Consumer Electronics Show 2013
improved interfaces for their internet TV services.
Sony 4K TV
While most of the 4K news came from the TV sector, Qualcomm unveiled its new Snapdragon 800 Series processor, which will enable 4K recording on smartphones. Showing what the new chip is capable of at the company’s CES keynote speech, Qualcomm CEO Dr Paul Jacobs was joined onstage by Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro, who introduced a clip from his upcoming film Pacific Rim – shot in 4K and played back via a specially made tablet containing the new chipset. It’s expected that we’ll see products using the chip by the end of 2013, including smartphones, tablets and TVs.
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85-inch UE85S9000. Meanwhile, LG unveiled 65- and 55-inch 4K panels to complement its existing 84-inch offering, as did Sony.
Most of the big TV manufacturers were also quietly showing off slicker, tweaked versions of their smart TV offerings, with
Gaming CES isn’t traditionally known for big gaming announcements, with most of the key manufacturers usually sticking to the E3 show to unveil their latest consoles. However, the 2013 show saw headline- making reveals from Nvidia and Razer, the latter unveiling the long-awaited Razer Edge, formerly known as ‘Project Fiona’. This portable console consists of a 10.1- inch Windows 8-powered tablet along with a removable gamepad case with control buttons and analogue joysticks (which critics complained was rather unwieldy for a portable product). Keeping up the gaming theme, the Nvidia Project Shield was more of a surprise announcement. This portable console seems to be a slightly more compelling option that the Razer Edge,
thanks to its compact design and the fact that it enables users to play both Android games and PC games (the latter, via streaming).
Cameras
The other big story at the show was cameras – with some existing models getting significant upgrades plus a couple of new innovations. Canon introduced its unusual Powershot N which features a square-ish symmetrical design, which is designed for both left- and right-handed users. It does away with the usual shutter button on the right-hand side in favour of a ring around the lens that can be pressed from the top. Time will tell whether the design will be a success, but it’s good so see something different from one of the big brands. Fujifilm updated two of its existing models in the form of the X20 and X100S. Both sport the distinctive vintage styling of their popular predecessors, with the X20 high-end compact featuring an improved electronic viewfinder along with a new sensor for higher resolution images with less noise. The fixed lens X100S compact also includes a new sensor along with
LG 4K televisions
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