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In het laatste weekend van april speelde Niels het derde deel uit de Famicom Detective Club serie, getiteld Emio The Smiling Man. Michael speelde South of Midnight via Xbox Game Pass. Verder komt Ghost of Yotei dit jaar uit in oktober, komt de Xbox App naar LG televisies met webOS 24, werd een nieuwe tactical game in het Star Wars universum aangekondigd, kwam The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered ineens uit, en krijgt de Playstation 4 nog een collectie van alle Kingdom Hearts games waar helaas niet alles in blijkt te zitten.

Brandon and his friends Oakley,Webos and Chris talk about the next upcoming brawl stars update,Brawl stars trios and about shoes.

In this episode of the CEDIA Podcast, host Walt Zerbe, senior director of technology and standards, explores the latest advancements in video technology with guest Michael Heiss, also known as "Captain Video." They discuss key topics from CES, including HDMI 2.2 and the Lip Latency Indication Protocol (LIP). Michael explains the significant improvements in HDMI 2.2, such as increased bandwidth for higher resolutions and frame rates. They also delve into AI's role in enhancing picture quality and the importance of understanding new technologies. The episode emphasizes continuous learning and staying informed about industry trends.   Timestamps by PodSqueezeIntroduction to the Podcast (00:00:01)   Lip Latency Indication Protocol Overview (00:00:07)   An explanation of the Lift Latency Indication Protocol and its purpose in reducing sync errors. Introduction of Hosts (00:00:57)   Walt Kirby introduces himself and guest Michael Heiss, highlighting their excitement about CES. Reflections on CES (00:01:18)   Discussion of the overwhelming amount of information and advancements in video technology at CES. Consumer Insights on Video Technology (00:02:16)   Michael shares insights on consumer interest in new video technology and potential purchasing recommendations. HDMI 2.2 Announcement (00:03:04)   Discussion begins on HDMI 2.2, its improvements over HDMI 2.1, and implications for video transport. Technical Specifications of HDMI 2.2 (00:03:36)   Detailed comparison of HDMI 2.2's speed and capabilities versus previous standards and DisplayPort. Market Impact of HDMI 2.2 (00:05:30)   Exploration of HDMI 2.2's relevance in consumer markets and its potential applications in various industries. Challenges in HDMI 2.2 Adoption (00:06:06)   Discussion on the timeline and challenges of implementing HDMI 2.2 technology in products. Future of Video Technology (00:08:24)   Considerations for future-proofing installations with HDMI 2.2 and the importance of fiber optics. Introduction to Lift Latency Indication Protocol (00:09:35)   A deeper dive into the Lift Latency Indication Protocol and its role in video formatting. Importance of Sync in Video Processing (00:11:12)   Discussion of lip sync issues and the complexities of latency in video and audio processing. Complications of Latency Perception (00:13:05)   Insights on how latency affects viewer experience, particularly in music and video synchronization. Humorous Take on Lip Sync (00:14:11)   A lighthearted exchange about the naming of the Lift Latency Indication Protocol and its acronym. AI and Lip Sync Issues (00:15:08)   Discussion on the potential for metadata-based lip sync solutions in video technology. AI Applications at CES (00:16:35)   Insights into the emergence of AI applications showcased at CES, particularly by LG and Samsung. AI in Video Quality (00:18:40)   Exploration of AI's role in enhancing video quality through background adjustments. Predictive AI and Daily Life (00:19:45)   Discussion on the implications of predictive AI in everyday tasks and its potential downsides. AI Dependency and Privacy (00:22:46)   Concerns about AI dependency, especially during power outages and its implications for privacy. Samsung Galaxy Phone Controversy (00:24:10)   Controversy surrounding Samsung's moon photography feature and its implications for AI in consumer devices. Leading TV Brands at CES (00:25:39)   Overview of leading TV brands showcased at CES, including LG, Samsung, Hisense, and TCL. AI Engines in TV Brands (00:27:54)   Comparison of AI engines used by major TV brands and their implications for functionality. Sensors and AI Functionality (00:29:16)   Discussion on the importance of sensors and microphones in smart TVs for AI functionality. Introduction to TV Technology Trends (00:30:29)   Discussion on the shift in TV manufacturing and the rise of connected TV systems. Roku's Versatility in TV Market (00:31:27)   Roku's functionality as a universal platform for various TV brands is highlighted. Operating Systems in TVs (00:31:45)   Exploration of different operating systems like webOS, Tizen, and Roku in modern TVs. Consumer Awareness of TV Apps (00:33:03)   Importance of understanding app availability on connected TVs for consumers. TiVo's Marketing Strategy (00:34:21)   TiVo's new approach to marketing its operating system through partnerships with TV brands. Sharp's Return to the US Market (00:35:02)   Discussion on Sharp's comeback in the TV market with a focus on its partnership with TiVo. Trends in TV Sizes (00:37:40)   Analysis of the increasing size of TVs and the emerging market preferences. Direct View LEDs and Market Dynamics (00:39:25)   Insight into the competition and advancements in direct view LED technology at CES. Challenges of Large TV Installations (00:42:47)   Addressing the logistical challenges of installing large TVs in homes. Brightness Improvements in OLEDs (00:44:11)   Overview of advancements in OLED technology and brightness enhancements from LG and Panasonic. Panasonic's OLED Innovations (00:47:03)   Panasonic introduces a thermal cooling process for their OLED panels, performing well in high ambient light. Hisense's RGB Mini LED Announcement (00:48:01)   Hisense surprises with RGB mini LEDs, enhancing brightness and contrast without traditional color filters. Hisense and TCL Brand Evolution (00:49:10)   Discussion on Hisense and TCL's rise to first-tier brands, emphasizing their technological advancements. Trends in Display Technology (00:50:30)   Exploration of non-reflective displays and advancements in gaming-focused frame rates. Samsung's Discrete RGB Micro LED (00:53:00)   Samsung reveals a discrete RGB micro LED backlit set, promising enhanced brightness and contrast. Upcoming Display Technologies at Expo (00:54:01)   Anticipation of new display technologies set to debut at the upcoming Expo. AI and Home Control Integration (00:55:16)   Samsung promotes smart TV features that integrate AI for seamless home control. HDR10+ and Content Compatibility (00:57:46)   HDR10+ press conference highlights its integration with Amazon Prime and other streaming services. Next Gen TV Developments (00:59:43)   Next Gen TV advancements discussed, including cheaper dongles and the new zapper box for ATSC 3.0. Introduction to Marketing Strategies (01:01:58)   Discussion on the importance of marketing in the tech industry and venue changes at CES. TV Innovations with Suction Cups (01:02:28)   Overview of a TV with suction cups for mounting, highlighting its features and market presence. Trends in Monitor Sizes (01:03:40)   Exploration of the trend towards larger, curved monitors for home and office use. Advancements in Audio Technology (01:05:30)   Discussion on new audio technologies, including hearing aids and immersive audio experiences. Hearing Aid Innovations (01:06:54)   Introduction of a new over-the-counter hearing aid with AI language translation features. Samsung's Eclipse Technology (01:08:16)   Overview of Samsung's immersive audio technology and its implications for soundbars and TVs. Gyro-Sensing Soundbars (01:10:12)   Description of a soundbar that adjusts audio output based on its mounting position. Audio Q's Dolby Atmos Decoder (01:12:04)   Introduction of a product combining Dolby Atmos decoding with power line communication. Final Thoughts on Technology (01:13:31)   Discussion on the importance of matching technology with client needs and standards in education. Wrap-Up and Future Events (01:14:45)   Conclusion of the podcast and mention of upcoming events in Barcelona. Introduction to Press Releases (01:16:21)   Discussion on the volume of press releases and their significance in staying informed about industry developments. Acronyms and Abbreviations Course (01:17:40)   Overview of a course aimed at clarifying common acronyms used in the video technology industry. Event Dates Announcement (01:17:57)   Mention of the upcoming event dates, February 4th to 6th, and the importance of continuous learning. Closing Remarks and Philosophy (01:18:19)   Reflection on the importance of asking questions and keeping an open mind in discussions and learning. Final Thank You (01:18:54)   Gratitude expressed to listeners, signaling the end of the podcast episode.

