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)…
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…
CyberLink’s PowerDVD 18 Expands Support For 4K/HDR, VR, Music
CyberLink introduced Tuesday the latest version of its popular media player software, PowerDVD 18, expanding upon 4K and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray playback capability along with high dynamic range (HDR) support, virtual and mixed reality (VR and MR), 360-degree video and online streaming content. PowerDVD…
Oppo Digital Phasing Out Disc Player Business
UPDATE! If you’ve been putting off the purchase of one of the best 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/universal disc players on the market—the Oppo UDP-203 or UDP-205—you might want to get off the fence and make that purchase now. The China-based company posted a notice on…
HDR10+ Ultra HD Blu-ray Demonstrations Slated For NAB Convention
Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc authoring systems developer Scenarist is using the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas this week to showcase the use of HDR10+ high dynamic range (HDR) on Ultra HD Blu-ray discs, along with technology partners Samsung, Deluxe and ATEME. The…
2 Philips 4K UHD Blu-ray Players Get Dolby Vision Firmware Updates
P&F USA, which markets TVs a,nd Blu-ray and home theater products under the Philips brand in the United States, this week announced the release of a firmware update bringing support for the Dolby Vision flavor of high dynamic range (HDR) its current 4K Ultra HD…
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