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Samsung Adds Free Spotify To its Smart TVs
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2016  | 
Samsung and Spotify have teamed up to optimize the music streaming experience for 2015 and 2016 Samsung smart TVs.
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Samsung Adopts SRS for TVs
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 29, 2010  | 
Samsung is adding SRS TheaterSound to its entire TV line.
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Samsung and Blockbuster Get Hitched
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 16, 2009  | 
With Netflix signing streaming deals with everyone in sight, it was only a matter of time till Blockbuster cut a streaming deal with a major manufacturer--and Samsung is pretty major. Blockbuster streaming will come to Samsung HDTVs and Blu-ray players with the first models coming this fall.
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Samsung and Cable Industry
HT Staff  |  Mar 18, 2004  |  First Published: Mar 19, 2004  | 
The cable industry was late to the HDTV party, but hopes to make up for its tardiness with a massive public relations campaign now that high-def is finally becoming a regular part of most cable providers' packages.
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Samsung and Sony Battle to be First
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2008  | 
In a classic battle between Korea and Japan, Sony and Samsung are fighting to be first. First to have a 200Hz LCD TV, that is. It's a also a matter of semantics. Samsung had the world's first prototype, but it's looking like Sony is going to be...
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Samsung Announces Availability of New 8K and 4K TVs
SV Staff  |  Feb 11, 2019  | 
Samsung today announced that its 2019 QLED 8K and 4K TVs in screen sizes ranging from 43 to 85 inches are now available for pre-order or purchase.
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Samsung Announces HDMI 2.0a Update for TVs
SV Staff  |  Sep 08, 2015  | 
Samsung has announced a free firmware update for its 2015 SUHD and UHD TVs that adds support for the new HDMI 2.0a specification.
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Samsung Announces New HDR Format, Streaming Deal with Amazon
SV Staff  |  Apr 21, 2017  | 
Samsung and Amazon have announced a new standard for high dynamic range (HDR) content that “leverages dynamic metadata to produce enhanced contrast and colors on an expanded range of televisions.”
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Samsung announces second generation of LED-LCD screens
SV Staff  |  Jul 25, 2008  | 
Wednesday and Thursday, Samsung held a showcase of new products on New York's west side. I attended the shindig, and got a good look at some of the company's new and upcoming home theater products. The biggest pieces of gear was Samsung's new...
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Samsung Announces the Stylish Serif TV
SV Staff  |  Jul 19, 2016  | 
Samsung has announced that the Serif TV, designed in collaboration with the acclaimed Parisian design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, is coming to the U.S. in August.
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Samsung Announces Ultra HD Blu-ray Player at IFA
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2015  | 
Samsung announced at the IFA 2015 consumer electronics show in Berlin that it will launch a 4K/Ultra HD Blu-ray player early next year at a price of less than $500, according to press reports.
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Samsung BD Glitch Fix Coming
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 27, 2010  | 
Owners of Samsung BD-PX600 Blu-ray players have been puzzled recently by discs from Universal and Warner that do not play. Good news: A fix is on the way.
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Samsung BD Players to Deliver Netflix Movies
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 24, 2008  | 
Samsung Blu-ray players are learning some new tricks. The BD-P2550 and BD-P2500 will stream movies rented from Netflix's online service. And the first of those two models will also stream music from Pandora Radio.
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Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Player Defect Announced
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jul 20, 2006  | 

Samsung has announced that the first production run of its BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc player, which includes all players now in use and in stores, has an error in the programming of a Genesis chip used in the design. A noise reduction feature in that chip which cannot be user defeated has apparently been set to a level high enough to noticeably soften the image—an error that could account for the mixed reports on the player and the Blu-ray Disc format that have been published to date, here and elsewhere.

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Samsung Begins Production of the First Virtual Reality Movie
SV Staff  |  Jul 16, 2015  | 
Venture Beat magazine has reported that Samsung and Skybound Entertainment have started production on the first virtual reality movie made for Samsung’s $200 Gear VR headset.
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