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Links Week Ending 21st January 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. (quite a few this week as we …

Tags:Advertising| Automotive| Blu-ray| Covid-19| CPUs| Events| Mediatek| Mergers & Acquisitions| PCs| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Video| Vizio| Wi-Fi

Links for w/c 29th March 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. News that there will be a Memorial …

Tags:audio| Blu-ray| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Pay TV| TVs (TV Sets)

UltraHD Blu-ray Player Sales Decline Despite Pandemic Sheltering

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Despite the ‘cocooning’ that has meant more interest in home entertainment technology, UltraHD Blu-ray players continue to decline in volume sales in North America. along with other optical video formats. The …

Tags:Blu-ray| DVD| North America| UltraHD

So, There’s no Colour Content above P3 Gamut, is There? (Part 2)

by Bob Raikes

This is the second part of a short series on how wider colour gamut content is coming to the market. Yesterday , I looked at how the technology allows content with wider colour gamut …

Tags:Blu-ray| Cinema| Colour Grading| Dolby| Rec 2020| Rec 709| UltraHD| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Packaged Media Moves to EST (electronic sell through)

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, the death of Blu-ray has come and gone with “a date that will live in infamy…” February 25, 2019. That corresponds to Samsung the leading OEM seller of Blu-ray …

Tags:Blu-ray| LG Electronics (LGE)| Packaged Media| Samsung| sony| Streaming Video

What Bob Saw Around the Net…. 17/1/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Sensel’s …

Tags:Blu-ray| Cameras| Foxconn (Honhai)| iPhone| Retail| Smartphones| Touch| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| UltraHD Alliance| Virtual Reality| warranty

What Bob Saw on the Net 18/2/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Sony …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Blu-ray| Blu-ray Players| Cinema| | Market Data| Samsung| Smartwatches| sony| STBs| Toys| Virtual Reality

What Bob Saw on the Net 09/12/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Blu-ray| Cameras| | Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| PlayStation| Samsung| Smartphones| sony| Virtual Reality

First Two IMax Enhanced and HDR10+ Blu-ray Discs Announced

by Andrew Fenn

IMax Enhanced has named its first two certified Ultra HD Blu-ray discs — nature documentaries A Beautiful Planet and Journey to the South Pacific. Coincidentally, they are also the first two UHD Blu-rays to …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 40

BDA Not Looking at 8K

by Bob Raikes

We met with Victor Matsuda (Sony) and Marty Gordon (Philips, Hollywood) from the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) on the Philips booth where they started by acknowledging that the position for Blu-ray is now effectively …

Tags:Blu-ray| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 34

Upcoming Disney UHD Blu-ray Discs Won’t Support Dolby Vision

by Andrew Fenn

Disney appears to be backtracking on the inclusion of Dolby Vision HDR in its Ultra HD Blu-ray disc releases. The forthcoming physical releases of Solo: A Star Wars Story and Avengers: Infinity War will …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray| Disney| Dolby Vision| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 29