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19Dec/13Off

TVs at CES 2014: Bye-bye 1080p plasma, hello 4K LED LCD

Sony_KDL-55W900A_35561946_18_610x436Plasma may be on life support, and OLED a distant beacon of faint and fading hope, but hundreds of TVs will still be introduced at CES 2014. We'll be there to catalog the best and most interesting ones, no matter how curved or festooned with gimmickry, and let you know what (if anything) is really important about them.

One thing no traditional TV maker wants to talk about is China. Chinese TV brands, led by Seiki, TCL and Hisense, made serious inroads in the US market this year, in part by grabbing headlines with inexpensive 4K models. If one or more decided to try "pulling a Vizio"--create a more trusted brand in the U.S. while remaining ultra-aggressive prices--making waves at CES would be a good start.

Read the full story here: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-35303_1-57616106/tvs-at-ces-2014-bye-bye-1080p-plasma-hello-4k-led-lcd/

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