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Despicable Me 1 & 2 to be First Dolby UHD Blu-Ray Releases

by Alan Spencer

‘Despicable Me’ and ‘Despicable Me 2’ from Universal, will be the first two UHD Blu-ray releases confirmed to use the Dolby Vision HDR format. The two UHD Blu-ray HDR releases will be available on …

TV Connect 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Elemental is a key provider of compression and transcoding systems for broadcasters and was one of the few companies at the show that was demonstrating and taking about HDR. The firm was showing how …

Kramer Can Test HDMI Up to DCI 4K

by Bob Raikes

Kramer has a new tester, the 860 HDMI 18G Signal Generator & Analyzer that can be used to test systems with resolutions up to DCI 4K at 4096 x 2160 at 60Hz (4:4:4). It …

Atomos Records 4K60p on Bright Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Atomos has announced a new field (on camera) monitor and recorder, the Ninja Inferno, which can record 4Kp60 content (4:2:0 8 bit) and can accept signals from camera such as the Panasonic GH4 / …

Tags:Field Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

LG Updates B6 OLED TVs for Game Play

by Bob Raikes

LG has now released the firmware that supports an HDR game mode on the LG B6 OLED in Europe (LG Plans Firmware Patch for OLED Latency). The firmware is reported to reduce input lag …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Comcast Again Stalls Introduction of 4K HDR STBs

by Alan Spencer

Comcast has announced that it is delaying the introduction of its 4K HDR set-top boxes. The company is deliberately doing this until the 4K content landscape becomes clearer. Joshua Seiden, executive director at Comcast …

New Amazon Device Between Stick and STB

by Bob Raikes

AFTVNews has said that Amazon is to introduce a new UltraHD HDR streaming STB that would sit between the current Fire Stick product at the low end and the current Fire TV box. It …

Leader to Support HDR Testing

by Bob Raikes

Leader Instruments said that at the NAB show it will show enhancements to its LV5490 waveform monitor to support new formats. The LV5490SER07 HDR option enables the LV5490 to measure both 4K and HD …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Product Round-Up

by Milos Pavlovic

We saw LG’s 32UD99 31.5″ 3840 x 2160 monitor at CES and ISE (LG Will Show HDR & ChromeCast Monitors at CES). Now the company has said that it will be available at $999 …

Samsung’s TV Launch Event

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung Electronics was planning a TV launch event in New York City on March 14. A major snowstorm forced the cancellation of the media-focused meeting, but they launched the products anyway with a virtual …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| QLED| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 10

Swisscom Adds Insight TV UHD to its Platform

by Alan Spencer

The UHD channel, Insight TV, has been added to Swisscom’s IPTV platform, Swisscom TV 2.0, which was launched in April 2016. Insight TV is a linear pay-TV service, offering travel and sports programmes. Swisscom’s …

Philips Updates on 2017 Sets & HDR Plans

by Bob Raikes

Philips plans to add support for the HLG HDR standard to its 2016 UltraHD TVs as well as this year’s range. The technology is available on TVs that run Android 6, so sets that …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Philips| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 10