All you need to know about: Ultra HD Premium

Buying a television is a confusing business. 4K, UHD, HDR, BT.2020, Rec.709, the back of every TV’s packaging contains a terrifying array of acronyms and specifications, and sometimes it feels as though you need to attend a week long seminar to make sense of it all. Thankfully a number of companies including television manufacturers such as Panasonic, Philips,
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Xbox One X release date, news, and features

The new Xbox will be here in time for Christmas Updated: Microsoft has launched pre-orders for the Xbox One X and at this year’s Gamescom we got up close and personal with the limited edition Project Scorpio edition of the console which will only be available to pre-order customers who get in there fast enough.  The Project Scorpio
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Vudu app now available on Apple TV

Vudu, the movie streaming service, is now available to download on Apple TV. You cannot rent movies from the app but you can access your library as well as Vudu’s library of free movies with commercials. It also brings UltraViolet to Apple TV for the first time. Vudu on Apple TV This is not the
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HDMI 2.1 supports up to 10K HDR

HDMI is ready to embrace 8K resolution and other new picture technologies but it also requires a new type of cable to enable the 48 Gbps throughput. In the resolution department HDMI 2.1 supports 8K at 60 pictures per second as well as 4K at 120 pictures per second. The latter is also referred to
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Meet Samsung’s 2017 Quantum Dot QLED 4K High Dynamic Range

The new Quantum Dot/QLED TVs from Samsung are expected to be a new and highly advanced generation of high dynamic range 4K models which will reportedly supersede the capabilities of Samsung’s already stunning 2016 SUHD HDR TVs by a whopping 50%. More importantly, the new televisions are reportedly going to solve many of the issues that
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Samsung to Launch Personalized Smart TV Services

Samsung Electronics today announced it will introduce three new Smart TV services at CES 2017, to be held January 5 through January 9, 2017 in Las Vegas. The new services – including ‘Sports’, ‘Music’ and ‘TV Plus’ – will offer personalized content to consumers based on their TV preferences through Samsung’s Smart Hub platform. “At

LG super UHD TV’s now support Dolby Vision

“Leading the way with HDR, LG continues to pioneer picture quality innovation in both our OLED and LED UHD TVs. With our new LG SUPER UHD TV lineup, we’re delivering our best 4K LED TVs yet offering consumers a superior viewing experience with four times the resolution of Full HD, over a billion rich colors
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Yamaha Debuts RX-A 60 Series AVENTAGE AV Receivers with Unparalleled Performance

Press release: Yamaha today elevated the state of the art in audio and video entertainment design with the introduction of the premium AVENTAGE RX-A 60 Series network AV receivers, offering the ultimate in immersive ultra high-definition home theater entertainment and wireless multiroom audio capabilities. Born from the Yamaha legacy of tonal quality and craftsmanship with
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Xbox One S Adds Ultra HD Blu-Ray and HDR

Microsoft’s living room-centric take on gaming systems pays dividends for fans of UHD/4K and HDR. Today at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) the company announced the inevitable release of a new Xbox One S that swaps out the HD Blu-ray drive for an Ultra HD Blu-ray drive. The result is a gaming machine that can also
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Surround sound 5.1, 7.1 & 9.1

Surround Sound In the 2000s, developments such as high-definition video, Blu-ray Disc (as well as the now-obsolete HD DVD format) and newer high-definition 3D display technologies enabled people to enjoy a cinematic feeling in their own home at an affordable price. Newer lossless audio from Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and
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