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INNOCN E49M1R: 30-second review The 49-inch ultra...
The 49-inch ultrawide market has always demanded a compromise. Curve the panel, and you gain immersion but lose straight lines along your windows' edges. Keep it flat, and those two features simply swap places. Innocn has decided that trade-off is no longer guaranteed, and the E49M1R is the result.
By the maker's own description, this is the world's first 49-inch flat Mini LED ultrawide monitor. That single design choice sets it apart from almost every other super ultrawide currently on sale, since curved panels have dominated this size class for years. Traders, video editors, developers and anyone who values straight lines over cinematic curvature now have a genuine flat alternative at this scale.
Underneath that flat glass sits a 5120 x 1440 VA panel, often marketed as DQHD, which is effectively two 27-inch QHD monitors joined without a centre bezel. Add a 165Hz refresh rate and a 2ms overdrive response time, and you have a display built to appeal equally to people juggling financial dashboards, editors scrubbing long timelines, and gamers who want peripheral vision without warped geometry.
Backlighting comes from 1760 local dimming zones, a genuinely high number for a monitor at this size and this price. INNOCN pairs that with HDR1000 certification, a typical brightness of 450 nits, and a claimed peak that reaches four figures in HDR content. On paper, that combination should deliver punchy highlights alongside properly dark shadows, rather than the washed-out grey blacks that cheaper Mini LED panels sometimes produce.
Colour coverage looks strong too, with sRGB essentially maxed out and comfortable coverage claimed of the wider Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 spaces. Either way, the combination suggests this panel was built with more than gaming in mind, rather than for design work.
Connectivity runs to two HDMI 2.1 ports and two DisplayPort 1.4 inputs, a sensible spread for switching between a desktop and a laptop, or a work machine and a console, without reaching for an adapter. You can display all four inputs at once, or use a range of picture-in-picture options.
A USB hub, twin 5W speakers and support for AMD FreeSync round out the feature list.
The stand offers 120mm of height adjustment along with tilt from minus five to plus fifteen degrees and a modest fifteen degrees of swivel. There is no mention of pivot, which is hardly surprising given the sheer width involved. At 13.3kg with the stand attached, this design rewards a permanent spot on a desk rather than regular repositioning.
Pricing in the US sits at $999.99, which places the E49M1R against established 49-inch rivals from Samsung and LG, several of which still rely on curved panels at similar or higher price points.
The core promise here, a genuinely flat super ultrawide with Mini LED backlighting and a proper refresh rate, is compelling enough that INNOCN deserves the benefit of the doubt until testing confirms whether the numbers hold up on a desk rather than on a spec sheet.
INNOCN E49M1R: Price and availability
(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)
How much does it cost? $999
When is it out? Available now in the US and Japan
Where can you get it? Direct from Innocn
Innocn lists the E49M1R at $999.99 on its US store, with free shipping, a 30-day return window and a standard 12-month warranty. Orders placed before 1 October 2026 qualify for an extended three-year warranty as a launch promotion.
The monitor also launched in Japan on 10 September 2026 at 159,999 yen, roughly $1,044, with an introductory price of 135,990 yen, roughly $887, running for a limited period around launch.
Is this a good price? It’s hard to say, since no other monitor brand has anything like this available to compare.
Value: 5 / 5
INNOCN E49M1R: Specs
Specification
Detail
Model
E49M1R
Panel size
49 inches, flat
Panel type
VA, Mini LED backlit
Resolution
5120 x 1440 (5K DQHD)
Aspect ratio
32:9
Refresh rate
165Hz
Response time
8ms GtG, 2ms with overdrive
Local dimming zones
1760
HDR
HDR1000
Brightness
450 nits quoted
Contrast ratio
3000:1
Colour depth
8bit
Colour coverage
100% sRGB claimed, 98% tested
Connectivity
2x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4, USB hub, 1x audio out
Adaptive sync
AMD FreeSync
Speakers
2x 5W
Stand adjustment
120mm height, tilt -5 to +15 degrees, 15 degree swivel
VESA mount
100 x 100mm
Power consumption
95W typical, 240W maximum
Weight with stand
13.3kg
Warranty
3-year (launch offer)
INNOCN E49M1R: Design
(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)
Flat panel, not curved
Minimal bezel across a 32:9 frame
Height-adjustable stand but modest rotation
Where most 49-inch ultrawides curve their panel to keep the far edges within easy view, the E49M1R stays flat.
Innocn calls it the first monitor of its kind at this size, and it is a genuine point of difference rather than a marketing flourish. A flat panel keeps straight lines straight, which matters for anyone lining up spreadsheet columns, CAD drawings or video timelines across the full width of the screen.
You can get the same 5120 x 1440 resolution at this scale by combining two 27-inch 1440p displays, and that would be cheaper. But for those who want a single seamless experience, this is the way.
However, that creates an entirely different issue: the sides of the screen are significantly farther from a centrally placed viewer than the middle.
How much further? Well, if you are 75cm from the middle of the panel then the left and right edges are another 20cm away.
Depending on the flexibility of your eyesight, this is either not a problem or a major snag.
