Microsoft Reveals ‘Xbox Series X’ Name, Details
Looking ahead to next year’s holiday season, Microsoft formally unveiled Thursday the name and further details of its forthcoming next-generation Xbox console — called the Xbox Series X. The new gaming platform, which previously went by the code name Project Scarlet, will launch around the…
IMAX Enhanced Celebrates First Year In The Market
It’s been a year since the IMAX Enhanced 4K HDR software and flagship consumer electronics certification program was launched. For most of that time the effort has focused on building the base of studios, distributors, manufacturers and retail partners. Now it’s consumer time. HD Guru…
Installers Sought To Prime Nascent 8K TV Ecosystem
Although there was little new in the way 8K TV products, manufacturers used CEDIA Expo 2019 to position themselves for leadership roles in the category by courting the nation’s custom integrator industry to help drive sales to well-heeled clients and get the technology started. LG,…
Should You Get An 8K TV?
Beyond a handful of models first introduced by Samsung starting at the end of last year, 8K Ultra HDTVs have been pretty hard to find in consumer electronics showrooms. That’s starting to change. New models are here or coming soon from additional brands including Sony…
Sony: 8K TVs Will Make Images Look `Real’
8K Ultra HDTVs are now coming to retail stores, but just as with 4K before it, skeptics are beginning to wonder if the extra pixels the technology will afford really makes a visible difference worthy of the extra cost. First, keep in mind that 8K…
5 TV Takeaways From CES 2019
With CES 2019 behind us, it’s time to assess how all of the amazing advances in video, television and home theater technologies are likely to impact us this year and beyond. So, as Rod Serling would say: “submitted for your approval” — HD Guru’s five…
Got A TV As A Present? Extend The Warranty
Tis the season to give or receive a new giant-screen 4K or 8K Ultra HDTV, and as you begin the process of unboxing and setting up that new jewel, we’d like to offer a word of caution: TVs today don’t always make it to the…
NHK To Begin 1st 8K Satellite Broadcast Channel, Dec. 1
Those wondering when we might expect to get real Ultra HD 8K content to go with the new 8K televisions coming to market this year and next, got some insight this week from Japan’s NHK broadcasting company, which formally announced plans to launch the world’s…
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