Das Jahr beginnt mit einem Ende Und wer ist am Ende? GameStop. Noch im Januar sollen alle Filialen in Deutschland geschlossen werden. Der Online-Shop ist schon dicht und für die Filialen gab es einen Zeitplan. Waren wir Fans? Sicher nicht. Ist es schade? Auf jeden Fall. Indy “Indiana Jones und der Große Kreis” für die Xbox Series X fängt die unverwechselbare Atmosphäre der klassischen Indiana-Jones-Abenteuer meisterhaft ein. Das Spiel versetzt die Spieler in das Jahr 1937 und lässt sie als jungen, energiegeladenen Indy gegen die Nazis antreten, um ein gestohlenes Artefakt zurückzuerlangen. Die detailgetreuen Nachbildungen ikonischer Schauplätze wie dem Vatikan und Gizeh, kombiniert mit einer neu interpretierten Version von John Williams' Originalmusik und der überzeugenden Darstellung von Troy Baker als Indy, schaffen ein filmreifes Erlebnis.Die gelungene Mischung aus Erkundung, Rätsellösen und actiongeladenen Sequenzen fängt den Geist der klassischen Filme perfekt ein. Für Fans ist dieses Spiel ein absolutes Muss, da es die Essenz von Indiana Jones authentisch wiedergibt und ein fesselndes Abenteuer bietet. Venoms letzter Tanz “Venom: The Last Dance” ist der abschließende Teil der Venom-Trilogie mit Tom Hardy in der Hauptrolle. Der Film bietet eine Mischung aus Action und Humor, die Fans der Reihe vertraut ist. Allerdings bleibt die Handlung hinter den Erwartungen zurück und wirkt stellenweise chaotisch und überladen. Die CGI-Effekte sind inkonsistent, was den Gesamteindruck trübt. Obwohl Hardys Darstellung von Eddie Brock und Venom weiterhin unterhaltsam ist, gelingt es dem Film nicht, neue Akzente zu setzen. Für eingefleischte Fans bietet er dennoch kurzweilige Unterhaltung, ohne jedoch nachhaltig zu begeistern. Vielleicht mal bisschen weniger Ego? Angenommen Ihr diskutiert mit jemand über etwas, wovon ihr echt Ahnung habt, was aber geheim ist. Und der andere stellt eure Kompetenz in Frage… Was macht ihr? Genau, ihr veröffentlicht einfach eingeschränkt zugängliches Material um einen Punkt zu machen. So geschehen zum Thema Radar des Eurofighter im War Thunder Forum. Trübes Wasser Redmans neues Album “Muddy Waters Too”, veröffentlicht am 24. Dezember 2024, ist ein beeindruckendes Werk, das den klassischen Redman-Sound mit frischen Elementen verbindet.  Mit 32 Tracks bietet das Album eine Mischung aus humorvollen Skits, energiegeladenen Beats und cleveren Wortspielen, die an sein Originalalbum “Muddy Waters” von 1996 erinnern. Gleichzeitig setzt Redman neue Akzente durch die Zusammenarbeit mit einer Vielzahl von Künstlern wie Method Man, Snoop Dogg und Queen Latifah, was dem Album eine moderne Note verleiht.  Die Produktion, unter anderem von Erick Sermon und Rockwilder, kombiniert klassischen East-Coast-Hip-Hop mit zeitgenössischen Klängen. Insgesamt liefert “Muddy Waters Too” authentischen Rap, der sowohl alte Fans begeistert als auch neue Hörer anspricht. Hand hoch, wen nerven Sprachnachrichten? Manchmal sind sie einfach nervig. Jetzt gibt es aber eine coole neue Funktion. Ihr könnt bei WhatsApp ab sofort Sprachnachrichten transkribieren lassen. Leider ist die Sprachauswahl beschränkt und Deutsch ist noch nicht dabei. LG verbockt halt mal Matze hat schon mehrere LG TVs in seinem Besitz gehabt. Nun verspricht der Hersteller 5 Jahre Software Unterstützung und verbockt beim WebOS 24 Update mal richtig. Matze erklärt sein Leid. Supercomputer für die Hosentasche Auf der CES hat Nvidia einen Rechner vorgestellt, der ungefähr die große eines Max Mini hat. Ob damit der neue oder alte gemeint ist sei dahingestellt, es ist auf jeden fall ein kleines Gerät. Und das hat für einen Preispunkt von 3.000$ eine Rechenleistung von 1 Petaflop. Netzwelt verweise auf Liste mit Supercomputern, da Liegt ein Militärcomputer aus den USA bei 2,1 Petaflops. Also knapp dem doppelten. Und wir sind uns sicher, der ist größer und hat mehr gekostet. Sein wir gespannt, ob das Gerät wirklich so auf den Markt kommt. Was lange währt… Am 16. Januar 2025 hat Nintendo den ersten offiziellen Trailer zur Nintendo Switch 2 veröffentlicht. Die neue Konsole präsentiert sich mit einem schlankeren Design und einem größeren Display mit schmaleren Rändern. Eine bedeutende Neuerung sind die überarbeiteten Joy-Con-Controller, die nun magnetisch an der Konsole befestigt werden und größere Schultertasten aufweisen. Zudem ermöglicht ein verbesserter Kickstand flexible Betrachtungswinkel im Tischmodus.  Nintendo bestätigt die Abwärtskompatibilität der Switch 2, sodass sowohl physische als auch digitale Spiele der ursprünglichen Switch auf der neuen Konsole spielbar sind. Allerdings wird darauf hingewiesen, dass nicht alle Titel unterstützt werden könnten.  Weitere Details, einschließlich technischer Spezifikationen, Preis und Veröffentlichungsdatum, werden voraussichtlich am 2. April 2025 in einer speziellen Nintendo Direct-Präsentation

Das Jahr beginnt mit einem Ende Und wer ist am Ende? GameStop. Noch im Januar sollen alle Filialen in Deutschland geschlossen werden. Der Online-Shop ist schon dicht und für die Filialen gab es einen Zeitplan. Waren wir Fans? Sicher nicht. Ist es schade? Auf jeden Fall. Indy “Indiana Jones und der Große Kreis” für die Xbox Series X fängt die unverwechselbare Atmosphäre der klassischen Indiana-Jones-Abenteuer meisterhaft ein. Das Spiel versetzt die Spieler in das Jahr 1937 und lässt sie als jungen, energiegeladenen Indy gegen die Nazis antreten, um ein gestohlenes Artefakt zurückzuerlangen. Die detailgetreuen Nachbildungen ikonischer Schauplätze wie dem Vatikan und Gizeh, kombiniert mit einer neu interpretierten Version von John Williams' Originalmusik und der überzeugenden Darstellung von Troy Baker als Indy, schaffen ein filmreifes Erlebnis.Die gelungene Mischung aus Erkundung, Rätsellösen und actiongeladenen Sequenzen fängt den Geist der klassischen Filme perfekt ein. Für Fans ist dieses Spiel ein absolutes Muss, da es die Essenz von Indiana Jones authentisch wiedergibt und ein fesselndes Abenteuer bietet. Venoms letzter Tanz “Venom: The Last Dance” ist der abschließende Teil der Venom-Trilogie mit Tom Hardy in der Hauptrolle. Der Film bietet eine Mischung aus Action und Humor, die Fans der Reihe vertraut ist. Allerdings bleibt die Handlung hinter den Erwartungen zurück und wirkt stellenweise chaotisch und überladen. Die CGI-Effekte sind inkonsistent, was den Gesamteindruck trübt. Obwohl Hardys Darstellung von Eddie Brock und Venom weiterhin unterhaltsam ist, gelingt es dem Film nicht, neue Akzente zu setzen. Für eingefleischte Fans bietet er dennoch kurzweilige Unterhaltung, ohne jedoch nachhaltig zu begeistern. Vielleicht mal bisschen weniger Ego? Angenommen Ihr diskutiert mit jemand über etwas, wovon ihr echt Ahnung habt, was aber geheim ist. Und der andere stellt eure Kompetenz in Frage… Was macht ihr? Genau, ihr veröffentlicht einfach eingeschränkt zugängliches Material um einen Punkt zu machen. So geschehen zum Thema Radar des Eurofighter im War Thunder Forum. Trübes Wasser Redmans neues Album “Muddy Waters Too”, veröffentlicht am 24. Dezember 2024, ist ein beeindruckendes Werk, das den klassischen Redman-Sound mit frischen Elementen verbindet.  