You might want to consider a desk you can slide sideways so that, if you are working at one side, you can bring it nearer, then roll your chair to the other when needed. This might seem silly, but if you are using this panel to monitor things, you'll need to make some adjustments.
What’s impressive is how narrow the bezel is on the top and sides, making the display the predominant aspect of this screen.
(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)
The stand provides 120mm of height travel, a tilt range from minus five to fifteen degrees, and also fifteen degrees of swivel. No pivot option is listed, which makes sense given the panel's width. It has a VESA 100 mounting point in the centre, but you need to consider that any support will need to handle the not insignificant weight of the E49M1R.
At 13.3kg with the stand fitted, this is not a monitor you will want to move often, or possibly without some help.
Settings on this monitor are slightly old-school, with five buttons under the central Innocn logo being used to control an on-screen menu.
I’ll be honest and say I hate these menus, because six clicks to make a change when it would be one with a mouse and an app seems bonkers. However, all the interesting features are on this menu, if you can be bothered to click through them.
Overall, there isn’t much that’s revolutionary here in the design; most of that showboating is reserved for the underlying technology.
However, despite the obvious awkwardness of having a monitor this large, in most respects it works as intended, and for some applications is something of a joy.
The trick I think Innocn missed is that this screen is perfect for controlling multiple systems, since you can display each input simultaneously. What’s required to make this perfect is a KVM, and since Innocn put a USB hub into the monitor, why did they not make this a KVM?
Even if it only supported two computers, splitting the screen for two systems, and tracking a hotkey switch (like a SCRL LOCK double tap) to flip the USB port over for mouse and keyboard, this would be terrific. Yes, you can get the same effect with a separate KVM, as I have, but if it were all in one package, it would be brilliant.
The key weaknesses are the lack of motion on the stand and the lack of a software control panel, which forces you to use tiny buttons to change modes.
But these flaws don’t undermine what is a solid product in most respects.
Design: 4 / 5
(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)
INNOCN E49M1R: Performance
Up to 480 nits
98% sRGB
72% AdobeRGB
Colour Gamut
Percentage
sRGB
98%
AdobeRGB
72%
P3
74%
NTSC
68%
Rec2020
53%
Gamma
1.8
Maximum Brightness
481.5
Maximum Contrast
4180 : 1
This design has a weird dichotomy I’ve never seen before: some of it comes from the design choices, and some from the panel's technology.
But first, let’s talk about what’s good about this screen, because in many respects the positive aspects outweigh the negative ones.
Two aspects are 5/5 in my opinion: color gamut and contrast. Being able to display lots of colours and a decent contrast between the brightest and darkest makes this an extremely readable display, and a punchy chromatic experience. I’m not sure how that fits with the Innocn specification that this is an 8-bit VA panel underneath.
The brightness is also greater than the 450nits that the maker quotes, and typically that number is overstated.
On paper, the E49M1R's performance case rests on three pillars. The first is contrast, delivered by 1760 local dimming zones feeding a VA panel with a quoted 3000:1 native contrast ratio. That is a considerably more granular backlight than the edge-lit arrangements found on cheaper ultrawides, and it should translate into deeper blacks alongside bright highlights in HDR content, rather than the obvious blooming that coarser dimming grids produce.
The second is color. Innocn claims essentially full sRGB coverage, with wide claimed coverage of Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 as well, alongside a Delta E accuracy target below two. Those numbers would put the E49M1R comfortably ahead of most gaming-focused ultrawides for colour-critical work, but it’s more nuanced than that.
While the gamut is great, color accuracy isn’t wonderful, making this design less than ideal for designers working with color. You might be able to tweak settings to improve colour accuracy, but this screen will never compete with an OLED panel.
The third pillar is motion. A 165Hz refresh rate, 2ms overdrive response time, and AMD FreeSync support should keep fast-moving content smooth, though the product page makes no G-Sync compatibility claim, which is worth noting for Nvidia users who rely on that certification.
In conclusion, if you need an ultrawide display for monitoring multiple systems, huge spreadsheets, motion graphics, a flight or racing simulator, then this is an excellent choice.
The lack of accuracy here is an issue for color-critical jobs, but that’s not something most people buy an ultrawide monitor for.
(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)
Performance: 4 / 5
INNOCN E49M1R: Final verdict
On specification alone, the E49M1R makes a compelling case. Innocn has combined a genuinely novel flat panel with a dense Mini LED backlight, a proper 165Hz refresh rate and colour coverage that reaches well beyond sRGB.
For traders, editors, developers and anyone tired of curved screens distorting their straight lines, this looks like the ultrawide the category has been missing.
I do wonder if Innocn has another E49M1 design in development that uses OLED and would address the color accuracy issues I detected, but for now this VA design with Mini LED backlighting is a dramatic improvement over any single-source backlight hardware.
With the hardware available today, the E49M1R could be one of the year's most significant ultrawide launches. And, at less than $1000, this is a huge monitor for a modest asking price. If you don’t need such a high resolution, Innocn also offers the slightly cheaper E49M1G with a 3840 x 1080 resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate.
On a personal note, I’ve been using this panel this week, and having my PC desktop on one side and a mini PC I’m benchmarking on the other makes for a great workflow. Similarly, when I transfer my work from Word to the publishing system, being able to extend my desktop is equally helpful.
