Consumer Electronics
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Amazon Looking to Dramatically Up Retail Presence
Amazon may have a legacy antithetical to brick-and-mortar business, but its recent strategies appear to be embracing old-school retail. The ecommerce behemoth, which currently operates about 20 branded retail bookstores, last year acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. It has reduced its list of cities for a second headquarter down to 20. Earlier this month, … Continue reading “Amazon Looking to Dramatically Up Retail Presence”
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DEG, UHD Alliance to Present 4K Ultra HD Summit
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group and the UHD Alliance have partnered to present the 4K Ultra HD Summit from 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The 4K Ultra HD Summit will advocate and educate about the benefits of 4K Ultra HD televisions and content while highlighting the … Continue reading “DEG, UHD Alliance to Present 4K Ultra HD Summit”
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Amazon Looking to Dramatically Up Retail Presence
Amazon may have a legacy antithetical to brick-and-mortar business, but its recent strategies appear to be embracing old-school retail. The ecommerce behemoth, which currently operates about 20 branded retail bookstores, last year acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. It has reduced its list of cities for a second headquarter down to 20. Earlier this month, … Continue reading “Amazon Looking to Dramatically Up Retail Presence”
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Sony to Bring Back Original PlayStation Console
Sony Interactive Entertainment on Sept. 19 announced plans to bring back the original PlayStation video game console, launched nearly 25 years ago, “in a new miniaturized version,” according to a blog post by Eric Lempel, SVP of PlayStation worldwide marketing. The console, due Dec. 3 at a suggested retail price of $99.99, will come pre-loaded … Continue reading “Sony to Bring Back Original PlayStation Console”
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Vudu Adds Sony TVs to 4K UHD Compatible Devices List
Walmart-owned online movie service Vudu.com has upgraded its Android TV app to include Sony televisions, enabling users to watch Vudu UHD titles in 4K with Dolby Vision HDR and HDR-10 functionality. 4K claims four time the pixels of 1080p with added life-like color of high dynamic range technology. Vudu currently offers 4K UHD on most … Continue reading “Vudu Adds Sony TVs to 4K UHD Compatible Devices List”
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Imax and DTS Form Home Entertainment Partnership
Imax Corp. and DTS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Corp., have announced a new home entertainment partnership with the launch of the Imax Enhanced program. The new certification and licensing program combines the high-end consumer electronics products with Imax digitally re-mastered 4K HDR content and DTS audio technologies to offer consumers a new level … Continue reading “Imax and DTS Form Home Entertainment Partnership”
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Roku Inks JVC to Smart TV Program
Roku announced an agreement with China’s Shenzhen MTC Co. to build smart TVs under the JVC brand featuring the Roku operating system. The JVC smart TVs are expected to ship in the U.S. later this year. “[The] Roku streaming platform … is incredibly easy to use and offers access to countless movies and TV episodes … Continue reading “Roku Inks JVC to Smart TV Program”
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LG Introduces ‘World’s First’ 8K OLED TV
LG Electronics is introducing the world’s first 8K (7680 x 4320) OLED TV, according to a company press release. Previewed at IFA 2018, the 88-inch, 8K LG OLED TV features more than 33 million self-emitting pixels to produce the “unmatched contrast ratio and true blacks that define OLED TV’s iconic picture quality,” according to the release. OLED TV … Continue reading “LG Introduces ‘World’s First’ 8K OLED TV”
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HDR10+ Announces First Certified Products, Adopters
HDR10+ Technologies, a joint venture among 20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corp. and Samsung Electronics, has announced the first certified products and first adopters for the loyalty-free HDR10+ license program. Panasonic and Samsung are also among the first to announce firmware has been deployed to select 2018 television models enabling support of HDR10+ for consumers. HDR10+ advances … Continue reading “HDR10+ Announces First Certified Products, Adopters”
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DVD/Blu-ray Disc Player Ownership Continues to Decline
DVD/Blu-ray Disc player use remains in decline, with household penetration dropping to 67% in the first quarter of 2018 from 73% at the end of 2017, according to new data from Nielsen. The drop underscores ongoing changes in consumer home entertainment behavior as fewer people watch, purchase and rent packaged media. Indeed, DVD players could … Continue reading “DVD/Blu-ray Disc Player Ownership Continues to Decline”
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VR Platform HTC Vive Unleashing Wireless Adapter
Virtual reality platform HTC Vive has announced the Sept. 5 pre-order availability of the Vive Wireless Adapter. The adapter frees VR users from the tether back to their PC, while maintaining the performance requirements for premium VR on both the HTC Vive and Vive Pro, according to a press release from HTC Vive.\For customers in … Continue reading “VR Platform HTC Vive Unleashing Wireless Adapter”
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Amazon’s ‘Jack Ryan’ Getting Dolby Treatment
Actor Jack Krasinski’s recent movie, A Quiet Place, stressed silence as a means of survival against extraterrestrial creatures that hunt by sound. Now, the “The Office” alum is upping the volume in a second season turn as a CIA analyst in “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” which begins streaming on Prime Video Aug. 31. Dolby Laboratories … Continue reading “Amazon’s ‘Jack Ryan’ Getting Dolby Treatment”
