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…
HDMI 2.1 Slowly Moves Into The Market
Slowly the next-generation HDMI digital connector interface known as HDMI 2.1 is advancing toward the consumer marketplace, but implementations supporting all of the numerous features the next-generation specification covers are probably at lease a year away, experts say. As a result, some of these features…
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…
CEDIA Turns Up The Resolution On 8K Future
It seems like we only got started with 4K Ultra HDTV and already the first 8K flat-panel displays and video projectors are starting to emerge for the very high-end home theater market. The recent CEDIA Expo offered a relatively comprehensive showcase of some of the…
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