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AVTop Updates HDR Tool

by Bob Raikes

AVTop in Germany has released a new version of its tool called HDRmaster that is designed to the analysis of RAW signal levels of HDR video source files and to edit metadata. AVTop quoted …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Billy Lynn To Be First 60 fps UHD Blu-ray

by Bob Raikes

There were reports from CES that the movie, ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ will be the first movie to be released in UltraHD with 60fps as it was captured at 120Hz. For more on …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Eurofins Tries 4K HDR Ultra HD Logo

by Bob Raikes

Testing company, Eurofins, has developed a new logo scheme intended to help identify TVs with UltraHD and HDR. The logo is intended to identify products that can correctly display HDR content from broadcast streams …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 01

IHSMarkit

IHS Warns on UHD Danger

by Bob Raikes

A report from IHS Markit on UltraHD content and quoted by Advanced Television has suggested that UltraHD may follow from S3D because too few titles have been mastered in higher resolutions. Although the report …

Tags:4k| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 51

LG UHD BD Player Expected at CES

by Bob Raikes

LG is expected to release a new UltraHD Blu-ray player at CES, following the spotting of a filing by LG in the Wi-Fi Alliance database, spotted by 4Kfilme.de. Analyst Comment Frankly, given that Samsung, …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray Players| CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Google Now Has UltraHD Movies

by Bob Raikes

Google has now added support for UltraHD content to its ‘Google Play Movies & TV’ for customers in the US and Canada at the moment, with other countries to follow shortly. Initially 125 titles …

Tags:4k| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 48

SES Adds 24/7 4KUniverse ULTRA HD Channel

by Bob Raikes

SES said that 4KUniverse will use the SES-1 satellite to deliver UltraHD content in the US, the fourth UHD channel to join the platform, which is expected to grow to eight by January. The …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| UltraHD| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Cyberlink Offers World’s First 4K Media Player

by Yvette Raikes

Cyberlink’s PowerDVD has been certified for playback of ultra HD Blu-ray discs, which the company claims is a first for a software media player. This will allow PC users with the right hardware to …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 48

YouTube Launches 4K Live Streaming

by Yvette Raikes

YouTube already boasts of having the largest online library of 4K videos. It has now launched live streaming of videos, including those which are 360º.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 48| YouTube

US Consumers Positive on UltraHD says NPD

by Bob Raikes

NPD in the US said that according to its NPD Group Connected Intelligence Home Entertainment Report, there has been a steady increase in interest in UltraHD TVs in the US. 38% of the 5,364 …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Netflix’s 4K OK on Kaby Lake PCs with Edge

by Bob Raikes

Netflix has now made its content streamable on a PC, providing that PC has the 7th generation (Kaby Lake) processor and is running the Edge browser from Microsoft on Windows 10 (which is mandatory …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Google adds UltraHD to Play Movies – Extends Countries

by Bob Raikes

Following the introduction of the Chromecast Ultra streaming dongle, Google has said that it will supply UltraHD content from the Google Play Movies for $25 (or $8.00 to rent), up from $13 (or $4.00 …

Tags:4k| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 46