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linkis in the sharp Booth the first thing we checked out is the flexible
OLED display so this is only a 3.4 in
model they've got two prototypes on display here they have all the same
benefits that we're used to seeing with LED that is to say they have more
vibrant colors better contrast ratios lower power consumption all of that good
stuff however now all of a sudden you can see that with there's one demo there
where it's curved by default and then there's another one over here on the
right where they've actually got it flexing in real time that dramatically
increases the applications that we can use this technology for now this these
particular ones right here Implement Sharp's EXO technology which does a
couple of things number one is that it is a highly sensitive touch panel
technology and number two is that it
actually reduces the power consumption again compared to other approaches from
when when it comes to OLED screens now you might say Okay OLED is already very
efficient why do we care and the answer is if you want to build a larger format
panel or if you want to pack more pixels into it power consumption becomes a
factor again so the great thing about this is unlike so many things we see at
CES this isn't actually science fiction unlike you know product that was in the
Sony Booth where no one from the booth had actually even heard of this or seen
it they basically pulled it out of a box put it in a display stand and no one
knows what it is this could be produced tomorrow if a partner of Sharps said hey
look we we're going to cut a PO we want you to produce this let's get it done
very very exciting stuff now 4K is here in now and sharp is launching a couple
of models this year one of them in the summer and the other one in sort of the
second half of 2013 so that's a 60in first and then a 70in however on display
here at the booth they have what they're calling the future of Television so this
is an 8K 85 in TV that is actually
displaying native 8K content so the
difference between 4K and 8K quite simply is four but but not the four
you're thinking of not not not 4,000 actually it is four times the resolution
of 4K content so what I'd like is for my cameraman here to get up close and
personal with this TV sharp is
encouraging uh visitors to the show to get as close to the TV as they want and
see if they can actually make out the individual pixels and standing about 60
cm away from it I would say no you
actually can't see an individual pixel so this is still voodoo magic this is
still not uh not ready for Prime Time by
any stretch of the imagination but maybe 5 10 years down the road we'll actually
be getting AK content broadcast to our homes or at least available on some kind
of future science fiction media thanks
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