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Apple TV OS26 Now Available

TV OS26 is a visually refined update focusing on the new Liquid Glass design and enhanced Apple ecosystem integration, with key features including Apple Music Sing for karoke, improved Face Time with contact postes and call notification, more customization for Aerial screen savers, and the ability to set AirPlay devices as default audo output.

Liquid Glass is a new visual style applied accross pretty much all Apple OS platforms. It creates a transparent, translucent, and reflective surface for for screen elements that behaves like real glass, refracting and reflecting light. It dynamically morphs and adapts color and transparency based on surround content aiming to create a more fluid, organic experience.

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No Control of Roku

A Recent Roku OS update may be causing Roku control to fall offline when using a Control4 system, but this is an easily fixable.
Contact us if you experience any issue with your Roku.
FYI – the fix is to Enable “Control by mobile apps”.
– Select Watch Roku, then use the ROKU REMOTE and press the “Home” button
– Go to Settings/System/Advanced System Settings/Control by mobile apps
– Make sure “Enabled” is selected (press “Yes, allow” when pop up appears)
– Press “Home” on the remote to get back to the home screen and you are done.

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LG uses 30,000 Mini LEDs in new TVs

The company says its new backlight “comprises up to almost 30,000 tiny LEDs that produce incredible peak brightness and a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 when paired with up to 2,500 dimming zones and advanced local dimming zones.” The end result is better contrast, more dynamic HDR, and improved color accuracy over the company’s prior LCD sets. The new LG Series is designated “QNED,” with the Q referring to quantum dot color and the N presumably standing for LG’s “NanoCell” branding.

See the whole story at the Verge