Ultra HD, 4K & HDR news

Apple has officially chosen HEVC as its next-generation video codec for 4K and HDR. It will be supported on all iOS 11, tvOS 11 & macOS High Sierra devices

Oppo has announced that Dolby Vision is now available as part of an official firmware upgrade that is rolling out now in the US and later this week in Europe

Panasonic's new flagship EZ1000 (EZ1002 in the UK) is now available in Europe for Ł6000 / €7000

Toshiba TVs will return to Europe. The line-up consists of a 65-inch X97 OLED TV as well as the two U77 and U67 LCD ranges. These are “mid-market range” TVs

Some of the 2017 TVs that were announced at CES are now available in the US. The 2017 TVs have 4K resolution and support for HDR

bild 4 will be the German company’s most affordable OLED TV to date at 2990 Euro. At the other end of the scale, is a new 77” model that is not exactly affordable

Oppo’s two UDP-203 and UDP-205 UHD Blu-ray players are the first to support the Dolby Vision HDR format. The latest beta update seemingly adds support

The first movie available in 4K and HDR is ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ and more titles will be added "in the months to come"

Dolby’s cinema initiative is coming to seven locations in France, three more in the Netherlands, and "multiple locations" in the Middle East.

The design of the new ‘bild 5’ OLED is inspired by the sixties and it features Dolby Vision. Prices start at 3490 Euro

Xbox One S is the first game console to gain the capability to stream Amazon’s TV shows and movies in 4K resolution and HDR

Vizio has started rolling out a firmware update to the 2017 E series models that adds support for HDR10 as well as a new on-screen side bar menu

Amazon wants to take on Roku with the first 4K ‘Fire TV Edition’ sets that start at $450 dollars

HFR can reduce motion blur and make video much smoother. LG & SES are today demonstrating a HFR broadcast transmitted via an Astra satellite

Technology from Panasonic’s more expensive UHD Blu-ray players has found its way into the more affordable UB400 and UB300 players

The 2017 LCDs from Panasonic have reached retailers across Europe. The 4K TVs will feature "Switch" design, HDR support & some a new HCX2 picture engine

Netflix has started rolling out HDR video support to Android smartphones such as the LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8

B7, C7, E7 and G7 will offer improved picture quality in several aread. Suggested retail prices start at $3000 / Ł2999 but the TVs are selling for less

The world’s second-largest video subscription service is still absent on Apple TV but that will reportedly change this summer with an Amazon Video app

XE70 will extend the European 2017 TV line-up. It will be available from July 2017 in four screen sizes and several design variants

Oppo’s second UHD Blu-ray player, UDP-205, was created with audiophiles in mind. It will also support Dolby Vision via a firmware update

Power Rangers (2017) will be Lionsgate’s first UHD Blu-ray title in Dolby Vision format. The studio confirms that the disc will be released on June 27

Sony Pictures has confirmed that it will release its first UHD Blu-ray disc in Dolby Vision in July. Look forward to Resident Evil: Vendetta

Loewe has launched its second OLED range with the new flagship ’bild 9’. It marks the beginning of a new design language at Loewe

Panasonic’s 2 new OLED ranges, EZ1000 and EZ950, have been certified as ‘UHD Premium’ and received ‘THX 4K’ certification

Vizio has unveiled its 2017 P and M ranges feature Dolby Vision, full-array local dimming panels and go back to having on-screen user interfaces

Nvidia Shield has received an update that enables it to stream 4K movies from the Google Play Movie store. It also gains 4K Chromecast cababilities

Dell has unveiled its first “UHD Premium” certified monitor (UP2718Q), meaning that it can reproduce HDR more faithfully than the first batch of HDR monitor

X85E in the US and XE85 in Europe is a mid-range TV with Android, 4K resolution, and HDR. Want do you want to know?

With HDR10+ video can be encoded with dynamic metadata to improve picture quality - much like Dolby Vision. Amazon is also on board