Review: `2001: A Space Odyssey’ 4K Release The Best Yet
After several delays, the much-anticipated release of the 50th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray special edition release of Stanley Kubrick’s and Arthur C. Clarke’s sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey hits stores (and perhaps your mailbox) today (Dec. 18th). It was worth the wait. The…
Google Announces Free 4K Movie Upgrades
Google is allowing users in the U.S. and Canada to upgrade SD and HD titles purchased through Google Play Movies to 4K free of charge. The company revealed the offer on its website Tuesday, in a post by Ben Serridge, Product Manager, Google Play Movies…
IHS: Big Screens, 8K, Advanced TVs Pushing Television Growth
Advanced television sales continue to escalate with Ultra HD TVs on pace to take 50% of global TV shipments for full year 2018, as total television unit shipments rise 3.6% year over year to 226 million units, according to a new IHS Markit report. The…
Pioneer Unveils Elite-Brand Universal Ultra HD Blu-ray Player
Helping to fill the void left by the departure of Oppo, Pioneer & Onkyo U.S.A. Corp. used CEDIA Expo last week to unveil a new universal disc player supporting Ultra HD Blu-ray playback under the company’s Elite brand. The high-end Elite UDP-LX500 ($1,099 suggested retail)…
Hisense H9E-Plus 4K LED-LCD TVs With Android Smart TV OS Hit Stores
Hisense is now shipping its H9E Plus “ULED” 4K Ultra HD LED-LCD TV series featuring the Android smart TV platform with Google Assistant AI voice control and HDR10 and Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) support. The series includes two models, one each in the…
FandangoNOW Adds Android TV To 4K UHD/HDR Devices
The streaming video-on-demand service FandangoNOW said Tuesday that it has started offering 4K Ultra HD titles to users of Android TVs. The announcement comes as the service started offering the box office smash Black Panther for home entertainment viewing in 4K UHD and high dynamic…
Denon Launches Six S-/X-Series AVRs
Denon introduced two X-series and four S-series audio video receiver models Thursday. The range brings popular features including, Amazon Alexa Voice Control skills, and Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and DTS Virtual:X surround sound. Other enhancements include multi video-format support and multi-room wireless music distribution via the…
Samsung Lists Four 2018 NU Series 4K Ultra HD LED-LCD TVs
Samsung this week posted information on its 2018 4K Ultra HD LED-LCD television models in its mid-range NU model tier including the NU8500, NU8000, NU7300, and NU7100 series. These models are the successors to the 2017 MU series, and step-down from the company’s forthcoming 4K…
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