While the E49M1R isn’t for everyone, for those who can use its abilities, it's genuinely revolutionary.
(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)
InnoCN GA27S1Q: Report card
Value
When only a company makes something, the price is the price
5 / 5
Design
Massive display with a restrictive stand, but plenty of good features
4 / 5
Performance
Large gamut and incredible contrast, but not color accurate
4 / 5
Total
Easily worth what the maker is asking for an Mini LED this big
4.5 / 5
Should you buy a INNOCN E49M1R?
(Image credit: Mark Pickavance)
Buy it if...
You need screen space Having the equivalent of two 1440p monitors in a single 49-inch wide panel provides plenty of space for multiple apps to share that area comfortably. Yes, you can get the same space or even more with multiple monitors, but this allows you to have them without the separation of a bezel.
You monitor multiple computers Each of the four inputs can be displayed simultaneously, either using PiP or by splitting the screen zonally. This has security and system uses, and you can change the arrangement to give a single or two sources larger displays when needed.
Don’t buy if...
You have limited space A monitor this large needs space to be installed and adjusted for optimal viewing. And not every desk has that much space. If you work with limited space, the E49M1R isn’t for you.
You need colour accuracy While it has a great colour gamut, having plenty of colours doesn’t guarantee that they’re the right ones. And on this design, the colour accuracy isn’t high, so it wouldn’t be suitable for picking the colours for your new spring collection.
Doorbell brands usually sell you the hardware cheap and charge you monthly for the privilege of seeing the footage. Aosu has gone the other way, and for that alone the R1 Ultra is worth your attention.
Video clips go to the AosuBase Mini, a small plug-in box that lives inside your house and does three jobs at once — Wi-Fi bridge, indoor chime, and storage. It holds 8GB and keeps a rolling 60 days of footage.
There is an optional cloud subscription, AosuProtect+, but unlike Ring's arrangement, the doorbell isn't hobbled without it. You get alerts, live view, two-way talk, custom detection zones, and full playback for nothing other than the purchase price.
(Image credit: Future)
Detection is another strength. Rather than relying on a passive infrared sensor and hoping, Aosu layers radar and AI human recognition on top, which lets it judge distance and intent — approaching versus passing, lingering versus walking through.
There's also a Tone button hiding in the two-way talk screen. Tap it, and you can answer the door as either 'uncle' or 'clown', with Aosu's straight-faced explanation that this disguises your voice for privacy.
The uncle setting artificially deepens voices, transitioning women and children to something resembling a man to deter would-be intruders. Clown goes all high-pitched and distorted to mask your identity.
(Image credit: Future)
Fortunately, the latter falls on the right side of sinister, so you can forget scaring off trick-or-treaters with imitations of South Park’s Mickey Mouse.
Where Aosu gets ahead of itself is resolution and framing. The sensor is 2560 x 1920, which is 4.9 megapixels in a 4:3 frame. That’s sharp, and a step up from 2K doorbells at this price, but not the claimed ‘UHD’, which would be 3,840 x 2,160.
The asserted 60% improvement over standard 2K only holds if the 2K you're comparing against is Aosu's own 3MP doorbell. An earlier version of the identical claim, on the identical camera, said 40%.
(Image credit: Future)
Field of view should be taken with a pinch of salt, too. Aosu says 166 degrees, but that's the corner-to-corner measurement. In reality, it's 133 horizontal by 103 vertical, shot in a shallow 4:3 aspect ratio and no head-to-toe image tricks.
With realistic use, the battery should last six months between charges. The kicker is the cell isn’t quick-release, and juicing it from flat to full takes six hours. So that means unclipping the entire doorbell and going without it for quite a while.
Aosu Video Doorbell R1 Ultra: price & availability
With a list price of $135.99 / £139.99 (about AU$190), but usually discounted, the R1 Ultra is filed under ‘affordable’ and veers towards bargain territory if you find one hovering around the £100 mark.
At that price, the value case is strong, because the base station is in the box rather than a £50 upsell, and the 60 days of local recording would cost you a subscription almost anywhere else.
Over three years, that's the difference between a hundred pounds and several hundred more.
Value score: 4/5
Aosu Video Doorbell R1 Ultra: subscription costs
The R1 Ultra is fully functional without a subscription. Alerts, live view, two-way talk, detection zones, and 60 days of local playback are all included.
AosuProtect+ is the optional cloud add-on. In the UK, it's advertised at £9.99 (about $10 / AU$20) a month or £122.99 (about $160 / AU$230) a year, currently discounted to £3.49 (about $5 / AU$10) and £39.99 (about $50 / AU$80). Treat the higher figures with the same suspicion as the hardware list price.
The annual price is simply the monthly rate multiplied by twelve, so there's no built-in saving for paying up front, and £3.49 lands within pennies of what Aosu charges in dollars in the US. There’s a 30-day free trial if you wish to dip your toe.
(Image credit: Future)
What it buys you is cloud backup rather than capability: 14 or 30 days of event recordings, playback from anywhere, faster scrubbing, and bulk downloads. AI facial recognition sits on the top tier and is offered for video doorbells only.
