[TechRadar]
The latest LED-backlit models might have ‘smart’ features, BBC iPlayer apps and 3D, but that’s only the beginning of the journey for the humble TV. Over the next decade the TV is set to become bigger, sleeker, greener – and even higher-def. …
Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) TVs
OLED: Deliciously slim, with jaw-droppingly good pictures (the inky blackness alone is wroth the investment), but damned expensive. …
Larger screen sizes
Many of the 2011 ranges of TVs from the major brands don’t go below 40-inch, suggesting that either there’s little profit to be made in the under-40-inch sector, or our appetite for ever larger screens is continuing.
“Larger screen displays will become the norm, with smaller screen sets a smaller proportion, while the vast majority of sets will be connected,” says Carl Hibbert, head of broadcast research at analyst firm Futuresource. …
Connectivity
They might call themselves ‘smart’ TVs, but the first generation of TVs sporting online content hubs could soon look like dinosaurs.
“TVs should be able to display seamlessly from mobile, personal and handheld devices, and consumers should be unaware of whether they are watching from broadcast, the internet or from storage,” says Gray. …
Auto-stereoscopic multiview 3D TV
…The answer is to get more ‘views’. “It looks as though the technology is around five years away,” says Gray, “although there will be some flagship products earlier – Toshiba already sells small quantities in Japan.” …
4k2k ‘ultra HD’ resolutions
As well as bigger and better OLED TVs, trade shows like the CES and IFA in recent times have seen the debut of 4k2k displays using – you guessed it – 4,000×2,000 (or thereabouts) pixel resolution panels. …
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