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Beyond 4K, HDR is Just as Important for Your Next TV – here we explain why and how to track it down BUYING a TV can be confusing. As if OLED and QLED weren’t hard enough to decipher, now you need to know what HDR is too. Follow this simple guide to bag your next…

Keeping track of the latest audio and video tech can be daunting. Thankfully, High-Def Digest has you covered. Welcome to our new Home Theater 101 series, where we’ll be explaining emerging technologies while also recommending the very best possible A/V gadgets n’ gear you can buy at your particular budget level.  And when it comes to recent…

The iconic Fox Plaza building will be forever remembered in pop culture for its role in the 1988 action movie Die Hard, known for its over-the-top special effects.Thirty years later, something just as explosive is happening in a quiet suite of rooms on the 20th floor of the Century City high-rise, adjacent to the 20th Century…

Why it’s Time to Buy an Ultra-High Definition TV—and for Cheap It’s been 20 years since the first high-definition TV sets went on sale in the United States. The takeoff was sluggish; a full five years later, in 2003, when the Oscars were broadcast in HD for the first time, host Steve Martin noted the fact and…

Higher contrast, vivid colors and brighter images are coming HDR, it’s a term that marketers love to use without any explanation at all and, because of that, HDR has become the AV world’s equivalent of ‘organic’ – it’s a term you’re sure means something good, but no one has told you exactly why it’s so good…

S9 rips the trophy from the iPhone X The Samsung Galaxy S9 is the best OLED display ever made, according to DisplayMate’s rigorous testing, earning the highest score achievable. Despite running at the same 2,960 x 1,440 resolution as its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S8, a number of improvements have been made to the new device. Most notable…

While attending CES we made a stop to sit down with the UHD Alliance and the Blu-ray Disc association to get a better understanding of how they are making strives with the format, how the industry is trying to move ahead with the times, and one of the most important which is consumer education. On…

RedShark Replay: For a new technology that looks set to be deployed without any damaging format wars, there is still plenty of confusion regarding HDR standards and what you should be looking for when thinking of purchasing a new TV set. Here’s the information you need. HDR is most certainly the next ‘big thing’. Unlike…

LAS VEGAS — With a new president, the UHD Alliance came to CES 2018 with a new directive. Industry veteran Mike Fidler started in July 2017 with a mission to move the organization beyond technical efforts and grow its marketing activities. For an organization of companies with disparate interests, the key, Fidler said, is “how…

Five months after taking charge of the UHD Alliance as its first full-time president, longtime consumer electronics executive Mike Fidler on the eve of CES 2018 unveiled an ambitious agenda to not just grow membership, but also to increase consumer education and maximize device interoperability for a better user experience. The push comes amid word…