Tag: 4k
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James Cameron’s The Abyss, Aliens, Avatar, and More Are Coming Out In 4K For the First Time
James Cameron’s filmography has long been left out of 4K releases, but that’s about to change this December as his entire collection, from Aliens to Avatar, gets a staggered release on 4K. On December 5, Titanic will come out on 4K, along with a digital 25th anniversary collector’s edition. Avatar and Avatar: The Way of…
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Netflix Loses Patent To Stream in 4K in Germany
A Munich, Germany, court last month ruled against Netflix in the long-standing dispute between the streaming giant and tech company Broadcom in a decision that could impact its customers’ experience on the service. The court said Netflix was illegally using a Broadcom patent related to video coding, which means Netflix can no longer stream 4K…
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When is 4K Coming to NEXTGEN ATSC 3.0 Free OTA TV? We Explain…
Over-the-air (OTA) broadcasting is trying to keep up with the high quality of streaming services. Nextgen TV is already planning to roll out ATSC 3.0 in 14 cities but 4K has yet to launch over-the-air. When will it be available? No one is quite certain for now. One of the main reasons is that the…
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The Most Affordable 4K Streaming Players of 2023 – Roku, Fire TV, & Google TV
Is 2023 the year you jump into streaming TV? Or do you just need a cheap affordable 4K streaming player? We have a quick breakdown of some of the best but also most affordable streaming players available in 2023. Why buy a 4K streaming player vs HD streaming player? So why get a 4K streaming…
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PlayStation 5’s Disney+ App Finally Lists Titles with 4K HDR, But Playback Still Limited to 1080p
Recent updates to the PlayStation 5 version of the Disney+ app finally features badging for titles that indicate support for 4K resolution. However, the app still appears to limit playback to 1080p. It’s a confounding limitation we’ve been tracking ever since the Sony PlayStation 5 launched nearly a year ago. Up until recently, titles on…
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LG Update Enables 4K Dolby Vision Gaming at Up To 120Hz on Certain TVs
Thanks to a recent update, certain LG OLED TVs can now display games that support Dolby Vision at up to 4K resolution at 120 frames per second. Of course, we’ve already seen TVs that support the newest HDMI 2.1 standard, which allows for 4K/120 output. What’s notable here is that LG’s C1 and G1 line…
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Why You Should (And Shouldn’t) Buy a Budget 4K Streaming Device
The world of budget 4K streaming devices has certainly gotten more interesting of late. We got an updated Chromecast in the latter half of 2020, and Roku just came out with its latest budget streamer, the Express 4K+. And with so many well-regarded and popular choices on the market, we thought we’d examine the current…
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YouTube TV Will Add Offline Downloads and 4K Viewing
In the coming weeks, YouTube TV will be introducing a new add-on package that will offer “4K streaming, offline viewing, and unlimited concurrent streaming at home.” The company announced the upcoming changes in a blog post Wednesday morning, saying “After just a few years, YouTube TV now has more than 3 million paid subscribers, 85+…
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Upgrade to a New 4K or 8K TV with Today’s Deals at Amazon, Best Buy & Walmart
This week is bringing some of the best TV sales of the year, from Amazon and a few competitors who are getting in on the Prime Day action with sales of their own. If you’ve been thinking about buying a new TV, this is the time to do it. Here are a few of the…
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Netflix Outlines New Tricks to Offer More Data-Cap-Friendly 4K
In a lengthy and detailed post published on the Netflix Technology Blog, a group that focuses on encoding and video algorithms laid out new techniques they hope will offer up higher-quality video for subscribers. In some cases, their internal testing has offered similar video quality at half the bitrate of their current encoding techniques —…