With high dynamic range (HDR) becoming available on more and more TVs, chances are your next TV will have it as a feature. But you might need to upgrade more than just the TV to get the full HDR experience. Depending on how complex your system is, you may also need to upgrade all or …
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No matter how long you’ve had your TV, chances are it can look better than it does. If you’ve never adjusted your TV’s picture settings, you’re missing out on peak performance. This handy guide will lead you through every step to get your TV looking its absolute best. Placement and connections If you’ve just bought a TV, consider checking for …
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We’ve reached the point that nearly every new TV has Ultra HD “4K” resolution. Cheap media streamers output 4K, and more and more movies and games are in 4K too. With the exception of broadcast TV, 4K is basically mainstream today. But already there are prototypes and rumors of 8K televisions. The new HDMI 2.1 specification supports 10K. And while …
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The HDMI Forum has announced the final specification for HDMI 2.1. We’ve written before about HDMI 2.1 and how it’s a significant leap in what is possible over the venerable A/V connection. Higher resolutions, frame rates and numerous additional features mean this is definitely a next-generation connection, and cable, despite looking exactly like every previous generation of HDMI. But here’s …
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It’s an old adage that technology gets better and cheaper every year. But how true is that? There are certainly more inexpensive products every year, but often those less-expensive products perform worse than average. They’re just cheaper, but not as “good.” If you look at the best TVs on the market, they’re still pretty expensive. But how does that compare …
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She was the most luxurious way to travel. Over 1,000ft (300m) long, 12 decks, and with a lavish art deco interior. Royalty, statesmen and hundreds of thousands of troops enjoyed her accommodations as she crisscrossed the Atlantic for 31 years. She’s the RMS Queen Mary, built in Scotland in the early 1930s. Now she sits in Long Beach, south of …
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Just when you thought you’d gotten the whole high dynamic range thing figured out, here comes a whole new format. HDR is the latest enhancement to make it to televisions, streaming devices and your favorite TV shows and movies. The good news is that it can deliver the best picture quality available in home video today. The bad news? It …
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At first I didn’t believe it. The largely forgotten stealth aircraft that competed with, and lost to, the YF-22 to become our next fighter was sitting on an apron just a few miles south of LAX. The YF-23, arguably far more futuristic looking than the F-22, never made it to production, but the two prototypes still exist, and one of …
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It was once the most high-tech and futuristic feature you could find: Transmit sound — with light! Lasers! A cable not of copper, but glass! Except, it was almost never glass, and was usually expensive. And while the optical cable was the digital audio transfer method of choice for decades, it has started to disappear. More and more products are …
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High dynamic range (HDR) is the latest in a long line of “new things you need to know about before you buy a TV.” In this article, I’ll try to make acquiring that knowledge as painless as possible. HDR for TVs, which is different from HDR for cameras and phones, can deliver the best home video image quality yet. It …
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