televisions
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I Think Sony Realised Last Year’s Cool OLED TVs Looked Too Weird
Take a moment and step back to January 2017. That’s when Sony announced the A1E OLED, a cool new TV that used the display itself as part of the speaker. The big problem with the TV was how weird it looked. So Sony fixed that, and the new A8F series is decidedly more traditional.
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Amazon’s Cheap 4K TVs Are Good Enough For Almost Anyone
All images: Adam Clark Estes/Gizmodo Remember when 4Ks used to cost a damn fortune? Those days are quickly coming to an end, and if you need proof, look no further than Amazon’s new line of (Westinghouse-manufactured) budget televisions. They come with all the smarts of Amazon’s excellent Fire TV set-top box smarts as well as…
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TVs In The 1920s Had Bottle Cap-Sized Screens, With Just 30 Lines Of Resolution
Before you start complaining again about the lack of 8K video content online, take a moment to experience what TV was like 87 years ago. As Tim Rowett of Grand Illusion demonstrates, in 1929 TV screens were the size of bottle caps and boasted a paltry resolution of just 30 lines.
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Sony’s Gigantic Space Wall Is Actually Hundreds Of Tiny LED Tiles
That image above appears to show one giant seamless LED display, but Sony’s new CLEDIS system, presumably intended for use in convention centres like the one hosting CES in Las Vegas, is actually hundreds of LED tiles smooshed together.