GigaOm has some shots of Netflix’s new personalized profiles, which break down preferences and watching habits by person, on the same account. So a dad won’t be inundated with Twilight movies, and so on. It looks more or less like you’d expect, with the profile pictures being fairly generic cartoon faces. Check out the rest of the images over at GigaOm. [GigaOm] More »
Have a knack for drumming up gorgeous code in HTML5? ActiveVideo wants to help you put your talents to work on the big screen. The company is launching a new Cloud TV access program designed to help developers acclimate to ActiveVideo’s development tools. The company says it’s a two stage program, kicking off by introducing developers to the company’s APIs, Javascript libraries and services, and panning out to offer priority access to tools, premium development kits and exclusive opportunities to showcase completed apps at trade shows and public events. ActiveVideo even promises to help newbies get started, offering assistance in creating their first Cloud TV applications. The company seems to be using CES as a avenue to coax more developers to the open platform, and will be demoing Cloud TV H5 and its new Access program as a part of CES 2013’s Developer University. Check out the official press release after the break.
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Dish, which introduce the king of DVRs last year, has updated the Hopper DVR to include Sling. Previously, using Sling with Hopper required an adapter. Now, you get to watch live and recorded TV from any tablet, smartphone and computer for free with Dish’s Anywhere App. More »
Corning is unveiling the newest iteration of its popular Gorilla Glass line of scratch- and crack- resistant screens at the Consumer Electronics Show tomorrow but we were able to get an early preview of just how tough GG3 really is. And boy is it. More »
Dish CEO Joseph Clayton, a kooky bossman who once brought out a scared kangaroo in the middle of a press conference filled with nerds, nearly topped his stunt last year by dressing up and busting into a full blown rap (a hip hop hippity hop…) and then went on to make fun of the networks who have been battling Dish because of its Auto Hop feature. This guy is the best. More »
Samsung certainly knows how to grab attention, and the freshly announced Ultra HD UN85S9000 shown off at CES today is hardly shy and retiring. A whopping 85-inches of 4k-resolution screen, the vast TV – with a 110-inch version also in the pipeline – is incredibly bright and detailed, and even at a distance the quality and crispness is eye-catchingly impressive.
Samsung says the S9000′s industrial design – the easel-style frame – is intended to make the TV less intimidating in the lounge. In reality, it’s perhaps even more dominating than a regular set, the metallic-finish tubular frame leaving the screen almost floating in mid-air.
Samsung Ultra HD eyes-on:
Cleverly, Samsung has included speakers inside the frame, and unlike the typical wimpy drivers included in most TVs, there’s 150W of power to go with the picture. Upscaling from 720p/1080p to Ultra HD is also supported; useful, since right now there’s a dearth of native 4k footage around.
Samsung isn’t talking about pricing right now, but we can’t imagine the S9000 series is going to be anywhere near cheap. More details on the Ultra HD TV here.
Samsung 85-inch Ultra HD UN85S9000 TV eyes-on is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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One of the most irritating things about the new iPhone 5 and iPad mini is that Apple ditched the 30-pin connector and went to the new Lightning Connector. That change was annoying because it meant that all of the accessories you had for all those years for your Apple gadgets would no longer work natively with your shiny new toys. If you’re a musician, Griffin has announced a new accessory that it claims to be the industry’s first music creation accessory with a Lightning Connector.
The StudioConnect was previously only available for 30-pin Apple gadgets, but the new version supports the iPhone 5 and the iPad mini. The system is designed to provide connectivity for guitars, stereo audio, and other input sources and offers a Lightning charging dock in one device. The device also has line-level RCA stereo output and a stereo headphone output with a separate volume control.
The device is designed to work with GarageBand and allow musicians to create their own music on the go. The device offers audio inputs and outputs as well as MIDI input and output, so you can connect external instruments, sequencers, and other electronic gear. The new StudioConnect will sell for $149.99(USD) and the updated version will be available this spring.
Aside from getting small enough to fit in your pocket and gaining enough resolution to melt your eyes, there hasn’t been a lot of innovation in the projector market as of late. So thank you Casio for finally bringing something neat to that table with the company’s new Convex control System. More »
Samsung wants to put an end to lounge arguments, adding a new feature to its latest TVs that allow two people to watch different shows – in up to Full HD resolution – simply by putting on a special pair of 3D glasses. Samsung Multi-View displays two different pictures on-screen simultaneously, each video stream being filtered out by one pair of glasses; meanwhile, speakers in the frames pipe through the correct audio.
While we’ve seen dual-view style systems before, from LG among others, they’ve usually come with a compromise. With passive-3D systems, that compromise usually comes in the shape of limited resolution, since half of the Full HD resolution is used for each picture. Samsung, though, has managed to incorporate two 1080p pictures in one.
Up to ten pairs of glasses are supported simultaneously, either set to one video stream or the other. Each weighs in at 1.4 ounces.
The Multi-View system will be included in the KN55F9500 OLED TV announced today among other sets, with pricing yet to be confirmed. The glasses will go on sale in the first half of 2013.
Samsung Multi-View: No more “I want to watch something else” arguments is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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[CES 2013] Not in the market for a probably-expensive 55-inch OLED and would rather trust your TV-watching future with a new Samsung LED HDTV? Then look no further as Samsung has just announced its new F8000 LED TV.
Samsung’s F8000 LED TV will have a quad-core processor, making it the first for the company and hopefully will make the Smart TV experience a little more responsive. In fact, Samsung is promising the F8000 LED TV will be 3x faster than Samsung’s 2012 TV models. The TV will also have the best streaming video quality, or so Samsung says it will, as it’ll support the HDVC video codec.
The F8000 LED TV will have a super-thin bezel measuring in at under 0.25-inches with an equally impressive stand that gives the TV a look as if it’s floating.
Aside from its looks, the F8000 LED TV will also come with support for voice commands that will allow the user to speak in full sentences and natural languages to find content or launch applications. In addition to that, a new “S-recommendation” user interface will also launch with the F8000 that displays content in an entirely different way than previous Samsung models.
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