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Comcast, DirecTV and Dish TV Also Offering Winter Olympics in 4K HDR

by Andrew Fenn

Comcast, DirecTV and Dish TV will also provide coverage of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics in Ultra HD and HDR, following in the footsteps of NBC, who made a similar announcement last month. (NBC …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Ooredoo TV Adds Two New Ultra HD Channels

by Andrew Fenn

Qatar telco Ooredoo has added two new Ultra HD channels to its IPTV line-up: Love Nature 4K and Travelxp 4K, which claims to be the world’s first channel to be transmitted in UHD and …

Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Unconfirmed Sources Tease Vivo’s Next Flagship Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

Unconfirmed reports coming out of China have teased what could be Vivo’s 2018 flagship smartphone, the Xplay 7. According to various rumours, the new handset will have 10GB RAM and an Ultra HD display, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 04

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IHS Markit Announces Ultra HD and 8K TV Design Webinar

by Andrew Fenn

IHS Markit’s Paul Gagnon has announced he will be giving a free webinar on Ultra HD and 8K TV Design on Thursday, January 25th at 3 pm CST. Paul will be joined by Shotaro …

Tags:Back Panel| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 02

HDR10+ Alliance Announces Updates to Certification and Logo Program

by Andrew Fenn

20th Century Fox, Panasonic and Samsung today announced updates to the associated certification and logo program for HDR10+, which they initially announced last year at IFA. The HDR10+ platform will soon be made available …

Tags:4k| Amazon| Blu-ray Players| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Samsung| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 02| Warner Bros.

Panasonic Reveals Ultra HD Blu-Ray Players with HDR10+

by Andrew Fenn

Panasonic has announced at CES, four new Ultra HD Blu-ray players, two of which will support HDR10+ and/or Dolby Vision HDR. The DP-UB420 will support HDR10+, while the DP-UB820 will receive Dolby Vision support …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray Players| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 02

DuneHD Goes UHD and Linux/Android Hybrid

by Bob Raikes

Dune HD has announced a new range of media players with UltraHD 60 fps HDR support and with unique hybrid Linux + Android software. Other new features include Rec 2020 support and HDMI 2.0a. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Hisense Adopts Eurofins UltraHD Logo

by Bob Raikes

Eurofins Digital Testing said that Hisense has committed to Eurofins’ 4K HDR Ultra HD logo technical requirements in its products and joins LG and MStar in supporting the logo. Eurofins claims that it’s logo …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| STBs| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 47

SES Increases UHD Transmission in the US, Germany & Switzerland

by Bob Raikes

SES is to broadcast The Country Network (TCN), a country music channel, in UltraHD in North America. Three satellites will be used and the infrastructure means that the content is able to reach all …

Tags:4k| HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| SES| Switzerland| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 47

YouTube App for Xbox One X Now Supports UHD at 60 FPS

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft’s Xbox One X console, the most powerful console currently available—certainly on paper, anyway—now supports YouTube at 2160p resolution and 60 frames per second. Not only that, but Google has stated that the console …

Tags:Consoles| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 47| xBox

Next SnapDragon Supports UltraHD Premium and WiGig

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm has released the next Snapdragon chip, the 845 that will be used in flagship phones in 2018, including the Samsung S9 family. The chip is said to be able to support up to …

Tags:CPUs| GPUs| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Smartphones| UltraHD| UltraHD Alliance| Vol 24 - Issue 46| WiGIG

TI Adds new UltraHD DLP Chipsets

by Bob Raikes

Texas Instruments (TI) announced an expanded family of chipsets to bring 4K UHD technology to new applications. The company added two smaller chipsets, the DLP470TE and DLP470TP for ultraHD laser TVs, mobile smart TVs, …

Tags:DLP| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TI (Texas Instruments)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 46