NAD Sends LG’s `Perfect Black’ OLED TV Claim To FTC
LG Electronics has come under fire once again from the National Advertising Division of the Advertising Self-Regulatory Council for making claims in promotional materials that its OLED televisions achieve “perfect black” and have “infinite contrast.” The NAD said it has referred the advertising issue made…
Broadcasters Collaborate To Advance ATSC 3.0
Leading executives with U.S. TV station groups used the NAB Show in New York this week to pledge cooperation and commitment to a collaborative effort aimed at providing national ATSC 3.0 over-the-air broadcasts in the next several years. Stations aligned with Fox, NBCUniversal, Pearl TV,…
Sony Adds Long-Zoom DSC-HX99 4K Cyber-shot
Sony Electronics introduced Monday its Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 point-and-shoot camera featuring a 24-720mm extreme zoom range and compact camera body. The HX99 will ship in early November at a $449.99 suggested retail price and is positioned as the perfect travel camera behind inclusion of a Zeiss…
5 Stations Join ATSC 3.0 Phoenix Test Project
The next generation of over-the-air TV broadcasting continues its slow transition to the ATSC 3.0 standard with five stations joining the experimental Phoenix Model Market project. The FCC this week announced that it has granted requests from five commercial and public U.S. TV broadcasters in…
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…
Review: 2018 Roku Ultra Brings HLG, Google Assistant
Among the newly updated Roku media players recently announced for 2018 is a refresh of its top-of-the-line Roku Ultra set-top box bringing a small number of upgrades. All Roku media players will be hitting retail stores this month (expected street date is Oct. 16th), and…
Vizio Moves To Settle TV Privacy Class Action Case
The on-going consumer privacy class action lawsuit against TV maker Vizio is a nearing a $17 million settlement that could earn disgruntled customers a modest payout. The deal is still subject to final approval from the court, but if upheld it will be the second…
CR Study Spurs Smart TV Security Fixes
Samsung and Roku are reportedly addressing certain alleged security vulnerabilities affecting smart TVs, and in Roku’s case, media players as well, after potential problems were identify by Consumer Reports (CR) earlier this year. A CR study into smart TV and streaming device vulnerabilities discovered that…
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