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Panasonic showed off a crazy concept device at CES earlier this year: a 20-inch, 4K tablet. But now, that device is going on sale—for a price.

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Netflix wants to get a leg up on its rivals by becoming one of the first major providers of 4K video streaming, allowing subscribers to stream 4K video to their TVs, when they want it, where they want it. It aims to launch the Ultra HD service as soon as next year, and to get the ball rolling on Netflix 4K video streaming, it has quietly added a few titles containing test footage to its catalog.

The titles started appearing earlier this week, as many as seven have reportedly been added to the catalog. Test footage is being used to check 4K video streaming performance under different conditions. These titles have apparently been added for internal testing, as subscribers don’t seem to have the option to play these 4K videos just yet. In a recent earnings call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said that the company hopes to become “one of the big suppliers of 4K next year.” Its aim to get to that position isn’t a secret, just this year at CES, Netflix partnered with Samsung to showcase its Ultra HD streaming. It can’t be said for sure if Netflix will really be able to roll out 4K video streaming option to its subscribers by next year, but it does plan on starting with “at least some movies,” obviously not everything in its catalog will be instantly upgraded to 4K resolution. Perhaps we might get to see Ultra HD become available in some form in 2014 after all.

Netflix 4K Video Streaming Tests Underway, Ultra HD Launch Expected Next Year original content from Ubergizmo.

As 4K televisions pick up speed in the consumer market and prices begin to drop, demand for 4K content is increasing, and it seems Netflix is aiming to be on the forefront. The video service has been testing 4K video streaming, and has recently added a handful of Ultra HD resolution videos to its catalog. […]

So, we do know that the iPad mini will now feature a Retina display, something that folks have been on the lookout for for quite some time already. Assuming you are one of those who always want something that is better out there, how about these 4K tablet displays from Japan Display? Panasonic has already managed to incorporate this into their 20” behemoths with a similar resolution, but how about something that is easier for you to hold in your hands? Japan Display actually comprises of Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, where they have recently announced that they have managed to squeeze in 4K resolution (3,840 x 2,160) into a 12.1-inch TFT module, resulting in a display that has a 365 pixels per inch count.

First unveiled to those who have attended the FPD International 2013 exhibition in Japan earlier this week, this particular new screen module will not guzzle down battery power like nobody’s business. No sir, it will in fact, remain power-efficient and arrive in an expected thin form factor to boot, which might make it the ideal business complement to the company’s upcoming White Magic 1080p smartphone screens. In what ways do you think that these 4k tablet displays will be able to change the tablet landscape in the future?

Japan Display Unveils 4K Tablet Displays original content from Ubergizmo.

The new redesigned Mac Pro sports an anodized-aluminum chassis and will be available in December, according to Apple. Prices will start at $3,000 for the lowest-end configuration.