ICDM At Work On Display Standards To Answer `Specsmanship’
Insight Media’s Chris Chinnock One of the more frustrating issues surrounding the launch of new display technologies, like high dynamic range, wide color gamut, and color volume is the lack of unified standards to measure and monitor performance. Thanks to the Society for Information Display…
Oppo Delivers Flagship Audiophile UDP-205 Ultra HD Blu-ray Player
Golden-earred home theater enthusiasts will be happy to learn that Oppo Digital’s eagerly awaited audiophile-grade Ultra HD Blu-ray player, model UDP-205, is now available on the company’s web site. The sister model to Oppo’s high-quality $549 UDP-203, which was HD Guru’s top-performing Ultra HD…
Sony Revises 4K Ultra HD Bravia A1E OLED TV Prices
The Sony 77-inch Bravia A1E 4K Ultra HD OLED TV at CES 2017 UPDATE! Sony formally announced pricing on its first large-format 4K Ultra HD Bravia A1E OLED TVs Tuesday, boosting manufacturers suggested retail selling prices by $1,000 each on the 55- and 65-inch…
Sony Reveals Prices On 2017 4K Ultra HD XBR TVs, UHD Blu-ray Player
Sony released pricing Friday for many of its 2017 4K Ultra HD televisions and an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc player, which made their debut at last month’s CES 2017. The announcement covers the XBR lineup of 4K Ultra HD LED LCD TVs, but did not…
Calibration For HDR Evolves Through Challenges
The following blog was written by HD Guru editorial consultant and contributor Kevin Miller, a founding member of the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF), professional video display calibrator and product reviewer, following CES 2017. High Dynamic Range video (HDR) is the big buzz in the home…
Review: Oppo’s UDP-203 Ultra HD Blu-ray Covers All Bases
This year we saw the emergence of the next and possibly last generation of optical disc-based technology for home entertainment in new Ultra HD Blu-ray players from Samsung, Philips, Panasonic and Microsoft’s Xbox One S. All were impressive for their abilities to playback 4K…
Oppo Unveils 1st Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Promising Dolby Vision
High-performance Blu-ray Disc manufacturer Oppo Digital followed through Monday on announcing the release of its long-promised Ultra HD Blu-ray player, which will be the first of its kind with pending support of Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) in addition to HDR10. Like many…
Sony Unveils New Flagship Cyber-shot, APS-C Cameras
Sony’s new flagship mirrorless ILC α6500 will ship in November. Sony introduced Thursday new flagship models in both its mirrorless interchangeable lens (ILC) and its fixed-lens Cyber-shot camera categories, each of which is positioned to take advantage of Sony’s expertise in imaging sensor development….
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