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UHD Alliance Defines Premium 4K Ultra HD Experience
The UHD Alliance (UHDA) came to CES with performance criteria that Ultra HD TVs and content must meet to deliver what the alliance calls...
4K
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CES 2016: Sony Makes Hit With 4,000-Nit Display
A prototype 4K LCD-TV technology demonstrated by Sony at CES, known as Master Drive,combines the deep blacks of OLED panels with 4,000 nits of...
news
CES 2016: Samsung Goes All The Way With 4K, Smart Home Technology
Samsung expanded its selection of 4K SUHD and 4K UHD TVs, turned its smart SUHD TVs into home-automation hubs, and launched its first 4K...
Home Satellite
Dish Serves Up 4K, 16-Tuner DVR, Hopper Go At CES
Dish came to CES to launch 4K VOD programming , a 4K Hopper DVR with 16 tuners, and the pay-TV provider’s first Hopper Go,...
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CES 2016: LG Expands OLED, HDR & Launches Super UHD LCD TVs
LG is expanding high dynamic range (HDR) technology to all of its new 4K OLED and 4K LCD TVs, launching a new upper tier...
news
LG Plans Premium LCD-Based Super UHD, 8K TVs At CES 2016
LG will launch its first Super UHD line of premium LCD/LED TVs at CES, includings it first production-ready 8K Super UHD model. The premium-LCD...
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Letv Is Bringing A 120-Inch 4K TV To The U.S. (And To CES) With Super TV uMax 120
Letv will enter the U.S. market with a 120-inch 4K Ultra HD TV, which is slated for a formal introduction at CES next month....
news
SnapAV Acquires SunBriteTV
Custom-install supplier SnapAV acquired outdoor-TV maker SunBriteTV and plans to reduce SunBriteTV pricing by selling direct to dealers rather than through distributors. SnapAV will...
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Ultra HD Holds Sway At CEDIA Expo
Ultra HD emerged in full force at the CEDIA Expo, where Digital Projection demonstrated its first 4K laser projector and its first 4K LED...
CES-2016
LG At CEDIA: OLED-TV Supplies On The Rise
Steadily rising yields at LG’s OLED-panel manufacturing facilities enabled the company to roll out OLED TVs to more than 2,000 brick-and-mortar stores, drop prices...
CES-2016
CEDIA Expo: Sony Debuts 4K Laser Projector
Three new long-throw 4K home cinema projectors launched by Sony at the CEDIA Expo include the $59,999-suggested VPL-W5000ES laser projector said to deliver multiple...
IP Set-Top Boxes
Roku Steps Up To Ultra HD 4K Streaming
Roku will put streaming video into sharper focus with the launch this month of its first Ultra HD 4K set-top streaming player, the $129...
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Toshiba Claims Mantle Of Thinnest 12-Inch Windows Tablet With DynaPad
Toshiba is promoting its DynaPad Windows 10 tablet as the world’s thinnest and lightest 12-inch Windows tablet. It won’t, however, be available until the...
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Best Buy Showcasing 4K TV In Atlanta Airport
Best Buy has taken its traveling 4K TV roadshow to the penultimate high-traffic destination: the world’s busiest airport. For the last 15 years Hartsfield-Jackson...
Blogs
BDA Roundtable Adds Color To Ultra HD Blu-ray Launch
Will your Ultra HD Blu-ray player have to be connected to the Internet to play 4K discs? How will consumers transfer 4K content from...
CES-2016
LG Slashes Prices Of 4K OLED TVs By 30% to 45%
LG is slashing the prices on its OLED Ultra HD 4K TVs. It announced 30 to 45 percent price reductions on its lineup, and...
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Vizio Prices Reference TVs At $129,999 & $5,999
Vizio’s 120-inch 365-pound RS 120 Reference series Ultra HD TV will be priced at $129,000 when it is available later this year in time...
CES-2016
Sony Launches 4K Channel on YouTube
Sony has launched its own 4K channel on YouTube in an effort to promote the 4K format and more importantly, sales of its 4K...
Audio
Marantz Adds DTS:X, HDMI 2.0a, HDCP 2.2 To Updated AVP
Marantz is continuing to update its component-audio line to prepare for the latest Ultra HD video technologies and object-based surround formats with the planned...
news
High Dynamic Range Poised To Ignite Ultra HD Sales
Ultra HD TV with high dynamic range (HDR) is going to change the way consumers see TV, figuratively and literally. All consumers have to...
CES-2016
Global TV Shipments See Biggest Decline Since 2009
Global TV shipments saw their steepest decline in a quarter since Q2 2009, when worldwide demand slumped amid the global recession, according to research...
