Strategy Analytics: Global CE Industry Grew In 2020
Despite the impact of COVID-19 around the world last year, sales of consumer electronics products generated factory dollar revenue of $358.5 billion, up 7% from 2019, according to data released by market research firm Strategy Analytics. According to the firm’s Global Consumer Electronics Market Forecasts…
Netflix Adds Support For xHE-AAC Audio Codec In Its Android Apps
Netflix has added support for the advanced xHE-AAC audio codec for content streamed via its Android apps to allow consistent loudness and fidelity of dialog and music between TVs and mobile devices. The information affirming that the Fraunhofer-licensed codec is now a part of the…
HD Guru Awards 10 Best Of CES 2021 Show Winners
Last week’s 2021 Virtual CES was unlike any before it, and that made determining the winners for HD Guru’s Best of CES 2021 Awards the most difficult to date. In many cases, we didn’t have the luxury of an up-close demonstration and we had to…
Panasonic Reveals Flagship JZ2000 Series 4K OLED TVs
Panasonic is introducing as part of its virtual CES 2021 presentations a flagship 4K OLED TV series, model JZ2000, which features new Artificial Intelligence (AI) picture and sound processing, and depending on retailer reaction, U.S. marketing representatives told us the company might consider making it…
Roku Unveils TV Ready Wireless Soundbar Reference Design
Roku announced Friday that it is expanding the Roku TV Ready Soundbar ecosystem with a new wireless soundbar reference design for consumer electronics brands. This new wireless soundbar reference design uses Roku-developed audio technology to connect a soundbar seamlessly and wirelessly with any Roku TV…
Sony Unveils 2021 ‘Bravia XR’ 8K and 4K TV Lineup With Bravia Core
Sony Electronics introduced Thursday its 2021 BRAVIA XR TV lineup, which continues Sony’s strategy of offering 4K and 8K Full-Array LED LCD and 4K OLED models, with all stepping up image, sound and brightness-handling processing through the use of a new XR processor employing Cognitive…
Konka Unveils 2021 TVs With WebOS, Smart Home Devices
In advance of next week’s virtual CES 2021, China-based TV brand Konka, which made its North American debut last fall, announced a range of products for 2021 including an assortment of smart TVs based on a choice of Andriod TV or LG’s popular webOS smart…
Facebook Watch TV App Comes To Select LG WebOS Smart TVs
LG Electronics announced Friday that it is launching support for the Facebook Watch TV app on all 2014 and later webOS smart TVs. The feature will be made available in all countries where Facebook Watch is available, the company said. LG said the Facebook Watch…
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