Chris Boylan

Astoria, New York

Editor-in-Chief at Big Picture Big Sound

Contributing Writer at CleanTechnica

Editor, Writer, Digital Marketing Pro; I like A/V gear, movies, technology, SciFi, green energy & cool cars that don't burn gas. @bpbs @cleantechnica @ecoustics

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Sony BRAVIA Theater System 6 Soundbar Review: Too Much But Not Quite Enough?

1 week ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

In 2024, Sony expanded their BRAVIA brand from TVs to soundbars, speaker systems and projectors. The company launched two high-end Dolby Atmos-capable soundbar systems (BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 and Bar 9) as well as the flagship BRAVIA Theater Quad home theater speaker system.
Could This Dark Horse OLED Be the Best TV of 2025?

1 week ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

2025 has been an exciting year for high performance OLED televisions and it’s not even half over yet. We’ve seen an entirely new OLED panel design from LG Display, the Primary RGB Tandem OLED panel, offering a big improvement in brightness, which has previously been OLED’s Achilles Heel.. And Samsung Display has refined their own OLED panel (QD-OLED) with improved brightness and performance as well.
Sony Bravia Projector 8 Review - Bringing Cinema Home, Indeed!

1 week ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

Last spring, Sony folded its TVs, soundbars and other home theater speakers into its BRAVIA brand, which was previously exclusive to Sony TVs. And at CEDIA Expo last fall, they expanded the BRAVIA line once again with two new home theater projectors: the BRAVIA Projector 8 and BRAVIA Projector 9. We’ve had the Bravia 8 for the past few weeks and have been extremely impressed with its performance, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. First, a little background.
Dolby Flexes Its Immersive Audio Might with Dolby Atmos Flex Connect, Now in TCL TVs

3 weeks ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

Way back in 2023, Dolby announced a new wireless surround sound technology that the company said was just around the corner. Dolby Atmos FlexConnect promised wireless connectivity between TVs and speakers so that customers could create an immersive surround sound experience without a single cable between the TV and the speakers.
TCL Q85H Dolby Atmos Soundbar Review - Real Immersive Sound for Less

1 month ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

The TCL Q85H is TCL’s first soundbar system to support discrete 5.1.4-channel (or even 7.1.4 channel) Dolby Atmos surround sound. With powered subwoofer and wireless rear speakers included, the Q85H can be added to virtually any TV to provide a more cinematic and immersive surround experience for movies, TV shows and music. It supports the two most popular immersive audio formats: Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, as well as PCM and other forms of DTS and Dolby surround.
Sony WH-1000XM6 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones - The New High Bar?

1 month ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

Some companies are new to the headphone game, maybe establishing themselves as a speaker or electronics maker and adding a headphone line in order to cash in on the lucrative (and seemingly ever-growing) headphone market. Sony is not one of those companies. Sony introduced its first pair of stereo headphones for sale in 1964, mainly intended for use with its popular line of reel-to-reel tape recorders.
Qobuz Connect is Finally Here (And There Was Much Rejoicing)

1 month ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

Around three years ago, David Solomon, the VP of Business Development and hi-res music Evangelist from Qobuz, made the mistake of mentioning in public that Qobuz Connect was in active development at the company. “Ever since then, I haven’t heard the end of it,” said Solomon. “Not just questions like ‘When is it coming?’ but people claiming we were just lying and stringing people along – ‘Qobuz Connect is never coming,’ they’d say.
I Just Bought My First TV in 13 Years, and I Haven't Even Seen It Yet

1 month ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

Panasonic made a triumphant return to the U.S. TV market late last year with two new OLED TVs and a MiniLED TV. We were big fans of Panasonic’s plasma TVs back in the mid 2000s to early 2010s (here’s my review of the VT25 Plasma TV from 2010), but the company’s big bets on 3DTV and plasma technology didn’t really pay off. LED/LCD TVs, with their higher brightness and lower manufacturing costs began to dominate the US market in around 2012 and Panasonic wasn’t able to keep up.
TV Deal: LG 65-inch 4K OLED TV for $999. No Way?! (Yes. Way.)

1 month ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

OLED TVs typically come up on top in picture quality ratings not just from us here at eCoustics, but from most of the tech review sites. There’s something about those self-emissive pixels and perfect blacks that make watching anything on an OLED TV a pleasurable experience. But OLED TVs are expensive, right? Normally I’d say yes. But Amazon just dropped the price of LG’s 65-inch B4 OLED TV to a ridiculously low $999.99.
LG B4 4K OLED TV Review: Read This B4 You Buy

2 months ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

The B4 is an entry-level 4K OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TV from LG. Introduced in 2024, the B4 offers the advantages of OLED’s self-emissive design to deliver perfect blacks, rich color saturation and complete freedom from the lighting artifacts of LED/LCD TVs such as blooming and haloing around bright objects on a dark background.