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Lumus DK-32 wearable display hands-on

Chris Burns, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [1]

Technology made by the Lumus group has been applied to a pair of glasses shown at CES 2012, and today we're getting our first chance to take a peek at a demo unit. These glasses are not a consumer product, instead being shown off here as a demonstration piece of equipment so that the Lumus technology can be picked up by a manufacturer and made into a real deal for-sale piece of equipment. The video below is also your rare chance to see your humble narrator without glasses on in the interim, only to move on into the 3D world with Lumus. Read The Full Story

Vizio XVT CinemaWide smart TVs mimic 21:9 theater experience

Chris Davies, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Vizio has unveiled its XVT Series CinemaWide HDTV line-up, a three-strong range of new LED LCD televisions that offer movie theater-style 21:9 aspect displays. Headlining the company's 2012 TV push, the XVT Series consists of the 50-inch XVT3D500CM, 58-inch XVT3D580CM and finally the 71-inch XVT3D710CM. All support smart TV functionality and 3D, using inexpensive passive 3D glasses. Read The Full Story

Vizio R-Series 3D Google TV HDTVs revealed

Chris Davies, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Vizio has revealed its new Google TV range of HDTVs for 2012, the R-Series, with the company's Vizio Internet Apps Plus reskin of the Google platform delivering apps, search and streaming media in your living room. Consisting of the 42-inch R3D420VS, 47-inch R3D470VS, 55-inch R3D550VS and 65-inch R3D650VS, the R-Series line-up includes a dual-sided Bluetooth remote with a QWERTY keyboard on one side and a touchpad on the other, for easier navigation. Read The Full Story

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Sensics 3D SmartGoggles hands on

Michael Crider, Jan 10th 2012 Discuss [2]

Sensics is showing off its new Android-based 3D SmartGoggles at CES, and we've tried it out. The 3D head-tracking, eye-tracking, "don't I look like a space marine" headset is designed to give a total immersion experience in connected devices, playing with an external controller or the sensors built into the device itself. The screens, sensors and other electronics are all housed in the front unit, with a pair of headphones covering your ears and a large brace arcing over your head. Read The Full Story

Samsung 55-inch OLED TV will go on sale this year

Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [6]

Samsung isn’t letting LG have all the OLED TV fun: it has a 55-inch OLED HDTV of its own, and it’s planning to launch it commercially later this year. The new set has the same smart TV functionality as Samsung’s LED and plasma TVs, as well as Voice Control, Motion Control and Face Recognition for navigating media and internet with your voice and waves of your hands.

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Samsung Smart LED and Plasma TVs get voice, gesture and face control

Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [1]

Samsung has unveiled its range of new smart TVs, adding voice, gesture and face recognition for a Kinect-style control system where traditional broadcast, VoD streaming and apps can be navigated without a remote. The face-recognition system can also tailor content offered to the viewer, so that children only say age-appropriate content. Each of the 2012 smart TVs now support software and hardware upgrades, too, for future-proofing. Read The Full Story

LG Cinema Screen 3D TV packs 1mm bezel and dual-view for gaming

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

LG has previewed its Cinema Screen LCD HDTV design, ahead its official CES launch, slimming the bezel of its big-screen TVs to a mere 1mm as well as using 3D tech to allow two 2D gamers to play at once. The company is describing the new frames as down “to negligible levels” and talking up the similarity between movie theater screens.

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LG reveals first Google TV

Christen McGregor, Jan 6th 2012 Discuss [3]

LG Electronics will showcase their new TVs powered by Google TV at CES in Las Vegas next week. Running on their own L9 chipset, the LG Smart TV is a brilliant mash up between Google’s Android OS and LG’s Smart TV technologies. The Google TV will feature ARM-based chipsets, allowing for a reduction in power consumption.

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LG P535, A540 and V300 3D laptops and all-in-one PCs outed

Chris Davies, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [3]

LG doesn't just have "Super Ultrabooks" to bring along to CES; the company also has the LG P535 CINEMA 3D notebook, LG A540 with a glasses-free 3D display, and the LG V300 - LG's first all-in-one PC - for your delectation. Of the three, the LG A540 is perhaps the most interesting, a 15.6-incher with a choice of 1920 x 1080 panels: either glasses-free 3D, regular 3D or non-3D. There's Core i7 or i5 CPUs, GeForce GT 555M GPU, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory and up to 1TB of storage. The usual WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth make an appearance, and there's a full-sized keyboard too with numeric keypad. Read The Full Story

LG BH9420PW 3D home theater system delivers 9.1 channels

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

LG has previewed a quartet of new home theater systems ahead of CES 2012 next week, positioning the 3D speaker kits as ideal pairings for the company's own CINEMA 3D Smart TVs. The LG BH9420PW integrates what LG calls "3D Sound Zooming" tech, mapping the sound to follow the virtual position of the 3D image based on its on-screen depth. Read The Full Story

LG previews 55-inch OLED 3D HDTV

Chris Davies, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [5]

LG continues its pre-CES 2012 OLED HDTV tease, revealing images and more details of the 55-inch uber-panel set to go on show next week. Having confirmed the cheaper panel late last month, LG is now talking specifics with its 4-Color Pixels and Color Refiner technology: throwing in an extra, white pixel to the usual red, green and blue trio, for more accurate colors, along with improvements in hues and tones through the use of "an LG algorithm." Read The Full Story

LG to show off 84-inch 3D UD TV at CES 2012

Shane McGlaun, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [27]

One of the product categories that is always out in force during CES is the HDTV. Over the last few years, the normal HDTV has been joined by the 3D TV too. In the future, the resolutions that we know as HD today will look as bad as comparing SD to HD shows today. LG has a new set that will be at the show that is dubbed the largest 3D UD TV at CES 2012. Read The Full Story