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Weekend of December 6, 2024

Tech News and Commentary

Dave and Chris discuss Sega delisting over 60 vintage games from various online stores, Ai chatbots working customer service for retailers like Amazon and Walmart, Yelp’s acquisition of Repair Pal, Walmart’s $2.3 billion acquisition of TV maker Vizio, and more.


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On this week’s ‘Into Gaming,’ Bryan’s bringing the heat with a hot take on a new game, Alterra. What do you got for us Bryan?





Norman in Chattanooga, Tennessee asked: “I got a new 70-inch TV and I want to hook up like four speakers to it. I have a soundbar but it doesn’t sound good enough. I want to know what kind of amp to get for it to be able to hook up four home speakers to it. Big speakers like we used to have so I can hear better and have better sound in my room. Something in the $300-$500 range.”

Norman, $500 will put you near the lower end of amps these days, but you have options to choose from.

Most of the big name manufacturers will have an offering for you, for example, Denon offers the AVR-S670H it costs around $450 and can handle 75W per channel for each of the 5 channels. It has 3 HDMI ports, supports 8K, and can do Bluetooth, WiFi, Apples Airplay, and Alexa.

Yamahas RX-V4A is a little less expensive at $350 and offers 80W per each of five channels, 4 HDMI ports with 8K support, and has the same Bluetooth, WiFi, Airplay, and Alexa support.

Sony has a 7.2 option if you want more speakers. Their STR-DH790 is only $350, can provide 90W per channel, but you will lose the WiFi, Alexa, and Airplay, as this one only supports Bluetooth as a wireless option.

The 5.2 version of that speaker is the Sony STR-DH590 which is also Bluetooth only, but will only cost you $250.


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