Yamaha Launches MusicCast Wireless Music Platform
Yamaha introduced Thursday its new and improved MusicCast wireless audio system, offering a new level of capabilities designed for people who want a whole-home wireless audio system for more than just background music. The MusicCast system is designed to wirelessly transmit music to every room,…
BDA To Start Licensing Ultra HD Blu-ray Standard
The arrival of Ultra HD Blu-ray players got a little closer Wednesday with word that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) will begin licensing the Ultra HD Blu-ray format starting Aug. 24th. The date is about a month later than the group had originally expected. In…
Connector Solution Brings Support For Next Gen. Video
One of the sticking points in delivering next-generation video formats from mobile devices and PCs to displays received a new solution Monday. Lattice Semiconductor, a chip manufacturer which acquired Silicon Image, one of the leading developers of the HDMI interface, revealed Monday a pair…
HD Guru’s Glossary Of Developing Terms
Video technologies and products are advancing so rapidly these days that it’s easy to find yourself swimming in a sea of alphabet soup trying to keep up with the latest terms and abbreviations. In an effort to bring things down to basics, we’ve decided to…
Denon, Integra Add Atmos, DTS:X AV Receivers
The Denon and Integra AV receiver brands recently unveiled new additions to their AVR lines, bringing support for both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X object-based surround sound. Denon said that in August it will deliver the AVR-X3200W ($999) and AVR-X4200W ($1,499) [pictured at top] AVRs that…
Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, HDMI 2.0a Appear In 2015 AVRs
The inclusion of object-based surround sound capabilities and updated inputs supporting HDMI 2.0a with HDCP 2.2 copy protection, mark some the latest advances in a spate of recent audio/video receiver (AVR) unveilings. Targeting retail deliveries this month and into the fall are new models from: Denon, Marantz, Onkyo,…
HDMI Backers Ready For Challengers
If you have a high definition TV or plan to be adding a 4K Ultra HD in the near future, you should be familiar with the HDMI digital connector. The interface was developed in 2002, a few years after the first digital HDTVs arrived in…
Hisense Introduces $598 50” 4K UHD TV Through Walmart
Hisense introduced Tuesday the first model in a new affordably priced 4K Ultra HD television line featuring a new smart TV platform and 4K UHD streaming. The 50-inch Hisense H7 Series 4K UHD LED-LCD TV will roll out to 2,000 Walmart Stores beginning in June…
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