CES 2014: summary of the most important news on the TV market - Computer World (press release)

What is the biggest hit of this year’s CES? One could say that the coming revolution ubieralnej technology, ie smart gadgets which we assume to themselves. In a few years we will probably be able to buy clothing equipped with electronic sensors, but the technology ubieraln? in 2014 still remain mostly watches cooperating with smartphones. Expensive, useless and require regular charging.

Much more important is the long-awaited popularize 4K technology. Year 2014 should slowly break the dominance of Full HD on the market of consumer electronics.

4K in price Full HD

Las Vegas appeared 4K monitors and televisions, which for the first time do not scare your price. A few months ago at the IFA 2013 technology manufacturers sharply promoted 4K screens, but still lacked equipment there for relatively small money. LG, Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony their stands in Berlin staked TVs with space parameters and curved screens. The whole great presented, but the visitors could at most admire new technology. Hardly anyone since become a TV for several or tens of thousands of dollars.

At CES in Las Vegas is also dominated by models from the top shelf, but right next to debut a completely new category of equipment. In the United States earlier this year, will be able to make a 4K TV to the living room for less than $ 1000.

Vizio P-series

little known on our side of the Atlantic, but very popular with the American brand Vizio plans in the next few months to introduce to the sales models of the P-series. 4K TV with a diagonal of 50 inches, was initially priced at $ 999 (about 3040 z?). The competition will have to adapt to new realities. This also applies to such giants as Samsung, Sony and LG.

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In Europe, a similar revolution in the market price probably wait a little longer, but 4K at a good price will soon be able to insert into our office. Together with TVs also cheaper monitors. Dell plans to the end of January its 4K monitors offer extended to consumer model Dell P2815Q equipped with a TN matrix. Monitor with a diagonal 28 inches offering the resolution 3840 x 2160 pixels, priced at $ 699 (about 2130 z?) and will also appear in Europe. In this respect, trade shows in Las Vegas are groundbreaking. At CES born average shelf hardware with worse image parameters, but offering the same resolution of 4K. Luxury is no longer a luxury.

VOD also in 4K

Americans can safely put money on a new TV, because this year they are still waiting for one very important revolution. Get high-definition content, served by extremely popular across the Atlantic VOD service provider.

promotion 4K sharply intends to engage Netflix. So if John Smith buys a $ 1,000 new Vizio TV, no need to fear that he would be with his hand in the potty. Traditional TV will function for a long time under the offer HD, but virtually every American home Featuring a link with a capacity of 20 Mb / s, will be able to take advantage of the offer streaming video in 4K resolution. Netflix has announced that the second season of “House of Cards” in February will be available in version UHD. The offer is to be consistently extended.

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4K content will be delivered via pre-installed Netflix app on TV and compressed using the new codec HEVC. Interestingly, the price of VOD services is to be maintained at current levels. From the perspective of the user, such 4K has one advantage – it is completely maintenance free. You will need only a compatible TV. Unfortunately, we still do not know whether your offer 4K Netflix also plans to expand into the European market. American VOD service provider operates, among others, in the UK and the Nordic countries.

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