TCL has been banging on the Personal Cinema door for fairly a while, first with a sequence of idea units and, final 12 months, with its first commercially-available mannequin. The Nxtwear G, which I reviewed in the summertime, was one of the best private cinema I’ve ever examined, but it surely nonetheless had some main flaws. The largest was consolation, each for eye-strain and the issue of resting a 130 gram (4.5oz) piece of {hardware} in your nostril. Thankfully, it appears as if TCL has sought to deal with that difficulty with its second mannequin, the TCL Nxtwear Air.

Essentially, the TCL Nxtwear Air takes lots of the identical elements from the primary one, however has managed to shave off round a 3rd of the burden. The glasses now weigh 75 grams, and look to be much more trendy than the primary mannequin, together with interchangeable fascias to customise the glasses to your fashion. As a lot as I’d detest including extra weight to my face, I do fairly just like the look of the faux-Wayfarer panel.

Far as I can inform, the shows stay the identical: Two 1080p Micro OLED panels designed to duplicate the texture of a 140-inch display screen. The press launch does, nonetheless, say that coloration copy has been improved, for the reason that footage on the primary mannequin had been sometimes washed out. You’ll additionally get spatial audio, and given the audio system are sited within the arms, that appears like a wise enchancment for film watching.

Naturally, TCL isn’t speaking about once we can get our palms on one, or how a lot it’ll price once we really do. But if it’s lower than the frankly outrageous costs you needed to fork out for the primary mannequin, it’ll be begin.

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