Sony 65A9F Master Series 4K OLED Wins 2018 ‘TV Shoot Out’
Sony’s new Master Series 65A9F 4K Ultra HD OLED TV narrowly beat out a field of the four top-performing 4K flat-panel televisions for 2018 in voting by a panel of “expert” judges to top the group in the annual “TV Shoot Out” presented by Scarsdale,…
DirectLED Displays Mark CEDIA’s Biggest Display Advances
Last week’s CEDIA Expo became the latest showcase for the rapidly emerging category of home-theater-targeted direct LED displays (sometimes referred to as MicroLED displays), which may soon offer bigger and brighter alternatives to projectors for high-end homes. Samsung and Sony have been proudly showing their…
Samsung To Bring 4K QLED TV Truck To Key NCAA Football Games
Are you ready for some football? Well, Samsung and ESPN certainly are. Samsung is using the kickoff of the NCAA Football Season to execute “an exclusive marketing and retail collaboration” with the national cable sports network to advertise and promote its 2018 QLED LED-LCD TVs…
LG, Samsung Take First Shots In Coming 8K TV War
Let the 8K war begin! South Korean TV manufacturing rivals Samsung and LG are using the IFA electronics show in Berlin, Germany this week and presumably CEDIA Expo 2018 next week in San Diego to kick off the next chapter in the high-resolution video wars…
HDR10+ Technology Group Reveals First Supporters, Certifications
The backers of the HDR10+ high dynamic range (HDR) profile are using IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany this week to solicit and grow support and use for the technology among manufacturers and content producers through the newly formed HDR10+ Technologies joint venture. The previously…
Samsung Unveils First Co-Branded Soundbars With Harman Kardon
Some of the first fruits of Samsung’s acquisition of Harman Kardon assets last year materialized Wednesday in the form of two co-branded premium soundbars – the HW-N950 and HW-N850 — due to hit stores next week. According to Samsung, what this means is the new…
Calibration Expert: `Is 10,000 Nits Of Brightness Enough?’
Although some experts have warned against going too far with peak luminance in next-generation televisions designs, Tyler Pruitt, technical evangelist with display calibration specialist Portrait Displays/SpectraCal and a SMPTE member, said existing standards aren’t nearly high enough. Speaking at the Insight Media/Samsung-sponsored QLED and other…
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…
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