Sony Announces its 2014 Sound Bars and Sound Plate
Sony announced today two new soundbars and a new sound plate (pictured above). All feature updated electronics for 3D and 4K pass through, 3- HDMI 2.0 inputs and audio return channel (ARC) functionality. Get all the specs and details after the break.
Three Must-Have 4K TV Features
Update 3/22/14 Are you considering buying a 4K Ultra HD Television? Here’s a tip: There are 3 technologies that any UHDTV must incorporate to display forthcoming 4K content. If your new set lacks any of these, you’ll at best be able to view 4K at…
HDTV and Ultra HDTV Predictions for 2014
With 2013 now over and done, it’s time to look forward. We’ve collected information from our TV industry contacts, and are ready to make predictions for 2014. But let’s first look back at how we did with our 2013 predictions.
Should you buy a 4K Ultra HDTV?
With the holiday selling season about to kick into high gear, a big question that folks shopping for a new TV will be faced with is, “Should I buy one of these fancy new Ultra HDTVs, or that plain, old regular HDTV?” Even with…
Connecting a Soundbar to Your HDTV
Today’s thin TVs (both LED LCD and plasmas) leave little room for speakers. The result: limited frequency response, terrible dynamic range, very poor bass, and very little overall volume. The solution: connecting a soundbar or a sound system. Sales wise, soundbars are the most popular…
LG Unveils New Lower-price Ultra HDTVs at CEDIA
LG just upped its total Ultra HDTV model count to five with the unveiling of two new Ultra HDTVs at the CEDIA 2013 show in Denver. As we first reported a few weeks back, the LA9650 Series arrives in 65- and 55-inch screen sizes priced…
HDMI 2.0: What You Need to Know
The recent IFA Trade Show saw the introduction of HDMI 2.0, the newest version of the HDMI standard. Version 2.0 adds much better support for 3840×2160-resolution Ultra HD (UHD and also called 4K) sources going forward. I posed a number of in-depth technical questions concerning…
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