Mit 32 Tracks bietet das Album eine Mischung aus humorvollen Skits, energiegeladenen Beats und cleveren Wortspielen, die an sein Originalalbum “Muddy Waters” von 1996 erinnern. Gleichzeitig setzt Redman neue Akzente durch die Zusammenarbeit mit einer Vielzahl von Künstlern wie Method Man, Snoop Dogg und Queen Latifah, was dem Album eine moderne Note verleiht.  Die Produktion, unter anderem von Erick Sermon und Rockwilder, kombiniert klassischen East-Coast-Hip-Hop mit zeitgenössischen Klängen. Insgesamt liefert “Muddy Waters Too” authentischen Rap, der sowohl alte Fans begeistert als auch neue Hörer anspricht. Hand hoch, wen nerven Sprachnachrichten? Manchmal sind sie einfach nervig. Jetzt gibt es aber eine coole neue Funktion. Ihr könnt bei WhatsApp ab sofort Sprachnachrichten transkribieren lassen. Leider ist die Sprachauswahl beschränkt und Deutsch ist noch nicht dabei. LG verbockt halt mal Matze hat schon mehrere LG TVs in seinem Besitz gehabt. Nun verspricht der Hersteller 5 Jahre Software Unterstützung und verbockt beim WebOS 24 Update mal richtig. Matze erklärt sein Leid. Supercomputer für die Hosentasche Auf der CES hat Nvidia einen Rechner vorgestellt, der ungefähr die große eines Max Mini hat. Ob damit der neue oder alte gemeint ist sei dahingestellt, es ist auf jeden fall ein kleines Gerät. Und das hat für einen Preispunkt von 3.000$ eine Rechenleistung von 1 Petaflop. Netzwelt verweise auf Liste mit Supercomputern, da Liegt ein Militärcomputer aus den USA bei 2,1 Petaflops. Also knapp dem doppelten. Und wir sind uns sicher, der ist größer und hat mehr gekostet. Sein wir gespannt, ob das Gerät wirklich so auf den Markt kommt. Was lange währt… Am 16. Januar 2025 hat Nintendo den ersten offiziellen Trailer zur Nintendo Switch 2 veröffentlicht. Die neue Konsole präsentiert sich mit einem schlankeren Design und einem größeren Display mit schmaleren Rändern. Eine bedeutende Neuerung sind die überarbeiteten Joy-Con-Controller, die nun magnetisch an der Konsole befestigt werden und größere Schultertasten aufweisen. Zudem ermöglicht ein verbesserter Kickstand flexible Betrachtungswinkel im Tischmodus.  Nintendo bestätigt die Abwärtskompatibilität der Switch 2, sodass sowohl physische als auch digitale Spiele der ursprünglichen Switch auf der neuen Konsole spielbar sind. Allerdings wird darauf hingewiesen, dass nicht alle Titel unterstützt werden könnten.  Weitere Details, einschließlich technischer Spezifikationen, Preis und Veröffentlichungsdatum, werden voraussichtlich am 2. April 2025 in einer speziellen Nintendo Direct-Präsentation Der Beitrag 269 Auf ins Jahr 2025 - Episode 269 erschien zuerst auf Sag was! Geektalk.

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Disfruta ofreciendo a tu familia los exquisitos bizcochitos de café que puedes cocinar siguiendo paso a paso la receta de la señora Webos fritos. Manolo HH está en la Croquetería de Pozáldez, Valladolid, en al que se hacen las mejores croquetas de España. Escuchar audio

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Örülhet, akiknek LG tévéje van mmonline.hu     2024-09-06 04:04:22     Infotech Különleges módon ünnepli a webOS okostévé-platform bevezetésének 10. évfordulóját az LG Electronics (LG): a vállalat szeptember 9-től október 13-ig 44 országban, köztük Magyarországon is megrendezi az ún. LG Streaming heteket. A 2018-ban, vagy azóta megjelent, azaz legalább webOS 4.0-t futtató és UHD-nál nagyobb felbontású LG televíziók tulajdonosa Simán elvontatják a szemtanúvá avanzsáló Teslákat az Államokban Bitport     2024-09-06 08:15:00     Infotech Rendőrség Elektromos autó Tesla Az elektromos járművek külső kamerái folyamatosan figyelik a környezetüket, a rendőrség pedig értelemszerűen ki akarja használni ezt a lehetőséget a bűncselekmények felderítésében. Olvasgass új rémtörténeteket Mínuszos     2024-09-06 04:33:40     Infotech Hacker A kapzsi hackerek gonosz technikáinak tárháza kifogyhatatlan, ám a cél mindig ugyanaz: megtudni az áldozatok banki adatait, hozzáférni a számlájukhoz, csalárd módon megszerezni a pénzüket. Igaz történetek az elmúlt néhány napból. Motort akart venni az interneten Egy 59 éves bakonytamási nő egy online közösségi csoportban adott fel egy hirdetést, ho A Honor megcsinálta a hajlítható telefonok iPhone-ját Rakéta     2024-09-06 07:12:02     Mobiltech Telefon Apple Okostelefon iPhone Honor A Magic V3 ugyanis kétségkívül új standardot jelent a táblagéppé szétnyitható telefonok történetében. Naprendszerünk alaposabb megismerésében is segíthet a különleges Trappist-1 bolygórendszer vizsgálata Helló Sajtó!     2024-09-06 05:34:10     Tudomány Az exobolygók kialakulásának megértésében, és Naprendszerünk történetének megismerésében is segíthet a Nature Astronomy folyóiratban frissen publikált tanulmány, ami a Trappist-1 bolygórendszert vizsgálja. A cikk egyik szerzője a HUN-REN Csillagászati és Földtudományi Kutatóközpont Konkoly Thege Miklós Csillagászati Intézetének tudományos munkatárs A Qualcomm felvásárolhatja a gyengélkedő Intelt ITBusiness     2024-09-06 11:11:14     Cégvilág Infotech Intel Qualcomm A Qualcomm fontolóra vette, hogy felvásárolja az Intel egyes tervezési üzletágait, hogy bővítse termékportfólióját, állította két, az ügyhöz közel álló forrás a Reutersnek. A mobilchipgyártó az Intel különböző részeinek megvásárlását vizsgálja, mivel az Intel készpénzproblémákkal küzd, és üzletágak eladására készül. Különösen az Intel PC-tervezési Először fogadtak el nemzetközi jogilag kötelező egyezményt a mesterséges intelligenciáról Telex     2024-09-06 09:01:48     Tudomány Mesterséges intelligencia Európa Tanács Az Európa Tanács egyezménye alapján az AI-t alkalmazó rendszereknek összhangban kell lenniük az emberi jogokkal és a jogállamisággal. Mikroműanyagok az agyban? Igen, és jelentős mennyiségben! PlanetZ     2024-09-06 08:00:01     Tudomány Élelmiszer A mikroműanyagokat, azokat a végtelenül apró részecskéket, amelyekről tudjuk, hogy pusztítást végeznek a környezetünkben, most jelentős mennyiségben találták meg az emberi agyakban. Bár már régóta ismert, hogy ezek az apró szennyező anyagok áthatják az óceánokat, az élelmiszereket és még a testünket is, de a mikroműanyagok már az agyszövetből is ki Itt nézheti a meghibásodott űrhajó visszatérését 24.hu     2024-09-06 14:54:11     Tudomány Világűr NASA Boeing A pár naposra tervezett űrmisszió több hónapos fejfájást okozott a NASA és a Boeing mérnökeinek. A Samsung AI-alapú készülékeivel teremt összekapcsolt világot Márkamonitor     2024-09-06 08:09:04     Infotech Németország Kiállítás Innováció Berlin Samsung A Samsung bemutatkozott az Ifa 2024 konferencián, hogy a berlini innovációs kiállítás századik évfordulóját megünnepelve megerősítse és folytassa "Ai mindenkinek" jövőképének megvalósítását.   