Microsoft Reveals ‘Xbox Series X’ Name, Details
Looking ahead to next year’s holiday season, Microsoft formally unveiled Thursday the name and further details of its forthcoming next-generation Xbox console — called the Xbox Series X. The new gaming platform, which previously went by the code name Project Scarlet, will launch around the…
`Wizard Of Oz’ Comes To Life On Ultra HD Blu-ray
Holiday shoppers looking for a gift to delight a 4K Ultra HDTV enthusiast might want to consider picking up the new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray version of the MGM Classic The Wizard of Oz. It might be hard for some to believe that a movie…
Sony `PlayStation 5′ Will Have UHD Blu-ray Drive
Sony’s next-generation gaming console will officially be called PlayStation 5 when it hits the market during the 2020 holiday season, Jim Ryan, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) president announced Tuesday in a blog on the Playstation website. Ryan confirmed details on the new game player first…
Universal Enhances Bonus Content On Physical Discs
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is making its bid to preserve the attraction of physical media and home media ownership by adding new bonus feature enhancements to its Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc and DVD titles. Beginning with the release of horror film Us on June…
New Fox Disc To Support Dolby Vision And HDR10+
Now under control of Disney, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment this week played Switzerland in its handling of the dynamic metadata HDR profile competition by announcing the upcoming release of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc of Fox’s CGI animated sci-fi title Alita: Battle Angel….
Value Electronics To Give Advanced 4K Projector Demo
Anyone in the New York City area this weekend who is interested in seeing what 12-bit, 4K Ultra HD video with HDR looks like in a home theater, might want to check out a first-of-its-kind demo on Saturday. JVC’s new NX9 native 4K Ultra HD/HDR…
Does Samsung’s Blu-ray Withdrawl Doom Discs?
Despite the recently announced decision by Samsung to end further introductions of Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray players in the U.S. market, companies still supporting the formats tell HD Guru that physical media, and specifically 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, isn’t dead yet. Conversely, more pessimistic…
Samsung Confirms Blu-ray Player Exit
In a head scratching development, Samsung confirmed reports that it will no long introduce new Blu-ray or 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player models in the U.S. market. The company issued the terse confirmation statement to us Monday, without explanation for the move, after the news…
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