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LAS VEGAS—CES 2014 is packed with wearables (even for pets!) and incredibly cool car tech, but the show's bread and butter is still TVs—the bigger and more over-the-top the better. We scoured the press conferences and the sensory overload of Central Hall until our ears were ringing to identify the newest trends coming to your living room…if not this year, then eventually.
4K is on the way
That HDTV in your living room looks fine, but its lustre will fade once you see 4K, aka Ultra HD, which doubles the resolution on both sides, so instead of 1920x1080, you'd see 3840x2160. This allows 4K content to show much more detail, and the 4K video being demoed on the shiny new TVs at CES is pretty jaw-dropping. You can see reflections in a dew drop on a flower petal. You can see variations in color between the hairs on a puppy's face or the individual barbs on the feathers of a bird. It's pretty remarkable.
But high-resolution video like this requires a lot of processing power, not to mention the cost of a high-res screen, so early 4K TVs came with jaw-dropping prices as well. But prices are coming down and will likely continue to fall. The best deal so far is the P-Series from Vizio, which starts at $999 for a 50-inch set, with prices increasing by $400 for every 5 inches, up to a 70-inch screen for $2600. That's really not bad—I saw these TVs and was impressed with the design and quality.
Vizio's P Series of gorgeous Ultra HD TVs start at just $999—we think they'll end up being a lot of people's first 4K TV.
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