BDA: Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Surpassing Expectations
The BDA’s Dan Schinasi (left) and Don Eklund (right) demonstrate HDR from 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Ultra HD Blu-ray is bringing new life to physical media as sales of hardware and software continue to surpass expectations. According to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), 2016 marks…
Panasonic Unveils 3 Lumix 4K UHD Cameras With Focus Stacking
Panasonic’s Lumix G85 with 12-60mm F3.4-5.6 Power OIS lens ($999.95 suggested retail kit price). Panansonic introduced Photokina in Cologne, Germany this week three Lumix cameras designed to take lightning fast still images and up to 4K Ultra HD videos with ease and accuracy. The cameras…
Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Prices Come Down As Xbox One S Release Nears
The Philips BDP7501 Ultra HD Blu-ray Player. We’ve only seen two in the U.S. market so far, but Ultra HD Blu-ray players are already starting to appear from leading retailers at reduced prices, and not so ironically, just before the retail launch of Microsoft’s…
LG Display Ramps Up OLED Panel Production For Additional Customers
As competitors like Sony, Samsung and Vizio start to stack up new and improved full-array LED back-lit 4K Ultra HD LCD TVs, LG’s LG Display unit continues to ramp up production of 65-inch 4K Ultra HD OLED panels for the global market. According to data…
Panasonic To Ship Ultra HD Blu-ray Player In September
Panasonic formally unveiled Friday the third Ultra HD Blu-ray player to hit the U.S. market, in a solidly built premium multi-disc deck designed to deliver high-quality video, sound and music performances. The player is the first Ultra HD Blu-ray player to be THX-certified for…
UHD Alliance Expands Premium Logo Program To Ultra HD Blu-ray Players
The UHD Alliance (UHDA), the inter-industry group developing standards criteria for the Ultra HD ecosystem, said Wednesday that it has developed a new Ultra HD Premium certification and logo program for Ultra HD Blu-ray players. The Ultra HD Premium logo was first unveiled by the…
Panasonic Introduces GX85 Compact 4K ILC
Panasonic beefed up its 4K Ultra HD mirrorless interchangeable lens camera lineup Tuesday with the addition of the Lumix DMC-GX85, billed as the “most compact camera system” yet designed by the company. The camera measures 4.8 x 2.78 x 1.73 inches and weighs 1.09 pounds…
Report: Samsung Still At Work On OLED But TV Market Not Ready
LG might be making big strides in the sales of large-screen OLED TVs, but according to reports in Korea, Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest TV maker, continues to hold off on introducing large-screen OLED displays of its own. According to a report in the Korean…
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