Audio
Entry-Level AVR Hints At Yamaha’s Full AVR Lineup
Yamaha is offering a peek into its 2016 lineup of audio/video receivers with the launch of the opening-price RX-V381, which brings HDR-capable HDMI 2.0a...
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Vizio Expands Dolby Vision HDR, Uses Google Cast In Lieu Of Smart-TV Platform
Vizio is expanding Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) technology to more 4K Ultra HD TVs and eschewing a smart-TV platform for built-in Google...
Audio
Pioneer Adds Wireless Multiroom, Google Cast, Tidal To LX101, LX301 Elite AVRs
Pioneer Home Entertainment is bringing wireless multiroom audio, Google Cast, and Tidal streaming to its audio/video receivers for the first time. The company also...
news
Vudu Expands Selection Of 4K Titles With Dolby Vision, Atmos
Vudu has expanded its selection of 4K streaming titles in Dolby Vision to 33 with the launch of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Intern” and...
news
Sony: We’re Chasing Quality, Not Specs In 4K HDR TV
Sony revealed the pricing and ship dates of its latest 4K Ultra HD TVs but wouldn’t divulge specifications such as brightness levels or color...
news
LG Previewing Signature OLED TV At Select Retailers
LG promoted OLED display technology in its first-ever Super Bowl commercial and is following up with the launch of retail preview events for one...
Blu-ray/DVD
Sony To Get On Board With 4K Blu-ray Players
Sony is waiting for a large number of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs to hit the market before launching a 4K Blu-ray player in...
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CES 2016: Broadcast TV Won’t Be Left Out Of HDR Revolution
High dynamic range (HDR) video won’t be limited to over-the-top streaming services or Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. Two local TV stations are using next-generation...
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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...
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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...
news
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...
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Technicolor, Philips To Merge Competing HDR Technologies
Technicolor and Philips agreed to merge their respective HDR (high dynamic range) video technologies to boost adoption by over-the-top (OTT) video-streaming services and pay-TV...
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Roku TV OS Expanding To More TVs, Including First 4K TVs
The Roku TV smart-TV OS will expand to almost 60 TVs this year in the U.S. and Canada compared to almost 40 in 2015,...
Blu-ray/DVD
Warner To Support 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Launch
Warner Brothers Home Entertainment will support the early 2016 launch of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players with four movie titles and will expand the...
news
TV, Blu-ray, HDR To Get Ultra HD Focus At CES
TV suppliers will expand the selection of 4K Ultra HD TVs at CES, where at least three suppliers will launch the first 4K Blu-ray...
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Wolf Cinema Projectors Get HDR, Wider Gamut, Upgraded HDMI
Wolf Cinema upgraded four of its existing home theater projectors with more advanced HDMI connections, SMPTE 2084/2086 high dynamic range (HDR) capability, DCI-P3 wide...
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...
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CEDIA Expo: Kaleidescape Unveils Strato 4K HDR Movie Player, New Alto Players, Terra Server
Kaleidescape announced the launch of its Encore line of video players, including its first 4K Ultra HD model, the Strato Movie Player. The flagship...
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...
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
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...
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...
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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...
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Vizio To Make First Appearance At A CEDIA Expo
Vizio, which became a major TV player by selling through national retail chains, will attend a CEDIA Expo for the first time in October...
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Hisense Unleashes ULED Technology In Curved 4K UltraHD TVs
Value-priced TV maker Hisense wants to burnish its high-tech image with the launch of its first two 4K Ultra HD TVs incorporating a portfolio...
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Amazon Launches HDR Ultra HD Video Streaming
Seattle – Amazon has begun streaming the first season of the Amazon original series “Mozart in the Jungle” in high dynamic range (HDR) for...
CES-2016
LG Plans HDR Firmware Updates For 2 OLED TVs
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — High dynamic range (HDR) will come to select LG 4K OLED TVs as a firmware update once HDR technical specifications...
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M-Go Planning HDR Streaming This Year
Los Angeles — Video-streaming service M-Go, a joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks, will begin offering Ultra HD 4K video with high dynamic range...
CES-2016
Sony 4K TVs Get Android TV, Expanded Color Gamut
NEW YORK – Sony will expand its selection of Ultra HD TVs with the shipment of new 43- to 85-inch 4K LED LCD TVs,...
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Vizio, Vudu To Offer Dolby Vision
Irvine, Calif. — Vizio will step up its TV assortment later this year with the debut of a brand new high-end series that will...
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HDR Coming To Amazon Prime Video
Seattle – Amazon will bring High Dynamic Range (HDR) video to its Amazon Prime Instant Video streaming service sometime in 2015, the company announced....
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