The Korean electronics giant will show off its latest devices, including new TVs, home appliances, cameras and computers. (Credit: Samsung) Samsung is perhaps the most hotly anticipated company hitting CES this year, having risen rapidly in the past few years to become one of the world’s top manufacturers of televisions, computers, smartphones and tablets. This …
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6 January
Samsung’s CES 2014 TVs: Curved and 4K LEDs, but no new OLED or plasma
LAS VEGAS — Samsung is the 800-pound gorilla of many markets, but especially HDTVs. In a CES presentation, the company spelled out just how top its banana is. It has spent eight straight years with the No. 1 worldwide market share among TV brands, which as of August 2013 was 30 percent, with 32 percent in North America. Vizio, at …
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6 January
Sharp boasts ‘game changer’ high
Sharp unveiled its new line of Aquos TVs on Monday, once again showing the consumer-electronics world that it knows how to think big. The company touted the Aquos 4K, Aquos Q, and what Sharp President John Herrington called a “game changer” TV, the Aquos Quattron Plus, which has 10 million more subpixels than full HD. Sharp will release these TVs …
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6 January
Samsung: We’ll have new plasmas, just not at CES 2014
LAS VEGAS — In the wake of Panasonic’s decision to abandon plasma, CNET along with the rest of the videophile world was eagerly anticipating word of Samsung’s plans for our favorite non-OLED display technology. Unfortunately, we don’t have any official announcements yet. Unlike LG, Samsung said it will not reveal any new plasma TVs at CES 2014. On the other …
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6 January
Samsung’s big CES unveil highlights a connected home
Samsung CEO BK Yoon made the company’s current mission clear at a CES press conference Monday: Samsung wants to take over your home. Yoon said Samsung products will soon aid people in almost all aspects of their lives. “Imagine getting a health check from your doctor through your TV. Imagine your family watching a TV show in the living room …
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5 January
HTC misses analysts’ 4Q net income expectations
HTC posted fourth-quarter financial results on Sunday that came in below analysts’ expectations despite aggressive cost cutting. The Taiwanese handset maker recorded a net income of NT$310 million ($10 million) for the quarter ended December 31, compared with a net loss of NT$2.97 billion ($101 million) in the previous quarter and a net profit of NT$1.01 billion ($34 million) in …
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5 January
CES 2014 pre
CES hasn’t officially begun yet, but the fun has already started. Here we sum up the most interesting tech news from today. South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center is very much under construction today in preparation for the show opening later this week. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Lenovo seemed to make the most of the pre-show period, revealing an …
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5 January
Griffin debuts nifty Square
LAS VEGAS — Here’s a case that many mobile business owners may be interested in adding to their iPhone 5/5S: Griffin’s Merchant case, the “first protective case optimized for a Square Reader.” The 19.99 Merchant Case + Square Reader is due to ship in the next two weeks and works with Square Register, the free point of sale app that …
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5 January
Rotel’s stereo integrated amp is high
If you listen to more music than watch movies at home, a top-notch integrated stereo amplifier may be a better choice than an AV receiver. I’ve said that for years. But a lot of the better-sounding integrated amps are feature-challenged, and some offer nothing more than an input selector for analog sources and a volume control. Some don’t even have …
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5 January
Panasonic CES 2014 press conference: Join us Monday, 10 a.m. PT (live blog)
The days of the Panasonic plasma TV are over, the company having confirmed last year that it’s ceasing plasma production in just a few months. But, that doesn’t mean it is leaving the display market. Far from it. What does Panny have in store for the rest of 2014, and can a new selection of LCDs possibly fill the giant, …
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