A konferencián az "Ai for All" ("Ai mindenkinek") jövőkép "Ai Meets the World ("Ai a világnak") és "Ai Meets You" ("Ai Neked") alegységeit ismertette, a váll Trump azt ígéri, ha megválasztják, Elon Musk felel majd a kormányzat hatékonyságáért Telex     2024-09-05 23:34:13     Külföld Elon Musk Trump már korábban is beszélt arról, hogy a milliárdos "nagy nyeső", aki cégeinél is vissza tudta vágni a költéseket. Az űrben ragadtak – Nyolc napnak indult, nyolc hónap lesz belőle Képmás     2024-09-06 03:35:05     Tudomány USA Világűr Boeing Űrállomás Lassan három hónapja él a Nemzetközi Űrállomáson (ISS) két amerikai asztronauta. Butch Wilmore és Sunita Williams eredetileg egy alig több mint egyhetes próbarepülésre indultak a Boeing Starliner űrhajójával, ám a jármű meghibásodása miatt az a döntés született, hogy csak 2025 februárjában térhetnek haza. Hogyan telnek az asztronauták mindennapjai Mesterséges intelligencia segít a szívbetegek azonosításában hirado.hu     2024-09-06 04:33:00     Tudomány Mesterséges intelligencia Egyesült Királyság Szívbetegség Az Egyesült Királyságban több mint kétmillió ember egészségügyi feljegyzéseit vizsgálta a mesterséges intelligencia (MI). A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

Örülhet, akiknek LG tévéje van mmonline.hu     2024-09-06 04:04:22     Infotech Különleges módon ünnepli a webOS okostévé-platform bevezetésének 10. évfordulóját az LG Electronics (LG): a vállalat szeptember 9-től október 13-ig 44 országban, köztük Magyarországon is megrendezi az ún. LG Streaming heteket. A 2018-ban, vagy azóta megjelent, azaz legalább webOS 4.0-t futtató és UHD-nál nagyobb felbontású LG televíziók tulajdonosa Simán elvontatják a szemtanúvá avanzsáló Teslákat az Államokban Bitport     2024-09-06 08:15:00     Infotech Rendőrség Elektromos autó Tesla Az elektromos járművek külső kamerái folyamatosan figyelik a környezetüket, a rendőrség pedig értelemszerűen ki akarja használni ezt a lehetőséget a bűncselekmények felderítésében. Olvasgass új rémtörténeteket Mínuszos     2024-09-06 04:33:40     Infotech Hacker A kapzsi hackerek gonosz technikáinak tárháza kifogyhatatlan, ám a cél mindig ugyanaz: megtudni az áldozatok banki adatait, hozzáférni a számlájukhoz, csalárd módon megszerezni a pénzüket. Igaz történetek az elmúlt néhány napból. Motort akart venni az interneten Egy 59 éves bakonytamási nő egy online közösségi csoportban adott fel egy hirdetést, ho A Honor megcsinálta a hajlítható telefonok iPhone-ját Rakéta     2024-09-06 07:12:02     Mobiltech Telefon Apple Okostelefon iPhone Honor A Magic V3 ugyanis kétségkívül új standardot jelent a táblagéppé szétnyitható telefonok történetében. Naprendszerünk alaposabb megismerésében is segíthet a különleges Trappist-1 bolygórendszer vizsgálata Helló Sajtó!     2024-09-06 05:34:10     Tudomány Az exobolygók kialakulásának megértésében, és Naprendszerünk történetének megismerésében is segíthet a Nature Astronomy folyóiratban frissen publikált tanulmány, ami a Trappist-1 bolygórendszert vizsgálja. A cikk egyik szerzője a HUN-REN Csillagászati és Földtudományi Kutatóközpont Konkoly Thege Miklós Csillagászati Intézetének tudományos munkatárs A Qualcomm felvásárolhatja a gyengélkedő Intelt ITBusiness     2024-09-06 11:11:14     Cégvilág Infotech Intel Qualcomm A Qualcomm fontolóra vette, hogy felvásárolja az Intel egyes tervezési üzletágait, hogy bővítse termékportfólióját, állította két, az ügyhöz közel álló forrás a Reutersnek. A mobilchipgyártó az Intel különböző részeinek megvásárlását vizsgálja, mivel az Intel készpénzproblémákkal küzd, és üzletágak eladására készül. Különösen az Intel PC-tervezési Először fogadtak el nemzetközi jogilag kötelező egyezményt a mesterséges intelligenciáról Telex     2024-09-06 09:01:48     Tudomány Mesterséges intelligencia Európa Tanács Az Európa Tanács egyezménye alapján az AI-t alkalmazó rendszereknek összhangban kell lenniük az emberi jogokkal és a jogállamisággal. Mikroműanyagok az agyban? Igen, és jelentős mennyiségben! PlanetZ     2024-09-06 08:00:01     Tudomány Élelmiszer A mikroműanyagokat, azokat a végtelenül apró részecskéket, amelyekről tudjuk, hogy pusztítást végeznek a környezetünkben, most jelentős mennyiségben találták meg az emberi agyakban. Bár már régóta ismert, hogy ezek az apró szennyező anyagok áthatják az óceánokat, az élelmiszereket és még a testünket is, de a mikroműanyagok már az agyszövetből is ki Itt nézheti a meghibásodott űrhajó visszatérését 24.hu     2024-09-06 14:54:11     Tudomány Világűr NASA Boeing A pár naposra tervezett űrmisszió több hónapos fejfájást okozott a NASA és a Boeing mérnökeinek. A Samsung AI-alapú készülékeivel teremt összekapcsolt világot Márkamonitor     2024-09-06 08:09:04     Infotech Németország Kiállítás Innováció Berlin Samsung A Samsung bemutatkozott az Ifa 2024 konferencián, hogy a berlini innovációs kiállítás századik évfordulóját megünnepelve megerősítse és folytassa "Ai mindenkinek" jövőképének megvalósítását.   A konferencián az "Ai for All" ("Ai mindenkinek") jövőkép "Ai Meets the World ("Ai a világnak") és "Ai Meets You" ("Ai Neked") alegységeit ismertette, a váll Trump azt ígéri, ha megválasztják, Elon Musk felel majd a kormányzat hatékonyságáért Telex     2024-09-05 23:34:13     Külföld Elon Musk Trump már korábban is beszélt arról, hogy a milliárdos "nagy nyeső", aki cégeinél is vissza tudta vágni a költéseket. Az űrben ragadtak – Nyolc napnak indult, nyolc hónap lesz belőle Képmás     2024-09-06 03:35:05     Tudomány USA Világűr Boeing Űrállomás Lassan három hónapja él a Nemzetközi Űrállomáson (ISS) két amerikai asztronauta. Butch Wilmore és Sunita Williams eredetileg egy alig több mint egyhetes próbarepülésre indultak a Boeing Starliner űrhajójával, ám a jármű meghibásodása miatt az a döntés született, hogy csak 2025 februárjában térhetnek haza. Hogyan telnek az asztronauták mindennapjai Mesterséges intelligencia segít a szívbetegek azonosításában hirado.hu     2024-09-06 04:33:00     Tudomány Mesterséges intelligencia Egyesült Királyság Szívbetegség Az Egyesült Királyságban több mint kétmillió ember egészségügyi feljegyzéseit vizsgálta a mesterséges intelligencia (MI). A további adásainkat keresd a podcast.hirstart.hu oldalunkon.

