UHDA Names New Chairman, First Fulltime President
Mike Fidler, new UHDA president UPDATE! We have included an interview with new UHDA President Mike Fidler after the jump in the story. Read on for his mission objectives. The Ultra HD Alliance (UHDA), the inter-industry group working on 4K UHD standards recommendations and the…
Ultra HD Blu-ray Players, Discs Poised To Hit U.S. Retail Shelves
CES 2016 marked the official launch of the Ultra HD Blu-ray format, with three companies showing players slated for deliveries later this year and top-level Hollywood studios announcing plans for supporting the new hardware with Ultra HD Blu-ray titles totaling at least 100 discs by…
DEG, Sony Unveil 1st Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs, Packaging
We may not have Ultra HD Blu-ray players yet, but we now have new packaging that will be used to help promote the new 4K high-resolution media content platform, and Sony Pictures has just revealed its first Ultra HD Blu-ray titles. The members of…
Griffis: Dolby Vision’s A`Super Set’ Of All Other 4K HDR Approaches
In the interest of getting an update on the decision-making going on now within various industry standards groups on the future of 4K Ultra HDTV systems that will present picture improvements including inclusion of high dynamic range (HDR) and wide color gamut (WCG), we caught…
SCSA Readies Formal Launch Of 4K UHD Download Service
The SCSA launch team at the 2015 International CES: Chris Sato, SCSA marketing senior VP; David Huerta, SCSA executive director/GM; and Clayton Biele, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment global technology strategy associate director. In what may have been the best kept secret at International…
Multi-Industry Ultra High Definition TV Alliance May Be Planning Your Next TV
We’re only about four years into the market launch of high resolution 4K Ultra HDTV, but TV manufacturers, content producers and engineering consultants made it clear at International CES a few weeks ago that we’ve only just started to see what this new display ecosystem…
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