What
is buzzing in Consumer Electronics?
Get ready for the new gadgets!
2013
Consumer Electronics Show gave a glimpse of the gadgets
and devices which are ready to be released into the mainstream
this year. There are improvements to TVs (Ultra HDTV), laptops
(touch laptops, laptop-tablet hybrid), tablets (4K 19 inch),
game stations (Nvidia and Others) and other commonly used
devices.
Here
we have picked some items which you are going to hear soon
in various marketing campaigns.
Are
you ready for the new wave of electronics?
|
|
|
Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED)
or Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED TV)
OLED HDTV's strength is colors. This is possible
due to the pitch black background it can create with OLED
crystals. All the colors displayed against this black background
looks vivid. This model supports ultra-wide viewing angles
and fast motion rate. The fast motion rate makes watching
sports a breeze. As OLED uses liquid crystals, the display
is malleable. Now you can have curved TV and TV on a Easel.
Samsung and LG already have displayed such models at this
year's show.
LG's 55 inch model is priced at $12,000.
|
|
4K (4000 pixels width/2000 pixels
deep) TV
4K TV's strength is sharpness. There are four
times as many pixels packed into the display as there are
on a 1080p set, so you can see more granular detail than
you can on a 1080p HDTV. Before getting impressed, just
remember that 4K TV needs 4K input source (DVDs, Cable Streams).
The existing Blue ray quality is not capable of leveraging
the 4K resolution.
Sony's 84-inch Bravia XBR-84X900 is on sale
now for just $25,000, while LG's 84-inch 84LM9600 is a comparative
steal at a mere $20,000.
|
|
4K (4000 pixels width/2000 pixels
deep) and Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED)
TV
You also now have an option of having
both the above features in a TV. The best of both worlds
- vivid color and extreme sharpeness.
The prices for such hybrid model is yet
to be announced. Do not expect anything less than $20000+.
|
|
Pebble (Smart Watch)
Now you have Smart phone but what about
your watch? Pebble is a smart watch with slick E-ink display
and Bluetooth-powered apps that interface with your iOS
or Android smartphone. Now your watch can not only tell
time but also remind about birthdays, to-do tasks and
receive caller ID, e-mails, calendar alerts, Facebook
messages, Twitter messages and weather alerts. And here
is the icing on the cake: it costs just $115.
Don't go shopping for the watch as the watches
(85,000) are already sold out. Moreover, due to the extreme
interest on the product, the price will be rised to $150!
|
|
Tobii Rex Windows 8
How will you like it if your computer can respond to your
gestures (as it is happening in game stations like Wii and
XBox Live). Your wishes are fulfilled. Tobii Rex has released
a sensor which leverages the Eye-tracking technology. With
this sensor, you can move up or down on a browser with a
mere eye movement and a simple key! Hmmm.. we need another
gadget to then burn our retained calories.
|
|
Armed
for the upcoming devices and gadgets? |
|
|