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…
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…
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…
Panel: New 4K Ultra HDTVs Are Good First Step For HDR
Looking to arrive at a standard of performance for new generation 4K Ultra HDTVs with high dynamic range (HDR) and a wide color gamut, Samsung recently commissioned the development of a new Ultra HD HDR Reference Test Disc and corresponding PC-based work flow to…
Vizio Announces HDR-10 Firmware Update For P-, M-Series Displays
A Vizio 2016 M-Series Display Vizio officially announced Wednesday that it is delivering a new firmware update (v2.0.13.13) to its 2016 SmartCast P-Series and M-Series Ultra HD HDR “displays,” providing those models with support…
Review: Samsung HW-K950 Dolby Atmos Sound Bar Brings Object-Based Audio Home
It’s really amazing to hear the level of sound quality coming from some of today’s sound bars. Once hollow and boxy sounding speaker TV add-ons with narrow sounding coverage and limited musicality, the genre has transformed in recent years into a full-fledged Hi-Fi contender….
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