The argument for paying is that local storage is bound to the base station like Bilbo Baggins is bound to the ring in The Lord of The Rings. If it fails, someone takes it, or you inexplicably drop it in the fires of Mount Doom, your footage dies with it.
Aosu Video Doorbell R1 Ultra: specs
Feature
Specification
Type
Battery-powered or hardwired video doorbell; base station required
Resolution
5MP (2560 x 1920) with WDR
Zoom
6 x digital
View
4:3 aspect ratio
Field of view
166 degrees diagonal [133 x 103 degrees]
Night vision
Infrared up to 6 feet / 10m
Audio
Two-way talk with voice disguise features
Motion detection
Radar, PIR and AI human recognition; customizable zones
Doorbell 2.4GHz only; AosuBase Mini dual-band 2.4GHz / 5GHz
Smart detection
AI human recognition; facial recognition requires AosuProtect+
Storage
Local, 8GB on AosuBase Mini, 60-day loop, no subscription; optional cloud with AosuProtect+
Smart home
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant
Tamper protection
Pry detection with chime alert; footage retained locally
Weather
IP65
Finish
Black/silver
Dimensions
5 x 2 x 3 inches / 12.7 x 5.1 x 7.6cm
Aosu Video Doorbell R1 Ultra: design and installation
Plain but solid
Hub required indoors
Battery or existing wiring
The R1 Ultra is a black plastic slab with silver flourishes similar to a Ring, and very little design ambition beyond flattering imitation.
Installation is straightforward and takes about half an hour all in. Bracket on the wall, doorbell clipped on top, base station plugged in somewhere central.
(Image credit: Future)
Aosu recommends mounting at 4 feet / 1.2 meters rather than eye-level, which is lower than instinct suggests but necessary if you want the frame to reach the doorstep. Worth getting right the first time rather than re-drilling.
A 15-degree wedge is included if you need to angle it towards a path or a gate, along with a screwdriver, extension wires and wire nuts for anyone hardwiring to existing 8–24V doorbell wiring.
The base station isn't optional, and it isn't outdoors-rated. It's the storage, the chime, and the Wi-Fi bridge in one. It needs a mains socket permanently, and it's rated only to 14°F / −10°C, so it lives in the hall or the cupboard under the stairs and stays there.
(Image credit: Future)
Detaching the whole unit from the wall for a full six-hour recharge via USB-C is a weak point, but a cable is bundled in the box.
A neat addition is pry detection. Try to lever the unit off its bracket, and it sounds a chime and pushes an alert, with footage on the base station indoors rather than on what’s being stolen.
Design score: 3.5/5
Aosu Video Doorbell R1 Ultra: performance
Sharp in daylight
Strong multi-sensor detection
Infrared-only after dark
Daylight is this doorbell’s happy place, with 5MP more than most similarly-priced rivals offer. Faces, delivery uniforms and parcel labels are legible rather than merely present.
Radar handles distance and movement, PIR picks up body heat, and the AI layer decides whether what it's looking at is a person. During testing, alerts felt instantaneous once someone reached the door.
After dark, expectations need managing. There is no color night vision and no spotlight.
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Eight 850nm infrared LEDs offer monochrome up to 33 feet / 10 meters, and the manual warns mounting too close to a side wall will bounce IR back into the lens and fog the image. I’d pair the R1 Ultra with an outdoor light to make up for the shortfall.
Answering the door is well handled. Notifications arrive with a thumbnail of whatever triggered them, so you can tell a courier from a cat without opening the app, and tapping through starts a proper two-way video call rather than a one-way stream.
The 6x digital zoom lets you crop into a face or a label, though at 15fps and with a wide lens, it softens quickly.
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Quick Reply issues an audible preset message when you can't talk. Somewhat boringly, they’re fixed, so you can’t edit the wording or add your own.
On connectivity, the doorbell itself is 2.4GHz only; the dual-band capability belongs to the AosuBase Mini, which talks to your router on 2.4 or 5GHz.
That's a sensible design for a battery device, but it means the camera-to-base link is on the crowded band and placement of the base matters more than usual. Plugged in 33 feet / 10 meters from my front door with the broadband router halfway, all was fine.
Live view includes a UHD/SD toggle to drop the quality when the connection struggles, and you can save a clip or a still straight to your phone's camera roll if you ever need to hand something to a neighbor or the police.
The six-month battery figure assumes up to ten events a day at 20 seconds each — about three-and-a-half minutes of recording daily. On a busy porch with a path or pavement in frame, expect considerably less.
Performance score: 3/5
Should you buy the Aosu Video Doorbell R1 Ultra?
Attribute
Notes
Score
Value
Local storage, included base station, and no monthly fee at around £100 make the maths hard to argue with.
4/5
Design
Solid and easy to install, but the base station needs a permanent socket, and recharging equals doorbell removal.
3.5/5
Performance
Sharp daylight video and excellent multi-sensor detection, let down by infrared-only night vision and overstated specs.
3/5
Buy it if
You're sick of subscriptions
Sixty days of local recording on the included base, with nothing important behind a paywall, is undoubtedly attractive.
