Vol 25 – Issue 02 – Page 3

UHD Alliance Working on Out-reach & Testing

by Chris Chinnock

The UHD Alliance was providing briefing to update the media and customers on current and future activities. The first thing that spokesperson Dan Schinasi from Samsung Electronics noted was that the organization now has …

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HDMI Demos HDMI 2.1 and eArc

by Chris Chinnock

At the end of 2017, HDMI Licensing released the final specification for the next generation interface: HDMI 2.1. (HDMI 2.1 Finalised – Support for 4K120 and 10K) This will involve a massive change in …

HDR10+ Continues to Gain Momentum

by Chris Chinnock

HDR10+, the alternative dynamic metadata-based HDR solution to Dolby Vision, was discussed broadly at CES for the first time. It was also bolstered with the addition of Warner Bros. to the initial supporters which …

Advanced HDR by Technicolor Develops

by Chris Chinnock

In the Technicolor suite in the Venetian, we learned that the HDR solution developed by Technicolor and Philips will be called Advanced HDR by Technicolor when communicating this to the media and consumers. When …

Dolby Vision Gets to Notebooks

by Chris Chinnock

Dolby used its CES suite at the Wynn to provide an update on its Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos roll outs. New highlights included new Lenovo laptops with Dolby Vision – the first in …

Philips Will Be First with Technicolor HDR

by Chris Chinnock

The Philips brand in North America is managed in the TV market by Japan-based Funai Electric, which has a US-based subsidiary called P&F USA. When we met with them in the Renaissance meeting room …

Skyworth Celebrates Birthday with Aggressive OLED Plans

by Chris Chinnock

In 2017, Skyworth opened a U.S office to explore entering the TV market and launched the U5 series in very limited distribution so far. These are Android TVs with IPS type UHD LCD panels …

Sharp Highlights 8K for TV and Professionals

by Chris Chinnock

Sharp kept a low profile at CES 2018, meeting with media and customers in a small suite in the Wynn. The Sharp TV brand was licensed to Hisense for the US market in early …

Changhong Wins Prizes

by Chris Chinnock

Changhong used CES to announce three new TV series, two of which also won awards. The CHiQ-Q5R series TV won “The Best Designed Television of the Year,” and CHiQ-Q5T series TV won “The Best …

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TV Round up – CES 2018

by Chris Chinnock

Asus, Acer and HP all showed a big monitor that has been developed by Nvidia for gamers, and known as the Big Format Gaming Display (BFGD). The 65″ UltraHD unit has low latency, WCG, …

LG Display Shows Rollable & 8K OLEDs

by Chris Chinnock

LG Display is the OLED and LCD provider to many TV brands including LG Electronics. As usual, they have a special meeting room at CES where they showcased a wide variety of new and …

Sony Impresses with Highest Dynamic Range to Date

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages One of the key messages from Kazuo Hirai, Sony’s CEO, speaking at their press conference was the company’s TV focus. “We have really shifted our product focus to more high-end [products] with …