Coming out of CES 2017, one of the key things you heard thrown around from manufacturers was Color Volume. For the past few years, we’ve heard companies talk about what percentage of the DCI/P3 or Rec.2020 color gamuts they cover, but those are 2D measurements. Color volume adds the third dimension, brightness, to the measurement. So what is color volume, and how should we … [Read more...] about Color Volume: Measuring and Understanding What it Means
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UltraHD Blu-ray Database
In March 2016 we finally see the launch of the UltraHD Blu-ray player format with a $400 player from Samsung and titles from many studios. These UltraHD discs will likely be the best sources of UltraHD content at home. This new format offers 10-bits per pixel instead of the 8-bits of Blu-ray for better gradients and less banding, wider color gamuts that are closer to what you … [Read more...] about UltraHD Blu-ray Database
Monoprice Tube System Giveaway
For the recent holiday season, Monoprice was kind enough to send over their new hybrid tube amp along with a pair of speakers and speaker cables. The hybrid tube amp features 15 watts of power with 25 watt peaks, an analog input along with a Bluetooth 4.0 input, and a front headphone output. The tube preamp stage gives you that classic tube sound that so many people still love. … [Read more...] about Monoprice Tube System Giveaway
CES 2016 Thoughts
The honest truth is that when you cover CES, it’s about the people and not the products. We want to see what is new, but the real point of the show is to get to know the people behind the products. But that doesn’t look as interesting on the web as the products that are coming out, so we will talk about what was cool at CES this year, real product or not, and what we took away … [Read more...] about CES 2016 Thoughts
Samsung SUHD Calibration
On April 2nd in New York, Samsung held a press event to celebrate the release of their SUHD TVs. While these have actually been shipping for a bit now, some of the other models were not officially announced yet and the prices were unknown. Far more interesting to me, and many of the reviewers on-hand, was a special event Samsung held before this. We got an in-depth class on … [Read more...] about Samsung SUHD Calibration