Viotek Unveils Widescreen Gaming Monitors
Viotek introduced Friday three new high-resolution curved-screen gaming optimized LED-LCD monitors, highlighted by the 49-inch SUW49C Ultrawide HDR gaming monitor offering a wide 32:9 aspect ratio. Other models coming to market include the 35-inch GN35DR Ultrawide Curved Gaming Monitor and GN32DR 32-inch WQHD-resolution Curved Gaming…
Denon Delivers Mid-Range AVR-X3500H Receiver With eARC, ALLM
Denon this month introduced a more affordable version of its popular X-series audio video receivers for 2018 in the AVR-X3500H. The mid-range Denon AVR-X3500H, which is available for a $999 retail price, is a 7.2-channel model with 180 watts per channel power and complements a…
HDR10+ Looks For Greater Availability In Content, Hardware
The HDR10+ high dynamic range (HDR) profile based on dynamic metadata is moving steadily toward more mainstream support by content producers, distributors and consumer electronics manufacturers, a spokesman for Samsung’s HDR10+ program recently told an audience attending an advanced display summit in Hollywood. Bill…
Understanding Dolby Atmos From Supporting LG TVs
One of the more common questions we are asked by readers concerns LG’s implementation of Dolby Atmos, Digital Digital+ and Dolby TrueHD surround sound decoding in select LG premium 4K OLED and, more recently, Super UHD LED LCD TVs. Part of the confusion surrounding some…
Review: Sony Bravia XBR65A1E 4K UHD OLED TV Makes Sweet Eye Candy
At the 2017 CES, Sony put the world on notice that it was back in the OLED TV game, after launching the technology with a very small screen sub-HD quality display a decade earlier. The company that gave us the Trinitron picture tube back in…
Panasonic Might Bring New Flagship 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Here
Panasonic is looking at adding a second new Ultra HD Blu-ray player to its 2018 U.S. product portfolio, a spokesman told HD Guru Friday. The new player, model DP-UB9000, is positioned as an audiophile-focused flagship model which could possibly join the previously announced UB820…
Sony Begins Rolling Out Dolby Vision Update To Select 4K Ultra HDTVs
Select 4K Sony TVs, like this 100-inch Z9D 4K LED-LCD Ultra HDTV, will soon get a Dolby Vision firmware update. Sony said this week that it is rolling out this month a software update to enable Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR) in select 2016…
Apple TV 4K Streamers Appear On Amazon Retail Portal
Alert Apple TV fans recently got the opportunity to purchase the latest versions of the popular over-the-top video streamer on Amazon.com, despite its absence from the giant e-commerce portal in recent months. The move follows Apple recently adding the popular Amazon Prime Video app…
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