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by Mos Khan · Posted 07/17/2023
School is almost back in session, and for college students who don’t want the trials and tribulations of living in a dorm, this means returning to or getting an off-campus apartment. There are certainly benefits to living in an off-campus apartment, such as privacy if you live alone, or the ability to choose who you want as a roommate. However, the perks of living off-campus are all for naught if your apartment isn’t secure. It’s important to keep your living space safe, leaving your mind free to focus on things that matter—like your expensive
by Jill Waterman · Posted 07/05/2023
The widespread adoption of affordable smart home solutions has made home surveillance and theft-prevention systems more popular than ever—from security cameras, to
Posted 04/23/2023
Budget-friendly and featuring great audio quality, the Sonos Era 100 and 300 will be welcome additions to your home sound system. The Era 100 is perfect as a portable speaker or in a stationary setup in your home. Meanwhile, the Era 300 offers 360 surround sound and is compatible with Apple Spatial Audio. Watch to see which one is right for you.
0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Physical Upgrades
1:42 - Set Up Process
2:34 - Playing Music, Podcasts, and More
3:00 - Audio
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by Jill Waterman · Posted 10/29/2021
The dark days and long nights of winter provide a great opportunity to reassess the safety of your home’s electrical power grid, lest your plans for seasonal lighting become worthy of a parody by National Lampoon, if not worse. To guard against such a dangerous event, we’ve gathered up the handy tips and product recommendations below to help you upgrade your infrastructure with safety and effectiveness in mind.
Safety Basics
Did you know that although power cords and surge protectors don’t have established expiration dates, they do have a
by Rich R · Posted 10/29/2021
Choosing the right TV size for your living room or bedroom isn’t exactly like determining where to sit in a movie theater, but there are certainly similarities. In movie theaters, people generally prefer to sit centrally, maybe a little front-of-center. Studies have shown that the same is true at home—central, on-axis viewing is preferred.
In movie theaters, we generally don’t like to sit in the front third of the theater because often, we’d have to move our head or eyes from side-to-side to follow the action; the angle at which we’re viewing
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted 06/09/2021
Not every specification for the products that B&H Photo sells requires a secret decoder ring. We all know what height, width, length, and weight are. Photographers are familiar with megapixels and ISO ranges. However, there is one specification that pops up across many product lines that you might not be familiar with: IP Rating.
You will find the “IP Rating” specification on products like hard and waterproof cases,
by M. Brett Smith · Posted 03/24/2021
According to the CDC’s Guidelines for Cleaning and Disinfecting, routinely touched surfaces, such as your smartphone, heighten the risk of exposure to the coronavirus. To combat that risk, the CDC recommends regularly cleaning and disinfecting those same surfaces—including your phone. To guide you through the cleaning process, we’ve put together a general walkthrough that will illustrate all the dos and don’ts of how to properly disinfect your
by Jason T · Posted 09/17/2020
Have you ever put on your favorite pair of earbuds and thought they sounded muffled? Not quite as crisp as you remember them sounding? If so, the fix may be as easy as giving your buds a deep cleaning.
Let's face it—most of us don’t clean our earbuds very often, even though we wear them inside our ears, for crying out loud. On top of it being a bad health habit (dirty earbuds have been found to have very high relative levels of bacteria on them), gunked up, waxy speaker openings can have more of a negative impact on the sound quality than you
by Jason T · Posted 09/09/2020
As someone who has been obsessed with all things audio for most of my life, I always find it interesting to hear what people have to say about sound quality. I find it especially fascinating to hear the opinions of people who aren’t in the audio field themselves. A great live sound engineer once said to me, “Most folks know something doesn’t sound right; they may not be able to tell you why, but they know something sounds off the mark.” I think there’s a lot of truth to that statement. Just ask my wife, who’s heard a lot of the songs I’ve
by Rich R · Posted 04/05/2019
In the 1960s, we saw starship captains flipping open a pocket-sized device and talking to their crew in orbit, and family members calling one another in full color through what looked like a TV (or at least, what a TV looked like at the time). Steven Spielberg once said, “There is no such thing as science fiction, there is only science eventuality,” and just 50 years after these shows originally aired, you can video chat with anyone around the world while waiting for a taxi, ask a speaker to play your favorite sappy love song, or tell your TV
by M. Brett Smith · Posted 02/14/2018
5G, the next generation of wireless technology, is nearly upon us. With the first specs now established and multiple carriers announcing plans to launch 5G networks later this year, it’s time to get familiar with all things 5G. Don’t worry though: this won’t be some jargon-laden deep-dive. Instead, we’ll give you the 5 things you need to know about 5G.
What is It?
At its most basic, 5G is simply a set of wireless networking standards—think of them as rules or requirements a network must meet to be called 5G. The G in 5G stands for “generation