Ces 2016: the new smart TVs from lg and samsung

The 2016 CES technology fair, to be held in Las Vegas this week, is where the largest TV manufacturers announce the products that will be released throughout the year. In this edition, LG and Samsung presented different smart televisions, either for the operating system or for the image quality.

LG UH9500

LG brought to the technology fair a smart TV with a webOS 3.0 system and a Super UHD (4k) resolution screen. In terms of image, quality increases due to HDR, a resource that improves the brightness and contrast of scenes using a combination of different exposures.

The design of the model called UH9500 is what attracts the most attention. At its thinnest point, the TV is 6.6mm thick. The screen size varies from 55 to 86 inches.

In addition to HDR, the device has some other technologies that improve the image reproduced by its screen. True Black Panel was applied by LG to reduce the reflectibility of the screen, while the Contrast Maximizer adds more depth, better separating what is in focus and what is the background. For sound, the TV has Harman Kardon speakers.

LG Super UHD 8K

LG unveiled what it claims to be the first 8K resolution television ready to be produced. Called Super UHD 8K, this product line has an LED-backlit display on the LCD panel.

The first take of devices of this family reaches the market in the second half of 2016, despite the fact that the amount of content with this image quality is practically nil.

Samsung Quantum Dot HDR

The rival and also South Korean Samsung has announced TVs different from those of LG. The company uses a different display technology than Amoled and LED: quantum dots.

While LED-backlit LCD panels require the Bayer filter to generate colors from an RGB matrix, the nanoscopic crystals on the Samsung TV screen emit light and tiny variations in size that make colored lights look good. specific pass through the screen. A certain level of backlight is still required, but it is less intense than on a regular LED TV.

The televisions of this line will come with the Tizen operating system, which is open source and based on the Linux kernel. This is present in all recent Samsung smart TVs and also in your Family Hub smart fridge. In addition to traditional smart TV features, this new family of Samsung devices can serve as a control panel for a connected home, according to the company itself.

SUHD TVs 2016 will have a technology called internet of things hub, developed by Samsung with SmartThings. With this, the line device can control more than 200 devices compatible with SmartThings technology.