This week sees the yearly Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It’s a cacophony of tablets, car speaker systems, iPhone cases, washing machines, corpulent analysts in blazers and network infrastructure, but because the mainstream media has only so many column inches to spare, this vast show typically becomes a reductionist competition where hacks attempt to boil it down into as few sweeping trends as possible.
Two years ago, it was 3D TV. Last year, it was still 3D TV. This year, it’s all about smart TVs, hooked up to the internet for on-demand content.
Typically, what’s shown at CES eventually trickles into shops at some point in the summer, but this year it’s different. We’re being shown what we already have. Many of us have smart TV technology in our living rooms already, and we don’t even realise it: case in point, Netflix.
Apple TV fans will know that 2012 means one thing: it’s the year Apple busts out a range of its own TV sets sporting iOS-infused innards. But you might not have to wait, as a new hack to the existing Apple TV box shows… Read more
The whispers around a new Apple TV continue. In a new report this week, an analyst claims that an LCD screen giant is gearing up to start producing the displays for the unicorn device in February next year, just in time for summer.
Sony Bravia TV models and Blu-ray players are set to receive Opera’s web browser in the future, the Nordic software company announced today.
The Philips Cinema 21:9 Platinum 3D TV stole the show when it was unveiled at IFA last year. Philips’ first super widescreen telly was striking enough, but with LED backlighting, a new frame and 3D support, has it ascended to home cinema heaven? Let’s see what the experts thought in our Philips Cinema 21:9 Platinum 3D TV review roundup.
Choosing the best TV of CES 2011 shortlist is no easy task: you couldn’t move in the Las Vegas Convention Center last week without walking into a 3D display, or an Android tablet. Still, we managed to step far enough back to see the wood from the trees – or TVs – and select our picks. See what they are right here.
The Sharp Aquos LE935 is a massive new flatscreen 3D TV outed by the company at its CES 2011 press conference, stretching an epic 70-inch diagonally. Details? Photos? This way, please.
