Comcast To Bring 4K Service To Set-top Box
Cable TV giant Comcast said it is about to take the next step into delivery of 4K Ultra HDTV, by rolling out later this year its Xi4 set-top box (pictured above, right) that will add Xfinity 4K UHD services for subscribers with supporting TVs. The Cisco-made…
Ready For That HDR-Ready Home Theater? Hold On
From the hurry- up and-wait department: a recent HDMI 2.0a spec. extension, which supports metadata for high- dynamic range (HDR)-encoded 4K Ultra HD video passed over HDMI connectors may not be as seamlessly updatable as generally expected for some home theater components. Jeff Park, senior…
Vizio Launches M-Series 4K UHD TVs, Demos Dolby Vision
Vizio first showed prototypes of its Reference Series Ultra HDTV line more than a year ago, but it still wasn’t ready to reveal release plans for the high-end enhanced 4K UHD sets at its New York City press conference Monday evening. Instead, the company worked with Dolby to…
Ultra HD Blu-ray Is On The Way
What some look to as the holy grail of source devices – Ultra HD Blu-ray™ continues to move closer to completion this week as members of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) resolve remaining elements for the format’s specifications. More on what to expect in…
HD Guru 2015 CES Top Picks Awards
Time for our awards! With the 2015 CES concluded, we saw a number of new devices and improvements. The UHD TV category bar has been raised with wider color, high dynamic range, and improved black levels. The audio category had outstanding new entries in the…
CES 2015 Recap: Thoughts on Color
Color, until now, hasn’t been talked about much when it comes to TVs. Sure, some company might claim some ridiculous percentage of some vaguely recognizable abbreviation, but in all, color was color and as long as it wasn’t wrong, it wasn’t discussed much. Since nearly…
CES 2015 4K Ultra High Definition Recap: Thoughts on High Dynamic Range (HDR)
One of the main TV trends at CES this year was High Dynamic Range, or HDR. Essentially, TVs labeled as such offer significantly greater contrast ratio, an expanded range of brightness from light to dark. More than just a marketing term, HDR could be the…
Sony CES 2015: 4K UHDTVs and Projectors Galore
Sony has announced their 2015 lineup of 4K TVs, and a new 4K projector. The new lines expand on last year’s offerings, which were well reviewed (by us and others). All the info after the jump.
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