Mohu ReLeaf Antenna Recycles Cable Boxes To Help Cut The Cord
Over-the-air TV antenna manufacturer Mohu celebrated International Recycling Day Tuesday by launching the Mohu ReLeaf, which is billed as the industry’s first HDTV antenna made from discarded cable set-top boxes and post-consumer recycled paper. Mohu said the $49.95 suggested retail ($39.95 if purchased on…
PlayStation Vue Live OTT Service Rolls Out Nationally
The market for over-the-top delivered live pay TV services continued to evolve over the weekend as Sony revealed that its IP-delivered PlayStation Vue multi-channel video service is now available nationally. The news of the service, which will limit availability of local live TV channels in…
DirecTV To Add Streaming Service
AT&T’s satellite TV service DirecTV will join Dish in offering an over-the-top streaming service alternative to its traditional satellite-delivered multi-channel TV service, the company revealed Tuesday. Intended for use with smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and set-top boxes, the internet-based streaming TV service is planned to…
FCC To Proceed With Cable Box Rules Change Proposal
The Federal Communications Commission voted three-to-two Thursday to continue on with a proposal from Chairman Tom Wheeler to shake up cable and satellite equipment business models and possibly give subscribers new options for owning innovative new set-top boxes and other devices from multiple brands, instead…
Set-Up Tips to Make Your HDTV or 4K Ultra High Definition TV Super Bowl-Ready
The Consumer Technology Association estimates that better than 20 percent of all HDTVs are purchased for the specific purpose of watching the Super Bowl. But around 1 in 5 HDTV owners end up NOT watching the big game or other programs in high definition due…
Hollywood Executives See Bright Future For 4K UHD
Top level executives from the home entertainment divisions of Hollywood’s four leading studios gave 4K Ultra HDTV and all of its recent enhancements a unified endorsement during the Ultra HD Alliance meeting at the recent CES 2016 in Las Vegas. The UHD Alliance used its…
HD Guru CES 2016 Top Picks Awards
Time for our awards! CES 2016 brought us at long last some standards we can point to for guidance in determining what high dynamic range (HDR) and a wide color gamut (WCG) should be for new generation high performance TVs. We also saw some of…
UHD Alliance Reveals Standards, Logo Program
Members of the multi-industry Ultra HD Alliance formally released at a pre-CES 2016 press conference Monday a new logo program for products determined to be “Ultra HD Premium” TVs capable of presenting 4K resolution, high dynamic range and a wide color gamut. The standard and…
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