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Boulevard’s picks: The best home tech for 2025

Stepping into a new era of innovation, homes are evolving into smarter, more intuitive spaces. From top-of-the-line 4K HD televisions and impressive water-resistant speakers that offer endless entertainment to state-of-the-art home security systems, the best home tech of 2025 is all about enhancing convenience, comfort, and connectivity.

Here is Boulevard’s line-up of the best home tech that will quicken your heartbeat even as it brings entertainment to your living room, music to your ears and security to your homes.

Leica: Bringing Hollywood-calibre cinema to your homes

With a name synonymous with optical expertise and innovative technology, Leica further expands its lineup of premium home cinema projectors with the addition of the Cine Play 1.

This versatile mini projector features a compact, timeless design and combines innovative triple RGB laser technology with Leica’s renowned premium imaging quality in 4K resolution. It is capable of projecting images onto screen sizes of up to 300 inches.

The Leica Cine Play 1 features two 10-Watt speakers integrated with DTS Virtual:X audio-signal processing technology, providing an unparalleled 3D surround sound experience. It also offers a brightness of up to 3000 ANSI lumens, ensuring clear, high-contrast movie projections even in brightly lit environments. This makes it the perfect choice for both home theatre setups and outdoor movie screenings.

Visit Leica for more information.

Steinway Lyngdorf: Premium audio for every occasion

On the hunt for a waterproof speaker that combines stunning design with exceptional sound quality and an immersive audio experience? The all-new Steinway & Sons Marine Speakers from Steinway Lyngdorf offer just that, combining sleek aesthetics with powerful audio performance. Featuring RoomPerfect™ calibration, they provide a rich, immersive sound experience whether on your yacht or at your beachfront home.

As the name suggests, the Marine Speaker is built to withstand saltwater, splash water and even the harshest weather conditions, thanks to its sealed aluminium enclosure, special lacquering and coated gold trim. So, whether placed inside the living room or by the pool deck, this full-range, premium loudspeaker ensures exceptional sound quality.

Equipped with four woofers, it delivers deep, dynamic bass, while its 5-inch midrange driver ensures a clear and detailed midrange, perfect for natural instruments and vocals.

To complement the bass and midrange notes, the Steinway & Sons Marine Speaker also features the brand’s signature Air Motion Transformer tweeter, allowing the speaker to reproduce intricate high frequencies with clarity, even at higher volume levels.

Visit Steinway Lyngdorf for more information.

Hisense: The ultimate big screen experience

From Hisense comes the new 110-inch ULED X TV. The ULED line is the brand’s top-of-the-line model, offering advanced picture technologies like local dimming, HDR and AI optimisation.

The TV features a MiniLED X technology that utilises an unprecedented 40,000 Full Array Local Dimming Zones to deliver up to 10,000 nits of peak brightness. This means that the 110UX can display more vivid colours and fine details, even during the brightest scenes in shows or films, while keeping dark areas rich and clear without any light bleed.

The 110UX is equipped with Hisense’s proprietary Dynamic X Display, reducing glare by 20 per cent and providing a 40 per cent wider viewing angle. Additionally, a combination of the Quantum Dot Colour and advanced colour management technologies allow for richer colours. These impressive features ensure that the viewing experience remains crisp and vibrant, regardless of the lighting conditions in the room.

Of course, the 110-inch TV does not only deliver an unrivalled visual experience, but it also offers immersive sound quality thanks to its CineStage X 4.2.2 Surround sound. Coupled with premium features such as Dolby Vision™ IQ, HDR 10+ Adaptive, HDR 10, IMAX® Enhanced Certification and DTS X, it creates a truly cinematic experience.

To complement these elements, the 110UX features the latest Hisense operating system, VIDAA U8, offering a faster, more convenient and customisable navigation experience. This allows viewers to seamlessly switch between apps and connected devices, as well as explore thousands of shows across multiple streaming platforms, including Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, Prime Video and more.

Visit Hisense for more information.

Vivint: Smart surveillance with superior clarity and protection

When it comes to smart home technology and surveillance systems, Vivint is a brand that stands out. Its latest innovation, the enhanced Outdoor Camera Pro, goes beyond just recording your home’s surroundings – it also detects the presence of any vehicles on your property.

The Vivint Outdoor Camera Pro enhances your security by using AI technology to identify when a vehicle arrives, leaves or passes through a designated detection zone. It can detect any type of vehicle, whether it’s a delivery truck, grocery van and even unfamiliar cars.

With Vehicle Detection, real-time notifications are sent to your phone via the Vivint App, allowing you to view live activity outside your home. All activity is also recorded for later review, providing an added layer of security and makes it a reliable choice for enhancing home surveillance.

Visit Vivint for more information.

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