Oppo Unveils 1st Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Promising Dolby Vision
High-performance Blu-ray Disc manufacturer Oppo Digital followed through Monday on announcing the release of its long-promised Ultra HD Blu-ray player, which will be the first of its kind with pending support of Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) in addition to HDR10. Like many…
CyberLink Gets Ultra HD Blu-ray Certification For PowerDVD
Versions of PowerDVD after v. 16 (above) will support Ultra HD Blu-ray playback CyberLink, the producer of media playback and editing software for PCs and mobile devices, said its pervasive PowerDVD app just received certification from the Blu-ray Disc Association for playback of Ultra HD…
Black Friday Specials Not To Be Missed
`Relinquish The Flat Screen To My Son, Marco!’ Black Friday is here and before you go out to clash with the Mongol Horde on retail…
HD Guru Helps Deck The Halls With Ultra HD Blu-ray Players
Looking for more high quality 4K Ultra HD movie and TV content to play on your new television set? It might be time to invest in a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player. First introduced last spring, the category is rapidly becoming the playback device…
BDA: Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Surpassing Expectations
The BDA’s Dan Schinasi (left) and Don Eklund (right) demonstrate HDR from 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Ultra HD Blu-ray is bringing new life to physical media as sales of hardware and software continue to surpass expectations. According to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), 2016 marks…
Xbox One S To Get Dolby Atmos Update
Microsoft revealed Wednesday during a slew of announcements for its Surface event in New York that the Xbox One and the latest Xbox One S gaming console (with 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray support) soon will be adding the ability to playback Dolby Atmos 3D…
Sony Pictures To Release Movies With Auro-3D Surround Sound
Auro Technologies, developers of Auro-3D surround sound technology, said it has cut a distribution partnership with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to release 10 Blu-ray Disc movie titles formatted with Auro-3D sound. The distribution deal includes consumer-oriented content in both physical and digital formats, including…
Kaleidescape Movie Download Company Shuts Down
Cheena Srinivasan, Kaleidescape CEO at 2015 CEDIA Expo Despite attempts in recent years to re-invent itself into a cloud-based Blu-ray-quality movie download service, Kaleidescape revealed Sunday that it is shutting down. According to report by custom electronics trade publication CEPro, the company shutdown after…
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