Samsung's New Smart TVs Wow Celebs & Techies

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Published on Wednesday, 10 April 2013 15:21

Written by Elaine Ing

In less than a week, Samsung continued to wow us with their state-of-the art electronics. First with the launch of their Galaxy IV at world-famous Radio City Music Hall in NYC on Mar. 14, and then on Mar. 20th with their 2013 suite of Home Entertainment systems. On hand were celebrities NY Giants quarterback Eli Manning, supermodel
Kate Upton and rapper Flo Rida.

Samsung Electronics continues to dominate on the global TV market for the eighth straight year. While other have seen their market share eroding and with significant drops in demand, Samsung continued to lead with revenues increasing 6% year on year in 2012 to give it a 27.7% share. That's more than the combined sales of Panasonic, Sharp and Sony.

Samsung has been aggressively focused on its pricier premium TV models in recent years to cushion the fallout from the global slowdown which has dampened demand for flatscreen TVs and aims to more than double its gap with other players in the premium segment going forward.

The ooh factor was felt in Samsung's latest (sixth) iteration of the Smart TV. The standard television aka "idiot box" is rendered archaic as the rotary telephone with Samsung's proprietary "Smart technology" with features such as web browsing and downloadable applications. The show stopper was Samsung F8000 Smart LED TV, the world’s first with a quad-core processor, resulting in faster internal processing speeds for smoother operations. Compared to previous Samsung 8000-series 

models, start-up, browsing, and switching among services are sped up to three times faster. Available in 40-inch to a whopping 75-inch, this premium, ultra-slim TV range offers a Full HD (1080p) resolution, Active 3D, and ‘Micro Dimming’ tech for increased contrast.

Featured highlights include:

• SmartHub software; a five-panel content navigation system that allow you to seamlessly switch among on-air TV, stored photos, music and video, apps and social media. The feature will make users feel that they are using five TVs at one time with one TV set.

• S-Recommendation, the voice recognition software that will come loaded with all Samsung 2013 TVs. It's like having a personal valet. With 300 voice commands with improved language recognition rates, it is now capable of understanding full sentences and natural language. New gestures are now also available allowing users to rotate images and zoom in and out of photos.
   
• Advanced Smart Interaction technology which uses a camera and microphones built into the TV, to support Motion Control, Voice Control and Facial Recognition.

With so much going on, you'd better make sure your couch is comfortable because you may never get off with Samsung's SmartTV.

Panasonic Introduces new Entry-Level Shoulder-Mount AVCHD Camcorder

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Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 05:00

Written by Christopher Lai

Panasonic Solutions Company recently announced the introduction of the AG-AC7PJ, a versatile, low-cost professional AVCHD shoulder-mount camcorder.

Featuring full 1920x1080 HD and SD Memory Card recording at 480i to SDHC/SDXC media, the AC7PJ is highly compact at under four pounds, offers stable, shoulder-mount shooting and comes complete with a large grip and zoom lever, as well as a wide-diameter, manual focus ring for smooth, precise operation.

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Samsung's Tab S Launches into Our Galaxy

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Published on Tuesday, 01 July 2014 00:11

Written by Elaine Ing

With the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and 10.5, Samsung continues to impress the technology world with its hardware and software prowess. The Tab S (8.4in and 10.5in), billed as the "world's greatest", these aren’t just grandiose words. No other tablet on the current market rivals its resolution in terms of razor sharp clarity, crispness and color reproduction all in an ultra-thin and lightweight design.

The Tab S offers a spectacular display with 16:9 screen aspect ratio which Samsung says make for a better experience when watching video.  The Tab S uses the WQXGA Super Amoled technology which Samsung's mobile devices have become well known for, but this time have a super high resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels, giving it a pixel density of about 360 pixels per inch (ppi) for the 8.4in (287 ppi for the 10.5in) versus the iPad’s 324ppi.  This yields "next generation" screens which are capable of reproducing 97% of the Adobe RGB color coverage, whereas the retina displays on the iPads can only manage around 70%. 

Samsung also cites the Adaptive Display technology as one of the key features of the Tab S, which allows the screen to adjust its saturation and sharpness based on the application and viewing environment. Results are a visually immersive user experience and HD content that looks better than real-life.

At 6.6mm (0.26in) for both models, the Tab S is not only thinner than the iPad mini 2, it is even thinner than the Samsung's own Galaxy S5 smartphone. As well, at 295g (0.65pounds), the Tab S is 40g lighter than the iPad mini 2, while still maintaining its premium, chic appeal.

The Galaxy Tab S is not only ultra-thin and lightweight, but also comes with fast and flawless performance due to Samsung’s own powerful Octa-core Exynos 5 chip along with a massive 3GB of RAM, and 1.9 and 1.3GHz quad-core processors.  The tablets come with either 16GB or 32GB of storage along with a memory card slot to add up to an extra 128GB of storage if needed.   One battery charge lasts around eight hours of mixed use, involving gameplay, internet browsing and video playback.

Both tablets have an 8-megapixel rear camera (with an LED flash) and 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera on the front.

The Tab S comes in "dazzling white" and "titanium bronze" and plastic dimpled back, similar to the Samsung Galaxy S5.

Its vibrant screen and sleek looks make it the perfect medium for entertainment content with a myriad of software features, including Paper Garden (Samsung's new magazine service which comes with free magazines like Vogue and GQ thanks to its partnership with Conde Nast); "Galaxy Gifts", 29 gifts for trial subscriptions to sites like the New York Times and the Wall Street; Milk Music, a free streaming music radio service; and SideSync, an app for easily syncing your Galaxy S5 onto the screen of your Tab S for file sharing (creating a seamless connection that allow users in the network to edit documents at the same time, in real time) and managing phone calls.

To learn more, go to: http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxytabs/

Key Features:
8.4in / 10.5in display with 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution
Exynos 5 Octa-Core CPU
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
6.6mm/ 294g (8.4in); 6.6mm; 467g (10.5in)
3GB RAM; 16GB storage
$399.99 (8.4in), $499.99 (10.5in)