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Perhaps something about the speaker tuning or optimisations in the auto calibration system work well with the sort of large rooms king-sized TVs are most likely to find themselves in.
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John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
That includes spotty Wi-Fi connections impacting electronic poll books used to check voters in more efficiently, imprecise calibration on voting machine touchscreens, and ballot scanners that are down.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
With one press of a button, the auto-calibration handles everything from leveling to input shaping and fan speeds.
—PCMAG, 17 Oct. 2024
This step-by-step calibration is called a distance ladder.
—Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
That includes spotty Wi-Fi connections impacting electronic poll books used to check voters in more efficiently, imprecise calibration on voting machine touchscreens, and ballot scanners that are down.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
With one press of a button, the auto-calibration handles everything from leveling to input shaping and fan speeds.
—PCMAG, 17 Oct. 2024
This step-by-step calibration is called a distance ladder.
—Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Calibration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibration. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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