As an ageing, overweight player of video games, I've always assumed games are a significant part of my too-sedentary lifestyle. But recent research suggests that stress markers and associated food consumption could be a bigger factor in gaming than television-viewing.
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Samsung has whipped the covers off its lineup of 2018 TVs. The flagships of the range are built with QLED displays, varying in size up to a monstrous 88 in. Taking up so much living room real estate, Samsung has also packed in a few new features to let the TVs earn their keep even while not in use.
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LG has unveiled its crop of premium TVs for 2018, which includes 10 OLED models and nine so-called “Super UHD” LCD models. All 19 of these TVs have been smartened up with the company’s Alpha processors to render images faster, and the ThinQ AI system to enable voice commands.
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At CES this year, LG Display is showcasing an OLED display that can be rolled up so it's easier to move or be hidden from view when not being used. The 4K display measures 65 inches when fully unfurled but can roll up like a poster into a base box that would make it easy to cart the TV around.
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Alongside its usual LCD and QLED offerings, Samsung has a new TV technology on show at CES 2018. MicroLED technology has enabled the creation of "The Wall", a modular 146-in "true" LED display that works like stadium scoreboards, but on a much smaller scale.
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LG Display is celebrating the start of a new year by announcing the world's first 8K OLED display that rocks 88 diagonal inches. The living room centerpiece of the near future will be shown at CES in Las Vegas next week.
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Sci-fi is now the mainstream and we’re seeing millions spent bringing stories to the screen that are gloriously weird and fantastically futurist. Here are our picks looking forward to 2018 on both the big and small screens, from blockbuster sci-fi spectacle to compelling hard science speculations.
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4K video is still bleeding into the mainstream, but Sharp is looking further ahead, trying to get the ball rolling on an 8K ecosystem. The centerpiece of that ecosystem will be the Aquos 8K Series, a range of TVs and displays launching this year that are 8K-ready and can upscale HD and 4K content.
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Cinera might seem absurd on first glance, but increasingly looks like a good idea the longer you think about it. Billed as an immersive personal theater headset, it's basically like sitting up close to a tiny HDTV to give the effect of sitting in front of a cinema-sized screen.
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LG has been beating the OLED drum for some time, and now it has brought some boutique audio expertise in house, teaming up with Bang & Olufsen to produce an unsurprisingly elegant (and pricy) 4K TV and sound system.
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