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Since the days of Trinitron, Sony has always been well known for their televisions, so this news does come as a bit of a surprise . . .

"Sony and TCL said Tuesday they're entering into a joint venture to spin Sony's TV and audio home entertainment business into a new company, with TCL holding a controlling 51% stake."

Sony and TCL Are Teaming Up to Make TVs TCL would be in control, but Sony's Bravia brands would still be a thing.

Karaoke, FaceTime, and more with an Apple 4K TV . . .

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Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on Tuesday (October 14), but if you're not ready to upgrade to Windows 11 yet, you can continue getting security updates for its predecessor. However, you must *manually* enroll in Microsoft's Extended Security Updates program to continue getting those updates till October 13, 2026 . . .

Your Windows 10 PC Won't Get Security Updates After Oct. 14 Unless You Do This Windows 10 support is ending, but you can receive an extra year of security updates by taking advantage of this program.

Many years ago, our Wi-Fi at home was severely lacking when using the Internet service provider's router. Looking for a solution, Ethernet over Power (Powerline), which utilizes building electrical wiring for networking, looked very promising. However, I quickly learned that it significantly degraded network performance depending on the distance and was sometimes finicky to get working. Furthermore, it may not be suitable for the high-speed requirements of today's video streaming services that offer 4K UHD and HDR content.

Thankfully, mesh Wi-Fi came around and largely solved the wireless networking issues. However, it wasn't perfect, as I occasionally needed to reboot an access point to restore optimal service. Nonetheless, it was a vast improvement over using Powerline adapters.

Still, I always prefer to use a wired network connection for stability and reliability.

I was recently reminded about another networking solution, MoCA (Multimedia over Coaxial Alliance), which uses the existing cable TV coaxial cabling in homes. I installed a MoCA starter set for my home theater about two weeks ago, and so far, it's been solid.

In most homes, it's often not feasible to run new Cat cable properly for networking, so if you want to add Ethernet connections instead of using Wi-Fi, consider MoCA. -Ted

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