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HDR10 to Win Tech Battle

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics has created a report, “High Dynamic Range TV: Content and Technology Implications”, that looks at the implications of HDR. Looking at competing HDR technologies, the report concludes that HDR10 has already become …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 45

PlayStation 4 Pro Now Here

by Bob Raikes

The Sony PlayStation Pro, which has enhanced graphics with 4K/UHD and HDR for streamed video and suitably adapted games, is now going on sale in Europe and the US at €400/$400. (Sony’s PlayStation “Pro” …

YouTube Supports HDR

by Bob Raikes

YouTube has said that it will support HDR content. Although this was informally said at CES, the service said in its blog that it would support videos graded with applications such as BlackMagic DaVinci …

Telus adds Netflix 4K to Optik TV

by Bob Raikes

Telus of Vancouver, BC, Canada, said that it is releasing the Netflix app on its Optik TV 4K set top boxes, allowing users with a Netflix Premium subscription to stream 4K content directly from …

Ultra HD first for Romania

by Bob Raikes

The Funbox UltraHD channel is now available on the Ines IPTV service in Romania and supported through GPON (passive optical networking).

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Leader Adds HDR Support to Waveform Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Leader Instruments showed its new high-dynamic-range (HDR) features for our LV5490 4K waveform monitor and LV7390 4K upgradeable rasterizer. The LV5490SER07 HDR option for the LV5490 now enables this instrument to measure both 4K …

Virgin Rumoured to be Ready for UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Virgin Media (now owned by Liberty Media) is rumoured to be ready release a new ‘V6’ Tivo box with UltraHD support, as Virgin has invited the press to attend an event on the 30th …

Amazon’s selection of 4K HDR UHD Blu-ray movies already surpasses 100 titles

by Bob Raikes

Amazon now has 100 titles of UltraHD Blu-ray discs available not only in the US, but globally, as the format does not have the same regional blocking features as DVD. There are 24 titles …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 43

SES Boosts UHD TV in the US

by Bob Raikes

SES has done deals with the Insight TV UltraHD channel from TV Entertainment Reality Network (TERN) and with the Nature Relaxation 4K channel to be broadcast from the SES satellites (SES-1, SES-3 and AMC-18) …

Funbox Clarifies – No HDR at the Moment

by Bob Raikes

We recently reported on the Funbox channel from Sony Pictures International which had mentioned HDR and WCG in its marketing material (Funbox UHD Channel Goes Live) and we commented that we would check the …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 42

8K To Get Real in 2019, Says IHS

by Bob Raikes

We saw some data from IHS Markit quoted in a story from Asia about 8K development, so we checked on the latest estimates. The company told us that the current expectation is that this …

Tags:4k| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Eutelsat and Telespazio Promote HD & UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat and Telespazio, a Leonardo-Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%) joint venture, have a new agreement to develop HD and UltraHD transmission on Eutelsat’s Hotbird ‘video neighbourhood’ which is centred on Italy and provides coverage …