Set-Up Tips to Make Your HDTV or 4K Ultra High Definition TV Super Bowl-Ready
The Consumer Technology Association estimates that better than 20 percent of all HDTVs are purchased for the specific purpose of watching the Super Bowl. But around 1 in 5 HDTV owners end up NOT watching the big game or other programs in high definition due…
Hollywood Executives See Bright Future For 4K UHD
Top level executives from the home entertainment divisions of Hollywood’s four leading studios gave 4K Ultra HDTV and all of its recent enhancements a unified endorsement during the Ultra HD Alliance meeting at the recent CES 2016 in Las Vegas. The UHD Alliance used its…
Dish Unveils `Hopper 3′ 4K DVR, `Hopper Go’ Accessory
Direct-to-home satellite TV provider Dish unveiled at CES 2016 Tuesday its Hopper 3 receiver/DVR that doubles the numbers of shows that can be recorded at one time – from eight in the current Hopper to 16 programs at once. Dish also revealed its new “Hopper…
Content Producers Debate Future Of 4K HDR Delivery
John Penney, Starz!; Steve Koenig, CTA; Rajan Mehta, WWE; and Dan Schinasi, Samsung New advances in video picture quality may be close to driving sales of better performing 4K Ultra HDTVs with high dynamic range and wide color gamut capability, but for the near…
LG webOS TVs Get Upgraded, DirecTV 4K Added
LG Electronics USA revealed Monday an expanded list of content partners for its webOS Smart TV platform, including access to streaming Full HD and 4K content from DirecTV without the need of extra boxes. LG also announced a free firmware update for 2014 webOS Smart…
Connector Solution Brings Support For Next Gen. Video
One of the sticking points in delivering next-generation video formats from mobile devices and PCs to displays received a new solution Monday. Lattice Semiconductor, a chip manufacturer which acquired Silicon Image, one of the leading developers of the HDMI interface, revealed Monday a pair…
HEVC Patent Pool Issues Its Bill
Manufacturers of 4K Ultra HDTVs, Ultra HD Blu-ray players, mobile devices, 4K Ultra HD software and other products using high efficiency video coding (HEVC) compression and decoding technology are about to be handed another bill. The HEVC Advance, which is a second patent pool that…
DirecTV Announces UHD 4K Video on Demand and Satellite Delivery
During today’s earnings call, DirecTV’s CEO and President Michael D. White announced they will be launching their own 4K Video On Demand (VOD) 4K service “before the end of the year”. White also spoke about the rest of DirecTV’s ambitious 4K plans. The details appear after…
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