Luxury Smart Home
Bang & Olufsen relaunches flagship store, showcases luxury lineup
Luxurious blend of form and function
Bang & Olufsen relaunched its newly renovated flagship store in the Philippines on Tuesday, highlighted by a showcase featuring some of the brand’s most iconic premium home audio solutions.
Located at Shangri-la Plaza, the 124-square meter flagship store featured various state-of-the-art Bang & Olufsen home theater systems and other finest offerings from its Beosound and Beovision lineups.
The offerings all exude the brand’s luxurious blend of form and function, coming in Scandinavian modern minimalist aesthetics that complement various interiors.
Visitors can experience an immersive journey first-hand when they visit the store, while looking for the solutions to fit their needs.
Beolab 8: Fidelity from every angle
One of the relaunch event’s highlights was the Beolab 8, which is making its Philippine market debut.
Priced at PhP 504,000 for a pair, the powerful compact speakers blast full, rich, and clean sound with a volume that’s enough to fill a medium-sized room.
The sound from the three-driver setup is tuned by Bang & Olufsen’s renowned tonmeisters.
The Beolab 8 can connect to devices via Wi-Fi. It also has its own internet connectivity capability so users can play audio directly from streaming apps without needing their smartphones.
Moreover, the top part of the Beolab 8 functions as a stereo system. Just a touch will illuminate its controls so users can adjust every setting from the two speakers themselves.
Lastly, the offering comes in three wood colors to complement the user’s interior motif.
Beoplay H100: Sound that moves
Meanwhile, the Beoplay H100 is the brand’s major in-ear headphones offering. It is crafted from topnotch materials, including real leather for its magnetically detachable ear pads and headband cushion.
Priced at PhP 115,000, the audio solution features unrivaled high-quality sound and noise cancellation.
The Beoplay H100 boasts of 40mm custom-made titanium drivers that can produce up to 96 kHz / 24 bits high-resolution sound. It also supports Dolby Atmos spatial audio and has 10 microphones.
Furthermore, it comes in three colors: Sunset Apricot, Infinite Black, and Hourglass Sand. It will release starting this October but is already available for preorders.
Beosound A5: Powerful, portable
Bang & Olufsen also emphasized its powerful and portable picnic basket-looking Beosound A5 speaker.
This particular product flaunts 360-degree sound of the same quality, making it ideal for gatherings and even outdoor trips.
Users an even utilize its top part as a wireless charging station for compatible devices.
Beovision Harmony: Complete package
For those looking for a complete theater package, the Beovision Harmony is comprised of a 97-inch 4K OLED screen.
It works seamlessly with the Beolab 50 and Beolab 90 floor-standing speakers. A space-saver, the Harmony’s speakers fold vertically when not in use, covering part of the large display.
Beosound Shape: Personalized wall-mounted system
Lastly, the Beosound Shape offers consumers to own an art piece-like audio package.
With a minimum of eight cube-looking tiles, each coming in various colors, users can decorate walls with a mounted system that they can personalize by being creating various patterns and arrangements.
Each set of eight includes four speakers, which can be expanded to as many as whatever number a homeowner desires.
Computers
Samsung’s SECRET That Made OLED Even Better
Say hello to the new QD-OLED Penta Tandem display tech by the Korean giant
Samsung Display just unveiled QD-OLED Penta Tandem technology. This is a next-generation display structure that stacks five emission layers to improve brightness, efficiency, and overall OLED performance.
In this video, we simplify what Penta Tandem actually is, how it works, and show you two monitors that already have the technology — specifically from MSI and Dell.
For more details, check out Samsung Display here.
Luxury Smart Home
TCL enters RGB-Mini LED race with RM9L series
New flagship promises brighter, more precise color on ultra-large screens
TCL has officially unveiled the RM9L, its first RGB-Mini LED TV, signaling a serious push into the next phase of premium display technology.
Announced in New York, the RM9L positions itself as TCL’s most advanced Mini LED offering yet. It leans heavily into color performance, using dedicated red, green, and blue LEDs instead of traditional white backlighting. The result: more precise color reproduction and support for up to 100% BT2020 color space, a benchmark often associated with high-end cinematic displays.
At the core of the RM9L is TCL’s CSOT UltraColor Filter paired with a new 30-bit by 3 backlight controller system. Together, they form a 120-bit color system designed to deliver finer control across each RGB channel. TCL says this enables better shadow detail, improved uniform brightness, and more consistent color across massive screen sizes.
The TV also packs a CSOT WHVA 2.0 Ultra panel, enhanced halo control for local dimming, and over 3,800 dimming zones. Peak brightness can reach up to 6,000 nits, putting it among the brightest TVs announced so far. Powering everything is the TSR AI Pro processor, which handles scene-by-scene optimization across color, contrast, clarity, and motion.
Built for big-screen immersion
The RM9L is clearly designed for larger-than-life viewing. It supports a native 144Hz refresh rate, with Game Accelerator 288 VRR and four HDMI 2.1 ports for gaming setups. TCL is also leaning into audio, with built-in sound tuned by Bang & Olufsen and support for Dolby Atmos FlexConnect for expandable home theater setups.
On the smart side, the TV runs on Google TV with Gemini integration, adding AI-powered assistance and content discovery.
An upcoming OTA update will bring support for Dolby Vision 2 Max, which introduces features like Content Intelligence, a new Imagine Engine, and Authentic Motion. TCL says this update will improve HDR brightness while preserving the creator’s original intent through bi-directional tone mapping.
Subheading: Pricing and availability
The TCL RM9L series is now available for pre-order in ultra-large sizes:
- 85-inch – $7,999.99
- 98-inch – $9,999.99
- 115-inch – $29,999.99
With the RM9L, TCL is making a clear bet: bigger screens demand better color. And with RGB-Mini LED, it’s aiming to lead that shift.
Luxury Smart Home
Spotlight: Amazon Ember Artline TV + New Fire TV Stick HD
Amazon Just Fixed the Biggest Problem with TVs
In this video, THE Michael Josh dives into the all-new Amazon Ember Artline — their first-ever lifestyle TV.
Moreover, there’s the newer Fire TV Stick HD — the slimmest Fire Stick ever made. Now with USB-C and Alexa+ built in.
And through it all: He sat down exclusively with Aidan Marcuss — VP of Fire TV at Amazon and talked about how Alexa+ is Amazon’s answer to content paralysis.
PRE-ORDER NOW!
Amazon Ember Artline — ships April 22, 2026
New Fire TV Stick HD — ships April 29, 2026
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