy to operate and extremely portable that they can even travel with you. These products are not meant to be lifestyle statements but to serve a way of life.”

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Samsung scales innovation to new heights with The Sero Lifestyle TV

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As Samsung puts it, ‘The Sero redefines what a TV can do’. The Sero is one of world’s first mobile-optimised TVs, where users can rotate between horizontal and vertical orientations by just pressing a button.

The Sero is equipped with a 43” QLED screen which utilises AI to upscale content to 4K resolution. Apart from delivering a unique cinematic and immersive viewing experience, The Sero is also bolstered by the capabilities of mirroring phone content through a simple tap of the phone on the TV. The Sero also delivers 100% colour volume with over a billion colours and shades.

What’s truly unique about The Sero is that it mirrors the mobile content by rotating the screen automatically. The screen can also be rotated by remote control, voice command and via the SmartThings app.

The Sero also provides rich audio quality with a 4.1” 60W Front Firing speakers. This stylish TV also features a “Portrait Mode” which enables users to choose from different vertical backgrounds to amp up their personal space. The Sero can also blend in with the surroundings or display some useful information.

With a contemporary navy-blue bezel design, this lifestyle TV is equipped with fetures like Responsive UI, Active Voice Amplifier (AVA), Adaptive Picture, and more. The design is minimal and soothing to the eyes, and the multi-functionality of the TV makes The Sero all-the-more attractive.

The Sero is priced at Rs. 1,24,990 and is available at Reliance Digital stores.

Vivo V19 hits the e-stores on May 15

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Making its way along with other smartphone releases is the new Vivo V19 which is going to be available on May 15 through vivo India’s e-store, Amazon and Flipkart. The Vivo V19 is available in two variants, basically just differing in their storage capacities – with a 8GB RAM + 128GB and 8GB RAM + 256GB storage carrying a price tag of Rs. 27,990 and Rs. 31,990 respectively. Vivo has made it clear that within its domain of mid-range value phones, it has pushed hard to give users best possible experiences through smartphone photography.

As Vivo prioritises camera systems in their phones, it’s only right to detail those specifications first. The Vivo V19 is equipped with a quad-camera setup in its rear with a 48MP f/1.8 main camera, 8MP f/2.2 Ultra-wide-angle camera, a 2MP super macro camera and a 2MP f/2.4 portrait lens producing the highly sought-after bokeh effect. Vivo has also graciously added a dual front camera system with a 32MP f/2.08 main camera with an 8MP f/2.28 ‘super’ wide-angle camera, for pano-selfies and more. The front camera system definitely meets the demand of people and creators who are heavily into the TikTok/IGTV world.

When it comes to videos, the Vivo V19 can shoot 4K videos at 30fps and we expect the quality to be pretty good given the fact that it is supported by the EIS-backed ‘Ultra Stable Video Mode’. Creators will also like the ‘Art Portrait Video’ mode that blurs the background and the ‘AI Editor’ which helps edit videos rather quickly. The bokeh-frenzy produced by smartphone cameras can produce some great results when used correctly, but more often than not, it turns out to be a disaster and look unrealistic.

The Vivo V19 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 712, which is not the latest and as powerful as an 8-series processor but still fast. The Vivo V19 runs on the Funtouch OS 10, built on Android 10. The 6.44-inch LIV Super AMOLED FHD+ display offers an aspect ratio of 20:9 along with a dated refresh rate of 60Hz. It also supports the HDR 10 standard, and through the iView display, brightness levels are auto-adjusted based on ambient light, which is again a feature in most phones. The screen can go up to brightness levels of 800 nits with and Vivo claims that “some parts of the screen can go up to 1200 nits.”

Vivo V19 weighs just around 186 grams and it also has a premium feel to it due to it’s ergonomically designed 3D curved back panel. It is also powered by a 4500mAh battery which is complemented by the 33W Vivo FlashCharge 2.0 technology. The Vivo V19 is available in Piano Black and Mystic Silver and Vivo is also offering numerous deals on their phones with 10% cashback with HDFC and ICICI cards being the highlight. Interested customers should head over to Amazon, Flipkart and the vivo India E-store site to find out more, as the sale begins on May 15, 2020.

Sony launches BRAVIA KD-65Z9D

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Sony announced the launch of the KD-65Z9D TV in India today boasting of advanced 4K HDR Processor X1 technology. The company claims that it delivers an advanced viewing experience by reproducing deeper blacks and brighter whites to exhibit realistic colours and details.

The 4K HDR processor combined with Backlight Master Drive, a unique backlight technology, help achieve amazing contrast and highly accurate wide colour expression. It incorporates 3 new technologies which include Super Bit Mapping 4K HDR, object based HDR remaster and dual database processing. Sony has mentioned that these 3 components combine to provide the ultimate 4K HDR visual experience and it also upscales standard dynamic range HD content to near 4K HDR quality from a variety of sources like internet streaming, HDMI and USB.

The device is running on Android TV based on v6.0 aka Marshmallow with Sony’s exclusive user interface. It comes with an upgraded voice search function enabling users to search for their favourite channel by just saying it out loud.

Priced at Rs.5,04,900, the new KD-65Z9D will be sold at select Sony Centers and electronic stores across the country. It is available for pre-booking right now.