Ever since building my dream sim racing rig, I’ve been trying to find ways of improving it or testing out new gear. So, I was pretty excited to check out the Moza KS Pro Steering Wheel.
At $589 in Australia, it’s one of the more reasonably priced steering wheels out there (some cost thousands of dollars!). Straight out of the box, the Moza KS Pro looks fantastic with its carbon fibre composite finish and feels genuinely premium in hand. The 300mm size is spot on, and the TPE grips make it super comfortable to hold.
Moza has packed this wheel with loads of features — rotary encoders, switches, a customisable 2.99-inch screen, and RGB telemetry lighting, plus forged carbon dual-clutch paddles on the back.
Based on my early impressions, this wheel feels like a big step up for any sim rig at a good price. I’m keen to spend more time with it on the virtual track in the coming weeks.
When you think of GoPro, small and rugged action cameras come to mind. That’s not changing, but the brand is doing something a bit different with the GoPro Mission 1 range, tipped to be a series of “low-cost, compact cinema cameras” with interchangeable lens mounts.
Including the Mission 1 Pro, Mission 1, and Mission 1 Pro ILS, the new GoPro range sports a large 50MP one-inch sensor with larger pixels, designed to shoot pro-level footage in dim lighting. Both the Pro models support 8K resolution and 60fps. They also support ’32x Slo-Mo’, which is a whopping 960 frames per second, when shooting in 1080p in a 10-second burst.
GoPro’s base Mission 1 model also supports 8K footage, albeit limited to 30fps. All three cameras support open gate recording to varying degrees. A feature also seen in some of Canon’s cinema DSLR cameras, open gate recording shoots using the full height and width of a camera’s sensor without cropping.
In the case of the Mission 1 cameras, the sensor’s open gate setting records in a 4:3 ratio, which you can then crop for different formats in the edit suite. For example, you could shoot some skiing footage that captures the widest possible view, and then find the framing while editing to suit a 16:9 or a 9:16 video, depending on the platform.
For the Mission 1 Pro cameras, 8K at 30fps open gate recording is possible, while the standard Mission 1 model supports 4K at 120fps. There’s a bit of editing flexibility, too, with HLG and 10-bit colour recording file formats available to use.
GoPro estimates that the battery life of its new cameras lasts upwards of five hours, largely driven by what’s being advertised as a more energy-efficient GP3 processor.
GoPro hasn’t shared the price of the Mission 1 range yet. That information is set to be revealed this weekend, ahead of pre-orders opening via GoPro on 21 May.
If there’s one thing consistent about Samsung’s speakers, it’s that they have distinct designs. In recent years, there was the Music Frame, a speaker designed to look like art you hang on a wall. This year, Samsung has the Music Studio 5 and Music Studio 7, a pair of wireless speakers that, while not art-themed as such, are meant to furnish a home as much as they are meant to play music.
Revealed at CES 2026 earlier in the year, the Wi-Fi-enabled Music Studio speakers brandish what’s called a “Dot Design”. It’s pretty easy to see why: they have a big dot in the centre, meant to evoke a minimalist aesthetic.
Of the two, the Music Studio 7, priced at $749 in Australia, is the more powerful unit. It houses a 3.1.1-channel audio system, while the smaller $499 Music Studio 5 is a simpler two-channel setup. Both support many of the standard casting features, including Apple AirPlay and Google Cast. They also support Spotify Tap, letting you double-tap your phone to the speaker to start up a playlist.
Samsung’s Music Studio duo work with the brand’s Q-Symphony technology, so they can connect to Samsung TVs and soundbars for a fuller sound. Alternatively, up to 10 Music Studio speakers can connect and play music simultaneously if you’re keen to have one in every room of the house.
Samsung’s 2026 soundbars elevate audio, literally
Launching at the same time is Samsung’s latest Q-Series soundbar range, led by the 11.1.4-channel HW-Q990H model, which costs $1,999 in Australia. At the more affordable end of the scale is the $899 HW-Q600H 3.1.2-channel soundbar.
This year’s soundbars come with a feature called ‘Samsung Sound Elevation’. According to Samsung, the feature uses a soundbar’s up-firing speakers to make dialogue sound like it’s coming from higher, as in the TV instead of the soundbar that sits below.
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Perhaps the most useful feature for most households will be ‘Auto Volume’. It aims to normalise audio levels, so you’re not suddenly jumpscared by wildly different volume levels when swapping between YouTube and free-to-air TV, for example.
This feature could help address audio inconsistencies with streaming content; it’s a common bugbear that people have to manually set different volume levels per input. If it also addresses the big volume difference between ads and actual content, Samsung might be onto a winner here.
Alongside the Music Studio and soundbar ranges, Samsung rounded out the launch with two updated Sound Tower party speakers. Each one is splashproof and kitted out with reactive LED lights. As for price, the MX-ST40F model costs $479 in Australia, while the bigger MX-ST50F costs $699.
Prompted by the rise of fuel thefts throughout Australia, Uniden has discounted its cellular Solo X2K 4G Plus security camera by $100 to help keep an eye on things.
Now $199 via Uniden’s website (down from $299), the 2K-resolution camera supports Nano SIM cards with 4G connectivity, meaning it can provide a live feed and upload footage to the cloud in areas that Wi-Fi doesn’t reach.
With petrol prices set to remain high for the foreseeable future, Uniden hopes its camera can help add a layer of security while pressure from the fuel crisis continues. The Solo X2K 4G Plus is billed as a camera suited to outdoor use, featuring an IP65 weatherproof rating, a 60-day battery, and 300-degree pan functionality.
