The 2019 NVIDIA Shield TV is a welcome update to the solid platform which replaced my need for a HTPC in the A/V stack. Unboxed, and with a few hours on the device, I wanted to share my thoughts and some of the issues I encountered so far.
Read moreIt’s an odd one, and I can’t find any good information around what the issue is, or how long they expect 4K UHD to be disabled on the Shield TV. The link in the email VUDU sent me (below), just goes to the forum where, if there is information on this issue, it’s really well hidden. Nvidia has made us […]
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Reviews for LG’s newest OLED are starting to arrive, and quite unsurprisingly, given their PQ dominance the last few years, it remains KOM. LG’s 2019 C9 OLED TV is the best-performing TV I’ve ever tested at CNET. In 2018 I said the same thing about the C8 and in 2017 I said the same thing about the C7. Year after […]
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If you’ve been shopping 4K UHD projectors, you know that there isn’t really much out there in the “affordable” range. So Epson’s new $2,000 Home Cinema 4010 “PRO-UHD” projector massively shifts the playing field here. Of course there are a couple caveats that come with the price tag; mainly the lack of Dolby Vision HDR support, and that this isn’t […]
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Having recently upgraded to the Vizio P65-E1, we have been pleased with most aspects of the display – except for one really annoying problem where it would not negotiate a 10/12-bit UHD 4K resolution with any device whenever a longer HDMI cable was used. Vizio has been really helpful trying to run down the problem (even replacing the set), but […]
Read moreThis isn’t the first time I’ve run across Skyworth at CES, but it is the first time I’ve noticed an OLED display in their booth. Like everyone else, the panels are sourced from LG, so that’s not particularly interesting. What is quite engaging however is the expected price point of the displays when they come to the US later this […]
Read moreIf you are in the market for a OLED display I would recommend having a look at Vincent’s comparison of two of the top contenders. While very thorough, there is an important thing not mentioned; the LG’s significant price advantage. Personally, I took two things away: maybe it would be good to wait another year for OLED and it’s great […]
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You would be forgiven for thinking that this pair of ~$3k LCD projectors support 4K, and they do, sort of… It’s not spelled out explicitly in the PR (aside from the “signal input” bit), but these are really just 1080p, that accept a 4K input and downscale it. HDR compatiblity is a plus, but I didn’t see which formats will […]
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I suck at naming things. So I am sympathetic to those whose job it is to do exactly that. Sometimes names matter, sometimes they don’t. This one does seem to matter… most of the time… except when the display OEM… bleh! Let’s just let Geoffrey handle it. UHD Alliance Premium Certified is a rating applied to TVs that meet or […]
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As much as having yet another standard can cause overload, adding a “Premium” lable to UHD does add some value; potentially making it easier to select a display. The downside is that if you just bought a 2015 UHD display it’s quite likely that some, if not all, of the things that make a UHD Premium display better than [plain-ol’] […]
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