DirecTV Presents NHL 4K Game With Live HDR, But Was Anyone Watching?
UPDATE! DirecTV said Monday that its 4K Ultra HD telecasts with high dynamic range (HDR) are using the Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) HDR profile, which will be supported by select TV brands and models this year (though some sets are still awaiting firmware updates). The…
Amazon Launches First Content Using Samsung’s HDR10+
Samsung and Amazon formally announced the release Wednesday of the first 4K Ultra HD content supporting Samsung’s new HDR10+ dynamic HDR technology. Amazon said it is offering Amazon Prime subscribers access to “hundreds of hours” of content carrying HDR10+ dynamic metadata. HDR10+ is based…
Review: Samsung UN65MU9000 4K UHD LED-LCD TV Is Respectable Mid-Range Option
For those who can’t swing the money for one of Samsung’s 2017 QLED 4K Ultra HDTVs, the company provides some mid-range 4K/HDR TVs that offer a respectable comprise. One strong example is the Samsung UN65MU9000 we have reviewed here. The MU9000 series is the…
HDMI Forum Releases HDMI 2.1 Specification For Next-Gen. Video Devices
The HDMI Forum formally announced Tuesday the long-awaited release of Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification that will be offered for use by all licensed manufacturers of next-generation HDMI devices. The specification gives chip and device manufacturers guidance in how to proceed with the…
Samsung Black Friday TV Deals Start Early
Samsung Electronics began offering the majority of its 2017 4K Ultra HD LED-LCD TV lines at reduced holiday specials for Black Friday week. These deals encompass all of the top-tier Q Series models with QLED-technology, which offers a boost in peak brightness, a wide…
IHS: HDR Is `The Biggest Improvement Coming To TV’
Global unit shipments of televisions supporting High Dynamic Range (HDR) are forecast to reach 12.2 million in 2017 and will continue to expand to 47.9 million in 2021, according to television market research conducted in the IHS Markit TV Design and Features Tracker for…
4K Content With Dolby Vision HDR Continues To Expand
As more and more televisions, media adapters and Ultra HD Blu-ray players continue to arrive with support for 4K Ultra HD and added support for the Dolby Vision premium flavor of high dynamic range (HDR), we are providing an updated list of content and…
Samsung, Microsoft To Cross Promote QLED TVs, Xbox One X
Samsung and Microsoft have reached an exclusive U.S. marketing and retail partnership naming Samsung’s QLED 4K Ultra HDTVs as the official 4K TV partner for the new Xbox One X gaming console, formerly known as “Project Scorpio.” Samsung said the partnership kicked off at E3…
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