Today, TP Vision, a subsidiary of Philips, introduced a media player that will respond to one of the most important challenges in the era 4K UHD - Ultra HD-availability of content. Philips UHD 880 will allow to accept compressed using HEVC content via the Internet and play it on Ultra HD-TVs Philips in the highest possible quality. Working on the basis of Android L, media player UHD 880 will be compatible with any Ultra HD-TVs Philips 2013 and 2014 model year. Home sales media player in Europe is planned for the first quarter of 2015.
Philips new media player will be able to take video content compressed using HEVC, for Wi-Fi, Ethernet and USB. Connect your player to the Ultra HD-Philips TV via HDMI 2.0 will allow to play 4K UHD-content at up to 60 frames per second.
Philips UHD 880 will work on the basis of preparing for the launch of the operating system Android L, which will take a full user experience of the new OS on any connected Ultra HD-TVs Philips. This platform will have the ability to update the software that allows the media player to support any new offers video services providers in the field of broadcast standard HEVC, created for Android.