Philips Pushes Out Dolby Vision TV Series Availability To 2017
P&F USA, the company that markets Philips-branded TVs in North America for Funai Electric, told HD Guru this week that its previously announced 8600 Series of 4K Ultra HDTVs supporting Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) will not be available in the U.S. this year….
LeEco Acquires Vizio In Bid To Disrupt OTT/TV Ecosystem
LeEco Chairman Yueting Jia (left) celebrates with Vizio CEO William Wang. In a deal that could be as disruptive for the over-the-top content streaming industry as Vizio’s entry was to U.S. television manufacturing, China-based Internet content giant LeEco announced Wednesday that it is acquiring…
Sony Pictures Technology Head: For HDR ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All’
Bill Baggelaar, Sony Pictures Technology Senior VP, stands next to a new Sony XBR-100Z9D . In introducing its new flagship Z9D XBR line of 4K Ultra HD TVs this week Sony had Bill Baggelaar, Sony Pictures technology senior VP, tell members of the media…
LG Experience Displays To Showcase 4K, Dolby Vision, HDR-10
TV shoppers confused about the latest 4K Ultra HD TV technologies, including both flavors of High Dynamic Range (HDR) – HDR-10 and Dolby Vision – and what a wide color gamut (WCG) looks like can soon go to a Best Buy store or participating…
Dolby Vision Ultra HD Blu-ray Support Awaits Mediatek SoC
Roland Vlaicu, Dolby Labs consumer imaging VP. The format for high dynamic range (HDR) known as Dolby Vision is gaining momentum with a growing library of content available via over-the-top streaming of 4K Ultra HD movies and television programs carrying metadata for the system…
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…
Lionsgate To Master In Dolby Vision, Atmos Formats
Hollywood studio Lionsgate said Thursday that it will begin mastering some of its content for the Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) format and Dolby Atmos object-based surround sound. Dolby has now enlisted five studios to back its Dolby Vision HDR platform and seven…
Basse: Theaters Will Need To Catch Up To HDR TVs
Hanno Basse, Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE) Chief Technology Officer and chairman of the Ultra HD Alliance, said 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment continues to push the envelope on production of 4K Ultra HD content with high dynamic range (HDR), but the creative license of…
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