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Grundig TV Updates from IFA

by Chris Chinnock

Grundig (owned by Beko/Arçelik) did not highlight any TVs in its press materials at IFA, but there have been some updates. According to booth personnel, Dolby Vision has been implemented on some models. Also …

Changhong Focus on OLED TVs: Upgrades with Android

by Chris Chinnock

As is typical of Changhong, they showed many TVs and a projection solution but did not have a spokesperson who could provide more than just the basic information. After reviewing what we wrote about …

Sony Focuses on New Master Series TVs

by Chris Chinnock

At the Sony press conference, President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said Sony is focused on three main areas: electronics (to capture, record, watch and listen), entertainment (music, movies, anime, TV and games), and financial …

Sharp Highlights Gen 2 8K Displays and Ecosystem

by Chris Chinnock

Sharp held a press conference at IFA and we attended. Clearly, one of the highlights was the introduction of Generation 2 8K displays. (the first generation barely shipped in Europe, despite a lot of …

Sony Seeks Kando with New Master Series TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Sony Electronics used a major media event in New York on July 31th to unveil a new line of TVs dubbed the Master Series that will be offered in OLED and LED-LCD models. The …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| OLEDs| sony| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 25 - Issue 29

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

Sky Will Broadcast Royal Wedding Live in Ultra HD

by Andrew Fenn

Sky has announced that the upcoming Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be broadcast live in Ultra HD on May 19th, exclusively for Sky Q customers with a 2TB set-top box …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 25 - Issue 18

UHD Forum and UHDA Update

by Chris Chinnock

The UHD Forum teamed up with the UHD Alliance in the Futures Park area. The two groups are collaborating for the first time. This is partly motivated by the maturing of UHD and some …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Scenarist Says Packaged Media is Far from Dead

by Chris Chinnock

Scenarist is a company that develops packaged media authoring tools to help with the authoring, replication and distribution of DVDs, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray disc. At NAB 2018, they told us that DVDF …

Sky Deutschland to Broadcast a Portion of FIFA World Cup in UHD

by Andrew Fenn

Sky Deutschland could potentially show at least some of this year’s FIFA World Cup in Ultra HD, after a deal was agreed with rights-holders ARD and ZDF (public broadcasters in Germany) to sub-license 25 …

N-Tech Announces Portable 4K Projector

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Hong Kong-based N-Tech is running an Indiegogo project for its portable 4K consumer projector. As of March 24th, this project had raised $808,246, which represents 3098% of the original funding target of $25,000, which …

PyeongChang Olympics Showcase Next Generation Broadcasting Options (Part 2)

by Chris Chinnock

In part 1, I talked about 4K and 8K production but in this part, let’s focus on VR, 5G ATSC 3.0 and more. While VR content was pioneered at the Rio 2016 games, supporters …