UHD Alliance Expands Certification Logo to Ultra HD Blu-ray Players

Ultra HD Blu-ray players can now qualify to bear the UHD Alliance's Ultra HD Premium logo under an expanded certification program announced Tuesday. The Ultra HD Premium logo, unveiled at CES (see 1601030003), is designed to help consumers identify TVs, content, content services and playback devices that comply with performance metrics for resolution, high dynamic range, peak luminance, black levels and wide color gamut, said UHDA. Thirty TVs have been certified with the Ultra HD Premium logo, with more expected throughout the year, it said. UHDA President Hanno Basse called certification of Ultra HD Blu-ray players a “natural first expansion” of the Ultra HD Premium logo since the Ultra HD Blu-ray format was built “with premium performance in mind,” and a growing number of Ultra HD Blu-ray titles are being released with the Ultra HD Premium logo.