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 […]
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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 […]
Samsung offers lifetime guarantee against screen burn-in for 2016 SUHD TVs
Screen burn-in is a concern for displays and becomes more so when you buy an expensive device like Samsung’s flagship TV sets. However, Samsung assures customers by offering a lifetime guarantee on its high-end televisions when bought in the United States. Samsung says they’ll repair or replace the TV set with a similar model at […]
Firmware update adds HDR+ to 2016 SUHD TVs
Samsung has started rolling out a new firmware update for its 2016 SUHD TVs with Quantum dot display. The update enhances High Dynamic Range (HDR) quality, even if the source isn’t in HDR format. Samsung has been marketing its latest SUHD TVs to boast HDR that drastically improves the picture quality complemented with the Quantum […]