The Future of Home Theater: Going Beyond 4K

The Future of Home Theater: Going Beyond 4K

It seemed like yesterday when you were saving pay check after pay check to buy the latest in television technology for your home theater. The best the market had to offer, a 4k television with 4,000 pixels, left you feeling like you were in the show or movie. You could even place your old television side-by-side with your new one and see the difference of clarity. The future was here! Flash-forward to today and at Wal-Mart you can purchase a 4K television for $430. These low prices mean there is a whole new generation of resolution technology coming our way, sooner than you may think. The 5 Newest Television Technologies Changing the Market Keep an eye out for these game-changing T.V. technologies: S-UHD OLED HDR Curved Televisions Smart Televisions S-UHD Samsung has created and patented the S-UHD technology for their flagship television models. S-UHD isn’t a completely new display technology, it’s an improvement upon the liquid crystal display (LCD) platform. Utilizing nano-crystal technology, also referred to as “quantum dots,” they expand how colors appear and their richness. S-UHD televisions will provide the most pure colors, the closest imaginable to reality. OLED OLED stands for organic light-emitting diodes and is a technology being utilized by LG and their high-end television manufacturers.  Quality of display is created by running electricity through specific materials, causing them to glow the colors required for a television image (red, blue, and green). The advantages for OLED screens allow for much thinner televisions to be produced. It is also easier to scale resolutions. This could potentially allow for you to purchase a wall-sized monitor that maintains...
Streaming Devices for your Home Theater

Streaming Devices for your Home Theater

Home theater technology has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years. Blu-rays were touted as the new standard medium for home theaters. However, recent advances in technology have begun to eclipse the idea of HD movie discs in favor of streaming devices that allow access to the internet from your TV. Now, instead of purchasing physical discs of content you wish to access, you can stream almost anything from the internet onto your home theater screen. There are several strong options available for quality content at reasonable prices. Roku Roku was one of the first home streaming devices that connected HDTVs with the internet. With access to applications like Netflix, thousands of channels, and a comprehensive search function, Roku is one of the industry leaders for home theater streaming devices. The newest Roku 3 is much smaller compared to its predecessors and features an Ethernet port for fixed, consistent service. While the Roku is probably the most powerful streaming devices, it is also one of the most expensive. A cheaper, more stripped down version is available as the Roku Stick. Amazon Fire TV Amazon’s reach has been steadily expanding over the last few years. They’ve recently decided to enter the streaming device market. Their Fire TV platform is designed to compete with the Roku 3. It offers many of the same features at a similar size. It is designed to fully unlock all of the features of Amazon Prime. While it doesn’t feature as many apps as the Roku, it does come with an optional gaming controller and interfaces with Amazon for content. Much like its competitors,...