Eyes On: Sony's Ultra Short-Throw 4K Projector Sure Lights Up a Room
Source: http://gizmodo.com/eyes-on-sonys-ultra-short-throw-4k-projector-sure-lig-1496694759
Earlier today Sony announced a new short-throw digital projector
Wednesday, January 08, 2014
Vizio's 4K Ultra HD TVs start at $1,000 for a 50-inch set (video)
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/07/ces-vizio-ultrahd-4k-pseries-price/
If all of the 4K -- or 8K! -- talk from CES has you jonesing for a new TV, but you're short on scratch, we've got good news. Vizio has announced pricing for its P-series of Ultra HD panels and they'll sell for a lot less than you might expect. A 50-incher will run you a measly grand. Each five-inch bump in size ups the price $400, all the way up to the $2,600 70-inch set. Given that Vizio has a solid reputation, this line could be a reliable way to watch House of Cards in its native resolution without breaking the bank.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Source: Vizio
Samsung's 98-inch 8K TV lets us go to the mall without leaving CES
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/08/samsungs-98-inch-8k-tv-lets-us-go-to-the-mall-without-leaving-c/
Despite announcing plans to flood the market with a number of new HD and Ultra HD TVs, Samsung still found room in its CES booth for the first 8K TV we've seen from the manufacturer. Labeled as QUHD or Quad Ultra HD, it's also only the second flatscreen with 7,680 x 4,320 pixels that we've seen, period. Still, our eyes may be getting jaded as a result of all the super high-res displays we've seen lately because this one didn't have the shock value Sharp's 8K Super Hi-Vision screen garnered with its debut a couple of years ago.
Another reason could be the demo content, as Samsung opted for a Robin Sparkles-ish mall scene that was impressive in its sharpness and realism, but didn't exactly draw us in as viewers and the crowded booth gave little room to take it all in. The demo video even magnified specific sections at time to emphasize the 8K res, but we'd prefer a reel with more action. Check after the break for a few more close up pictures and let us know if you can see the 8K difference.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, Samsung
Gigabyte's dual GPU Aorus gaming laptop is less than an inch thick
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/08/gigabytes-aurous-dual-gpu-one-inch/
To impress us with a gaming laptop these days requires more than just spec-bombing, but Gigabyte's Aorus has grabbed our attention. For starters, the 17.3-inch model is a mere 0.9-inches thick and weighs 6.4 pounds, rather insane numbers considering that it packs a pair of NVIDIA GTX 765M chips in an SLI configuration. In comparison, the 17-inch Razer Blade Pro is almost exactly the same size with a single GPU. To achieve that, Gigabyte made the case out of solid aluminum with a sculpted look only a gamer could love, while packing copious vents and ports to duct away the hot air. The rest of the specs are also top-tier: a 17.3-inch, 1080p display, Intel Core i7-4700HQ CPU, up to 32GB of RAM, three USB 3.0 slots, 500GB of mSATA SSD storage max, and up to a TB of 2.5-inch HDD storage. Gigabyte calls it a "powerplant on your lap," and it'll arrive around March for $2,099 -$2,799 depending on options. If you're interested, some heat-proof pants might also be in order.
Via: The Verge
Source: Gigabyte
Intel Unveiled Some Massive Innovations Yesterday But The Only Thing People Are Talking About Is This 'Smart Bowl'
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/intel-smart-bowl-2014-1
We've all got one: A large bowl that sits in the kitchen or the hall or the dining room where you put all the junk you don't have any other place for: keys, mail, rubber bands, matches, batteries, take-out menus, whatever.
At CES, the big tech conference in Las Vegas, Intel unveiled a "smart bowl" that could change all that forever. It's a wireless charging bowl: You dump your phone, iPod, earpiece, Fitbit or any other gadget that needs a charge into it and — boom! — pick it out a while later and it's fully charged.
No more wires. No more jacks. No more plugs and sockets.
Your gadgets go into the bowl (probably with a bunch of other non-tech junk too) and voila! They're charged.
The irony of the announcement is that Intel CEO Brian Krzanich unveiled a bunch of new, potentially game-changing initiatives at his keynote last night: a PC the size of a golf ball called Edison and an end to the use of "conflict minerals" from African war zones in its products, among them.
Basically, we're all saying the same thing: I've got a bowl full of junk in my house, and I would totally use a smart bowl if it charged my stuff while it was in there.
There's something else going on here too. While Intel's announcements were impressive, they weren't perfect. Some of them had a somewhat sinister surveillance bent to them. Intel has a smart watch coming that allows an app u! ser to t rack its wearer — like a parent tracking their kids — for instance.
Separately, although Intel's other new devices seemed useful (like the Jarvis earpiece that can handle a conversation and manage your phone even when it's not switched on) the design wasn't great. Jarvis looks like a hearing aid, not something you'd actually wear by choice.
The smart bowl, however, was sleekly designed, simple and useful.
