Reuters: EU Investigating AOMedia For Possible Anti-Trust Practices With AV1
The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), developer of the AV1 codec used by Netflix, Google’s YouTube and other streaming services, as a potentially more efficient alternative to HEVC, is under investigation by the European Union for possible anti-trust activities, Reuters reported last week. If such…
AstroDesign Launches Bosma G1 8K Camera
Guangzhou, China-based camera developer AstroDesign is preparing to release its cube-style compact BOSMA G1 8K video camera, designed to capture ultra-high-resolution images to feed to today’s expanding crop of 8K television sets and monitors. The BOSMA G1 8K features a Micro Four Thirds (MFT)-sized image…
Review: LG 8K 88Z9 OLED TV Delivers Big-Screen Punch
LG’s 88-inch 8K OLED and 75-inch 8K “Nano Cell” LED-LCD TVs are finally here and after a recent review of the 8K 88Z9 8K OLED model we can say we’re mightily impressed. The jewel of the pair is the world’s first giant-screen 8K OLED set…
Should You Get An 8K TV?
Beyond a handful of models first introduced by Samsung starting at the end of last year, 8K Ultra HDTVs have been pretty hard to find in consumer electronics showrooms. That’s starting to change. New models are here or coming soon from additional brands including Sony…
ATSC 3.0 Test For HDR Deemed `Immense Success’
Tests of broadcast transmissions carrying upconverted High Dynamic Range (HDR) information over the new ATSC 3.0 television broadcasting platform conducted in an urban Cleveland testbed two weeks ago were deemed an “immense success” by engineers engaged in the project. According to a report posted Thursday…
5 TV Takeaways From CES 2019
With CES 2019 behind us, it’s time to assess how all of the amazing advances in video, television and home theater technologies are likely to impact us this year and beyond. So, as Rod Serling would say: “submitted for your approval” — HD Guru’s five…
HDR10+ Looks For Greater Availability In Content, Hardware
The HDR10+ high dynamic range (HDR) profile based on dynamic metadata is moving steadily toward more mainstream support by content producers, distributors and consumer electronics manufacturers, a spokesman for Samsung’s HDR10+ program recently told an audience attending an advanced display summit in Hollywood. Bill…
CyberLink’s PowerDVD 18 Expands Support For 4K/HDR, VR, Music
CyberLink introduced Tuesday the latest version of its popular media player software, PowerDVD 18, expanding upon 4K and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray playback capability along with high dynamic range (HDR) support, virtual and mixed reality (VR and MR), 360-degree video and online streaming content. PowerDVD…
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