'One of the best soundbars you can get' — the Samsung HW-Q990F is one of the best I've tested — and Labor Day is the perfect time to buy it
THE SO WHAT
High-end home theater is still being sold on hardware specs and discount cycles, not software ecosystems. For consumer electronics teams, that’s permission to keep competing on acoustic performance and channel partnerships while you quietly build the software layer.
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