Review: Hisense 50R7 Roku TV Offers 4K/HDR At A Value
For the past several years, televisions based on the Roku TV platform have offered some of the best values for big-screen LED-LCD TVs at affordable price points, and the 2018 Hisense R7 Roku TV series is no exception. Like most Roku TVs, this series offers…
DirecTV Now Live OTT App Comes To LeEco TVs
LeEco announced Thursday that the app for the DirecTV Now live over-the-top (OTT) streaming service is now available on its , , and uMax85 4K Ultra HDTVs, via a firmware update that is being delivered now. The move marks the first time the DirecTV…
Panasonic Reveals OLED-Like High-Contrast IPS LCD Tech
Panasonic revealed this week that it has developed a new IPS LCD panel with a 1M:1 contrast ratio that is claimed to be a quality equivalent to OLED panels. The contrast ratio is said to be 600 times that of conventional liquid crystal panels…
Review: LG’s 65E6P 65” 4K Ultra HD OLED TV Impresses
Since it’s the start of football season we’ll paraphrase Broadway Joe Namath to summarize our review of LG’s OLED65E6P flat-screen 4K Ultra HD OLED TV: I can’t wait ‘til tomorrow because [OLED TVs] keep getting better looking every day. What we mean by this…
Review: UHD Blu-ray `The Revenant’ Paints Harrowing Tale With Light
The Ultra HD Blu-ray format is only a couple of months old, and already we have an impressive body of about 30 discs carrying 3840×2160 resolution images supported by strikingly realistic contrast, detail and color through the use of the new tool (for the home…
Review: New 1080p Roku TV Streaming Stick
Major TV manufacturers have been trying to solve the puzzle to building a successful and satisfying smart TV system for the better part of a decade now, but the truth is that Roku has been one-step ahead of most of them since before they started…
Review: Samsung’s UBD-K8500 Sets Bar High For Ultra HD Blu-ray
Samsung’s UBD-K8500 Ultra HD Blu-ray player (above) has a curved design but no readout. Since the introduction of the first DVD player, Samsung has sought to be first-to-market with all of the latest optical disc technologies to come along. The company’s track record includes the…
Review: Samsung’s 4K Ultra HD UN65KS9500 Brings HDR Home
Last year, 4K Ultra HDTVs with high dynamic range (HDR) and a wide color gamut (WCG) were brand new, and we had no parameters with which to measure performance for the additional luminance and color we were supposed to be seeing. At the start of…
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