I vividly remember when Bose announced the Ultra Open Earbuds. While I applauded the company for trying something different, I wasn’t sure if the clip-on design would take hold. Well, here we are almost two years later and most earbud makers now have something akin to Bose’s fashion experiment.

While Sony has been a home theater mainstay for decades, TCL has rapidly transformed itself from a budget brand known for its Roku-embedded smart TVs to a more premium brand that has competed favorably with top TV makers such as Samsung and LG. In CNET's tests, TCL has performed well, particularly in the LCD television category.