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Sony Flagship Set Is Designed for Netflix Content

New Sony sets include one to match Netflix content to TV playback, a Master Series launch event was told in New York Tuesday. This is for a “cinema-quality experience,” said Sony Electronics President Mike Fasulo. Scott Mirer, Netflix vice president-device…

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partner ecosystem, said his company wants to give consumers choice and control, and calibrated mode shows programming as meant to be seen: with “precise colors; accurate, dynamic contrast; and true motion.” He contrasted early days of “poor quality” internet video via PC with content today, when “nearly all the latest innovations in visual entertainment are delivered first to your TV through the internet.” Today, “there is no better screen than the one in your living room,” he said, citing 4K and HDR. A third of smart TVs using Netflix support HDR, Mirer said, and the video streamer offers more than 400 hours of HDR and 2,000 hours of 4K content.