CEDIA Turns Up The Resolution On 8K Future
It seems like we only got started with 4K Ultra HDTV and already the first 8K flat-panel displays and video projectors are starting to emerge for the very high-end home theater market. The recent CEDIA Expo offered a relatively comprehensive showcase of some of the…
DirectLED Displays Mark CEDIA’s Biggest Display Advances
Last week’s CEDIA Expo became the latest showcase for the rapidly emerging category of home-theater-targeted direct LED displays (sometimes referred to as MicroLED displays), which may soon offer bigger and brighter alternatives to projectors for high-end homes. Samsung and Sony have been proudly showing their…
Samsung To Bring 4K QLED TV Truck To Key NCAA Football Games
Are you ready for some football? Well, Samsung and ESPN certainly are. Samsung is using the kickoff of the NCAA Football Season to execute “an exclusive marketing and retail collaboration” with the national cable sports network to advertise and promote its 2018 QLED LED-LCD TVs…
HDR10+ Technology Group Reveals First Supporters, Certifications
The backers of the HDR10+ high dynamic range (HDR) profile are using IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany this week to solicit and grow support and use for the technology among manufacturers and content producers through the newly formed HDR10+ Technologies joint venture. The previously…
Microsoft, Sony Spearhead Group To Improve HDR Gaming
Sony and Microsoft, the two biggest names in console video gaming, last week revealed that they have joined forces to improve the state of high dynamic range (HDR) video gaming through the formation of a new HDR Gaming Interest Group (HGIG). The two competitors recently…
Samsung Unveils First Co-Branded Soundbars With Harman Kardon
Some of the first fruits of Samsung’s acquisition of Harman Kardon assets last year materialized Wednesday in the form of two co-branded premium soundbars – the HW-N950 and HW-N850 — due to hit stores next week. According to Samsung, what this means is the new…
Calibration Expert: `Is 10,000 Nits Of Brightness Enough?’
Although some experts have warned against going too far with peak luminance in next-generation televisions designs, Tyler Pruitt, technical evangelist with display calibration specialist Portrait Displays/SpectraCal and a SMPTE member, said existing standards aren’t nearly high enough. Speaking at the Insight Media/Samsung-sponsored QLED and other…
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…
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