Another familiar face at CES is LG, who are showing off smart tech – a clothes manager that can steam from the inside and pull the wrinkles out of your clothes, cloud gaming technology, and smart TV’s that will allow you to pretty much be hands-on with every video and photo you own.
The LG Concept Clothes Manager: Includes a funky control panel on the front that will disappear when not in use.
LG Cloud Gaming: The world’s first cloud game for TV.
LG phones of the future
Smart ThinQ Technology: Integrating knowledge to help out with everyday tasks
LG Smart TV with Google TV: Easy access to limitless content. Your home activity dashboard.
The Sony Booth at CES 2011 certainly has a whole lotta cool stuff. First they showed off the battle damaged Green Hornet car from the upcoming movie “Green Hornet in 3D”.
Next, Sony introduced a real Sci-Fi looking headset: The Sony Future 3D Portable Device. The viewer wears the headset and can surround themselves in an audio and visual 3D experience. Jon Abt tried it out saying, that while it was a bit heavier than he would like, the look and sound is great.
While this video does not do the display any justice, Sony is showcasing a 3D TV that does not need special 3D glasses to experience 3D visuals. It is a prototype 3d 4k LCD that displays images with the 3D effect you could only have gotten with special glasses. This one will be interesting to see if it hits mass the market.
This Week In Consumer Electronics (TWICE) has an article predicting some trends that may appear at CES this year. Many of which includes “the intelligence of things”. They expect manufacturers to expand on their already existing products, like GPS units and computers, by making them more efficient, sleek and packed with new features. Only time will tell what shows up at CES. Stay tuned for more updates!
With CES this week, it doesn’t hurt to look back at what once was. The 2010 CES revealed a handful of products that hit the market to hungry tech consumers. CNET. com has a great article entitled, “Best of CES 2010: Where Are They Now?“ It lists a handful of items that never made it to the finish line or got trumpped by other, newer technologies shortly after. What gadgets do you recognize being excited for, or which ones did you end up getting?
Tune in to NBC tonight at 5pm. Abe A., custom audio and video specialist will be answering all your 3D TV questions. This is the first year that TV programming and movies are available in your home, so there are a lot of unanswered questions about the new technology.
Here are the most frequently asked questions about 3D TV:
Q: If I buy a 3D TV today, can I watch 3D movies tonight?
A: You will need to have a 3D Blu-ray player, a 3D-ready HDMI cable, and 3D glasses to watch a 3D movie.
Q: How much will 3D TVs cost?
A: They will be in the same price range as other HD LCD TVs, HD LED, and HD plasma TVs.
Q: Can I watch TV in 3D?
A: ESPN is the first network to offer 3D programming; it will be available sometime in 2010.
Q: Will all the movies that I want to watch be in 3D?
A: There are 10-15 movies slated to be released in 3D Blu-ray by the end of 2010.
Q: What sizes are 3D TVs?
A: Currently, they are available in sizes ranging from 40”-65”.
Q: Does everyone have to wear the 3D glasses?
A: Yes. Without the glasses the movie will look blurry. You will not be able to view the movie or programming.
Q: Do the glasses come with the TV?
A: Not necessarily. Some manufacturers offer bundle deals. But they are normally sold separately.
Q: Are all the glasses the same?
A: No. There are two types of 3D glasses, active and passive. The active glasses will connect to your TV via Bluetooth and require batteries while the passive glasses will be similar to the 3D glasses with one red lens and one blue or cyan lens.
Q: Can I use the HDMI cable that I have now for a new 3D TV?
A: There is a 50/50 chance that you can. If you have a high-quality HDMI 1.3 cable then you might be able to use it. 3D TVs and Blu-ray players require HDMI 1.4 cables. Unfortunately the only way to know for sure is to test the cable by plugging it in.
Abt has a Samsung 46” 3D TV on display in the showroom. For more information on 3D technology speak with an audio visual specialist at Abt today. Also check out the 3D TV buying guide on Abt.com.
This year’s CES brought a lot of really cool gadgets. One standout car audio product is the Sony DSX-S100. It is a stereo head unit that makes listening to an iPod on your car stereo a snap.
If you’ve ever seen a car stereo’s faceplate slide down so you can put in a CD, the DSX-S100 works much the same. The face slides off the unit’s base and a tray comes out with a plug. The iPod simply gets plugged into the stereo and then just set the iPod on the slide out tray and you are ready to listen to music.
Look for the DSX-S100 at Abt, sometime next month.
The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show is over; all the booths are down and the attendees are returning to their respective companies, heads dizzy from all of the new technology they’ve just seen.
The hottest categories this year were definitely Green Tech, 3D, and Smartphones. The tablet computer has been the talk of Vegas all weekend. CES saw different manufacturer’s versions of the tablet, but Apple’s long awaited announcement, January 27, has overshadowed the models we’ve seen. Apple will not confirm that the announcement is going to be the release of the Apple tablet, but it is intensely speculated.
Stay up to date about all the latest technology right here on the Abt Blog. For more information on the products seen at CES, talk with an Abt sales specialist.
LG really upped the consumer electronics game this year at CES. One of the cool gadgets they brought along is their Magic-UI. It’s a remote control that acts like a Nintendo Wii controller. The Magic-UI is available currently with the 8500 series TVs. If this new remote isn’t appealing to you, fear not, there will be a standard remote included as well….
Thursday at CES, Intel revealed the first Smartphone to run on the Moorsetown platform for mobile internet devices (MID). The GW990 Smartphone will be made by LG Electronics and ship during the second half of the year, said Intel CEO Paul Otellini during a keynote speech at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
LG‘s GW990 has a 5” multi-touch screen, capable of playing video at 720p resolution. A camera is on both the front and back of this MID. Running on the Linux-based Moblin operating system, it is capable of running multiple applications at the same time. For instance, with the GW990 you can play Hi-Defvideo and use the calculator at the same time. It is power efficient and brings pc functions to a Smartphone. Features seem to be endless on this MID… Check back for more info in the spring.
Sony brought a 24.5” OLED TV to CES. What’s so special about this TV? It has optional 3D capability and is larger than the 15” found in retail stores, including Abt. This is perfect for the TV connoisseur that wants the best TV on the market enabled with the latest emerging technology. We have no ETA on Sony’s newest OLED, but we’ll pass on info when we get it.
The LG Concept Clothes Manager: Includes a funky control panel on the front that will disappear when not in use.
LG Cloud Gaming: The world’s first cloud game for TV.
LG phones of the future
Smart ThinQ Technology: Integrating knowledge to help out with everyday tasks
LG Smart TV with Google TV: Easy access to limitless content. Your home activity dashboard.