On this week's show we take a look at the summer's best TVs according to RTINGS.COM. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news. News: This ‘Google TV Streamer' set-top box is what comes after Chromecast Spotify HiFi likely to cost $17 or $18 a month Verizon Can Get Free NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV or YouTube DirecTV Warns FCC: Without Early Termination Fees, Our Equipment and Installation Costs Are Going To Be Paid For by Our Customers Upfront The  Best TVs - Summer 2024 - RTINGS.COM RTINGS.COM has published an article “The 8 Best TVs - Summer 2024” and we take a look at four of them. The article has the entire list. Best Budget TV - Hisense U6/U6K (Street Price $780 for 75” if you can find it) If you want to spend less, the best budget TV we've tested is the Hisense U6/U6K. It delivers a surprisingly great performance for the price. The Hisense has excellent contrast, so dark scenes look amazing in a dark room, with little blooming around bright areas of the screen. It also has good peak brightness in SDR and decent reflection handling, so glare isn't an issue in a brighter room. It has an excellent color volume, making this TV very colorful overall. It's bright enough in HDR for a pleasant viewing experience, and just like the Hisense U7N, it supports both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision HDR, although it doesn't support advanced DTS audio formats. Full Review… Mixed Usage 7.4, TV Shows 6.9, Sports 7.0, Video Games 7.8, HDR Movies 7.5, HDR Gaming 8.0, PC Monitor  7.7 Best Mid-Range TV - LG B3 OLED (Street Price $1800 for 77”) The LG B3 OLED is the best mid-range TV we've tested if you want something cheaper and still want high-end features. It's a great mid-range TV and can be an excellent entry point into the OLED market. The TV has all the features of the more expensive LG C3 OLED, but the B3 is dimmer and has only two HDMI 2.1 ports. It still delivers outstanding picture quality, especially in a dark room, with its near-infinite contrast ratio delivering deep, inky blacks with no distracting blooming. Its built-in webOS platform is just as fast on this lower-tier model, and it still has very good image processing, so it has no issues upscaling lower-resolution content if you watch DVDs, cable boxes, or Blu-rays. It also has Dolby Vision HDR and supports DTS advanced audio formats, which is great for physical media as it tends to use DTS for their audio tracks. Full Review… Mixed Usage 8.7, TV Shows 8.3, Sports 8.5, Video Games 9.3, HDR Movies 8.8, HDR Gaming 9.0, PC Monitor 9.2 Best Bright Room TV - Sony BRAVIA 9 QLED (Street Price $3500 for 75”) If you need a TV for a room with a lot of lights on, the Sony BRAVIA 9 QLED is an amazing option. Its superb reflection handling and SDR brightness mean it easily overcomes glare in the brightest rooms, so you aren't distracted by reflections on your TV screen. As impressive as this TV is in a bright room, it's also spectacular for use in a dark room. It has exceptional contrast that delivers incredibly deep blacks that are close to what you get from an OLED, with almost no blooming, thanks to its highly effective local dimming control. It's also a great option for 4k Blu-ray collectors or those looking to get the most out of high-quality streaming services due to its support for Dolby Vision and DTS audio formats. Full Review… Mixed Usage 8.8, TV Shows 8.4, Sports 8.3, Video Games 9.1, HDR Movies 9.0, HDR Gaming 9.0, PC Monitor 8.7 Best Home Theater TV - Sony A95L OLED (Street Price $5000 for 77”) If you're looking for the absolute best TV for a home theater setup and don't care as much about the price, check out the Sony A95L OLED. Although it's a very similar TV to the Samsung S90C OLED, it's better for home theaters thanks to its advanced video format support. Compared to Samsung's HDR10+ format, the Sony TV supports the more popular Dolby Vision HDR, so you'll enjoy the most advanced HDR experience possible from almost any source. Sony's processing does a better job following the content creator's intent, so the brightness and colors of HDR content look the way they're supposed to. It also offers better audio format support than the Samsung, including DTS:X passthrough over eARC, so you can simplify your connection to your audio-video receiver by running everything through your TV without sacrificing audio quality. Full Review… Mixed Usage 9.2, TV Shows 8.9, Sports 9.1, Video Games 9.3, HDR Movies 9.3, HDR Gaming 9.1, PC Monitor 9.4  

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On this week's show we preview the upcoming WiFi 7 specification and we review the Technics SU-GX70 Network Audio Amplifier Review. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news. News: Roku just announced a free NBA channel ESPN's Stand-Alone Streaming Service Will Be Available Through Disney+ Apple TV+ share grows in the US, but still lags behind its competitors LG TV owners should update their firmware, webOS vulnerability found in a few models Other: Ridiculous 150" AWOL Vision Theater Setup Roku patent invents a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV | Ars Technica A Giga-Sunset For Gigaset IoT Devices | Hackaday WiFi 7 May be What We Have All Been Waiting For Why WiFi 7 is the future of wireless technology As of now, the finalized specifications for WiFi 7 (also known as 802.11be) have not been officially released, as the standard is still in development. However, based on industry discussions and proposals, some expected features of the proposed WiFi 7 specification include: Increased Speeds: WiFi 7 is anticipated to offer even higher data rates than its predecessors, potentially reaching multi-gigabit speeds  Enhanced Efficiency: Improved spectrum efficiency will allowi for better performance in crowded environments and increased capacity for simultaneous connections. Low Latency: WiFi 7 is likely to target reduced latency to support real-time applications such as online gaming, video streaming, and video conferencing with minimal delay. Advanced Security:  Multi-User MIMO: More advanced Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) technology  Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA): The use of OFDMA will enhance spectral efficiency and enable better resource allocation for various types of traffic. Improved Beamforming: Enhanced beamforming techniques will optimize signal transmission and reception, improving network coverage and reliability. Wider Spectrum Utilization: WiFi 7 may explore the use of new frequency bands or spectrum sharing techniques to accommodate more devices and applications and deliver better performance. IoT Optimization: Features tailored for Internet of Things (IoT) devices to support the increasing number of connected devices and diverse IoT applications. Power Efficiency Enhancements: Efforts to improve power efficiency to extend battery life in wireless devices and reduce energy consumption overall. It's important to note that these features are based on expectations and early proposals for WiFi 7. The final specifications may vary as the standard progresses through the development and approval process. Technics SU-GX70  Network Audio Amplifier Review Listening to music takes three elements, the music itself, the speakers, and the amplification. If one of these elements is not up to the task, your entire experience will be less than desired. Great speakers take high quality audio to even higher levels. The converse is also true, poor quality audio files will sound even worse.  There is a middle layer that we don't talk about as much, and that's the amplification. Back in the 70's all we cared about were watts! The more, the better! As a teenager I did not appreciate that not all power is created equal. Smart amplifier design can make your music sound even better and that's what the engineers at Technics have done with the SU-GX70 Network Audio Amplifier (MSRP $1999.95). The GX70 is a box that has something for everyone. First and foremost it's a digital amplifier that outputs a total of 80 Watts into 8 ohms and supports a ton of physical connections including: Line level x2, phono, HDMI ARC, optical x2, coaxial, USB Type A, USB Type B. Supporting HDMI ARC allows you to connect your own speakers as a soundbar alternative.   As far as wireless connection goes, you have Wi-fi, ethernet, Bluetooth, Google Chromecast and Apple AirPlay 2. DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) and  FM. You can also get access to Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz through the app.  Hi Res is supported via the USB port with a DAC that can decode 32-bit/384kHz PCM and DSD512 files and it can handle MQA streams from Tidal. This is one versatile integrated amp!! Setup To connect the GX70 to the network you use the Apple Home (or Google Home) app. Which seemed odd to us since there is a remote control and display screen. But once you are connected to your network you can use the Technics Audio Center App to control the system. Actually, the only reason you would need the app is if you want to send MQA streams to the amp. All the radio stations that are available through the app are available on your phone or tablet via apps source apps like iHeart Radio. You can tweak the amp to dial it in for your speakers through a calibration on the amp. But it sounded really good right out of the box.  We'll give it an 8 out of 10 for setup, knocking off two points because you have to use Apple/Google Home to get it connected to your network. The aforementioned remote is a better way to use and interact with the amp. You pretty much just need to connect your speakers and you are good to go. Sound To test the audio we turned to the HT Guys Listener Playlist (Playlist available on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify)  and listened via Airplay2, Bluetooth, and USB. All the music was played in the highest fidelity available on the platform. Both Airplay and Bluetooth lowered quality to fit within the limits of the protocol. It should be noted that the GX70 does not support AptX.  