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You're forgiven if you were under the impression that the basic form of most HDR is HDR10. It is not accurate, however.

They recommend that apps remain functional for at least 6 years.

They are proposing a standardized ‘Reference Mode’ implemented in TVs

20th Century Fox and Warner Bros’ first HDR10+ content will arrive later this year

Most of the company’s 2018 TV have also received HDR10+ certification.

Firmware version 1.21 includes the promised Dolby Vision support along with an Amazon Prime Video app.

The proposed initiatives also change how a game console and TV interoperate.

An enhanced version called eARC (enhanced Audio Return Channel) promises to fix all of the original ARC's woes

EISA is now handing out an award to 'Best Artificial Intelligence TV'...

A score model for reviews, recommendations, TV audio section, and more editorial content.

Here is an overview of review scores for all of the TV audio products (soundbars, soundbases & smart speakers) that we reviewed.

Viewers are moving from PCs to mobile devices and from Smart TVs to streaming boxes such as Apple TV and PlayStation

Four TVs from LG, Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony were competing

Panasonic UB820 is the first combo player that supports HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision.

HDR10+ is an open format created as an alternative to Dolby Vision.

Leading analyst predicted that "QLED" would race past OLED.

Panasonic FZ800 & FZ950 are significantly cheaper this year, with prices starting at £2300 / €2300

On Panasonic TVs from 2014 or later, including those with Firefox OS.

These are mid-range 4K TVs with prices starting at around 650 Euro.

FZ800 features 4K resolution, HDR10+, and the company’s HCX video processor. What do you want to know?

A mid-range 4K LCD TV and the successor to last year’s EX700. What do you want to know?

Sony is second. OLED TVs sales are expected to grow 50% this year

Panasonic’s 2018 OLED TVs will be considerably cheaper than last year’s models.

More affordable OLED TVs plus mid-range LCD TVs. FZ950 & FZ800 are the first OLED TVs to support HDR10+. Here's a full overview of the 2018 TVs

Panasonic says that the compact soundbars are designed to fit in under the TV.

Panasonic has released a firmware update to fix the sporadic micro stutter issue that we discovered in our review of the EZ950 OLED

It will expand to Danish, Dutch, Hindi, Indonesian, Norwegian, Swedish and Thai in the “next few months”. It will also gain support for "routines"

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”