Like Uniden’s other cameras, the Solo X2K 4G Plus comes with seven days of free rolling cloud storage. Many other smart home security brands charge extra for cloud storage, but Uniden bucks the trend, providing the storage “for the lifetime” of its products. A 32GB MicroSD card is also included for internal storage.
Watching TV out loud, especially through a good sound system, is almost always the superior option for audio quality. However, getting a baby or toddler to go to sleep is a major challenge, so sometimes you just don’t want to tempt fate by watching TV with the volume audible to others.
For that reason, my wife and I have been watching TV in the evening with headphones on for almost two years. The good news is that in 2026, this is easier to do than ever. The bad news is that it’s expensive if you don’t already have some of this stuff anyway.
How to watch TV with Apple headphones
If you’re an Apple household, then it’s easy to share audio from an Apple TV to two pairs of AirPods or Beats headphones with an H1 or H2 chip.
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The Apple TV box connected to your TV should automatically detect any AirPods or Beats headphones belonging to members of your iCloud family in the vicinity. Then, to share audio to both sets of headphones, hold down the screen button on the remote, select audio, and then select the two pairs of headphones.
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Each user can then individually control their own volume, transparency, and noise cancelling settings from there.
How to watch TV with Samsung headphones
If you’re a Samsung household, the cheapest and easiest way to go if you already have a practically new TV is to use Auracast.
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There are some models of TV, particularly Samsung TVs, that utilise this new and exciting technology to allow a lot of people to connect to Bluetooth at the same time. If you have a newish (2024 or newer) Samsung TV and a couple of pairs of Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro with Auracast, you can just connect multiple pairs of Buds to your TV through Bluetooth settings on the TV itself and watch in peace.
Alas, my TV is a bit too old to demonstrate, but it should be pretty obvious once you get to the device settings.
Connecting headphones to a TV using Sonos
However, Sonos users will have the easiest time, though potentially the most expensive setup, if they don’t already have some of the ecosystem.
The Sonos Arc Ultra and Sonos Ray soundbars are compatible with multiple pairs of Sonos Ace headphones, and it’s, well, ace. I already have a setup with a Sonos Arc Ultra, two Era 300s (for rears) and a Sub 4. I also had a pair of Sonos Ace headphones for me, so getting another pair for my wife to use so we could watch TV together while our daughter slept was a no-brainer.
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I love how easy it is to pair: you just put on the Ace when the TV is on, and then hold down the button on the Ace until it pairs. If you have trouble with the button (I found it a bit finicky at times), you can just connect it through the app. Super easy, sounds excellent, and means you’re free to watch whatever you want on TV and control the audio with the remote like normal.
In the past, having a multi-headphone set up on a TV required a lot of dongles, cables and workarounds. While it’s still not 100 per cent straightforward and requires some choices, it is now certainly much easier and wire-free. A must-have for anyone who lives with light sleepers or jerk neighbours.
Every year, we see TV brands trying to outdo each other in producing the best technology for your eyes. Samsung believes it has taken things even further with the MR95F, a huge 115-inch Micro RGB TV capable of showing a wide spectrum of colours. I recently spent a day with the TV to see what the fuss was about.
At $41,995 from Harvey Norman, the MR95F isn’t going to suddenly appear in everyone’s homes, and I think Samsung knows that. It’s one of the best TVs I’ve seen, and it showcases where the future of TVs is going, with the RGB LED technology creating such a pure and colourful picture.
Unlike traditional LEDs, the RGB variant adds colour at a backlight level in addition to a pixel level. The result is deeper colours, 100 per cent of the BT.2020 range, to be precise. And with Samsung’s ‘Micro’ backlights being smaller than the already-tiny Mini LED technology, the level of image control is mind-blowing.
Even if this TV isn’t on your shopping list (which is probably most of us), you must see it in action for a glimpse into the future of home entertainment.
Sometimes you see a new product and instantly think, “I must try that”. That was me when I saw the Shark StainForce Cordless Spot Cleaner. With a few stubborn stains at home, I was more than happy when Shark lent me one to test out for a few weeks.
The whole package looks very fancy, with a plastic caddy, a spray bottle, and essentially a handheld wet vac. The vacuum itself has two heads: a 7cm brush and vacuum head plus a crevice tool.
In fairness, the Shark wasn’t going to have an easy job. The stains I tested were years old, while this unit is really designed to be ready the moment a spill happens. (Attempts to create fresh stains for testing were vetoed by the Minister of War and Finance.) Fortunately, it’s easy to get going, with a full instruction set and a quick guide printed right on the caddy.
Wet and dry cleaning
The approaches to a dry stain and a wet stain differ at the start, but end up being the same once you get to the cleaning stage. For dry, you dry scrub, then vacuum. For wet, you start with a vacuum. After this, you spray the stain with a special stain remover, scrub, then vacuum up any remaining liquid. This process can be repeated for stubborn stains.
The stain remover – with too many ingredients on the side of the bottle to list – comprises two separate liquids that mix as they are sprayed, so this is some fancy cleaning liquid.
The spray bottle also says not to use the stain remover on wool (should have read that before starting) and to test on a small patch first. It also indicated the formula is great for eliminating odours, including urine and smoke.
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Does it work?
The million-dollar question is, “how did it go”?
I used it on three stains, one of which was a 10-year-old red wine stain that had been worked on many times before. The great news is that two of the stains are no longer visible. As for the red wine stain, I’ll continue to live with it, albeit many shades lighter than it was.
Red wine stain beforeRed wine stain after
The whole process takes a few minutes, and if you are prone to spilling stuff on the carpet or have pet accidents, then this is a very handy kit. The Shark StainForce Cordless Stain-Destroying Spot Cleaner is available from the company’s website for $250.