Everyone seems to want one. Intel, however gave few details about it. You can read Krzanich's speech here, to see exactly what he said about it. And there are some technical specs here. But as far as we can tell, right now, it's simply a prototype and not a product.
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Tuesday, January 07, 2014
Limitless Tracks How Productive You Are Online, Motivates You to Focus
Source: http://lifehacker.com/limitless-tracks-how-productive-you-are-online-motivat-1496372876
Chrome: How productive are you, really, when you're online? Unless you track your time, you might not really know. Limitless is a new extension that not only tracks your browsing habits, it also inspires you to complete your goals.
Every time you open a new tab, Limitless greets you with a productivity tip, a pleasant background, and how much time you've spent on different site categories. You can edit sites' categories in case you want to put Lifehacker into entertainment rather than productivity, for example (but you wouldn't do that, would you?). When you first set the extension up, you tell the app your goals for the new year and can also add a daily goal, to be reminded of these when you open a new tab.
Limitless also displays how long you've been on a productive or time-wasting site with a green or red number in the icon.
If you tend to get really distracted, you'll probably need a more powerful site blocker
Limitless | Chrome Web Store via Your Story
Razer's Modular Desktop Makes Building a PC Like Playing with Legos
Source: http://gizmodo.com/razers-modular-desktop-makes-building-a-pc-like-playin-1496479940
Building your own computer is generally reserved for the hardcore, the devoted, the geeky. But with Razer's Project Christine, it's as easy as playing with Legos. Really big, actively mineral cooled Legos. Also it looks like a badass rack of rockets or something, which is cool as shit.
Hands On: I Just Fell In Love With LG's Flexible 4K OLED TVs
Source: http://gizmodo.com/hands-on-i-just-fell-in-love-with-lgs-flexible-4k-ole-1496503499
The other night we saw a bunch of Samsung's curved 4K TVs
Panasonic 4K Life+Screen Television Eyes-On: Life After Plasma
Source: http://gizmodo.com/panasonic-4k-life-television-eyes-on-life-after-plasm-1496587187
Yesterday, Panasonic says that its new 4K LED Life+Screen TVs
Toshiba Crammed 5 Computers in Its Shape-Shifting Concept 5-in-1 PC
Source: http://gizmodo.com/toshiba-crammed-5-computers-in-its-shape-shifting-conce-1496625032
It's a concept but it's a super fun one. Toshiba's shape-shifting concept 5-in-1 PC somehow manages to be a laptop, a tablet, a convertible tablet, a canvas, and a presentation TV-type device. A few of those five might be redundant (and/or useless), but it's pretty freaking sweet to see one computer try to be everything you want it to be.
drag2share: Look At These Insanely Huge Curved TVs Coming Soon To A Living Room Near You
source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/syJQOG3EPpE/curved-tvs-at-ces-2014-1
Yesterday, we told you that Samsung's big product reveal for 2014 was a bunch of giant, curved TVs as much as 150 inches wide.
But Samsung isn't the only company promoting gigantic bendy screens at CES, the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, this year. Panasonic and Haier both have their own wave-shaped screens coming.
And it's not until you get up close to them that you realize just how curvaceous these new beauties are.
First, here's a look at Samsung's Ultra High Def (UHD) screen. Check out the curve on this thing:
The closer you get to it, the more rounded it becomes. Makes you wonder how it's going to look against your non-curved living room wall:
What the photo above doesn't show is that the picture on the screen stays sharp and "natural" looking even when viewed from the side. There is very little image distortion if you don't get the prime middle seat on the sofa.
Not to be outdone, Panasonic also has a bunch of curved 4K OLED screens that appear to bend in both concave and convex ways:
Article: Intel unveils RealSense hardware and software line, including 3D camera module
The takeaway at today's Intel press event? All signs point to the RealSense product line -- a number of hardware and software products that "make interaction with technology simple, more natural and immersive," according to Intel's own words. The first product bearing the compound name is the Rea...
http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/06/intel-realsense/
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Article: Pebble Reveals The Pebble Steel For $249 Shipping Jan. 28; App Store Coming Soon
[tc_rr_related_video] Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is introducing something everyone has been waiting for at CES this year: new hardware. But the hardware isn't so new that it throws the baby out with the bath water – any software developed for the current Pebble will work with the new one, and vice...
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Article: Polaroid C3 packs an HD camera into a one-inch-cubed form factor
Who fancies a one-inch-cubed action camera with an HD video sensor? Polaroid hopes you're about to say, "Oh, me!" This little video camera was spotted on the floor of Pepcom's Digital Experience at CES and captures video at 720p onto microSD card. Its lens covers 120 degrees for wide-angle shooti...
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-01/07/polaroid
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Article: Lumo BodyTech Introduces The Lift: A Small, Stylish Wearable For Better Posture
Palo Alto-based Lumo BodyTech is revealing its second product today, the Lumo Lift. The Lift, like its original Lumo Back, is a device designed to enhance a user's posture, but with a radically different take. The Lift is small and stylish, and is designed to be placed unobtrusively on the collar...
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/07/lumo-lift/
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