Amazon, Google End Streaming App War
From the Hell freezes over department: Users of Fire TV adapters and Fire TV televisions will finally be getting access to the YouTube and YouTube Kids streaming apps without having to go to any additional devices or streaming platforms. And turnaround is fair play: users…
Samsung, Amazon To Bring HDR10+ Metadata, Content To 4K Ultra HDTVs
Samsung Electronics and Amazon used the site of next week’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention Wednesday to formally announce that Amazon Video will be carrying content with dynamic metadata supporting Samsung’s HDR10+ technology. HDR10+ is a Samsung-developed “open standard” that will bring HDR-like…
Amazon Kicks Off Black Friday With Lightning Specials
Amazon kicked off its early Black Friday promotions today, as part of a national trend that is extending the Holiday promotional sales season. The e-commerce dealer plans to offer a special Black Friday store page until December 22. The sale began today with six…
Amazon Begins Dolby Vision Content Support
Update ! Amazon becomes the next of the over-the-top streaming services to get into the streaming Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) game today by offering select titles in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby’s flavor of the wide contrast system. Owners of LG’s HDR-supporting TVs…
Deal Of The Day: Amazon’s 4K Fire TV $15 Off
Amazon has cut the already low price of its 4K UHD-enabled Fire TV media streamer by $15 to an attractive $84.99. This second-generation iteration of Amazon’s popular streaming media adapter brings more powerful, and snappier response time and Amazon’s compelling Alexa voice-controlled operation. Of course,…
Amazon Launches First 4K Ultra HD HDR Streaming Title
Amazon jumped the gun on formal industry standardization efforts Wednesday by announcing that it is making 4K Ultra HD streaming content available with High Dynamic Range (HDR) metadata to U.S. Prime customers beginning immediately. Amazon said the HDR enhancement is being added to the debut…
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