The streaming giant has just raised prices on two of its three subscription plans; their Standard plan, which allows simultaneous high-def streams on two screens, has increased from $9.99 to $10.99 a month, while pricing for the Premium plan, which provides access to high-def and 4K Ultra HD streams on up to four screens, has increased from $11.99 to $13.99 a month.
There is a new addition to the handful of 4K UHD Blu-ray players currently available… LG has recently launched their UP970 4K UHD Blu-ray player to spin the ever increasing number of 4K Blu-ray discs.
Preface
Since I wasn’t able do an actual hands on review of the Hisense 55DU6070, I instead chose to do what I call a product profile, which consists of info that is based on research I conducted before writing this article and complied here in a condensed format to save you the time and effort it would take to gather the info yourself.
The end result of this product profile is to provide you with important and relevant info regarding this product.
Disney is parting ways with Netflix; on Tuesday the company announced it will be removing its Disney and Pixar films from Netflix.
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I usually do at least one OLED TV review every year. These past models have all been from LG which has been the primary manufacturer of this very impressive technology, and has been heavily pushing OLED TVs for the past several years. So it should be as no surprise this OLED TV review is an LG model.
Sony has recently jumped into the OLED market and is now offering the excellent performing OLED Bravia A1E Series as part of their 2017 lineup.
4K UHD HDR movies are now available for streaming from Google Play in the US and Canada. There are currently several titles you can rent or buy from the popular streaming service. Titles include Kong: Skull Island, The Lego Batman Movie, Pacific Rim and Passengers, just to name a few.
Watch your favorite live sports, news, entertainment, and more. Plus, get unlimited access to the entire Hulu streaming library – all for only $39.99/month.
LG’s SJ8500 is part of their premium 4K LED TV lineup and offers very good picture quality whether it is displaying 4K, HDR or 1080p images, however this is also dependent on the viewing environments lighting conditions… more on this in the performance section below. Additionally, LG’s excellent and latest webOS 3.5 smart TV on-screen menu system provides smooth and easy interaction with the SJ8500’s smart TV features.
TCL televisions aren’t as well known as some of the other major brands, but I assume this is beginning to change as TCL claims to be America’s fastest-growing television brand.
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Vizio’s latest P-Series displays offer new key features such as XLED Pro which is their latest full-array LED backlight technology that Vizio claims – “delivers some of the industry’s best full-white brightness performance which dramatically expands the contrast range to reveal new detail with enhanced shadows and highlights”.