Tag Archives: 4K

The Best TV Under $1,000

Posted on 20 January 2021 by Stewart Wolpin

Regardless of your budget, your first consideration when buying a TV is image quality. But with so many high-quality sets to choose from, setup, operation, and ease-of-use should factor into your decision as well. Read the rest of this review … Continue reading →

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QLED vs Mini-LED vs OLED: What’s the Difference?

Posted on 11 January 2021 by Stewart Wolpin

QLED, MicroLED, Mini-LED, OLED: Myriad TVs featuring one or more of these LED technologies are being unveiled this week at CES 2021. Even though they share an acronym, these LED TV technologies are as different from one another as Andrew Jackson, … Continue reading →

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NextGen TV To Deliver 4K TV For More Broadcasters, TVs, And STBs

Posted on 8 January 2021 by Stewart Wolpin

Slowly but surely, broadcasters are beginning to adopt 4K TV via the ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV standard, along with an expanded number of TVs at CES. Read the rest of this report here at TWICE.com.

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Samsung Now Selling Outdoor ‘Terrace’ 4K TVs and Soundbar

Posted on 21 May 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

Samsung believes that sheltering-in-place does not necessarily mean sheltering indoors. Today, the company started selling its new Terrace TVs, 55- 65- and 75-inch QLED 4K HDR models that are IP55 water- and dust-resistant, making them suitable for outdoor use. Read the … Continue reading →

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Techlicious Top Picks of CES 2020 Awards

Posted on 9 January 2020 by Stewart Wolpin

I contributed to Techlicious’ top CES 2020 top products roundup. You can read the entire roundup of products here.

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Will 8K TV Follow 4K’s Quick Adoption Pattern?

Posted on 8 September 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

Industry observers and executives alike remain stunned at how, in just five relatively short years, 4K UHD TVs transformed from a pricey curiosity to a race-to-the-bottom commodity. Based on this perhaps flawed phenomena, the industry is optimistic that 8K will follow the … Continue reading →

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New Viable Video Codecs on the Way? Maybe

Posted on 19 June 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

Dissatisfaction with video codec royalty rates, lack of licensor transparency and complicated licensing terms have been perpetual complaints of many commercial video content purveyors. Not surprisingly, some would like to see a shake-up in the current system of how intellectual … Continue reading →

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Will 8K Dampen 4K TV Sales?

Posted on 18 June 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

“This industry loves to eat its young” is an observation often attributed to Dave Workman, president and CEO of the ProSource buying group. With TV makers and retailers yearning for higher margin 8K TVs, could slim margin 4K sets be … Continue reading →

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‘Game of Thrones’ Exposes HDR, Video Compression Issues

Posted on 7 May 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

“The night is dark and full of terrors” was never truer than in the Game of Thrones installment Season 8, Episode 3, “The Long Night” (aka “The Battle of Winterfell”). While viewers rapturously recapped and reviewed the episode’s heroes and villains, … Continue reading →

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The 8K TV Shanda

Posted on 25 February 2019 by Stewart Wolpin

TV makers, attempting to cure themselves of their self-inflicted 4K narrow-margin woes, are again hawking a shiny new—and expensive—technology that offers few near-term consumer benefits. The question for TV makers and the marketplace is this: Will 8K provide more evidence … Continue reading →

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