CES 2014 - LED TVs will replace Plasma

The CES 2014 exhibition will witness the launch of a series of mid-range Ultra HD LED TVs, while Full HD Plasma TV technology is expected to be killed.

Below are the comments from Cnet on TV trends at the largest Consumer Electronics Show CES 2014 that will take place in Las Vegas on January 7-10, 2014.

LED will replace Plasma

The biggest change in the Plasma TV industry occurs when Japan's Panasonic announced it will not produce Plasma technology TVs since early next year. This is probably an unhappy news for the fans who love the quality of Plasma TV screens around the world. However, LG and Samsung, on the other hand, will probably introduce and sell their new Plasma TV models in 2014.

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ZT60 may be one of Panasonic's last Plasma TVs.

LED technology TV is expected to replace Plasma in the near future. A series of LED TV models with local dimming technology will be available next year. This technology will enable LED TVs to overcome the biggest picture quality problems by blurring or brightening different areas of the screen.

In 2014, the market is expected to see more TV models with local darkening technology and the prices of these TV models are also expected to decrease. In addition, it is expected to reappear high-end TV models using full-band local darkening technology.

UHD and curved screen

Two models of 4K LED TV UHD ( Ultra HD ) curved screens up to 105 inches in size have recently been introduced by LG and Samsung, which has further heated up the 4K TV market. However, analysts do not expect to have many curved screen TV models introduced at CES next year.

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LG's 105-inch curved screen LED TVs will be officially unveiled at CES 2014.

In the revolution to bring new and different things, curved screen TVs and phones were really born and seem irresistibly attractive. However, unlike phones, curvature TVs have so far failed to prove the obvious benefits from its curved screen design. The reality is that most users who try it on a curved screen TV wish they were flat again.

For 4K TV field, every TV maker is expected to introduce at least one 4K TV model at CES 2014. Almost all of these new 4K TV models will be equipped with the newly released HDMI 2.0 interface standard. eyes in the last 9/2013. The price of 4K TV is expected to continue to decline and will gradually replace the current high-end Full HD TV models. The replacement trend from Full HD TV to 4K will be inevitable. 2014 is expected to be the year of 4K TV series at a popular price. Prices of Samsung 4K TVs today are only about 700-800 USD higher than TV Full HD and are expected to drop to about 200-300 USD in 2014.

Smarter, bigger and from China

TVs at CES 2014 are expected to be smarter than ever and they will provide more useful features to control cable TV boxes, perform voice commands and play videos from smartphones. LG recently said it will show the 2014 TV models running their new Web OS platform .

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TV 4K cheap 50 inch Seiki from China.

Manufacturers all said they would increase the TV size from 55 inches or more. In the future, users will find it difficult to find high-end TV models with smaller sizes.

Chinese brand TVs are also expected to be a prominent phenomenon in 2014. TV companies from this country such as Seiki , TCL and Hisense have strategically entered the US market last year by launching models Cheap 4K TV. CES 2014 is expected to be a good starting point.