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EISA Reveals 2018 Home Theatre Award Winners

by Andrew Fenn

More EISA award-winners have been announced, this time from the Home Theatre Display & Video category, which covers TVs, Blu-ray players and projection systems. Winners included LG, Philips, Samsung, Sharp and Sony. The full …

Sony Launches Cheaper Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player

by Andrew Fenn

Sony is adding another Ultra HD Blu-ray disc player to its product range, the X500, the cheapest model in the X range so far. It joins the X700 and the more expensive X800. The …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray Players| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Blu-Ray: On The Endangered Species List?

by Pete Putman

One of the problems with market research is that you often wind up with conflicting data from two or more sources. Or, the data presents a “conclusion” that’s all too easy to “spin” to …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 25 - Issue 28

Analysts: UHD Blu-ray Player Sales Continue to Advance in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Despite some early challenges, shipments of Ultra HD Blu-ray players continued to climb at significant rates over the first half of 2018, according to data from two prominent consumer AV market research firms, as …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 25 - Issue 28

LDM Product Roundup Vol 25 #27

by Bob Raikes

Apple has upgraded the MacBook Pro models for 2018 with new processors that make them much faster (claimed to be 70% faster) and with improved keyboards – as these have been the subject of …

The (Almost) End of the Blu ray Era

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, Panasonic has announced shipping of its a new UHD Blu ray disc player shown in January at CES. The box supports high dynamic range (HDR 10) format and will …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Market Data| Packaged Media| Streaming Video| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Pioneer Reveals Its First Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player

by Andrew Fenn

Pioneer has revealed its first Ultra HD Blu-ray disc player, the UDP-LX500. The company has yet to announce any information regarding specifications, pricing or which regions the device will release in, but its very …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray Players| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Oppo UHD Blu-ray Players Now Support Sony Dolby Vision TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Oppo has released a firmware update for its line of Ultra HD Blu-ray disc players, adding support for Sony’s Dolby Vision-compatible TVs. Oppo’s players join a minority of devices that are currently able to …

Sony Adds Dolby Vision Support to Its X700 UHD Blu-ray Player

by Andrew Fenn

Sony has released a Dolby Vision firmware update for its X700 UHD Blu-ray disc player, providing compatibility with the company’s own range of TVs. Sony Dolby Vision TVs support the HDR format natively via …

LDM Product Round-up Vol 25 #21

by Milos Pavlovic

LG has two new UltraHD Blu-ray players, the UBK90 and the UBK80 which have now started shipping in the US and Europe. The UBK90 has Dolby Vision support and a separate output for HDMI …

Oppo Digital Announces Departure from Disc Player Business

by Andrew Fenn

Oppo Digital announced earlier this week that it will gradually stop manufacturing new products. The company’s product range includes audio products and DVD, Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray disc players. In its farewell statement, the …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| DVD| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 13

LDM Vol 25 Issue 12 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Hangar18 of Koprivnica, Croatia, has launched two LCD TVs under the Noa Vision brands with 32″ and 43″ sizes. Features highlighted include support for DVB-T2 signals and for DVR operation with external USB. The …