Tokyo Olympics To Be Offered Live In 4K, Dolby Atmos
NBCUniversal announced Thursday that it will offer live coverage of the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics (July 23-Aug. 8, 2021) in 4K HDR and Dolby Atmos surround sound for the first time to carriage partners, although it will be up to individual service distributors and…
CTA: TV Adoption Pacing All Consumer Technology Devices
While more than nine in 10 U.S. households own a television and/or smartphone, it is the former category that leads the country in consumer adoption, according to the Consumer Technologies Association (CTA) 23rd Annual Consumer Technology Ownership & Market Potential Study. According the recently issued…
Samsung Neo QLED TVs Receive VDE Certification For Spatial Sound
Samsung Electronics Neo QLED TVs have received Spatial Sound Optimization certification from Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE), the companies announced Tuesday. The Neo QLED TV model series gaining certification include the Q70A, Q80A, Q90A 4K UHD sets and the Q700A, Q800A, Q900A 8K UHD TVs. The…
Study: Half Of U.S. TVs Are Smart
More than half of all television sets in U.S. homes are so-called “smart TVs” with the ability to connect to internet streaming services, and some seven out of 10 U.S. households reported having at least one smart TV. That’s according to a study of more…
Sony Announces Prices On X90J, X80J 4K LED-LCD TV Series
Sony officially revealed pricing and availability for 2021 4K TV models in its X90J and X80J LED-LCD series. The models in question include the 65-, 55-, and 50-ing X90J and the 50- and 43- X80J LED-LCD TVs. We’ve included a brief overview of key features…
Pentax K-3 III APS-C DSLR With 4K/30p Video Bows
Ricoh introduced this week its Pentax K-3 III 25.7 megapixel APS-C DSLR offering 4K video capture at 30p/24p frame rate or Full HD recording at 60p/30p/24p frame rates using H-264 digital compression. The Pentax K-3 III is built around the new high resolution BSI-CMOS sensor…
Optoma Unveils 4K DLP Gaming Projector Pair
Video projector brand Optoma introduced Tuesday the UHD35 and UHD38 4K DLP projectors offering fast, low latency 4K UHD gaming and bright movie presentation. The Optoma UHD35 ($1,299 street, $1,499 suggested retail price) and UHD38 ($1,399, street, $1,599 suggested retail price) (check links for latest…
4K Option Coming To YouTube TV
Google’s user-generated streaming content platform YouTube revealed a slew of updates coming including an update to its YouTube TV subscription-based live streaming cable-alternative service that will bring 4K Ultra HD content for viewing both live and offline. The announcement (https://blog.youtube/inside-youtube/neal-innovation-series/) was made as part of…
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