Ultra HD, 4K & HDR news

It will include a range of “QLED” LCD TVs from the Q9 to the Q6 - some with FALD. Samsung will also introduce an ’Ambient Mode’

SK9500 and SK9000 will feature full array local dimming, with prices starting at $1600 for at 55-inch model.

Q7 will be available in flat (Q7FN) and curved (Q7CN) versions. The 65” Q6N is priced at $2200.

Paramount rerelease them in 4K Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos or DTS:X.

Q9N will offer HDR10+ support, “Full Array Elite” backlight, and LCD technology. It will be available in 65 and 75" sizes starting at $3799

C8 OLED will start at $3000 and E8 OLED will start at $3500. LG will also introduce its most affordable 77" OLED TV

2018 marks the 25th anniversary for Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. The movies have been remastered in 4K HDR

A mix of curved and flat edge-lit LCD TVs with 4K, HDR10+, ‘Auto Game Mode’ & new smart TV features. Prices range from $800-4000

Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece was released 50 years ago and will this year be rereleased in a remastered version

The eighth Star Wars film will include both Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio but

They'd rather have you buy something else

XF80 and XF75 will come with Android TVs where as WF6 and RF4 will represent the low-end.

The promised firmware has arrived but only in Europe and only for 2017 OLED TVs. We are told by owners that it does indeed fix the issue.

It will be the first Dolby Vision compatible player from Sony following a firmware update this summer.

FX780 & FX740 are “extremely thin, fashioned in glass and beautiful to look at from any angle”. All of the new LCD TVs will support HDR10+

Another UHD Blu-ray player with Dolby Vision and HDR10+. In addition, Panasonics says that it delivers “unparalleled sound”

X900F with full array local dimming will start at $1100 for a 49" model, whereas the edge-lit X850F will start at $2000 for a 65" model

The so-called FVC (Future Video Codec) – or H.266 – is expected to be ready by 2021

A new firmware update makes LG’s UP970 player capable of delivering UHD Blu-ray discs and Netflix in Dolby Vision.

Netflix continues to upend the film industry with the surprise global release of the third film in the Cloverfield series by J.J. Abrams

Dolby now has 12 TV makers, 8 distribution partners, and 8 studios on board. But problems are looming in the background.

Hisense will launch the Sharp-branded Q8000 with Alexa baked in as well as more affordable TV ranges

Amazon and Roku already offer their respective TV operating system on a stick.

Philips also gave us a sneak peek of “the next innovation” in video processing. Here’s what we learned.

The 8 series models will feature NanoLED technology and HDR10+, while Ambilight spans almost the entire range.

The Philips 973, 873, and 803 ranges will all feature HDR10+, Ambilight, and Android TV with Google Assistant.

At CES 2018, FlatpanelsHD attended a private demonstration of the A8F OLED (AF8 in Europe) and X90F LCD (XF90 in Europe) TVs. Here are our first impressions

The Westinghouse TVs, produced under license by China’s TongFang, offer 4K resolution and are built on Google’s Android TV platform

The company explains that Dolby Vision-capable playback devices connected via HDMI to Sony’s TVs must be updated.

HDMI Forum told us that HDMI 2.1 certification starts this year and that some of the features of HDMI 2.1 can be added via firmware updates.