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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 Pricing & Incentives for 2024 TVs
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 21, 2024
Samsung today announced pricing and enticements for its 2024 TVs and is now officially taking orders for the new models.
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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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Samsung Blu-ray players getting Youtube
SV Staff  |  Sep 03, 2009
Samsung has been pretty good with streaming Internet video on his Blu-ray Disc players. Its newer models have been able to stream Netflix video, Blockbuster On-Demand, and other services. Until now, though, the players haven't been able to access...
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Samsung Blu-ray Tames HDMI Beast
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 08, 2007
A Samsung Blu-ray player has become the first to receive plug-and-play certification under the Simplay HD Testing Program.
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Samsung Bows Combi Player And 3rd Gen Blu-ray Players
 |  Jul 26, 2007

Samsung this week made official its plans to introduce two new, 3rd generation Blu-ray Disc players as well is its highly anticipated <I>Duo HD</I> combi player, which will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.

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Samsung Bows Wood-Framed TV
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 19, 2017
We’ve lived with wall-mounted TVs long enough that they’ve become a cliché—or worse, a visual intrusion. Samsung addresses that problem with a TV called The Frame. This wooden-framed TV imitates a framed picture with an “art mode” that lets you select from 100 different still images in 10 categories, including landscape, architecture, wildlife, action, and drawing.
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