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Links Week Commencing 17th May 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 second part of this week. Quest 2 will soon support “hardware bicubic …

Links Week Ending 14th April 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 second part of this week. We’ve been asked to help with this …

TiVo’s First Android TV dongle May Be Its Last

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At the 2020 CES, TiVo announced its TiVo Stream 4K dongle and started shipping it in May. (What Bob Saw on the Net 17/01/2020) However, the device was based on Android …

Tags:Roku| Streaming Dongles| Tivo

Apple’s ‘Color Balance’ calibration is also coming to previous Apple TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say FlatpanelsHD reports that the new function that allows colour balance adjustment on the Apple TV 4K, using an iPhone, will also work later on older Apple TV boxes back to the …

Tags:Apple| Colour Quality| STBs| Streaming Dongles

Apple Brings XDR MiniLED Technology to the iPad

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Apple held an event to launch a number of non-iPhone (mainly) products that featured: New iPad Pros with a miniLED ‘Liquid Retina XDR’ display and using its own M1 chip A …

Roku introduces new Express 4K+ box, voice remote & Roku OS 10

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Roku has a new Express4K+ device that supports the latest Roku OS 10. It has an optional rechargeable voice remote and supports HDR10+ (a first for a Roku device) and costs …

Tags:Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Dongles| TVs (TV Sets)

Next-gen Apple TV may support 120Hz output

by Bob Raikes

What They Say 9to5Mac reported that there are references to 120Hz frame rate support in the code for Apple’s tvOS 14.5 beta code, although the current Apple TV box would not have the hardware …

Tags:Apple| Roku| Streaming Dongles

Strategy Analytics: Amazon Takes Lead as Connected TV Device Sales Reach New Peak

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Strategy Analytics put out a press release lauding the rise of Amazon to the top of the list of connected device brands and said that 2020 sales of both smart TVs …

Tags:Amazon| OTT Video| Roku| Samsung| Streaming Dongles

Apple TV: tvOS 14.5 to support both 24.000fps and 23.976fps

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say FlatPanelsHD reports that tvOS 14.5 from Apple will support both 24.000 and 23.976 fps without frame dropping. Currently, showing movies generated at 24fps at the broadcasting frequency of 23.976 fps (a …

Tags:Apple| Software| Streaming Dongles| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

More Than 75% of All Streaming Time in Q4 Was on Big Screens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Despite the long term trend towards consumption of video on mobile devices, Conviva’s State of Streaming Q4 2020 report shows 75% of all viewing time via connected devices was watched on …

Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Pro is an 8K Android TV box that costs just $60 in China

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Xiaomi has launched the Mi Box 4S Pro, an 8K Android-based streaming STB in China that is selling for just $60 (Yuan 399). It’s got an upgraded 16GB of storage, HDMI …

Tags:Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Xiaomi

Fire TV boxes are getting a host of new hands-free features via paired Alexa devices

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Amazon is rolling out new features to allow its Alexa-enable devices to access more features in Fire TV devices. Previously, only the Fire TV Cube had the integrated microphones to allow …

Tags:Amazon| Streaming Dongles| Voice Input