We'll discuss Airplay and Bluetooth together and sum it up by saying the quality was good. The only thing we'll say is that these formats work well for convenience without sacrificing too much quality. When listening to music while doing something else, this is a nice feature. But for really listening to music we used the USB connection. Once connected to Listened to Steely Dan, Deacon Blues (24 bit 192kHz) across three different speakers and found that the GX70 helped capture nuances in the music that we had never heard before. The sound was clean and precise. In Stevie Ray Vaughan's Tin Pan Alley his voice was so smooth and raspy but in a good way! It's like the amp gave it more power and weight! But can it make your walls rattle? You would think at 80W total that this was not a possibility and depending on your speakers it's not. If you have power hungry speakers they will push the amp to its limits. However, if you have efficient  speakers, it will fill the room with sound. More than we were expecting. For that we turned to UFO Strangers in the Night Live, which is an excellent album from the 1970's, but the recording wasn't the best. We'll say this, the GX70 attached to Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1s, which are not extremely efficient speakers, got loud enough to where family members asked to turn down the music! Conclusion What we liked A plethora of input sources (both wired and wireless)  Build Quality is first rate LCD and Remote make it easy to use and setup Outstanding detailed sound quality Needs Improvement Two app setup Would like to see Aptx for high quality audio from mobile devices. Needs a tad more power The GX70 offers an elevated listening experience that brings music to life with clarity, depth, and immersive soundstaging making it a top choice for those who are serious about their music.

Dive into the cyber-landscape where LG smart TVs, Google Workspace, and SharePoint vulnerabilities lay bare the challenges and defenses in our interconnected world. Discover how Bitdefender unearths vulnerabilities in LG's webOS, prompting an urgent patch rollout for millions. Explore Google's stride towards double-layered security with multi-party approvals in Workspace, a bold move against unauthorized changes. Unpack Varonis' latest discovery of SharePoint flaws allowing stealthy data theft, spotlighting the silent battles in cybersecurity. Engage with us on strategies and stories from the front lines of digital defense. Sources: The Hacker News: https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/researchers-discover-lg-smart-tv.html Bitdefender Labs: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/labs/vulnerabilities-identified-in-lg-webos/ Help Net Security: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/04/09/google-workspace-multi-party-approvals/ Google Workspace Updates: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/04/multi-party-approvals-for-sensitive-admin-actions.html BleepingComputer: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-sharepoint-flaws-help-hackers-evade-detection-when-stealing-files/ Varonis Blog: https://www.varonis.com/blog/sidestepping-detection-while-exfiltrating-sharepoint-data Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_daily_decrypt/ Thanks to Jered Jones for providing the music for this episode. https://www.jeredjones.com/ Logo Design by https://www.zackgraber.com/ Tags: LG Smart TV, Google Workspace, SharePoint, cybersecurity, vulnerabilities, webOS, multi-party approvals, data exfiltration, root access, security patches, digital defense, cloud security, Bitdefender, Varonis, Microsoft SharePoint, tech news, information security, cyber threats, administrative controls Search Phrases: Bitdefender LG smart TV vulnerabilities Google Workspace multi-party approval feature Varonis exposes SharePoint flaws How to secure LG smart TVs against hackers Implementing Google Workspace multi-party approvals Protecting SharePoint data from undetected theft Latest cybersecurity threats and defenses Root access vulnerabilities in LG TVs Enhancing cloud security with administrative approvals Stealthy data exfiltration techniques in SharePoint Cybersecurity updates for LG smart TV owners Advanced security features in Google Workspace Mitigating risks in Microsoft SharePoint Cyber threat insights from Bitdefender and Varonis Protecting digital assets against unauthorized access Transcript: Apr 10 Welcome back to the Daily Decrypt. Bitdefender reveals a series of high criticality vulnerabilities in LG Smart TV's which could potentially allow attackers to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized root access, which could affect tens of thousands of smart TVs globally. Do you have an LG smart TV? If so, keep listening to find out how you can protect yourself from these vulnerabilities. Someone recently told Google that it's important to check with a friend before making any important decisions. Google is introducing multi party approvals for security features in Google Workspace, which will require multiple admins to approve any sensitive changes. Why is this important? And what types of things can this protect against? And finally, Varonis Threat Labs has just exposed two new vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint that allow hackers to download sensitive files undetected, which will put thousands of businesses at risk. In a recent cybersecurity revelation, researchers at the Romanian firm Bitdefender have brought to light a series of severe vulnerabilities in LG's webOS, the operating system powering its smart TVs. These weaknesses span across versions 4. 9. 7 to 7. 3. 1. of webOS and present a critical threat potentially allowing unauthorized users to gain root access and take control of the devices. So it sounds like Bitdefender did the honorable thing and let LG know about this months ago before disclosing it to the public. And finally LG on March 22nd issued some patches to address these vulnerabilities. Now that's all well and good, but Smart TVs go un updated, potentially forever, the most alarming vulnerability that has been patched, which is CVE 2023 6317, allows attackers to circumvent PIN verification processes to add a privileged user to the TV, requiring no interaction from the device owner. Another vulnerability lets attackers elevate their access level to root, or the highest level of access. Bitdefender's research uncovered that over 91, 000 devices worldwide had this vulnerable service exposed to the internet. Which essentially means that Bitdefender can open up their laptop and scan the internet for your device and find it. And if Bitdefender can do it, any attacker can do it. So make sure that your TVs are up to date, go into the settings, double check which version it is, And make sure it's the most up to date. There should be some sort of indicator saying your system is up to date. If it's not, and your TV is internet facing, attackers can infiltrate your TV, create a backdoor, so that even after the update, they can still access. Then, if your TV has a microphone or a camera, they'll be able to access those things and see what's going on inside your house. They could use those things to steal data. If you've entered in your credit card number into the TV, they'll have access to that. It could be used as a pivot point to try to get to your more sensitive devices like your laptop or your phone, and then inject malware there. If your office space uses an LG Smart TV, it could be used to pivot and conduct a ransomware attack. The uses of this vulnerability are limited only by the attacker's creativity, so make sure to go in. And ensure your device is updated. And a lot of these devices just go to sleep. They don't do a full power cycle or a restart. So go in, maybe unplug the TV for a couple minutes, maybe overnight, however long you can. And then replug it in when you need to use it again. That should wipe the temporary memory and increase the chances that you've gotten rid of the attacker from your TV. In an effort to bolster security measures for its Google Workspace customers, Google has introduced a new feature designed to mitigate the risk of unauthorized or accidental changes within its system. The tech giant announced the rollout of multi party approvals for its cloud based productivity and collaboration platform. This optional security measure requires that certain sensitive admin actions receive approval from another admin before they can be executed. The multi party approvals feature aims to combat potential threats from both inside and outside an organization. By ensuring that changes to critical settings, such as two step verification and account recovery policies, undergo an additional layer of scrutiny. Admins will have the ability to review details of each request, making informed decisions on whether to allow or deny the proposed changes. This process not only secures the platform against unauthorized access, but also streamlines administrative tasks by executing actions automatically once they receive approval. Google Workspace's multi party approvals will be accessible to a broad range of customers, including those subscribed to the enterprise standard. Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus, and Cloud Identity Premium plans. But, the feature is turned off by default and can be enabled through the admin console under the multi party approval settings. This is a pretty nice feature for Google to introduce. Probably pretty easy to do on their end, just require more permissions before being able to accomplish certain tasks. Granted, this only requires twice as many permissions as were required before, so if an attacker can get in and make these changes, what's to say they can't get in, create a new account, new admin account, and get the required approvals that way. Anyway, The blog post by Google doesn't address this use case specifically, but it would be great if Google required multiple admins in order to create a new admin, which would essentially solve this problem. And then what's also cool about this new feature is that, yeah, it's introducing new automation features as well. Once you have the approvals, Google will automatically go in and place the changes that were already requested. This doesn't save any time from the legacy workflow, which is where admins would go in and do these actions. They would happen immediately. Because the admins will still have to go in and perform these actions, they will just require approvals afterwards. So the action time is the same, but luckily they don't have to wait for approval and then go perform the action again or something like that. It'll happen automatically. And this is so important because one of the first things that an attacker will try to do once they infiltrate your environment is to make sure they can get back in. And one of the ways they can do that is to create accounts or alter security settings, maybe change logging preferences so that their tracks might be more covered up, allowing them to move more freely throughout your network and perform more malicious actions unrestricted. If it requires multiple admins, To edit logging preferences from debug to verbose or turn off two factor authentication so that attackers can sign in from wherever or any of these things, attackers are less likely to succeed down the line. So if you do run a Google workspace, however small, and you have multiple admins, I highly encourage you to go enable this feature once it's available. It's coming out and it's going to be cool. Our final segment discusses new Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities that Varonis Threat Labs discovered, which could allow hackers to stealthily download files from SharePoint, evading traditional audit logs or detection methods. The first method exploits the quote, open in app feature of SharePoint, which when used does not log a file downloaded event, but rather an access event, which might not raise immediate alarms for administrators. This loophole could facilitate what's being termed as silent data exfiltration, allowing for the downloading of documents in a manner that doesn't attract the usual scrutiny. So there's so many events that go on in the Microsoft ecosystem, especially in SharePoint, whether it's opening or downloading or transferring. So many events, they all kind of get funneled into different categories of event. As mentioned, there's a download event and there's an access event. So you might be able to see the Severity difference in these two events. If someone's downloading something that's a little more severe than just opening something. And so security teams will create alerts for different types. of event. So they might have a more serious alert for the download event than they do the access event. And so this first attack is essentially leveraging a bet that security teams aren't alerting as scrutinously on access events, and they're able to download files while only triggering an access event, not a download event. The second vulnerability, uh, Involves spoofing the user agent string of file access requests to appear as if the actions are part of a routine data syncing operation within Microsoft's SkyDrive sync. Thus making the download seem less suspect and more like benign sync events. Both methods open the door to stealthy exfiltration of sensitive documents, bypassing the eyes of cloud access, security tools, and security information and event management platforms, or SIMs. Some recommendations include monitoring for unusual access patterns or high volumes of data activity, which could indicate unauthorized data movements. Until Microsoft addresses these vulnerabilities, we're not sure. Which have currently been acknowledged, but rated as moderate and hence are not slated for immediate patching. Organizations are urged to adopt proactive measures to mitigate potential risks. And I would agree with that assessment. It's a moderate vulnerability and it will be slated for patching, but maybe not immediately since they are still generating events, just maybe not at the correct severity. If this is an important thing to you, make sure to write to Microsoft. Send them an email, get your whole team to send them an email. Try to get them to bump up the priority on this to get it patched. Otherwise, there's going to be a lot of false positive alerts if you're trying to monitor for things that are generally less severe. Hoping for the needle in the haystack. That's going to exhaust your security teams and Reduce the quality of their output. My best advice, if you are planning to take the alerting route, is to create some sort of event sequence based alerting. Like, if someone does this, and someone does this, and someone does this, then generate an alert. Now, not everyone has the ability to do that, but simply raising the severity of Access based alerts isn't going to be the best method and potentially the download alerts will fall through the cracks while analysts are focusing on these. Less severe alerts looking for that, like I said, needle in a haystack. That's all I got for you today. Thanks so much for listening. Hope you got a chance to enjoy the solar eclipse on Monday. 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The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT When I asked an industry friend, whose opinions I respect and trust quite a bit, what CMS software he'd looked at and been impressed by, he rattled off a few companies I was expecting to hear about, but also mentioned the platform developed and marketed by a smallish UK company called NowSignage. He'd seen a lot of different options, but these guys he said, had something that was very modern and nimble. I finally got my act together and scheduled a chat with founder Nick Johnson. Now's roots are in pushing social media messaging to big screens at live events - like concerts and big games. Requests started evolving, both in terms of what could be done with screens and how long they'd be used - which led in part to him concluding the future business was in permanent installations and revenue that was recurring and predictable, versus periodic. Now markets its product as being affordable and not focused on a particular market segment, like QSR, workplace or whatever. That generalist approach tends to worry me, because buyer decisions tend to get focused on price, as in who costs the least. But in my chat with Johnson, he explains that their market focus is on what he calls multi-screen management - networks with a lot of locations and a lot of screens. Most companies would also say they want that and do that, but as Johnson explains in our chat, that's easy to talk about, but much harder to do well. I also had to ask about the Frankenstein'd Rolls-Royce that was the eye candy for the NowSignage stand at ISE in Barcelona. Subscribe from wherever you pick up new podcasts. TRANSCRIPT Nick, thank you for joining me. I know NowSignage reasonably well. I suspect a lot of other people do as well, but could you maybe just give me a rundown on the background of the company, what it is you do, what's distinct, that sort of thing?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, sure. Cheers for having me on, Dave. And, yeah, nice to be here. Yeah, so NowSignage, for those who don't know who we are, is a UK-based business that has been around since 2013. A lot of people thought we launched a market and were in a big whirlwind storm about six years ago, but actually, the tech has been being developed since 2013 now, and then we really honed in on the permanent signage market around seven or eight years ago, really. In terms of signage, we position ourselves as a multi-screen management platform that allows our users to effectively and efficiently manage large networks of screens. So, we don't really focus on a specific vertical specialism. So, with IE, we're not a specific sector, like a corporate sector outright or anything like that. Our specialism is really around meeting the needs and demands of projects that have multiple screens, often in multiple locations or multiple sites, so those large-volume projects are our specialism.  Now, I would imagine most software companies would say: we can fully support large enterprise level, big footprint projects across multiple locations and all that, so that doesn't immediately hit me as a distinction, but I'm guessing you're going to tell me that it's easier said than done?  Nick Johnson: Exactly. So normally, as you say, with CMSs, and we found it ourselves in the early days, we had an eye on those bigger projects, but in reality, as soon as it got above 50 screens, that becomes a challenge for a CMS. It's got a different thought process that needs to go into the CMS from an intuitive nature, but also, your platform needs to be built to kind of balance those enterprise features alongside the simplicity, flexibility, and scalability of the platform.  So yeah, there are some nuances that, for sure, where if you want to manage those large scale projects, you really need to nail the ability to make it as easy as possible for those end users to target specific screens with specific promotions or specific content and that's quite a powerful and hard to achieve thing within a CMS. It's all about bringing those features to enable that functionality.  So, if I'm an end user or even a reseller integrator looking at different options out there, what's my sniff test (or smell test) to determine who can genuinely support large-scale networks like that?  Is it data integration, you know, is it elasticity, at the server level? What are those things?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, both of those, obviously, come into consideration. The way we position our product is that we ultimately want it to be self managed by the user. So if it can't be easy to be managed by the user, then you've got a problem, and to make it easy to be managed by the user, you do need those features in the platform like very advanced targeted tags or roles and permissions for locking down areas of the platform. The targeted tags will allow people to target localized stores with localized messages based on the tagging functionality. I'd probably say the most important thing is just giving that flexibility throughout the platform. You can't say that all scheduling has to be done in the scheduling area. You need to be more flexible on that. So in the NowSignage CMS, we enable certain degrees of different types of scheduling to happen, whether it's in the content area, the actual playlist area, the scheduling area, and even at the screen's level, there are different types of tools that you can use to meet the requirements of the customer.  