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4K streaming, Augmented Reality, and other OTT trends in 2018
The year 2017 bade adieu in style with the sensational $52 billion acquisition of Fox by Disney. While the entertainment industry is yet to get past the historical event, 2018 has come up with more promises, bigger expectations and not certainly devoid of risks. The risk in terms of saturation, disinvestments by tiny players, merger …
High Dynamic Range for mobile: HDR Premium, Dolby Vision, and more
In my previous blog on HDR and enhancing the effect of 4K, we had discussed the traits of High Dynamic Range being designed to accommodate a greater range of contrast in a video content. HDR allows images with high contrast to be displayed with much greater clarity and more details in the shadows and highlights. …
World’s first IPTV set-top box with Dolby Vision HDR support released
Huawei and Dolby Laboratories announced the world’s first set-top box for Internet Protocol television (IPTV) with support for Dolby Vision high-dynamic-range (HDR) technology. The Huawei Q22 set-top box will transform the TV experience by delivering greater brightness and contrast. Giles Baker, Senior Vice President, Consumer Entertainment Group, Dolby Laboratories, said “It is exciting to see …
Why HDR is a bigger breakthrough than 4K
Of late, 4K has been the big thing in display technology. It refers to the pixel count that a television display can accommodate. 4K = 3840 X 2160 pixels It essentially represents 3840 horizontal pixels running across 2160 vertical pixels. In market terms, it’s referred to as 2160p. A few years ago, the world went …
YouTube will now Stream HDR Video
YouTube has finally started streaming High Dynamic Range (HDR) video. Google has announced that it will now enable viewers with HDR TV and monitors to enjoy YouTube content with increased clarity, color range and better contrast. Although 4K has been available on YouTube for quite some time now, it has waited on incorporating HDR. Google worked with …
