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Sony’s new Bravia CORE streaming service goes big on IMAX Enhanced movies

Home News (Image credit: Sony Pictures Entertainment) Sony is launching a high-bitrate video streaming service alongside its 2021 Bravia TVs. It’s called Sony Bravia CORE (the ‘CORE’ stands for ‘Centre of Real Entertainment’) and it exists to offer the latest box office films to Sony 2021 TV owners at bitrates beyond those of many 4K… Read more

Sony Bravia XR TV range brings cognitive intelligence to picture processing

Home News (Image credit: Sony) Sony has unveiled its 2021 TV range at this year’s virtual CES event and, with it, an all-new picture processor to power its Sony Bravia XR TVs, called the Cognitive Processor XR. Replacing the Picture Processor X1 series of chips, the Cognitive Processor XR adds a layer of cognitive intelligence… Read more

TechStage | TV-OS: strengths & weaknesses of Android TV & Co

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Huawei P Smart 2021: Budget model with room for improvement Asus Zenfone 7 Pro: Turbo smartphone with flip camera Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro in the test: Hard but slow Oneplus Nord N 03 5G in the test: galloped in price Oppo Find X2 Pro in the test: performance bargain Asus ROG… Read more

Sony PlayStation 5 with good sales figures. By the end of 2021, up to 18 million PS5 consoles may hit the market

At the end of November, we learned that the next-generation PlayStation 5 console boasts the best debut of all PlayStation so far. Although Sony did not disclose specific sales results at the time, the interest in the equipment is undoubtedly high, although due to the very limited availability it is missing in stores. According to… Read more

HDR10 + Adaptive: Samsung TVs get ambient light sensors

Samsung wants to integrate a sensor into the upcoming TV series of its “QLED” series that will enable these models to record video images in the dynamic HDR format HDR 10 + to adapt to the respective ambient light. The function is to be marketed under the name “HDR 10 + Adaptive”, the manufacturer will… Read more

Review: Yamaha RX V4A Real surround for next to nothing

Not everyone can (or will) a surround installation with eleven speakers and a handful of subwoofers. Are you doomed to go for a soundbar? Not necessary. There are also receivers such as the new Yamaha RX-V4A that offer film lovers and gamers an interesting alternative: true multi-speaker surround, but at a modest 5.1 scale and… Read more

What Are HEVC and AVC? H.265 and H.264 Video Codecs Explained

Home References (Image credit: Shutterstock) Who doesn’t love 4K? With a whopping 8.3 million pixels, a 3840 x 2160 resolution is quite the luxury these days. With a 4K monitor or TV, movies and games look impeccably sharp and detailed, and productivity also gets a boost. But that’s assuming your content is actually being delivered… Read more

Panasonic TX-65HX940B

Our Verdict The HX940B is difficult to work with but there’s a pleasing and natural performance in there for those who persevere For Bright, natural picture Excellent motion processing Vivid colours Against Tricky to calibrate Weak blacks and viewing angles Uninspiring sound The Panasonic TX-65HX940 is part of the leading line of Panasonic’s LCD TVs… Read more

heise + | HDMI 2.1: technology and first practical experience

HDMI 2.1 should make televisions, AV receivers and players fit for the coming years. HDMI has made a big technical leap with version 2.1. (Image: Thorsten Hübner) HDMI 2.1: technology and first practical experience Dynamic HDR formats Extended audio return channel Resolutions and refresh rates DSC compression method Variable refresh rate Conclusion Article in c’t… Read more

Best Star Wars gifts for Christmas 2020: Toys and gadgets for Padawans and Jedi Masters alike

(Pocket-lint) – Everyone knows a Star Wars fan. At this point, the Lucasfilm space opera is so ubiquitous that it might be an elderly relative or a young greenhorn, but you’re pretty much guaranteed to know someone who feels the Force. What order should you watch all the Star Wars films? With Rise of the… Read more

Best 4K Gaming Monitors for PC 2020: 144Hz, Curved and More

Home Best-picks Breaking down the best 4K gaming monitors we’ve tested. (Image credit: Shutterstock / Krivosheev Vitaly) With great pixels comes great image quality. So it’s not surprising when PC gamers drool over monitors with 4K resolution. A panel packing 8.3 million pixels (3840 x 2160) makes your favorite games look incredibly sharp and realistic. In… Read more

The webcam is the gadget of the year

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge From grainy MacBooks to elaborate DSLR setups, no gadget had a bigger impact on how we got through 2020 When Time selects its annual Person of the Year, it’s not necessarily an endorsement of the recipient’s actions or beliefs. Instead, it’s more of an acknowledgement of the person’s… Read more

50 years of video game history in one graph

The video game industry has registered sales for 165 billions of dollars in 2020: a study by Pelham Smithers shows how the success of the sector has increased over time, even if the factors that have decreed it continue to change by Rosario Grasso published 25 November 2020 , at 15: 51 in the Videogames… Read more

Video: Review of the Xbox Series X.

An overview of the features, interiors and gaming of the most powerful game console on the market. Commercial cooperation with Gigant Microsoft released 10. new Xbox Series X and Series S game consoles went on sale in November, giving us a more powerful and 4k gaming X model. 509 The interior of the € X… Read more

Amazon partners with the US government to stop the sale of counterfeit goods

Amazon announced a joint operation with the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) on Tuesday, focused on stopping counterfeit goods from entering the US. The partnership will rely on intelligence gathered from Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit, logistics company DHL, and US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to proactively stop the sale of counterfeit… Read more