CES WAS BIG ON TVS FOR 2012

Check out yesterday’s vid on the very smart Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone/tablet hybrid I showed on my Sunday Morning News TechTalk:

http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/video/jan+15++tech+talk/video.html?v=2187312362&p=1&s=dd#newscasts 

And today’s vid on my Monday Morning News show today, on the newest TVs to come out of CES: http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/video/jan+16++tech+talk/video.html?v=2187561418&p=1&s=dd#video 

The one thing that stood out at last week’s 2012
International Consumer Electronics Show were TVs. Literally thousands of them
across huge booths and on display in hundreds of booths.

The 2012 crop of TVs is probably the most innovative in
terms of imagination. They came in all sizes and a few go beyond old-fashioned
TV watching. Here are a few highlights:

The big ticket TV items were OLED (Organic Light Emitting
Diode) 55-inch screen display models from Samsung and LG. Ultra-thin,
eye-popping colour, fast and must-haves for enthusiasts with deep pockets.
Expect to pay between $6,000 and $9,000 for one this summer.

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SAMSUNG had the most innovative technology in their smart
TVs. Not only do they go online, but the top two tiers include Smart TV Motion,
Voice Control and Face recognition. Their online-based ALLShare Play Media
Streaming makes it possible to enjoy and share your media on many devices.
Samsung’s Dual TV shows two full HD screens from two channels simultaneously,
each viewed by special glasses. This means two people sitting in the same room
can watch their own shows at the same time on one TV. And off-course, their
55-inch OLED screen.

Check out my YouTube vid on Samsung  voice, motion control and face recognition at CES:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-SmaElK4g&list=UUvrBO30i173FgqeK68AyLEQ&index=1&feature=plcp 

http://www.samsung.com/us/ces/ 

LG’s OLED screen and 84-inch 3D Ultra Digital TV (LG makes a
very cool pair of passive 3D clip-ons) swayed crowds and their version of Dual
TV has two gamers facing off on the same TV, each with their own private full-screen
view.

http://www.lg.com/us/ces/ 

Sony’s demo Crystal LED TV impressed with superior colour,
blacks and a plasma-like experience. Sony’s Google TV has one additional
advantage over others: It also ties in with Sony’s Entertainment Network for
access to the film studio company’s early on-demand access to subscribers.  

Sharp also impressed with an 85-inch 8K4K super high
resolution screen but content will be scarce, but the 60-incg ICC which does an
excellent job up-converting  HD to 4K HD
impressed a lot more. Sharp is big on big TVs with no less than 19 new 60-inch or
larger models.

http://www.sharp.ca 

Although Panasonic didn’t show OLED, they said they would compete
with the Koran OLED models later on this year. But their new 55-inch P55VT50 and the 65-inch P65VT50 plasmas
have the edge over all competitors in picture quality and the good news is they
are much thinner.  

http://news.panasonic.net/presskits/ces2012.html 

As for 3DTV? Not much new here, other than lighter 3D active
and passive eye glasses and more passive 3D TVs entering the scene. I think it’s
still a fad and in several years you will see all of today’s 3D TV technology
fade away to quality glass-free experience. 

Also check out my YouTube vid on an even more extreme torture test than my olive and car oil test of a few weeks ago on the Morning News, on portable ioSafe drive at CES last week:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXwDklvsIZU&feature=related