Paramount To Release Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos Ultra HD Blu-ray Titles
Paramount Home Media Distribution will start mastering and releasing movies with Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) and, in some cases, with Dolby Atmos object-based surround sound on Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs and video streaming, Dolby revealed Thursday. Paramount joins a list of top…
Review: Samsung QN65Q7F Offers QLED Performance At A Value
Back in March we tested Samsung’s high-performing 2017 flagship quantum dot light emitting diode (QLED) 4K Ultra HDTV and found a very bright set with great cosmetic appeal and a very wide color gamut. But we realize the set’s price point is out of…
Apple Support Of HEVC To Bring 4K UHD To More Screens
Apple disclosed at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017 this week that it has officially selected the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression standard as its codec of choice for next-generation video streaming. Apple executives said that HEVC decoding and encoding would find…
Element, Amazon Unveil First `Fire TV Edition’ 4K Ultra HDTVs
Element’s Sung Choi and Amazon’s Sandeep Gupta present an Element 4K UHDTV – Fire TV Edition. TongFang Global, manufacturer of televisions sold in the United States under the Element and Westinghouse brands, formally introduced Tuesday the first 4K Ultra HD televisions to incorporate the Fire…
Roku Kicks Off National Streaming Day Promotion
Roku, the maker of some of the most popular add-on media streamers for accessing more than 5,000 streaming channels, is offering free content and a $10 discount on its popular Roku players in celebration of National Streaming Day on May 20th. Kicking off the…
Roku Adds RCA Brand To Camp Of Roku TV Licensees
Roku revealed Tuesday that the RCA brand has joined the stable of TV vendors that will offer integrated Roku TVs this year. The RCA trademark is currently licensed for TV marketing in most of North America by Technicolor to Display-Vu Corp. an affiliate of…
Samsung 2017 MU Series 4K UHD HDR TVs Go On Sale
Samsung has already started selling many of its mid-range 2017 4K Ultra HD LED LCD TVs, which are positioned below the “QLED” (quantum dot) based Q series and will be less expensive, but will still generate brighter-than-average picture quality and a scaled-down version of…
Review: Sony XBR-55X930D Offers Stunning 4K HDR In An Edge-lit Display
The 55-inch Sony XBR-X930D Series of 4K Ultra HD TV is one of the company’s top level edge-lit 4K LED LCD TVs this year, reaching “premium level” brightness, black level and high dynamic range (HDR 10 format) performance to produce superb picture contrast, and…
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