You'd rather not be yourself
Uncle and clown voice settings let anyone home alone answer the door sounding like someone else.
You want fewer useless alerts
The radar, PIR, and AI combination is a real step up from the single-sensor budget crowd, and it shows in your notification tray.
You have existing doorbell wiring
Hardwiring to 8–24V takes the recharging problem off the table entirely, and this is one of the cheaper doorbells that supports it.
Don't buy it if
You need to see faces after dark
Infrared monochrome to 33 feet / 10 meters is all you get. There's no spotlight and no color low-light mode, so a night clip tells you someone was there, but not necessarily who.
You don’t want to remove the doorbell
No quick-release battery means every recharge is a six-hour outage with the unit off the wall and on your kitchen counter.
Aosu Video Doorbell R1 Ultra: also consider
Ring Battery Video Doorbell (2nd Gen)
Cheaper, shoots Retinal 2K with a genuine head-to-toe 1:1 view and color night vision, and installs without a hub. The trade-off is Ring's subscription model and Amazon's data record.
Eufy Video Doorbell C31
The closest like-for-like on the no-monthly-fee promise, with 2K video and a quick-release battery, though you'll want a HomeBase to get the most from it.
How I tested the Aosu Video Doorbell R1 Ultra
Fitted to a domestic front door
Assessed daylight and infrared video, detection accuracy, and audio
Ran entirely without a subscription
I mounted the R1 Ultra on my own front door and used it as the household's main entry camera for a fortnight, deliberately running it on local storage alone so the no-subscription claim could be tested as most buyers will experience it.
I checked live-view responsiveness and alert latency, reviewed clips in daylight and after dark, and tracked battery drain against Aosu's 180-day claim.
First reviewed September 2026
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Monzo Business report finds UK SMBs are spending,...
Monzo Business report finds UK SMBs are spending, despite economic headwinds
More than half (56%) of UK SMEs are confident about growth over the next year
Yet businesses are now losing an average 53 minutes every working day on financial admin
Despite the economic headwinds plauging the UK in recent years, new research has claimed the country's small and medium businesses (SMBs) are still willing to splash the cash on new technology.
A report from Monzo Business found spending on software is up 15% over the past year, showing an encouraging upswing in belief across the industry.
Overall, more than half (56%) of SMEs said they were confident about their growth prospects over the next year, and nearly two-thirds (62%) reporting that they plan, or hope to grow their teams over the coming year.
Growth vs admin
Monzo Business' Money Moves Report surveyed a thousand SMBs across the UK, finding businesses are investing in the tools they need to grow.
However challenges remain: almost half (46%) naming rising costs as one of their biggest barriers to growth over the next year, followed by economic uncertainty (33%) and the tax burden (26%).
Financial admin was also revealed as another major headache, with UK SMBs currently spend on average around 53 minutes every working day on tasks such as processing invoices and expenses.
The frustration was clear to see, as nearly half of businesses (49%) said financial admin takes too long, with 39% saying it actively holds their business back from growing. This even stretches to some missing opportunities to invest in tech, equipment or premises (21%), pursuing new markets (20%), and hiring staff (18%).
Overall, nearly two-thirds (63%) of SMBs said simpler financial admin would free up time to focus on the things that matter most to their business, such as strategy, sales and building customer relationships. With extra time, one in three (33%) would pursue new customers or markets, 31% would invest in equipment, technology or premises and 26% would hire new staff.
“Small businesses are confident about the year ahead and thinking about how they can grow," noted Jordan Shwide, General Manager at Monzo Business.
"However, running a business still comes with far too much financial admin, and our research shows that this isn’t simply an inconvenience - it can take time away from growth."
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Watch Dolphins vs Roosters NRL Preliminary Final ...
Watch Dolphins vs Roosters in the first NRL 2026 preliminary final of the weekend, as the Phins face the side based in the Sydney suburbs for a spot in the Grand Final. In just their fourth year of existence, the Dolphins host the team they played in their first-ever NRL game in 2023, at Suncorp Stadium.
The Dolphins have all the confidence heading into this after beating the Warriors 26-16 in their own backyard in the qualifying final two weeks ago. That win came after a 66-0 humbling by the Sharks in July that had threatened to derail the Phins' season but Kristian Woolf's side are now many people's team to beat. Led by impressive English center Herbie Farnworth and the superb halfback Isaiya Katoa, they have August's 26-12 victory over the Roosters in recent memory, too.
Playing in their 13th Finals Series in the past 14 seasons, the Roosters have all the experience that the Dolphins lack. The side from the Sydney suburbs were last premiership champions in 2019 and James Tedesco, Daniel Tupou, Victor Radley, Angus Crichton and Nat Butcher are all still squad members seven years on, with Crichton back from injury in last week's 46-10 victory over the Sharks. Mark Nawaqanitawase will be desperate to extend his farewell NRL campaign by one more game before switching codes to Japan, while Daly Cherry-Evans moves back to five-eighth after Sam Walker returns at halfback.
Here's how to watch Dolphins vs Roosters from anywhere in the world.
Can you watch Dolphins vs Roosters for free?
