Currently, users have to connect their Steam Link hardware to stream Steam PC games on the TV. Samsung however, has eliminated that requirement by expanding the availability of Valve’s Steam Link app. Users with their 2016 and 2017 Smart TVs can stream their games from their PC to TVs with an app, downloadable in the […]
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The Frame TV goes on sale in US this weekend
Samsung has announced the availability and pricing of ‘The Frame’ TV for the American market. The Frame that transforms a TV into a gallery-like art display can be purchased in the United States from June 18 in two display sizes – 65-inch and 55-inch priced at $2,799 and $1,999 respectively. Recipient of many awards, including […]
Samsung, Amazon announce HDR10+ for TVs
Samsung and Amazon have collaborated to bring a new open HDR standard for TVs called HDR10+. The new standard claims to “elevate” the existing HDR10 standard with the addition of Dynamic Tone Mapping that integrates dynamic metadata instead of HDR’s way of static metadata. In other words, Samsung and Amazon claim that HDR10+ allows the […]
Wikileaks: CIA hacked Samsung TVs, tablet to extract information
Wikileaks yesterday, uploaded a trove of alleging the reach of United State’s top intelligence agency by detailing the agency’s hacking capabilities. However, an exploit dubbed “Weeping Angel” claims CIA targeted Samsung Smart TV that transformed them into “covert microphones” due to TV’s feature to accept voice commands and sending audio data over the Internet to […]
2016 Samsung 4K TVs now support HDR playback on YouTube
HDR is the next big thing in the world of televisions and Samsung today confirmed that their 2016 top-end Quantum dot TV models will support YouTube’s global HDR playback. The support will come through an expanded version of the YouTube app and will be available to all 2016 Quantum dot TVs and UHD TVs. The […]