Sharp 8K Glasses-Free 3D Eyes-On: Future Is Hard

Sharp 8K Glasses-Free 3D Eyes-On: Future Is Hard

Sharp has been showing off an 85-inch 8K TV for years, and now the company is taking absurdly high-resolution to an ambitious new level with a prototype of an 85-inch 8K TV with Dolby glasses free 3D. That’s a lot of unproven tech in one concept.

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Hot CES Gear: iPhone-Powered Toys, Running Headphones, and Your Next TV

Hot CES Gear: iPhone-Powered Toys, Running Headphones, and Your Next TV

The madness of CES continues with the opening of the expo hall, when the doors open to the general public and every one of the attendees is welcome to this feast of the senses.

    



Panasonic 4K Life+Screen Television Eyes-On: Life After Plasma

Panasonic 4K Life+Screen Television Eyes-On: Life After Plasma

Yesterday, Panasonic says that its new 4K LED Life+Screen TVs have picture quality that’s just as good as its recently murdered plasma line. I spent some time with the 85-incher. Plasma was wonderful, but everything’s gonna be OK. There can still be beauty.

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Samsung’s Glorious 8K TV Will Show You the Meaning of Infinity

Samsung's Glorious 8K TV Will Show You the Meaning of Infinity

Samsung’s showing of a prototype of a 98-inch LED 8K television at CES. I leaned in and tried to see the pixels on this fantasy screen and my brain lost in the detail. My mind tried do the math of how many pixels were assembling the heads of the tiny people in the screen. I got dizzy. This is infinity.

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Sony’s Brand New 4K TVs: No Gimmicks, Just Beautiful

Sony's Brand New 4K TVs: No Gimmicks, Just Beautiful

Sony’s new 4K TVs are unbendingly plain but pretty much what a reasonable near-future human would really want in a giant TV: a big beautiful screen that doesn’t need extra curves or egregious size to give you eyegasms. It’s the type of TV that’ll end up trickling down into our living rooms because there aren’t any gimmicks that’ll be forgotten about the next time someone wants to throw needless features on the wall and see what sticks.

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Why Your First 4K Set Or Next High-End HDTV Will Probably Be a Vizio

Why Your First 4K Set Or Next High-End HDTV Will Probably Be a Vizio

A lot of TV companies are announcing impressive new sets, but Vizio is one of the only ones to keep affordability and bang for the buck at the forefront of its 2014 offerings.

    



Vizio Reference Series: 120 Inches Of Ultra HD

Vizio Reference Series: 120 Inches Of Ultra HD

Holy shit, giant TV.

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Dolby Vision Will Make Sure Your TV’s Colors and Brightness Are Right

Dolby Vision Will Make Sure Your TV's Colors and Brightness Are Right

From your home theater to the cineplex, Dolby has long been the industry standard for serious digital sound. If you’re not using Dolby’s proprietary tech, you’re playing games. With Dolby Vision tech, the company wants to do to make movies on your TV look as good as it makes them sound on your surround sound system.

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LG OLED TV Display Shootout: Absolutely Stunning

LG OLED TV Display Shootout: Absolutely Stunning

Just how good is OLED TV technology? DisplayMate’s Dr. Raymond Soneira put LG’s latest OLED offering through its paces. You may never watch TV the same way again.

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Vizio 55″ Razor LED HDTV Lightning Review: Good and Cheap

Vizio 55" Razor LED HDTV Lightning Review: Good and Cheap

$9,000 for a TV? Doesn’t matter if it’s curved, spherical, or damned trapezoidal; doesn’t matter if the LEDs are organically raised or not, that’s an absurd amount of money to throw down on a set. And unless you’re a lucky member of the 1 percent, it’s not really even an option. Here’s a solid TV for the every-man.

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