
So this year CES 2014 was held here in Las Vegas, like it has been in many previous years. CES is an annual convention that is held here to promote the latest technology that is going to be revealed to consumers everywhere later in the year. Major companies promote technology such as New TVs, Tablets, App enabled vehicles, Internet enabled appliances and many many other gadgets. This year the 'theme' at CES seemed to be mobile technology. The biggest news to me was in the TV department this year. This was the most exciting news to me because lets face it, who DOESN'T like enjoying a movie on a stunningly beautiful display? Anyway, Vizio announced this year that their 4k resolution TVs will not only be sharp but very affordable. I say affordable because TVs in this resolution from other vendors such as samsung and LG will be FAR more pricey. For those of you who don't know what a 4k TV is, it is essentially a TV with 4 TIMES the resolution of a regular 1080p televison (which was the highest resolution we had at the time). It didn't take long for vizio to spill the news on pricing for these TVs which they are calling their P-series models. According to the verge "its consumer-grade P series lineup of 4K TVs will start at only $999.99 for a 50-inch model." The TV will be released later this year and there is no news on an exact date that I could find. Now, the only downfall with buying a 4k TV right now is that there currently isn't very many content available that will allow you to take advantage of that vibrant, amazingly sharp display. Netflix however, has announced that all of the shows that are being filmed by them (ex. House of Cards) will be filmed in 4k. This means that pretty soon everyone else will jump on board with filming movies and shows in this resolution.
Read more here: http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/7/5286772/vizios-first-4k-tvs-will-start-at-only-999
Read more here: http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/7/5286772/vizios-first-4k-tvs-will-start-at-only-999
I'm glad you made it to CES. I didn't realize that it was held here. Wow, am I out of the loop. Are you attending InterOp by any chance? I have never heard about 4k resolution TVs. That is mind blowing. I wonder how large 4k resolution video files will be...
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