CES-2016
Sony Adds HDR To Three More 4K TVs
Sony Electronics announced it is bringing High Dynamic Range (HDR) support to three more of its 4K Ultra HD television models. In addition to...
IP Set-Top Boxes
Why New Apple TV Falls Short Of Expectations
When the fourth-generation Apple TV hits the market in late October, many of the complaints about the current product will be answered, but questions...
CES-2016
Sony’s New α7S II Camera Pushes Limits Of Sensitivity
Sony Electronics added a new top-end model to its α7 lineup of full-frame mirrorless cameras, the α7S II. Offering ultra-high sensitivity to ISO 409,600...
news
Panasonic Surprises IFA Crowd With Its 1st 4K OLED TV
Panasonic unveiled its first OLED TV at the IFA technology show in Berlin, a 65-inch 4K Ultra HD model delivering high-dynamic range (HDR) video....
Blu-ray/DVD
Samsung 4K TVs Get Ready For 4K HDR Blu-ray Players
Samsung said it is first to market with TVs supporting HDMI 2.0a, the HDMI connector technology that accepts high-dynamic-range (HDR) metadata from external devices...
CES-2016
Amazon 4K HDR Streams Come To LG TVs
LG is getting in on the high dynamic range (HDR) action. Flat and curved 4K Ultra HD OLED TVs in LG’s 2015 OLED lineup...
CES-2016
Sony Brings 4K To Smartphones With Xperia Z5 Premium
Sony is bringing its 4K Ultra HD expertise from flat-screen TVs to smartphones. On the eve of the IFA 2015 show in Berlin, the...
Computers
Toshiba’s Satellite Radius 12 Brings 4K & Facial Recognition To A 2-In-1
4K isn’t just for laptops anymore. Toshiba has unveiled a new top-of-the-line convertible two-in-one laptop with a 4K Ultra HD display. The Radius 12...
CES-2016
LG Adds DirecTV Access, More Music Streaming, To Smart TV WebOS
LG is giving its WebOS smart-TV platform an upgrade, as well as expanding its roster of content partners to include 4K and HD streaming...
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CEA Defines ‘HDR Compatible’ Displays
The Consumer Electronics Association has announced its industry definition for high dynamic range compatible video displays. The CEA designation is designed to assist retailers...
CES-2016
Samsung Promotes CEA’s Ultra HD Logo, Disses LG’s RGBW Technology
Samsung will display CEA’s 4K Ultra HD logo on all of its 2015 UHD TVs to designate that they are “true 4K UHD TV...
CES-2016
New LG TVs Claim “World’s First”
LG Electronics USA announced pricing and availability for what it is calling “the world’s first flat 4K Ultra HD resolution OLED TV displays.” The...
Home Satellite
DirecTV Extends 4K To More TVs
DirecTV is bringing its Ultra HD 4K content to more TVs with the launch of a paperback-book-size set-top box that connects via coaxial cable...
news
ATSC 3.0 Transmission Proposal Gets Field Test
CLEVELAND – The latest field tests of a complete transmission technology for Ultra HD digital-TV broadcasts “are even more encouraging” than previous tests last...
CES-2016
4K TV Shipments Topped 3M In April
Taipei, Taiwan — 4K LCD TV panel shipments continue to rise, driven by forces on both the supply side and the demand side, according...
CES-2016
4K Ultra HD TV Shipments Quadruple
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Global shipments of 4K Ultra HD LCD TVs grew nearly 400 percent year over year to reach 4.7 million units...
CES-2016
New Sony Cameras Boast Cutting-Edge Sensors
New York — Sony has raised the bar on the camera sensor market, debuting a new flagship mirrorless camera with what it called “the...
news
Sharp Ships Expanded UHD TV Lineup
New York – Sharp began shipping two more series of Ultra HD 4K TVs, expanding the company’s 4K selection to nine SKUs, launching the...
Digital Cameras
Panasonic Grows 4K Line With Lumix G7
Newark, N.J. — Panasonic’s newest mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera lets users pull high-res still images from 4K video. The Lumix G7 features the...
Blu-ray/DVD
Ultra HD Blu-ray Makes Another Advance
Los Angeles – The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) finalized its Ultra HD Blu-ray specification and released a logo that Ultra HD Blu-ray players and...
news
LCD TV Panels, 4K Units Set Records In March: IHS
Santa Clara, Calif. — LCD TV panel shipments reach a record monthly high in March, according to research from IHS, reaching 23.9 million units,...