Media Titans Square Off With Streaming Services
The over-the-top streaming space got a lot more interesting this week with further announcements of plans for forthcoming and newly launched streaming services that have their sights set on rival Netflix’s crown for digital market supremacy. Among the recent streaming news makers were Apple which…
LG Ships 4K Ultra-Short Throw Laser Projector
LG Electronics launched its first ultra-short throw 4K Ultra HD video projector Wednesday, offering 2,700 ANSI lumens of peak brightness sufficient for viewing high quality images even in moderate ambient room light. The LG CineBeam AI ThinQ 4K dual-laser projector (model HU85LA) was an Innovation…
Survey Finds Interest Awaiting Disney+ Service
Get ready to start shelling out for another monthly subscription video service. Disney’s forthcoming new subscription streaming service, Disney+, generated strong interest from surveyed potential customers, providing the price is right, according newly released research conducted by The Diffusion Group. TDG’s eighth annual “Video Behavior…
Study: Cord Cutting Impacted Satellite TV Services
The impact of over-the-top television services (or IPTV) continues to impact subscriptions to traditional multichannel television services, like cable and direct-to-home (DTH) satellite, according to a global multichannel market study released by Kagan. The market research firm’s recent global multichannel market report showed that IPTV…
Panasonic Quietly Rolls Out Flagship 4K Blu-ray Player
From the get ’em while you can department: Panasonic has remained relatively quiet on the home theater front in the United States recently, but it just so happens, it is still selling one of the best performing 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players available today —…
Sony Reveals New Sound Bars, 4K Blu-ray Player
Sony announced at CES 2019 a pair or advanced sound bars, including a single-piece HT-X8500 Dolby Atmos and DTS:X-enabled model with built-in subwoofers, and the HT-S350. The company also revealed its next generation 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player model UBP-X800M2 adding a robust complement of…
Xiaomi Mi Box 3 Brings 4K, HDR10, New Android OS
Xiaomi this week introduced its next-generation Android TV-based Mi Box S, offering a library of more than 3,000 apps. With Android TV, the Xiaomi Mi Box 3 is a contender of the Nvidia Shield, Google Chromecast dongles, Amazon’s Fire TV adapters and Roku’s popular streaming…
TiVo BOLT OTA DVR For Cord Cutters Hits Stores Friday
TiVo introduced an new version of the TiVo Bolt set-top box, called the TiVo BOLT OTA for use with connected over-the-air antennas. The TiVo BOLT OTA is a premium, 4K Ultra High Definition capable DVR/media player intended for use with over-the-air broadcast TV antennas and…
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