News from CES in Vegas

[b4u]

It used to be my favourite tech show each year but recently not so much. I have been to the show a couple of times which flowed nicely into the Porn awards show

However there are still usually a few interesting announcments... here is the first product to get my attention
New Lenovo Tablet Is Giant 27-Inch, Family-Sized, Coffee-Table PC

A larger version is also in the works

 

[Rockslinger]

Jeff24 usually goes to this show and files a field report. Anyway, I heard that Sony unveiled a super high definition TV.

 

[blackrock13]

Cable boxes scanning faces in the TV lounge and customizing the advertising for the recognized people, hmmmmm.

 

[blackrock13]

Jeff24 usually goes to this show and files a field report. Anyway, I heard that Sony unveiled a super high definition TV.

The problem here is the broadcast infrastructure has to support this quality.

 

[b4u]

Jeff24 usually goes to this show and files a field report. Anyway, I heard that Sony unveiled a super high definition TV.

CES 2013: Ultra-HD screens coming

About 213 million high-definition televisions were expected to have sold globally by the end of 2012. TV makers need to keep consumers coming back, so they are introducing Ultra HD televisions that make the HDTV of five years ago look outdated. Showcased by Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Sony, these televisions have 8 million pixels — four times the number of previous versions. The show organizers are calling the Ultra HD technology “4K” and say it is meant to be “immersive” television viewing. Or as LG says, “You’ll feel like you’re living, not watching, your favorite shows.”

Ultra HDTVs are also super jumbo. Westinghouse is expected to unveil a 112-inch TV, and Sony, Samsung and LG will display 84-inch screens — so big that the screen seems like it draws in a whole room. That makes it harder to sell in many countries outside the United States, where houses are smaller and walls sometimes aren’t even that wide, analysts say.

 

[Rockslinger]

Ultra HDTVs are also super jumbo. Westinghouse is expected to unveil a 112-inch TV,

Imagine watching porn on that TV! Hee, hee, hee.

 

[onthebottom]

4K TVs are clearly on the way (and a few are released, same with a Sony projector) but given there is no content that is 4K it's still too early to actually spend $14K (or more) on a TV that will be displaying 1080p when it has 4X that capacity.

 

[djk]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbuchanan/why-were-not-at-the-biggest-tech-show-in-the-worl

By Google chairman Eric Schmidt's reckoning, there are now four technology companies that truly matter to people: Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google. None of them are at CES. Apple's last appearance was in 1992. Microsoft, which delivered the CES keynote for years, announced — before last year's keynote, even — that it would not return in 2013. Its keynote spot is being taken over by Qualcomm, which is mostly known for making chips for phones, and its centerpiece booth now hosts Hisense, a state-owned Chinese manufacturer you probably haven't heard of. There probably isn't a more precise illustration of what's happened to CES: The booth of the world's biggest software company is now occupied by a company mostly noted for its production of cheap HDTVs that line the shelves of Walmarts across the country.