Review: Samsung 77” QN77S95C Ups The Ante On 4K OLED Brightness
Samsung’s 2022 S95B 4K Quantum HDR OLED TV series was one of our favorites for performance and value last year, and after seeing the brighter (and larger) 2023 4K S95C series on display at CES last month we’ve been eager to see this second generation…
NAB Suggests TV Manufacturers May Have ATSC 3.0 Egg On Their Faces
Which comes first, the NextGenTVs or the broadcasts? Shipments of NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) tuner-ready TV sets represented just 8% of total TVs shipped in the U.S. in 2022, according to latest revised estimates provided to us by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The country’s…
Skyworth NA Shows Value-Oriented U.S. 4K LCD TV Lineup At CES 2023
Skyworth North America announced at the CES 2023 this month, its abbreviated plans for 4K UHD TV series and models earmarked for the United States and Canada. The strategy this year seems to be searching for a mainstream market by stressing affordable value pricing for…
ATSC President: Look For NextGenTV Label To Avoid Your TV’s OTA Obsolescene
CES 2023 offered a glimpse into the slowly evolving transition to the NextGenTV 3.0 over-the-air broadcasting system, and we learned a few things to consider when looking to buy your next TV set. We met with recently appointed president of the Advanced Televisions Systems Committee…
CES 2023 Saw Smart TV OS Wars Intensify Among Smart Media Adapter Brands
The smart TV platform wars heated up at CES 2023 with announcements of new smart TV brands and platform approaches, impinging further on the share of smart TV sticks and adapters — so-called streaming media devices (SMD), market analyst S&P Global observed in a blog…
Portrait Displays and MediaTek Unveil Calman Ready TV Chip
For those who know the importance of having a television properly calibrated for brightness, gamma and color to fit the ambient viewing room conditions, Portrait Displays and major global SoC manufacturer MediaTek had exciting news at CES 2023. The two companies announced the launch of…
TCL Announces NFL Sponsorship Deal
Hot on the heels of CES 2023, China-based TV maker TCL announced Thursday that it has been named the Official TV Partner of the NFL in a multi-year sponsorship of the U.S. professional football league. The deal also gives TCL the ability to use the…
HDMI Organization Launches Live Linked Cable Adopter Verification Program
In an effort to eliminate confusion in the purchase of the latest HDMI cables, capable of supporting some or all of the latest features in the various flavors of the HDMI 2.1/HDMI 2.1a spec., the HDMI LA organization is taking steps to help shoppers verify…
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