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CE sector to contract in 2014

While CES serves as a showcase for new products like Ultra-HD TVs, these products won’t ship in high-enough volume in 2014 to rescue the traditional consumer electronics (CE) device from a decline in revenue this year, according to IHS. Worldwide CE manufacturing revenue will fall to $250 billion in 2014, down 2 per cent from […]

January 9, 2014

LG aims to lead OLED and Ultra-HD TV segments

The newly installed president of LG Electronics’ Home Entertainment Company plans to change the dynamics of the current TV market, capitalising on LG’s early leadership in OLED TV technology and manufacturing. At the same time, Hyun-hwoi Ha plans to expand the company’s Ultra HD TV and Smart TV offerings with a wider range of products. […]

January 8, 2014

Vizio sub-$1k Ultra-HD TV

Vizio, the US Smart TV company, has announced pricing for its all-new P-Series Ultra HD Full-Array LED Smart TV collection, which was unveiled this week at CES. Starting at $999.99 with the 50″ and ranging to $2,599.99 for the 70″. Matt McRae, Chief Technology Officer at Vizio, commented: “Vizio’s new P-Series collection contains a carefully […]

January 8, 2014

Amazon teams with Samsung, studios for 4K Ultra HD

Amazon Instant Video has revealed it is working with the world’s leading consumer electronics companies, top Hollywood studios and TV programmers, including Samsung, Warner Bros, Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox, Discovery and others to offer customers a premium 4K Ultra HD experience. The announcement continues Amazon’s commitment to 4K. In December 2013, Amazon Studios announced that […]

January 7, 2014

Netflix Ultra HD on LG TVs

In the presence of an eager press corps at CES in Las Vegas, LG revealed that its broad new 2014 line of Ultra HD TVs with LG’s proprietary webOS Smart TV platform will support content streaming in Ultra HD 4K from Internet television network Netflix. In total, 12 new models comprise LG’s 2014 Ultra HD […]

January 7, 2014By Colin Mann

Qualcomm boosts Ultra HD TVs, STBs

Qualcomm’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, has revealed the Qualcomm Snapdragon 802 processor, the first fully integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed for next-generation Smart TVs, smart set-top boxes and smart digital media adapters. The Snapdragon 802 processor is designed to power the latest smart TV experiences at Ultra HD resolution, including seamless decoding of Ultra HD video […]

January 7, 2014

Sony extends 4K home entertainment experience

Sony Electronics has taken another step forward in the evolution of 4K Ultra HD home entertainment with the addition of critical content options and a range of new 4K Ultra HD TVs for every viewer. To complement the expanding library of its Video Unlimited 4K download service, Sony’s 2014 4K Ultra HD TV line-up is […]

January 7, 2014

Harmonic powers 4K Ultra-HD demonstrations during CES

Harmonic, the worldwide player in video delivery infrastructure, will power multiple end-to-end transmission demonstrations of 4K Ultra HD during 2014 CES International, Jan. 7-10, in Las Vegas. Harmonic will showcase the amazing picture quality of the new format on Ultra HD TVs and set-top boxes (STBs) with its partners, industry leaders Broadcom Corporation, Sigma Designs, […]

January 7, 2014

38.5m Ultra-HD TVs to ship in 2018

In light of swift reductions in pricing, analytics firm IHS has boosted its forecast for Ultra-HD liquid-crystal display (LCD) television sets. IHS now predicts 38.5 million Ultra-HD LCD TV sets will ship in 2018, up from 1.5 million in 2013, according to the TV Systems Intelligence Service at IHS. Shipments will fly up more than […]

January 6, 2014

Sub-$1,000 4K TV from Polaroid

Digital age photography and consumer electronics specialist Polaroid is showing what it describes as a superior quality, affordable new line of televisions at CES 2014. Polaroid will début a 50” Smart TV that is Roku Ready, as well as a 50” Ultra HD 4K Television. According to Polaroid, the sets will provide consumers with unparalleled […]

January 3, 2014By Colin Mann