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Amazon Streams UltraHD Next Month

by Super User

Pre-IFA (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 35), Samsung let slip the announcement that Amazon was developing an UltraHD streaming service. The company has now confirmed that the service is coming, and will be launched …

Tags:4k| Amazon| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Test for UltraHD Compatibility, Without an UltraHD Display

by Super User

A new UltraHD benchmark called Fire Strike Ultra has been developed by Futuremark. Users can test their system for UltraHD compatibility, even if they don’t have a high-resolution display. UltraHD content is rendered internally; …

Tags:4k| Benchmarks| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Sony Bundles Nanoflix for 300 Hours of UltraHD

by Super User

Nanotech Entertainment has signed an agreement with Sony, which will put Nanotech’s ‘Ultraflix’ UltraHD video library app on all of Sony’s 2014 UltraHD TVs. A total of 9 TVs, ranging from 49″ to 85″, …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

DTG Tests Interoperability at UltraHD Testing Zoo

by Super User

The UK’s Digital Television Group has held an UltraHD HDMI interoperability plugfest, referred to as ‘the world

Tags:4k| DTG| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Workaround Enables iPhone UltraHD Video Capture

by Super User

There are Android smartphones that feature UltraHD video capture as standard, and then there’s the iPhone. Apple’s device has no default way to shoot video at such a high resolution, but can take UltraHD …

Tags:4k| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Video Editing & Production| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

B-Com Asks, ‘What is the Future of 4k?’

by Super User

A white paper on the future of UltraHD technology has been published by the France-based B-Com Technological Research Institute (http://tinyurl.com/odtsfa3). The author, Jean-Yves Aubi

Tags:4k| Europe| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

LG Takes Deluxe Content

by Super User

UltraHD content will be delivered to LG’s new and current TVs by Deluxe Digital Distributions. The company, with operations in the USA, Europe and Asia, will handle content preparation and packing of native and …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Worldwide

Sky Tests UltraHD at Ryder Cup

by Super User

The Ryder Cup golf tournament is being filmed by Sky Sports in UltraHD, as part of a trial of the technology.

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

VGTel Partnership Expands Nanotech Network

by Super User

Nanotech, which recently signed a deal with Sony (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), has added new content to the Ultraflix Network. The library of UltraHD ‘Giant Screen’ films owned by VGTel-360 Entertainment & …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| sony| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Amazon Takes on Concert Streaming

by Super User

The ‘Cheek to Cheek: Live!’ concert by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga will be streamed in UltraHD later this year on Amazon’s Instant Video service. LG, the official UltraHD sponsor of the concert, said …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

CEA Aids Sales of UltraHD TVs

by Super User

The CEA in the US has created a guide for retailers to help them explain UltraHD technology to consumers. It is part of a push to boost spending in the category. There is also …

Tags:4k| CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| Retail| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Chunghwa Chooses Broadpeak for Trial

by Super User

An UltraHD HEVC streaming trial is being run by Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan. Chunghwa is using solutions from Broadpeak, a content delivery network technology specialist. Both VoD and NVoD (near video on demand) services …

Tags:4k| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Taiwan| VOD| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21