Experts
are predicting that 2013 will be the year of the gargantuan television. Almost
every major electronics company has either launched or announced their
contribution to the new generation of huge televisions, which boast
eye-watering clarity and the biggest screens yet. The Consumer Electronics Show
was the launch place of Panasonic’s, LG’s and Toshiba’s mammoth displays with
tags such as Ultra HD and OLED (organic light-emitting diode). Toshiba has
branded the huge television market as a major category in 2013, and consumers
can look forward to a battle between the largest companies as they fight for
supremacy in this emerging market. Combine this new TV technology with high
tech TV lift
furniture and homeowners will soon be facing a whole new TV experience.
As
well as crystal-clear images, manufacturers have added a whole range of
gadgetry and improved options in order to draw in customers. The smart TVs
which have been a fixture on pop up TV cabinets all over the country in recent
years have been improved upon, with innovations such as cameras on the front of
the television, which recognise a member of a family and switch immediately to
their personalised home screen. Touch pens allow integration with smartphones,
and split-screen technology allows users to surf the internet and watch
television at the same time.
With
all of their extra functions and their incredible size, these televisions weigh
more and are slightly less streamlined than the wafer-thin LCD screens that
consumers have become used to; Sharp’s 80-inch offering weighs in at 113.6 lbs
and its PN-L802B as much as
225 lbs.
Rather than mount them on wall brackets, many will feel safer housing them
within a motorized
TV cabinet, which will not only offer a safe and supportive display stand,
it will also provide a place to store and protect the expensive gadget when it
is not in use.
Both
Samsung and LG also used the conference to unveil their first curved
televisions. The purpose of the curved glass screen is to prevent the supposed
‘fade’ effect that humans perceive at the edges of flat-screen televisions due
to the edges being further away from the viewer than the centre of the screen.
Consumers will also find these types of television hard to mount and view
without the appropriate use of pop up TV lift furniture. The curved
construction means they are very difficult to fit securely to a wall, and their
high prices means that those who manage to get their hand on one of the new
models will be taking every precaution to protect them whilst they are not
being used. .
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