Yes! 9Now are showing the Dolphins vs Roosters game for free to those in Australia.
Every game of the NRL finals series is being broadcasted on free Australian streaming service, 9Now. That includes this massive Preliminary final between Dolphins and Roosters.
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How to watch Dolphins vs Roosters live streams in the USA
NRL fans in the US can watch Dolphins vs Roosters in the NRL Preliminary Final 2026 on either FS2 or Fox One.
Dedicated streaming service Fox One costs $19.99 per month after a 3-day FREE trial.
If you want a more comprehensive cable alternative, access to the Fox One app is also available through a Sling TV plan. It comes with the provider's Select ($29.99 a month) and Blue plans ($54.99 a month).
FS2 is carried by several other OTT streaming platforms as well, including YouTube TV and Fubo – both of which offer new customers a free trial.
One further way to watch this and the rest of the 2026 NRL finals is through the dedicated Watch NRL streaming platform. It costs $72 for an NRL Finals Pass that includes all the remaining games.
Outside of the US? Use a VPN whilst you're traveling away from home to unlock your stream.
How to watch Dolphins vs Roosters live streams in Australia
In Australia, the Dolphins vs Roosters preliminary final is on the free-to-air Channel 9 and via the 9Now streaming service.
If you're out of Australia but still want to tune in, explore the VPN route set out above, which will help you access your accounts from anywhere.
How to watch Dolphins vs Roosters live streams in New Zealand
Sky Sport NZ is the NRL rights holder in New Zealand. The action from Brisbane will go out on Sky Sport 1 on TV.
You can access Sky Sport through satellite TV or get a live stream with the Sky Sport Now subscription service starting at $29.99 per day or $59.99 per month.
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How to watch Dolphins vs Roosters live streams in the UK
Dolphins vs Roosters is being shown on Sky Sports in the UK, via the Sky Sports Mix channel.
Sky Sports plans start from £35 a month or £20 if you're an existing Sky television subscriber. Alternatively, grab a Now Sports subscription from £14.99 a day or £34.99 a month.
NRL obsessives can also watch this and every other game of the season with on the dedicated Watch NRL platform. It costs £57 for the remainder of the season.
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How to watch Dolphins vs Roosters live streams in Canada
Dolphins vs Roosters coverage in the NRL is going out online via Sportsnet in Canada. Log in with your cable details or, of you're a cord cutter, grab a Sportsnet+ streaming service subscription (from $29.99 a month / $249.99 a year).
The Watch NRL platform will also show the fixture – click through for pricing.
If you already subscribe to one of these services but find yourself outside Canada this weekend, download a VPN and watch NRL Preliminary Finals 2026 as if you were back at home.
How to watch Dolphins vs Roosters live streams in Rest of World
Every single match of the 2026 NRL Premiership season, including the Preliminary Finals, will be shown on the dedicated Watch NRL streaming platform, which is available in all territories except for Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and other selected sanctioned jurisdictions (e.g. Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea).
Check the website for pricing in your region. Once subscribed, you can stream Watch NRL on phones, tablets, laptops, or the Apple TV app.
Many countries also show games on TV and online through their domestic broadcasters.
What is the Dolphins vs Roosters start time?
Friday, September 25 at 7.50pm AEST local time. That's 5.50am ET in the US, 10.50am BST in the UK.
What are the Dolphins vs Roosters teams?
Dolphins
1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, 2. Jamayne Isaako, 3. Jack Bostock, 4. Herbie Farnworth, 5. Selwyn Cobbo, 6. Kodi Nikorima, 7. Isaiya Katoa, 8. Thomas Flegler, 9. Jeremy Marshall-King, 10. Tom Gilbert, 11. Max Plath, 12. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki, 13. Morgan Knowles
Replacements: 14. Kurt Donoghoe, 15. Ray Stone, 16. Francis Molo, 17. Connelly Lemuelu, 18. Felise Kaufusi, 19. Bradley Schneider
Roosters
1. James Tedesco, 2. Daniel Tupou, 3. Billy Smith, 4. Robert Toia, 5. Mark Nawaquanitawase 6. Daly Cherry-Evans, 7. Sam Walker, 8. Naufahu Whyte, 9. Reece Robson, 10. Lindsay Collins, 11. Salesi Foketi, 12. Siua Wong, 13. Victor Radley
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Our 5K Test System Motherboard: Asus TUF Gaming B...
Motherboard: Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus WiFi II Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU Cooler: Thermalright Frozen Prism240 Liquid Cooler GPU: Asus TUF GeForce RTX 4080 Super OC Storage: 1TB Samsung 980, 4TB Lexar NM790 Case: Lian Li A3 m-ATX RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB (16x2) DDR4 PSU: Seasonic 750W Monitor: LG 39GX950B-B
I can't stress enough that Control Resonant is an absolute marvel in terms of visual enjoyment. Remedy Entertainment has crafted one of the most immersive visual experiences in gaming, doubling down on its predecessor's trippy, psychedelic, and mind-bending nature, and taking it to a new level using Nvidia's path tracing.
Putting my Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super to the test, I ran Control Resonant on LG's 39-inch 5K2K OLED monitor, and I was pleasantly surprised by the significant enhancement to every detail on screen (albeit it did leave my GPU rather toasty).
