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Panasonic Debuts HDR10+ & Dolby Vision 4K Blu-ray Players

Panasonic UB820

Ahead of the CES 2018 consumer electronics trade show in Las Vegas, Panasonic has debuted its first Ultra HD Blu-ray players that support HDR10+, and more suprisingly, Dolby Vision HDR formats. The Panasonic DP-UB820 and DP-UB420 will both support HDR10 Plus open-standard dynamic metadata technology, with the former offering further Dolby Vision support following a firmware update, being the step-up ... Read More »

LG Display’s 2018 New Year Resolution is 8K on 88-inch OLED

LG 8K OLED

As we celebrate the arrival of 2018, it appears that LG Display’s New Year resolution is 8K, or 7680×4320 pixels on an 88-inch OLED panel, according to a press release issued today by the South Korean company. LG Display said it has developed the world’s first 88in 8K OLED display which will be showcased at the firm’s booth at CES ... Read More »

LG Display Opens OLED World to Public at Canton Tower, China

LG Display OLED World

LG Display (LGD), the leading supplier of OLED panels to TV manufacturers such as LG Electronics, Panasonic and Sony, has this week opened its OLED World at Canton Tower to the public to showcase the potential of the self-emissive display technology. The OLED World took 180 days to be completed at Canton Tower, a China landmark in Guangzhou, Guangdong. There ... Read More »

Why There Won’t Be A True HDMI 2.1 TV in 2018

HDMI 2.1

One question we get asked a lot lately is, “Should I wait until 2018 to buy a TV with HDMI 2.1?” Well, here’s the bombshell: there won’t be any true HDMI 2.1 TV in 2018, at least not one that can support all the features specified in HDMI 2.1 such as higher resolution and frame rates (8K@60Hz, 4K@120Hz), eARC (enhanced ... Read More »

LG Leads Rivals in Playing Blue Planet 2 4K HLG HDR on BBC iPlayer

Blue Planet 2

Earlier this week, the BBC made its breathtaking Blue Planet II (BP2) series available to watch in UHD (ultra high-definition) resolution and HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma) HDR format through the iPlayer app on compatible devices. We tested out the streamed episodes on 2017 4K televisions from major TV brands in the UK, and LG Electronics has emerged as the clear winner ... Read More »