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…
Review: `2001: A Space Odyssey’ 4K Release The Best Yet
After several delays, the much-anticipated release of the 50th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray special edition release of Stanley Kubrick’s and Arthur C. Clarke’s sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey hits stores (and perhaps your mailbox) today (Dec. 18th). It was worth the wait. The…
Futuresource: 4K UHD TV Sales To Pass 100M Unit Mark
Sales of 4K Ultra HDTVs are now entering the mainstream around the world, with estimated global shipments surpassing 100 million units for full year 2018, according to a market tracker update just released by U.K.-based market research firm Futuresource Consulting. The analytics firm said shipments…
Pioneer Unveils Elite-Brand Universal Ultra HD Blu-ray Player
Helping to fill the void left by the departure of Oppo, Pioneer & Onkyo U.S.A. Corp. used CEDIA Expo last week to unveil a new universal disc player supporting Ultra HD Blu-ray playback under the company’s Elite brand. The high-end Elite UDP-LX500 ($1,099 suggested retail)…
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