Sony Electronics is using every form of publicity to bang the drum for its new Ultra-HD 4K displays, now appearing in department stores, Sony Stores and Best Buy retail outlets. It has hired director Garth Davis as well as Oscar-winning cinematographer Claudio Miranda to make its TV commercial, and an expanded showcase of the 4K […]
A few months ago, a 55” or 65” Sony Bravia 4K television would have cost both arms and legs. Now Sony has looked again and they’ll only cost one arm and a leg! ‘Priced to sell’ might be Sony’s mantra for these Bravia X9 LED beasts, which still come it at €4,500 for the 55” […]
Madrid-based satellite operator Hispasat used its giant Amazonas 3 satellite to beam 4K Ultra-HDTV signals into Brazil. The test signals went to – at least one – 84” LG receiver at an event in Rio to help celebrate the coming into use of the new Amazonas 3 satellite. Hispasat hasd earlier trialled 4K/Ultra HDTV at […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK says it has a solution for encoding its 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ transmissions. Working with Mitsubishi Electric, NHK says the pair has jointly developed the world’s first rack-mounted High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) encoder and decoder for 8K transmission. HEVC itself is well on its way to being a fixed standard for […]
The Blu-ray Disc Association says last year’s task force to extend the Blu-ray format to allow for 4K content has resulted in a final set of recommendations for consideration. “Through the first quarter of this year, the task force solicited and received numerous proposals, and is now evaluating the various technologies,” said the Association. However, […]
Twenty-one Japanese broadcasters, consumer electronics companies and telcos have come together to create a high profile development partnership to help Japan, and the rest of the world., to move into television’s next generation transmission format, Ultra-HDTV. The grouping includes public broadcaster NHK, which is actively backing its Super Hi-Vision/8K format, as well as commercial broadcaster […]
SES has linked with Harmonic and chip-set manufacturer Broadcom to create what it describes as the first Ultra-HDTV transmissions using the High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) from Astra’s 19.2 degrees European hot spot. SES says using the HEVC compression improves transmission capacity by some 50 per cent. The end-to-end demonstration was showcased at SES Industry […]
Kunihko Miyagi, president of Panasonic’s imaging division, has told The Hollywood Reporter that his company’s plans for 4K embrace the entire TV production cycle. “We are developing a 4K system – a whole set of products – to allow for affordable 4K production,” he said. “Everything we make in HD will be 4K.” He says […]
Eutelsat is making its 4K Ultra-HDTV demo channel available to Digiturk. Broadcasting from Eutelsat’s 7A satellite, which is also home to Digiturk’s pay-TV neighbourhood, the first demo transmission took place on April 2nd and has now been opened up to a wider audience limited only by the lack of receiving equipment. Emre Uysal, Digiturk’s Product […]
Although admitting it is “early days” in the consumer life-cycle of 4K viewing, Jim Underwood, Executive VP, Worldwide Digital and Commercial Strategy, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, says its progress has gone beyond the point of wondering whether it can become a reality. Delivering a keynote speech at PEVE Entertainment 2013 in London, he told delegates: […]