At a 5120 x 2160 display resolution which is a 21:9 aspect ratio, you're getting 33% more pixels than a regular 4K gaming monitor at a 16:9 ratio, so the demand on the GPU is harder than most can handle — and even though Control Resonant was cooking my GPU, the frame rate was quite surprising.
Control Resonant with path tracing enabled (Image credit: Remedy Entertainment)
With DLSS 4.5 Quality and Frame Generation enabled, and the high graphics and high ray tracing presets, performance remained fairly consistent within the high 50fps to low 60fps range. At 5K2K resolution, that's very reasonable, even if Control Resonant relies on Frame Generation to keep the gameplay smooth.
Dropping DLSS down to Performance mode pushed the frame rate to the high 80fps mark, and it's worth noting that it remained consistent even in moments of intense combat with tons of foliage and objects involved.
It's worth noting that the graphics with standard ray tracing are still fantastic, and the high (or even the medium) preset is likely the best route for any PC gamer who is using a low- to mid-range GPU (with Frame Generation). Lighting in all areas, specifically those where the Hiss is present (the really bright red zones), is phenomenal, and frankly, that applies to the experience without any ray tracing at all.
Path to victory
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However, the star of the show is path tracing, which can be enabled by switching to the ultra ray tracing preset. I instantly knew my GPU was in for a rough ride once its temperature shot up to nearly 80C — but that's to be expected when running path tracing on a 5K2K display.
With DLSS Performance and Frame Generation enabled, I was able to achieve a solid 60fps in most scenarios, with occasional dips into the high 50s during traversal and combat. This aligns well with Remedy's system requirements for Control Resonant, which require an RTX 5080 for 60fps at 2160p using DLSS Performance, as the RTX 4080 Super is relatively close to this current-gen GPU for performance.
Realistically, this setup is out of the question for most gamers, as it will cost around $3,000 / £3,000 (or potentially more). LG's display is very expensive, sitting at $1,799.99 / £1,499 (on sale I should note), but an Alienware AW3926QW 5K2K alternative might help lower the cost.
The RTX 4000 series is discontinued, but pricing for anything equivalent to the RTX 4080 Super in the current-gen line-up (an RTX 5070 Ti or RTX 5080) would cost at least $800 (much more for the latter GPU), and then you need to add the cost of the other PC parts.
Handheld gaming PCs are still expensive, but more reasonable than an entire new PC build — and I tested Control Resonant on my Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Extreme. That portable managed a solid 40fps on its handheld preset, and 70fps when dropping the resolution to 900p and enabling FSR Balanced with frame gen.
Overall, running Control Resonant at 5K2K is very demanding for any gaming PC, as expected, but I walk away shocked that it's even remotely possible given how much it elevates the gaming experience.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is like a genius wi...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is like a genius with no memory of you. It has plenty of brain power, but unless context is handed to it directly, it knows nothing about your business, your customers, or the decisions that shaped how you operate today.
And solving that memory problem is quickly becoming a major barrier to enterprise AI deployment today.
Much of the current conversation about AI's limitations centers on the models themselves and their evolution toward bigger context windows, better reasoning, or longer memory. But that framing misses something important.
Enterprises don't need to wait for the next model breakthrough to solve this problem. They already have what they need sitting inside their own organizations: decades of content, decisions, and institutional context that most AI systems never see.
Every enterprise has a vast, largely untapped record of how it actually operates in the contracts negotiated, claims resolved, cases handled, decisions made and revisited. This is the accumulated context that makes an organization's judgment distinct from a general-purpose LLM. Yet in most companies, this information sits fragmented across systems, buried in unstructured formats, or locked away with no clear path for AI to reach it.
That is the gap that needs closing before AI automation can scale responsibly. Not a smarter model, but a more complete memory built from an organization's own history rather than a general-purpose training set.
Think of this as "business memory": the nervous system connecting what a company already knows to what it wants AI to help it do next, carrying context to wherever a decision needs to be made.
Giving AI the full picture
Business memory is best described as the accumulated knowledge of how an organization operates. It turns years of enterprise content, workflows and industry knowledge into information that AI can act on for true agentic automation at scale. The thinking behind this is simple.
By creating a context layer that governs what data the AI has access to, and ensuring it operates on relevant, authorized and current information, organizations will get those governed, trusted outputs they need to act with confidence.
An organization's memory is more than the information it retains. It also includes which version is authoritative, who may access it, where it came from and how long it remains valid. Carrying those signals into the context layer helps AI operate within the same rules as the business itself.
Better context alone does not ensure trustworthy outputs; provenance, evaluation, monitoring and human oversight also matter.
And although it accounts for an estimated 80% of enterprise content, based on various analyst reports, businesses use only about 10% of this incredibly valuable resource.
If organizations want to maximize the effectiveness of their AI models, the first thing they need to do is to start leveraging that valuable business memory contained in their unstructured data. And that requires investing in your infrastructure to transform it into an AI-ready format.
