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 moreNot willing to be outdone by Amazon, Newegg appears to have leaked the existence of a SHIELD TV dongle. Spec’s (including Dolby Vision and upscaling capability), and price, appears to be very similar to the “Pro” model so this is mostly a form factor thing. Getting to the brass tacks, this Android TV tube features a Gigabit Ethernet port and […]
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I love my SHIELD TVs. They are brilliant in a way that the HTPC just never quite got to (despite my best efforts). But, that’s not to say that the current device is perfect. With the most glaring feature miss, besides automatic refresh rate changing, being the lack of Dolby Vision (aka, the better HDR) support. Well, it looks like […]
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A while back we posted about the Change.org petition to bring Dolby Vision to the Xbox One platform. Happily there has been some movement on this front, with support for the HDR format added for the Netflix app coming in the most recent Insider update. While it’s not the thing I want exactly (Dolby Vision support for UltraHD Blu-ray playback), […]
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I’ve mentioned that I bought our Xbox One S primarily as an UltraHD Blu-ray player, so this petition to add Dolby Vision and HDR10+ to the platform is a great way for Microsoft to add more value to the device – as well as demonstrate the benefit of choosing something that will receive updates and evolve over time. Personally, I’d […]
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With the slew of Dolby Vision (DV) capable UltraHD Blu-ray players announced at CES, becoming available soon. I expected that the dearth of discs sporting the superior HDR format to be over by now. Apparently however, this might not be strictly a chicken v. egg problem that most new formats experience if the comments on this post are correct. There’s […]
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Looks like the promised Dolby Vision HDR update for 2017 Denon AVRs has started rolling out. At least for the AVR-X3300W. Will have to check the AVR-X4300H in a bit.
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As someone in the market for a UHD Blu-ray player, this review is quite timely. As one of the only players that supports (cough, will support) Dolby Vision (OPPO’s will as well) it piques my interest. Just not sure that for the same $, Dolby Vision is enough of a bonus compared to the extras I would net from the […]
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I’m not sure I agree that 3D was a bust, but we can agree that it wasn’t the commercial success that the TV OEMs would have liked. HDR on the other had is universally loved, but like [seemingly] every other format there has to be a “war” this time between HDR10 and Dolby Vision. It’s not quite the same thing […]
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