We’re going to start looking at the image quality of a number of TVs for 2018 starting with the Sony X900F. This year I’m doing these in a different way than before as well. They aren’t a traditional review, where we care about the design, the user interface, the price, and so on. I cover […]
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Xbox One X Auto Low Latency Mode In-Use
With the April 2018 software update, the [amazon_textlink asin=’B074WPGYRF’ text=’Xbox One X’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’refehomethea-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’c9836256-4f0d-11e8-ace5-9ff6c6c08798′] added support for Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM). More commonly called Game Mode, this is an HDMI 2.1 feature that lets a game console tell a TV when it is playing a game, and has the TV automatically enable […]
CES 2018 Thoughts and Recap
2018 was the first CES with an In-N-Out on the strip in walking distance TVs: Minor Improvements for 2018 The main thing for TVs in 2018 is that we’re mostly getting moderate improvements over 2017. For example, LG added the new LUT access to their higher-end TVs for 2018, but the OLED panel itself looks […]
What is a 3D LUT
What is a 3D LUT If you’re looking to get a new LG OLED or LG Nano LCD in 2018 or later, you’ve probably seen the announcements or read the specs for them. One feature on them you probably didn’t see, or maybe didn’t know much about, is the presence of a 3D LUT, or […]
Lies, HDR, and Statistics
On November 6th, IHS Markit released a report showing that HDR (high dynamic range) TV shipments are way up this year. In 2017 they expect 12.2 million HDR TVs to ship and in 2021 that to rise up to 47.9 million. Now those estimates might prove wrong (what did they estimate for 3D or curved […]