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Will 4K and OLED Scuttle the Apple TV’s Chance of Success?

The Apple television has been rumored for years now. And every chance a media person gets, they ask Apple CEO Tim Cook what his plans are for that device. Will Apple launch a television? When will the television launch? What sort of features will the television boast? These are all questions he has been posed – and dodged in one form or another.

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Japan to launch 4K TV broadcasts in July 2014

, Jan 27th 2013 Discuss [1]

During CES week, European television network Eutelsat launched the first-ever 4K TV channel, and while it's only for experimental and demonstration purposes, it'll set the tone for the future of television broadcasting. Case in point: Japan is planning on launching 4K TV broadcasts in July 2014, which is two years ahead of schedule. Read The Full Story

Sony announces new home cinema systems with 4K upscaling

, Jan 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Sony announced today some new home theater equipment that will surely get any audiophile and home entertainment junkie to giggle with joy. The company introduced a new family of Blu-Ray Home Cinema and Sound Bar speaker systems that come with a slew of new features never before implemented into their products before. Read The Full Story

First Ultra HD channel launches in Europe

, Jan 14th 2013 Discuss [1]

CES 2013 was all about Ultra HD, and we ended up seeing a lot of concepts that will either be launched in a few years, or are out right now at a crazy-expensive price. However, that isn't stopping one European television channel from broadcasting in the new definition. Eutelsat Communications launched the first dedicated demonstration Ultra HD channel in Europe last week. Read The Full Story

Sony demos Ultra HD whoppers plus prototype 4K media player

Sony hasn't been left behind in the Ultra HD gush, with its own oversized 4K TVs as well as a concept Ultra HD media player which we're hoping spawns a commercial version. The company announced a line of up to 84-inch Ultra HD sets at CES this week, including the X9000A series with its prominent speakers taking pride of place around the bezel. Read The Full Story

Westinghouse 110-inch 4K TV eyes-on: massively giant

, Jan 9th 2013 Discuss [8]

There's nothing quite like a war between television manufacturers to bring our the WOW factor at CES, and this year's Westinghouse presentation includes quite the looker - a 110-inch 4K TV that'll just swallow your room up whole. This machine is not yet ready for the market, but certainly will be soon - coming in at a cool $300,000 USD when you want to pick yours up with your life savings. Of course this machine isn't exactly built for the everyday consumer, but getting up close and personal with it will br bringing on the heat to anyone's eyeballs and brain. Read The Full Story

Toshiba unveils L9300 series 4K TVs at CES

Toshiba has announced a new series of 4K Ultra HD TVs at CES this week. The new TV series is the L9300 range and promises four times the resolution of full HD TVs on the market today. The new TV line is powered by the proprietary Toshiba CEVO 4K Quad+Dual Core Processor. Read The Full Story

Sony announces 55-inch and 65-inch X9000A 4K LED TVs

Sony has announced that it will roll out 55-inch and 65-inch X9000A 4k LED TVs this year, in addition to three non-4k Bravia lines: the W900A, W802A, and W650A. The X9000A has an outstanding 3,840 x 2,160 resolution, and boasts a wide range of features, including Color IQ technology, Motionflow XR, S-FORCE Front Surround audio, and Sense of Quartz. Read The Full Story

Stream TV Ultra-D glasses-free 3D eyes-on

, Jan 7th 2013 Discuss [1]

Here at Stream TV's presser at CES, we ended up taking a look at their Ultra-D glasses-free 3D technology, and even got our eyes-on with the new tech. However, not only is it glasses-free 3D, but it's also at a 4K resolution of 3800x2160. If you think that watching 3D content without those fancy glasses is pretty crazy, you wouldn't be too wrong. Read The Full Story

Stream TV debuts Ultra-D glasses free 3D at 4k resolutions

Today the folks from Stream TV proud to unveil, again, their Ultra-D glasses-free TV technology here at CES. What makes Stream TV different is not only do they not trick the eye with 3D, but they'll be offering the first ever 3840 x 2160p 4K resolution support. The new tier of Ultra HD combined with their glasses-free 3D will bring the ultimate viewing experience. More details below. Read The Full Story

3M 84-inch multi-touch table eyes-on

, Jan 6th 2013 Discuss [4]

We've seen a lot of really impressive products at CES Unveiled, but one of the coolest has to be this massive multi-touch table from 3M. Coming in at 84-inches in size, it's safe to classify this thing as a beast. Even though 3M doesn't have a price figured out yet, we can naturally assume that this bad boy is going to cost a significant amount of money. Read The Full Story

LG 84-inch Ultra HD 4k 3D TV Eyes-on

In case you haven't been following along with the latest and greatest TVs, the hottest new thing is 4k. Also being called Ultra HD for its eye-numbing ultra-high def resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels. Back in late October LG launched their first 4K TV in the US, the 84-inch $20,000 TV and we got a few quick pictures of it in action. Read The Full Story

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