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GoPro’s brand spankin’ new line of its popular action-cams offers a lot of great upgrades: The cams are smaller, lighter, and have higher frame rates. Sweet! The Black version also offers 4K video recording—a feature sure to make headlines and widen the eyes of video gear-heads. It is ultimately nothing but a vacuous gimmick. More »

At a San Francisco launch event GoPro has just revealed the next addition to its line of action cameras, the Hero3. The Hero3 claims specs that are 30 percent smaller and 25 percent lighter than its predecessor, with a resolution that’s up to 4x higher and it has WiFi included. The top of the line Black Edition (pictured above) is capable of capturing video at up to 4K res — if you’re willing to drop the framerate down to 15fps — however thanks to a processor it says is 2x faster, it has also doubled frame rates at lower resolutions. That means 1080p60, 1440p48 and 720p120 modes are supported for your super slow and still-HD capture needs. The Silver Edition maxes out at 11MP stills and 1080p30 video, while the White Edition drops down to 5MP stills. All three versions include WiFi (no BacPac necessary for remote control via the just-released-on-iOS app) however the Black edition includes a remote that can control up to 50 cameras at once with a 600ft range and is waterproof to 10 feet deep. It will also be available as a $79 accessory for the lesser versions.

As far as pricing, the Black Edition is $399, the Silver is $299 and the White $199. Pre-orders are scheduled to start at 12:01AM PT (3:01AM ET), and there’s a handy counter on the GoPro site if you otherwise might forget. The variety of models and ubiquitous WiFi may help fight off competition at the pricing low end like the new ContourROAM2, among others. Naturally we were in the house and will have hands-on pics and impressions soon, check the gallery for pics of the box and detailed specs.

Update: Our hands-on is live! Check out how tiny the Hero3 really is right here.

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JVC has finally released its latest D-ILA 4K projectors in the Japanese market. Dubbed as the JVC DLA-X95R, DLA-X75R and DLA-X55R, these 4K projectors are equipped with the JVC e-Shift technology that upconverts and scales 2D HD content to a 4K signal with a 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution. Other features include a new illumination system and a new polarizing wire grid, which is combined with e-shift2 for higher native contrast. No word on pricing at this moment. [Akihabara]

If you’re a fan of the ultra-gigantic and super-high-definition television environment that exists amongst the super-rich, then you’ll be glad to know that more 4G resolution televisions are on the way! While shipments of 4K LCD-TVs across the planet are only up to 4,000 units throughout 2012, they’ll ramp up to 2.1 million units in 2017 – that accounting for less than 1 percent of all LCD shipments in both cases. All of this information and analysis comes from IHS iSuppli (now just IHS after iSuppli joined the team fully) and leads into the most important point here: the 4k television may only be a passing fad.

A 4K television is one that has approximately 4,000 pixel resolution horizontally. A common panel being used right now is 60-inches and works with 3,840 by 2,160 resolution. As IHS notes, this size panel is fabulous if you’ve got video that makes use of it – but not a whole lot of media out there today is capable of working at such a resolution. With only “about 1.5 percent of the total television shipments of 2012″ accounting for any television at 60-inches or larger, there’s simply not a demand to allow such video to exist.

“Furthermore, for most people, the 1,080p resolution is good enough. Because of these factors, combined with the massive price tags, the market for 4K sets during the next few years will be limited to very wealthy consumers or to commercial uses.” – IHS

Furthermore, it would appear that the next big wave for giant televisions will be AMOLED – or again, so IHS analyzes – and the 4K television may just be a placeholder for companies until AMOLED becomes the technology everyone wants.

“Japanese brands are offering 4K product because they need to have a competitive alternative to the AMOLED TVs being sold by their rivals in South Korea, Samsung and LG Electronics. Meanwhile, the South Korean companies are having difficulties producing AMOLED panels, saying they will need two more years to achieve competitive volume and pricing. Therefore, the Korean brands are offering 4K sets as a transitional step until their AMOLED televisions are more widely available.” – IHS

So keep your chin up, giant television lovers, you’ve got several years left before the next tech revolution occurs – buy a 4K television now! How else are you going to watch all that media that doesn’t get that sharp anyway?

[via IHS]

IHS says 4K TVs are “transitional products” until AMOLED is widespread is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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My dear readers, we have been lied to! Full HD Movies can be AMAZING at least thanks to Sharp and its ICC Technology!
When the first full HD Movie arrived we were all amazed by the sharpness of these videos on our 37 or 42″ TVs, but since a few years 60 and 80″ TVs start to become more common, at least for those who can afford them, but truth to be told 1080p movies on these display look just plain horrible.
Now add to this a layer of “4K’ and you have the prefect …