LeEco Acquisition of Vizio Officially Off
LeEco chairman Yueting Jia and Vizio chairman William Wang in happier times. LeEco’s acquisition of U.S. television manufacturer Vizio has been officially canceled due to Chinese regulatory issues, although the companies will continue with a scaled-down partnership that will see LeEco partnering to sell…
Upon Further Analysis: Samsung Q9 QLED TV Is A 4K UHD Beacon
UPDATE! About two weeks ago we were given the chance to review a pre-production sample of Samsung’s QN65Q9F flagship 4K Ultra HD QLED TV, but our test sample had a few bugs that prevented us from giving it a final and accurate rating. At our…
Color Volume Dominates 2017 4K Ultra HDTV Comparisons
Color volume measurements showing 3D charts with volume L coordinates on two displays. As 4K Ultra HD televisions supporting high dynamic range (HDR) and a wider color gamut have evolved over the last several years, an additional criteria for measuring a set’s performance – called…
Judge Rejects Vizio’s Call To Dismiss Privacy Violation Claim
A Vizio 2017 E-Series XXL 4K Ultra HD LED TV with HDR Vizio continues to fight legal complaints for its alleged datamining activities through its smart TVs with word this…
Nanoco Brings Alternative Quantum Dot Solutions To 4K UHD TV
Nanoco’s Brian Gally presents two TVs using the company’s quantum dot technologies. Quantum dot technology has received a lot of ink from Samsung’s SUHD and QLED 4K Ultra HDTVs, as well as from competitive versions introduced several years ago by Sony in association with…
Sony Reveals Prices On 2017 4K Ultra HD XBR TVs, UHD Blu-ray Player
Sony released pricing Friday for many of its 2017 4K Ultra HD televisions and an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc player, which made their debut at last month’s CES 2017. The announcement covers the XBR lineup of 4K Ultra HD LED LCD TVs, but did not…
Vizio Adds Google Home Control To SmartCast Products
One week after announcing it had updated the SmartCast platform powered by Google’s Chromecast, TV/video display maker Vizio said that its SmartCast enabled products are now compatible with Google Home, Google’s new voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant. Vizio SmartCast TVs have Chromecast…
HD Guru’s Best of CES 2017 Awards Revealed!
CES 2017 brought us the continued evolution of 4K Ultra HDTVs supporting both high dynamic range (HDR) and a wide color gamut, and this year top manufacturers made great strides in presenting not only brighter and more colorful pictures, but truly impressive looking television…
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