4K Ultra HDTV Shootout Comes To New York Event
The future of next-generation 4K Ultra HD TV, including the use of 4K UHD high dynamic range (HDR) and wide color gamut (WCG) content, will be on display in a rare 4K UHD TV shootout scheduled for Thursday, June 25, 2015 as part of the events…
2015 Panasonic TVs Get `Netflix Recommended TV’ Certification
Panasonic revealed Wednesday that its full 2015 series of 4K Ultra HD LED TVs have earned “Netflix Recommended TV” certification. A certified Netflix Recommended TV has been evaluated and shown to comply with the subscription-based over-the-top Internet streaming video service’s specific performance criteria. That includes: instantly…
Technicolor: HDR Adoption For 4K UHD Needs To Be Open
The process of selecting standards and specifications for next-generation 4K Ultra HDTVs supporting picture quality advances, including wide color gamut (WCG) and high dynamic range (HDR), continues within multi-industry organizations including the Ultra HD Alliance and the Consumer Electronics Association. For an update on how…
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…
3M Says Rec. 2020 Color Gamut Achievable Soon
The International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Rec. 2020 standard for wide color gamut, which has been set as a target for next-generation 4K Ultra HDTV displays and is included in the recently published Ultra HD Blu-ray specification, may be achievable more quickly than many industry experts…
Industry Scrambles To Get HDR Content To Next-Gen TVs
The TV marketing buzz for 2015 has been all about adding high dynamic range (HDR) to the 4K Ultra HDTV experience. Industry leading set manufacturers, content producers and video distributors are all scrambling to prepare solutions for getting specially encoded HDR 4K Ultra HD streaming…
5 Reasons You Should Get a 4K UHD TV
It may be time to get a 4K TV, if you haven’t already. While TVs with 2160p resolution have been out for several years, a bunch of advancements and new gear out this year make several compelling reasons to upgrade. Here are 5 of those…
LG Confirms HDR Update Coming To EG9600 Series OLED TVs
LG Electronics confirmed a Forbes report this week that it plans to add support for high dynamic range (HDR) video as a firmware update to LG EG9600 series 4K Ultra HD OLED TVs as soon as technical specifications are finalized. More on the EG9600 HDR update…
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