"ultra HD" articles

23% of US households subscribe to nine or more OTT subscriptions Parks Associates has released its updated list of the top 10 US subscription over-the-top (OTT) video services, based on estimated numbers of subscribers through September 2022 from the firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker. The research firm reports that 83% of broadband households have at least one OTT service, with 23% adopting nine or more OTT subscriptions. Parks Associates notes that the Top 10 US Subscription...

As COVID-19 continues to impact the shuttering of movie theaters and the changes within content windowing, device manufacturers have raced to deliver premium home entertainment experiences as a supplement to audiences that regularly attend theaters. An announcement at CES indicates that Sony is leveraging its smart TV technology to generate interest in legacy and recent theatrical titles and its new line of Bravia XR TVs.   At CES 2021, Sony unveiled Bravia Core, a...

Any time you ask someone about the great things they saw at CES, you need to take their response with a grain (or heaping tablespoon) of salt. The issue is scope. The Consumer Electronics Show is far too big for any one person to get an accurate perspective given all of the keynotes, workshops press events, booths, theaters, and corporate suites to be navigated over a handful of days. For me, I try to sneak away from the suites for a few hours to track down major trends, look into...

2017 brought some exciting developments in the telehealth space. 2016's 21st Century Cures Act has helped to streamline regulations around the adoption of digital health technologies, and in response the FDA has established a new digital health unit to focus on areas such as telemedicine, mobile apps, wearable devices, clinical algorithms (aka software-as-a-medical-device), and health information technology. As a result of its new focus on streamlining, the FDA has:...

TVs and projectors have provided us with the most radical shift in TV watching since the invention of color television standards. With such advancements as High Dynamic Range (HDR), Wide Color Gamut (Rec. 2020), High Frame Rate (HFR), and increased pixel count, television and movie watching will never be the same. Join Parks Associates at CEDIA EXPO 2015 , October 14-16, 2015 in Dallas. Director of Research Barbara Kraus will moderator the panel "Next Generation TVs &...

Brett Sappington , Director of Research at Parks Associates, will be speaking at TV Xperience World 2014 on October 15. He will be presenting new research on 4K technology, Ultra HD, and pay-TV during the session " Understanding the Importance of 4K " from 4:25 - 4:45pm.   Parks Associates research finds more than 46 million households worldwide will subscribe to a 4K UHD pay-TV service by 2018. Pay-TV providers will deploy this service as a differentiator,...

Parks Associates recently release special new research on the state of the TV technology market, specifically as it applies to 4K adoption. The research report, "4K Today: Bringing Ultra HD to Market," finds that 50% of CEDIA dealers believe that 4K technology will make up less than 5% of their business. The new report focus analyzes the current trends affecting 4K adoption in the United States, including the current status of content production and how OTT services...

By Kurt Scherf, Contributor TVs make for good eye-candy, and there were plenty of huge displays to be seen from all of the major manufacturers. This year’s hot topic was “Ultra High-Definition” televisions (also known as “Ultra HD” or “4K” sets. In layman’s terms, these are televisions that vastly increase the number of pixels, and therefore the resolution, on TVs. Having seen them up close at the 2012 CES, I can verify that the picture image is stupendous, and...