Amazon Begins Dolby Vision Content Support
Update ! Amazon becomes the next of the over-the-top streaming services to get into the streaming Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) game today by offering select titles in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby’s flavor of the wide contrast system. Owners of LG’s HDR-supporting TVs…
Lionsgate To Master In Dolby Vision, Atmos Formats
Hollywood studio Lionsgate said Thursday that it will begin mastering some of its content for the Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) format and Dolby Atmos object-based surround sound. Dolby has now enlisted five studios to back its Dolby Vision HDR platform and seven…
Basse: Theaters Will Need To Catch Up To HDR TVs
Hanno Basse, Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE) Chief Technology Officer and chairman of the Ultra HD Alliance, said 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment continues to push the envelope on production of 4K Ultra HD content with high dynamic range (HDR), but the creative license of…
Philips Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Gets `Creed’ Bundle
Anyone who buys a new Philips branded Ultra HD Blu-ray player, being released to stores later this month by P&F USA, will receive an Ultra HD Blu-ray copy of “Creed,” the latest installment of the “Rocky” saga from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. When the…
Review: `Deadpool’ Delivers In Ultra HD Blu-ray
As movies based on comic book franchises go these days, Deadpool was a breath of fresh air. Loaded with irreverent one-liners, and often breaking the fourth wall to speak directly to the audience to poke fun at itself, comic book movies, the actors and even…
Ultra HD Blu-ray Heads Up: Handshakes Can Cause Headaches
Chalk this up to new tech growing pains, and take it as a heads-up to early Ultra HD Blu-ray and 4K TV adopters: Recently, HD Guru received a letter from a distressed reader who had purchased Samsung’s UHD-K8500 Ultra HD Blu-ray player to go…
Review: UHD Blu-ray `The Revenant’ Paints Harrowing Tale With Light
The Ultra HD Blu-ray format is only a couple of months old, and already we have an impressive body of about 30 discs carrying 3840×2160 resolution images supported by strikingly realistic contrast, detail and color through the use of the new tool (for the home…
Samsung UBD-K8500 Earns 1st `Premium’ Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Status
Updated! Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its Ultra HD Blu-ray player, model UBD-K8500, has officially earned the UHD Premium Certification from the UHD Alliance (UHDA). The new certification, introduced in April 2016, is granted to Ultra HD Blu-ray players that comply with performance standards for…
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