{"id":1485,"date":"2014-01-07T13:44:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T19:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2016-07-20T14:49:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:49:43","slug":"ces-tv-news-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/?p=1485","title":{"rendered":"CES TV News (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0#2 CES TV trend – curved screens<\/span><\/p>\n

Yep, your flat screen in obsolete.\u00a0 What you need is a curved<\/em> screen.\u00a0 So say the TV manufacturers.\u00a0 Why curved?\u00a0 The idea is that when you are sitting in the sweet spot watching your display it will look better if the whole screen is the same distance away from you.\u00a0 Obviously the bigger the screen the bigger the distance difference from the middle to the edge.\u00a0 Of course those on the periphery\u00a0 are SOL as you sit in your sweetness.\u00a0 No problem, some of these screens are “bendable”.\u00a0 They will curve and flatten out as needed.\u00a0 Ever been to an IMAX?\u00a0 Did you notice that the screen was curved?\u00a0 Phones are also going for the curved displays but for different reasons.<\/p>\n

In this humble translator’s opinion, curved screens will be a need to have on the biggest top of the line models but will not de rigueur for the \"curved<\/a>average living room display for a year or two.\u00a0 The curved screen with the 4K picture is a pretty noticeable upgrade to your living room TV.\u00a0 Dare I say it?\u00a0 It\u2019s almost like 3D.<\/p>\n

Most important thing you could learn about looking at all the new TVs at CES – they are connected<\/b><\/p>\n

Many people want to see things on their TV that they don’t have on a disk <\/p>\n

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, that isn’t broadcast from a TV station.\u00a0 They want their<\/em> stuff on the TV.\u00a0 For this to work, the TV has to be connected to the home network and the internet.\u00a0 This is not new.\u00a0 Most manufactures have been working on this for years.\u00a0 Unfortunately they all tried to position themselves at the content provider, “I will give you connectivity but use my apps, my services . . .”.\u00a0 TV manufactures are terrible application developers.\u00a0 The stuff on your computer or even you phone is 100 times better than what Sony or Panasonic will give you on their TVs.\u00a0 People like Roku popped up and did a far better job at giving you what you wanted on your TV.\u00a0 The manufactures had to change, they began offering the good<\/em> services (Netflix) instead of their own home grown debacle but they still wanted to control the experience so they owned the app.\u00a0 Unfortunately they are still terrible app developers.\u00a0 Your phone’s version of Netflix might be updated and improved once a month.\u00a0 Your TV’s version is lucky to be updated ever in it’s life.<\/p>\n

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At CES this year a 2nd tier manufacture Hisense, announced they were selling a Roku TV.\u00a0 Roku would take care of what they are good at, building apps (updating them) and connecting to the most popular services and the TV manufacturer would worry about the hardware and building TVs.\u00a0 One TV, one remote, no boxes, all of your stuff the way you like it, that is the value proposition.\u00a0 Roku is taking this pitch to other manufacturers.\u00a0 I think there will be more than a couple that jump on board.\u00a0 The TV guys are figuring out that connectivity is approaching the top of the priority list and proprietary<\/span> software differentiation is not the path to the promised land.\u00a0 Of course the old guard haven’t figured this out yet, but that’s what makes them the old guard.<\/p>\n

The exact opposite is happening with companies like Tivo.\u00a0 Tivo\u2019s real value is not building boxes with hard drives in them it\u2019s creating software that makes it easy to watch what you want when you want it.\u00a0 Tivo will move away from making hardware and your Tivo \u201cbox\u201d will be in the cloud.\u00a0 \"connected<\/a><\/p>\n

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We talked about connected TVs, what about connected babies <\/strong><\/em>?\u00a0 Intel is showing off a product that combines a onesie with built in sensors, a turtle transmitter and a smart coffee cup.\u00a0 The computer and wifi is in the turtle which can be moved from outfit to outfit.\u00a0 It connects to the green stripes across the front then transmits that info to a phone app or smart coffee cup.\u00a0 You can see the baby\u2019s skin temperature, activity level and position with a glance at your Smartphone.\u00a0 Truth is stranger than fiction, this will be available next week.\u00a0 It will be $100 for 3 onesies, a turtle and the app.\u00a0 I think you are going to see these on the news shows.<\/p>\n

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