Tag Archives: UHD

Is UHD Blu-ray The Last Gasp of Packaged Media?

Posted on 6 June 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

Considering the popularity of UHD TVs and the dearth of 4K content, you’d think UHD TV buyers would be snapping up UHD BD decks and UHD Blu-ray titles. Surprisingly, not so much. Found out what this means here.

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If Action Cams Are Over, What’s Next?

Posted on 23 May 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

GoPro, the inventor of and leading seller of action cams, recently announced what it called a “deep loss” for its first quarter 2016. It was GoPro’s second straight quarterly drop after several years of storybook hockey stick ascent to top … Continue reading →

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8K TV is Around the Corner—No Kidding

Posted on 1 May 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

At the IFA Global Press Conference (GPC) in Hong Kong, held in conjunction with the inaugural IFA-organized CE China confab, we were told that 1.4m 8K Super Hi-Vision (SHV) TVs would ship in 2019, with another 2.1m in 2020. Wait. … Continue reading →

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Why Smart TVs Are Like a 10-Year-Old

Posted on 11 April 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

Smart TVs – or, rather, their makers – have yet to put all the pieces together to make them any smarter than a precocious 10-year-old. Even though the TV is often the heart of the home, even smart sets lack … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Gadgets to Make Your Life Easier in 2016

Posted on 25 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

For Quick & Dirty I composed a quick and dirty list of life-easing gadget, which you can read here.

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The 10 Game-Changing Innovations I Saw at CES 2016

Posted on 13 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

Well, this post-CES post I wrote for eBay is pretty much self-exclamatory. And that’s a photo I took of the line snaking around the Oculus booth in the South Hall.

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CES 2016: Hisense & Sharp Announce 47 New TV Models

Posted on 6 January 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

During CES once again, I did on-the-spot reporting for the Show Daily, run by TWICE. Many of the stories I wrote appeared ONLY in the printed edition of the Show Daily, unfortunately. But this story on Hisense’s new 2016 TVs … Continue reading →

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The Best TV Under $1,000

Posted on 26 November 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Yes, new 4K UHD TVs with HDR (High Dynamic Range) and WCG (Wide Color Gamut) are here. But in this piece for Techlicious, I explored the best bargains in both 2K and 4K (albeit last year’s models), including the Vizio … Continue reading →

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Is the HEVC Digital Camera/Editing Software Logjam About to Burst?

Posted on 23 November 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

All 4K UHDs can decode HEVC files; after all, all the 4K streaming video content from Netflix and Amazon and Vudu and anyone else who is or will be streaming 4K video is encoded in HEVC. Unfortunately, the HEVC ecosystem … Continue reading →

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Shhh! Panasonic is About to Debut UHD Blu-ray – But Don’t Tell Anyone

Posted on 9 November 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Did you know that Panasonic was on the verge of releasing the world’s first UHD Blu-ray deck? No? Neither did I, or anyone else who doesn’t speak Japanese or work for Panasonic. Read more here.

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