Jan 11 Podcast #565: CES 2013 Wrapup
Another CES has come and gone. At the risk of being permanently banned, we've brought back everything we saw and did in Vegas to share it with everyone who couldn't be there. As with every CES, we saw some amazing things and some not so impressive ones as well. Big themes from this year were: 3D is waning, 4K (UltraHD) is emerging, and Plasma may be on the verge of a comeback.
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- December ISP Rankings for the USA
- Nielsen: TV Still King In Media Consumption; Only 16 Percent Of TV Homes Have Tablets
- Dish Mulls Letting Advertisers Bid on Shows in Real Time
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- Sony is Launching "Mastered in 4K" Blu-rays for UHDTV Upscaling
- HDMI Uncensored: Take a look under the hood
- TVs made in China may drive down prices in the U.S.
- Netflix Signs Streaming Deal for Warner TV Series
- CEO: Redbox Instant is aiming for 35 million subscribers
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CES 2013 Wrapup
Another CES has come and gone. At the risk of being permanently banned, we've brought back everything we saw and did in Vegas to share it with everyone who couldn't be there. As with every CES, we saw some amazing things and some not so impressive ones as well. Big themes from this year were: 3D is waning, 4K (UltraHD) is emerging, and Plasma may be on the verge of a comeback.
We have some notes and pictures here for you to follow along, but to get the details, you really need to listen to the show.
Intel
- Connect to Richer Experiences with Intel at CES 2013
- No live demo of the rumored set top box (Puma)
Belkin
@TV Plus - Slingbox alternative:
US Dyle Mobile TV dongle for iPad:
NVidia
ZigBee Alliance
Lot’s of “green”/power efficiency products
Z-Wave Alliance
Integrated Home Entertainment
Similar “green” products as ZigBee
Hisense
UltraHD LED TVs (110” - claimed to be world’s largest)
Also showed: Glasses Free 3D, Transparent 3D - not sure about the applications for this
Dish
- DISH's New "Hopper with Sling" Delivers Unparalleled Choice and Control, at Home or On the Go
- DISH Explorer Second-Screen App Enhances TV Viewing Experience on iPad
LG
OLED TV
Ultra HD TV (84”)
- Everything was “Easy & Smart”
- Ultra HD Touch
- Terrestrial Ultra HD broadcasting
- Collaborating with Google TV
- Lot’s of Passive 3D
- 100” Laser TV - “worlds largest wall mount TV - really an ultra short throw projector and a special screen (~$10,000)
Panasonic
Worlds largest 4K OLED
New ZT series plasma - neo plasma black 3000 - ZT60 best of CES
- Smart Viera - including voice interaction
- Still have VT series as well
Sharp
- Worlds largest LED TV
- 85” 8K TV - amazing
- Not showing Elite TVs - not sure why
Samsung
Firmly in the Plasma market - not going away - using the Pioneer Kuro patents
- OLED TVs
- Ultra HD Netflix
- S Recommendation - with Voice Interaction
- Vacuum tube sound bar ~$700 - maybe in the Yamaha sound projector market - built in AirTrack (Samsung AirPlay)
- Smart PCs...?
Sony
Bravia Triluminous - Red, Green, Blue & Emerald Green
- 4K OLED
- Excitement of Sports in 4K - they showed soccer!
- Couldn’t find the Crystal TV tech
- 1080p upscaled to 4k
Stream TV Networks
Glasses Free 3D
Reader Comments (2)
The listener who said his tablets stream much faster than using the PC/browser should check to see if he has an anti-virus program on the PC. Either real-time network scanning or background file scanning could kill performance when streaming videos.
Hi Guys,
Did you get to see the Philips / Dolby glasses less 3D TV..??