Samsung’s beloved Q Series sound system is hundreds off for Labor Day
Samsung’s Q990F is a full home audio system in a single box. | Image: The Verge Researching, buying, then finally assembling a sound system for your TV is daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. If you want one of the best kits you can get at a rare discount, Best Buy and Amazon are selling the Samsung Q990F Soundbar for $999.99. It normally retails between $1,300 and $1,600. This bundle includes a 48.5-inch, 11.1.4-channel soundbar, a wireless subwoofer and two wireless rear speakers with their own power cords. That’s a solid deal on an Atmos-ready soundbar with a rich set of features. Samsung Q990F Soundbar System If you want to bring your home theater to the next level, the Samsung Q990F is the answer. The Q990 series has been at the top of best lists for years, and for good reason. It delivers an excellent Atmos experience with clear dialogue and booming bass to fully immerse...
Samsung’s Q990F is a full home audio system in a single box. | Image: The Verge Researching, buying, then finallyassembling a sound system for your TV is daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. If you want one of the best kits you can get at a rare discount,Best Buy and Amazon are selling the Samsung Q990F Soundbar for $999.99. It normally retails between $1,300 and $1,600. This bundle includes a 48.5-inch,11.1.4-channel soundbar, a wireless subwoofer and two wireless rear speakers with their own power cords. That’s a solid deal on an Atmos-ready soundbar with a rich set of features.
Samsung Q990F Soundbar System
If you want to bring your home theater to the next level, the Samsung Q990F is the answer. The Q990 series has been at the top of best lists for years, and for good reason. It delivers an excellent Atmos experience with clear dialogue and booming bass to fully immerse you in whatever you’re watching.
Where to Buy:
$1997.99 $999.99 at Amazon
$1999.99 $999.99 at Best Buy
You can also use the Q990F as a speaker system for listening to music, and it communicates with smart home systems like Google Home and Alexa, as well as AirPlay 2 and Google Cast. The system supports Dolby Atmos for spatial audio, with upward- and side-firing drivers in both the soundbar and the rear speakers to elevate the experience. There’s also a clear dialogue mode to help voices stand out, and a game mode for deeper, more immersive audio with your console hooked up.
Other deals to consider
The Ring Wired Doorbell 2K is discounted to $49.99 at both Best Buy and Amazon, $30 lower than the usual price. This video doorbell features a wide-angle lens with a 140-degree field of view, up to 6x digital zoom, and two-way communication for chatting with visitors. The doorbell works in any home with wiring for a doorbell, though it works better in homes that use Amazon Alexa for their smart home management.
Amazon and Best Buy have the Sonos Sub 4 marked down to $759 for Labor Day, $140 lower than the typical price. This beefy subwoofer connects to Sonos soundbars like the Arc Ultra, Arc, Beam, and the upcoming Beam Ultrato give them an extra punch during heavy action sequences, as well as to speakers like the Sonos Five, Era 300, or Era 100 to add a lot more low-end presence to your favorite content.
Switch 2 owners can grab the Dbrand Killswitch 2 Travel Kit for $71.99 at Best Buy, which is $8 lower than the current cost available directly from the brand. The Killswitch 2 is our favorite case for handheld and docked play, and the case I personally use to protect my console. In addition to the grips, shell and dock adapter, this combo includes the front cover, which hooks around the case to protect the screen during travel, with room for up to 10 cartridges.
Microsoft announces Windows and Surface event for October 7th
It's been more than two years since the last major Windows event, so Microsoft is heading to San Francisco next month to outline the future of Windows and Surface devices. At an event on October 7th, the company says it will host a "conversation on how local AI will shape...
It's been more than two years since the last major Windows event, so Microsoft is heading to San Francisco next month to outline the future of Windows and Surface devices. At an event on October 7th, the company says it will host a "conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC."Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be in attendance, alongside Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri. Even Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will be appearing at the event, which suggests that RTX Spark PCs could be the main focus of this event. If that's the case, don't be surprised to hear more about the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra pricing and avai …Read the full story at The Verge.
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Voters mostly don’t like AI and data centers, but neither party seems to have an edge
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Poll data released Tuesday by the New York Times and Siena University confirms what we've already been seeing, and what politicians are responding to - AI and data centers are incredibly unpopular. Asked if they support or oppose the construction of data centers to power AI tech, 61 percent of the 1,503 likely voters surveyed in early September (ahead of the recent AI safety slowdown discussion) said they were opposed, with only 14 percent saying they strongly support. The split was about even among 2024 Donald Trump voters, at 49 percent support to 45 percent oppose, while people who had voted for Kamala Harris or who didn't vote leaned opp …Read the full story at The Verge.
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I brought back the best part of the Windows Vista era with this free app
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Windows Vista is an operating system that I look back on fondly for one major reason: it was among the best-looking Windows options we've ever had. The Aero design philosophy was a major part of both Windows Vista and Windows 7, though Microsoft dropped it in Windows 8 in favor of its Metro design. Aero is honestly reminiscent of Apple's design philosophy in a lot of ways.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee breaks free from the GameCube with a new PC, Android, and Linux port
When it comes to retro video game decompilation ports, we've definitely been eating very well lately.
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What if social media isn’t hurting kids?
Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. The book posits that the rise of social media and smartphone use is largely to blame for the prominent decline in teen mental health since 2010. It quickly became a central rallying cry of...
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I added SSD caching to my NAS and learned why it’s not the performance fix everyone claims
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PowerToys Workspaces solved the one thing Windows window management has always been terrible at
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I replaced Spotify’s desktop app with this lightweight music player, and I forgot how fast software used to feel
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Your Jellyfin server doesn’t need 80TB of storage — you just need to stop h***ding 4K movies
I was called a rookie when I recently mentioned that my media server has no more than 5TB of storage. I agree that 5TB isn't a very large collection, but the idea that your media server needs double-digit terabytes of storage is flawed.
I was called a rookie when I recently mentioned that my media server has no more than 5TB of storage. I agree that 5TB isn't a very large collection, but the idea that your media server needs double-digit terabytes of storage is flawed.
John Doe New York
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The Google Pixel 10a drops to $424, proving you don’t need to spend $1,000 on a flagship
The Google Pixel 10a is one of the best mid-range phones you can buy right now. It's retail price of $499 is more than fair, but the discount that drops it to $424 makes it even better. This is close to the lowest price that we've seen for this phone,...
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I switched to Claude Code’s open-source rival and stopped worrying about rate limits
Every paid Claude plan meters usage in two ways: a rolling 5-hour window and a weekly cap across all models, and that quota is shared with Claude chat and whatever else is running on the same account. So if you're a heavy Cowork or Claude Design user in addition to...
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