Panasonic has unveiled a new television called the Smart Viera WT600. The TV is billed as the world’s first ultra HDTV with a 4K 60p input design that is based on HDMI 2.0 and the DisplayPort 1.2a specifications. The TV supports ultra HD resolution content at up to 60 frames per second and promises impressive […]
Sony may not be sure it can build its superlative-spawning OLED TV but its first – in fact the world’s first – curved LED LCD TV has already gone up for pre-order, and so we stopped by to check the KDL-65S990A out at IFA. A living room dominating 65-inches, the Full HD set lacks Ultra […]
Sony is showing off a new prototype 4k Ultra HD OLED TV at IFA 2013, and the company isn’t short on hyperbole about the new set. The 56-inch panel is both brighter and more colorful than either of the OLED TVs on sale from Samsung and LG, Sony told us, as well as being bigger, […]
Samsung has wrapped up its big press conference at IFA 2013 and during the conference it unveiled some very interesting new TVs. One of those new TVs is the Samsung UHD F9000 series TV supporting ultra HD resolution. As most of you know, ultra HD has four times the resolution of standard 1080p full HD […]
If you want an 84-inch 4K TV, you’ve really gotta be a one-percenter, but fortunately for the rest of us that’s not a very big market. That’s why it’s high time that companies started to trim those ultra high-definition panels down to a size and price point that’s suitable for the everyman. It’s Toshiba, therefore, that’s leading the charge to affordability with a concept 50-inch 4K TV. The M9/L9 Series Concept is currently just that, but it combines the usual breathtaking imagery with a more apartment-friendly size. Naturally, there aren’t currently any plans to bring this to market, but hey, the company will happily sell you a 58-inch model for £3,000.%Gallery-slideshow79649%
Dana Wollman contributed to this report.
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Sony is showing its big guns, and by big we mean 4K Ultra HD video big, starting with the launch of its Video Unlimited 4K video download service today. This is the world’s first and so far only video downloading service that caters specifically to 4K content. And for dessert, Sony is also unveling a […]
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The Smart TV Alliance wants apps that work across multiple platforms, but developers have so far had to submit those apps to each TV maker — a process that can take ages. Things should speed up now that the Alliance has launched a Developer Support Program. From now on, software teams can send apps through a single approval system that qualifies a given release for use with every Alliance-compatible set. Developers can do more with those apps, too. The Alliance has posted a version 2.5 SDK that allows multi-screen integration with mobile apps, and it’s promising a future 3.0 spec that includes support for both Ultra HD TVs and home automation. While there’s no launch date for 3.0 at this stage, TV app creators will find both the Developer Support Program and SDK 2.5 at the source link.
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Source: Smart TV Alliance
Imagine a world where Twitter and Westinghouse hooked up to make Smart TVs powered by Netflix, and that’s kinda what’s happening in China right now. Baidu has hooked up with TCL to let the former’s iQIYI video platform drive the latter’s newest TV. The TCL-iQIYI TV+ (as it’ll be known) is 29mm thick with a “top end” dual-core CPU running Android 4.2.2, and users will have free and permanent access to a library of around 200,000 high-definition video titles. Locals looking to snag the gear will have to save up RMB 4,567 ($746) when it launches at the end of today.
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Sony didn’t mention this during its IFA press event, but it just unveiled a big treat for home theater fans: meet the S990A, the world’s first curved-screen LED TV. The introductory 65-inch, 1080p model uses the same color-rich Triluminos display technology that we’ve seen in Sony’s recent TVs, just in a more immersive (or at least, more impressive-looking) form factor. Its built-in sound quality reportedly gets a boost, too. Since the eight built-in speakers are angled at different directions, Sony can simulate surround sound more convincingly than it could with a flat-panel set. As you’d expect, the TV also includes mobile-friendly features like Smart Connect media sharing, One-touch NFC remote pairing and second screen interaction through SideView. The S990A won’t ship to the US until late October, but Sony is taking pre-orders today — and at a $4,000 asking price, the curved LED set is much more affordable than its OLED counterparts.
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Source: Sony
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