In practice, start with a clearly defined use case and identify the authoritative content and data needed to support it. Preserve existing access controls, enrich the information with metadata and relationships, and test whether the AI's outputs are accurate, traceable, and useful before expanding automation. This creates a repeatable foundation that scales across the business without a wholesale replacement of existing systems.
Context is key
However, giving your AI access to the relevant data is not enough on its own. In fact, I’ve seen a lot of AI initiatives fail in the early stages because the business doesn’t appreciate just how complex a lot of this underlying data is.
As such, the content needs to be contextualized by an ‘ontology’, a formalized framework that defines all the different entities, terminology, relationships and rules that exist within your business. This enables your AI to understand not just what information exists across your systems, but how all of that information relates to your business or industry.
Put simply, ontologies are like maps: your AI may well get to your desired destination without one, but having it ensures you get there quicker and without potentially stumbling into any pitfalls along the way.
This is particularly important for regulated industries. In healthcare, for example, ontologies connect diagnoses to treatment plans, physician notes or lab results. Or in financial services, they link industry-specific regulations to the organization's compliance structures and policies.
In other words, unlocking unstructured data provides crucial business context that helps create better, more informed outputs from your AI. But that, in turn, needs to be contextualized by an ontology so that AI can understand data properly.
Taking control of AI memory
AI doesn’t need perfect memory to understand how your business operates and start creating trustworthy, valuable outputs. What it does need is relevant, governed context; most of which lives in unstructured content but only becomes useful once connected to structured enterprise data.
Infrastructure that can enable your systems to access the right information, understand how that data fits together and then apply it within the realities of the business is, therefore, essential. But crucially, that doesn’t mean you have to start from scratch.
In fact, reinventing your foundations would essentially defeat the point. Real business memory understands the systems, content, data, and processes that already exist within your organization, so throwing everything out in the pursuit of better context is unnecessary and, frankly, a huge waste of resources.
You don’t have to wait for the next model update to cure AI’s amnesia, and you don’t need to completely change your current stack to see real value from your automation projects.
By building in the foundations for business memory, organizations can take back control, make the most of their AI systems and make their infrastructure more resilient and adaptable for whatever models the future holds.
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Not Going Out season 15 returns to BBC One on Se...
Not Going Out celebrates its twentieth birthday this year, and you can celebrate by watching Lee Mack and Sally Bretton getting up to no good once again in the latest season.
Lee and Lucy are back to get into more silly situations for our amusement, with six fresh episodes of Not Going Out, plus a special documentary to celebrate two decades of the hit British sitcom.
In season 15, we'll see Lucy's goddaughter hosting a birthday party at the flat and messing with Lee's precious vinyl collection, a botched beauty treatment for Lucy, Lee spoiling a craft fair and even a spot of art theft as Lee finds a Banksy piece and winds up in a blackmail plot.
As for the documentary, fans will be treated to archival clips, outtakes, unseen footage, and behind-the-scenes access to the big birthday celebration for the show. It'll all be simple enough to watch if you're in the UK, but outside of the British Isles is where it may get more complicated — but we can help.
If you're ready for more shenanigans, here's how to watch Not Going Out season 15 online and on TV – from anywhere.
Can I watch Not Going Out season 15 for free?
Yes. BBC iPlayer will have all the latest episodes of Not Going Out available to watch for free.
You can also watch on the free-to-air channel BBC One from Wednesday, September 23.
You will need an account with a UK postcode (e.g. SE1 7PB) and a valid TV Licence.
Can't access the free stream because you're away on vacation? You need a VPN – more on that below.
How to watch Not Going Out season 15 from anywhere
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How to watch Not Going Out season 15 in the UK
In the UK, Not Going Out season 15 is available on BBC iPlayer for free.
You can also watch the six new episodes and the documentary on the linear TV channel BBC One. The new season starts on Wednesday, September 23 at 9:30pm BST.
Similar to the US, Not Going Out season 15is not available to stream in Canada and is not on any television channels there.
You can find earlier seasons of the sitcom on BritBox in Canada.
The solution?Use a VPN to gain access to all the content you'd normally stream at home.
Can you watch Not Going Out season 15 in Australia?
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Like in the US and Canada, Not Going Out season 15will not be available to stream or watch on any linear TV channels.
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Not Going Out season 15 - episode guide
S15E1: Lucy's goddaughter Ella hosts her 20th birthday party at the house. Lucy forbids Lee from leaving the bedroom, but he rushes downstairs when he hears someone playing his special edition Frankie Goes to Hollywood LP.
S15E2: A botched beauty treatment forces Lucy to hide her face, creating chaos when Anna and Toby arrive for a long-awaited weekend visit and Lee has to lie to cover it up.
S15E3: After getting a birthday Cameo message from Nigel Planer (which Lucy actually paid for), Lee spots Nigel in a restaurant and assumes they are now best friends.
S15E4: Two local church women visit to offer spiritual guidance, so Lee and Lucy rope them into refereeing an ongoing argument about money.
S15E5: Lee irritates everyone at an alternative craft fair with his skepticism, ruining Lucy's chances of selling her handmade dream catchers.
S15E6: Lee finds an undiscovered Banksy and tries to steal it; when caught by security, he pretends to be Banksy himself and lands in a blackmail plot.
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