New Fox Disc To Support Dolby Vision And HDR10+
Now under control of Disney, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment this week played Switzerland in its handling of the dynamic metadata HDR profile competition by announcing the upcoming release of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc of Fox’s CGI animated sci-fi title Alita: Battle Angel….
Pioneer Unveils Elite-Brand Universal Ultra HD Blu-ray Player
Helping to fill the void left by the departure of Oppo, Pioneer & Onkyo U.S.A. Corp. used CEDIA Expo last week to unveil a new universal disc player supporting Ultra HD Blu-ray playback under the company’s Elite brand. The high-end Elite UDP-LX500 ($1,099 suggested retail)…
Analysts: Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Sales Continue To Advance In 2018
Despite some early challenges, shipments of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players continued to climb at significant rates over the first half of 2018, according to data from two prominent consumer A/V market research firms. Stephen Baker, technology business analyst for the Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD…
Oppo Digital Phasing Out Disc Player Business
UPDATE! If you’ve been putting off the purchase of one of the best 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/universal disc players on the market—the Oppo UDP-203 or UDP-205—you might want to get off the fence and make that purchase now. The China-based company posted a notice on…
Amazon Begins Cyber Monday Specials To Kick Off Cyber Week
Today is Cyber Monday and that means e-commerce retailers will be offering Holiday shopping deals on a slew of potential gift products including some top-performing 4K Ultra HDTVs. In fact, Amazon will be celebrating the online shopping event all week with its continuing series…
Samsung UBD-M9700 UHD Blu-ray Player With Control4 Ships At $599
Samsung’s UBD-M9700 Ultra HD Blu-ray player (above) with Control4 SDDP protocol support is available now at a $599 MSRP. Samsung used the recent custom-electronic-centric CEDIA 2017 show in San Diego last week to unveil its latest Ultra HD Blu-ray player, which will feature built-in support…
LG UP970 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Hits Retail
LG model UP970 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player with support for HDR10 and (via a firmware update) Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) is hitting retail stores now, the company revealed Wednesday. The LG UP970, which is currently available from Amazon at a $236.99…
Gunn: `GotG2′ To Be 1st Disney Release In 4K/HDR
Hollywood director James Gunn announced on his official Facebook page Wednesday that Walt Disney Studios will release his Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 for home video in 4K Ultra HD resolution with high dynamic range (HDR) and a wide color gamut. Gunn’s post…
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