So, it's not always one size fits all. You have to go to that customer and say, look, we've got this feature set here that makes it easy to manage large networks. What's your specific requirement here? And we may turn around and go, great. You want to use our targeted tags and our override functionality, or we might say you want to use nested playlists and the ability to set assets to show and remove at set dates and times. So, it's giving that broader flexibility within the CMS to adapt to their needs.  I'm curious as well about the whole idea of affordability. It's one of the things that comes across on your site pretty quickly that you talk about it being cost effective and affordable. But it's also pretty sophisticated, like a lot of the platforms that say they're affordable, it's because, they do the basics.  Nick Johnson: Yeah, and I'm glad you used the word affordable there because I don't like the word cheap. So, for us, it's not a race to the bottom. We're not about being the cheapest. We're about being what you get out of our package, which is the most affordable. It's the most cost-effective. So you get the most amount of performance out of our platform for the cost and ratio. So yeah, it's all about affordability. So, with the platform, we don't charge for add-ons within the platform.  When you get access to NowSignage, you get access to all our features and functionality, and you even get access to them as we roll out new features and functionality; they become free for all end users to use. So that's why we appeal, as I said at the start there, we don't really have a sector specialism; we focus on the type of customer that we want to work with, and then often those customers we find because we operate, let's say with lots of supermarkets, a supermarket isn't just a retail requirement in the front of the store. A true requirement for a supermarket is actually they want to centralize that CMS and they have a retail requirement. They have a retail media network requirement. They have a digital out-of-home requirement. They have a back office requirement. They have a factory and manufacturing plant requirement. So all of these requirements are completely different, and the NowSignage platform allows those users to pull on different features and functionalities in the platform. So they may in their manufacturing plant use our Microsoft Power BI integration for showing dispatch information and fleet management, whereas in the retail media network, they might be using our proof of play functionality, which, as you've alluded to, is very much an enterprise feature and it normally very often doubles the cost of a license. We absorb all of those costs, from our servers and so on because we spread that across our whole customer base. So, yeah, it's absolutely the most affordable is how we position ourselves, not the cheapest in the race to the bottom.  Yeah, I've often said that if you're going to be a generalist, that can be a little deadly because you are just competing on price by and large, but what you're saying is, we go across a number of vertical sectors, but we're not really a generalist because our specialty is large, multi-screen networks. Nick Johnson: Yeah, and what you will get with those networks as well, because of the types of brands and customers that you're working with for those projects, it's not really about just selling features and competing on cost for those large networks. Now, obviously, they will be price-driven because often they go out to tender, so you do need the ability to really come down on your price, which we have that capability to do so we can be very competitive on price, but equally, what the brands wanna see is they really want to build a partnership with that CMS to get confidence from you that you are advising them on how to structure their account to maximize the usage of your platform, to meet their goals and of what they require from the network. So if you can communicate and instill that confidence, I think that's really where you find the winning edge to things.  You also, as a company, say that your hardware is agnostic. I have seen all kinds of companies go down that path, and many of them then almost surrender and come up with their own dedicated player devices.  I don't think it's because they're making extra hardware margin; it's just that they grow wary of trying to support all these different types of hardware, and the much easier path is to just have their own, which they can control because they know the build and everything else. So, how do you manage being agnostic across so many different platforms? Nick Johnson: Yeah, so it's all about getting the feature parity across all those different operating systems. There are so many out there. You've got the standard kind of Android, Windows, Linux, all of those. But then you've got the more proprietary ones with the system on chip, where a lot of them are really using an Android base there but you've got Samsung with Tizen, LG with WebOS, BrightSign with their setup there. So, yeah, we've got one centralized code base, and so I probably can't share too much about that and give our full game away, but yeah, we've got one centralized code base set, which delivers feature parity across all those builds. So when we make a change within the platform, we don't need to make it for seven different builds or ten different builds. We don't have to support lots of builds of the platform, meaning lots of developers. We have one centralized build, and that is built in a way that is then compatible with all operating systems out there. So you may have seen that on our stand at ISE. At ISE, we had three or four BrightSign displays. We had a large video wall that was powered by a Windows player. We had a Sony system on-chip display and a Samsung system on-chip display, and on one setup there via the show Wi-Fi, which is very flaky at times, we managed to achieve perfect screen synchronization across different hardware again, which is quite unusual.  Not only are we offering parity across the hardware, but actually with features like Screen Sync, we can bring all of that together and actually offer the synchronization to take into account those different processing powers and speeds and so on. Does that mean if you inherit a network and you're then going to expand on it and it has multiple different operating systems on different devices and so on, you can manage them all off of your application without having something in the middle, like Signage OS or whatever? Nick Johnson: Absolutely, and I think that's what's so important with the types of customers that we're onboarding is that they will have a network that's out there that's got legacy hardware and screens in there, and they're not in a position where they want a huge outlay of cost to go and transform all that hardware over brand new hardware. So because we can sit on a system on a chip, we can sit on the media players, we also work closely with those partners, as you've mentioned, the Signage OS, if there was a requirement there, then we could sit alongside that. But generally, because we have that feature parity and the hardware-agnostic approach, there's no requirement for that additional layer that needs to be added, so it can reduce all the costs and also mean that the network can be rolled out at relative ease and speed as well.  Some of the other software applications out there that say they are hardware agnostic, they're able to do that because it's a somewhat truncated application. It's a web player or something. So yes, you can get content, all the different operating systems or whatever, but it's not a pure player. It can't do everything that a native player could do.  Nick Johnson: Yeah. So, ours is a full application in the way that it's powered. So we are a Chrome OS partner, and we can run through a browser mode or any sort of environment like that where it needs to be embedded into a web page or as a browser player, but yeah, the way our code base packages or fit packages, or everything is its own native application. A few companies have started talking, well, they've been talking about a few things, but one of them is this idea of headless CMS and the idea that, if I have a tool set that I'm already using within a larger company, that's pushing out to web, mobile, intranet, extranet, whatever it may be, they want to use that tool set to also do digital signage as opposed to logging into a separate application. Can you do that sort of thing?  Nick Johnson: So are you referring to embedding us into different environments so that we could be played within an intranet environment?  Probably more so that the development, the scheduling, a lot of what you would do for a digital sign network, you could do within another application, and the digital signage platform is kind of the plumbing, the infrastructure that moves things around. It's kind of the way that Samsung with VXT now is positioning itself as you can write your application on top of our platform.  Nick Johnson: Yeah. So, normally, we operate with a fully open API. So we really want to be the source and the conduit for everything coming into it. So we won't go out there and build some specialist functionality that other platforms already build a lot better than us, like a Microsoft Power BI integration; we wouldn't try and build something like that or a Quividi integration that we've got if we want to do audience measurement with camera systems and so on, we have an API there. So we can pull all of those great features and functionality together and then be the source to output that.  Similar to QSR environments, things like with the API, we sit in harmony with their product systems. So, if they want to do dynamic pricing, we will just be another outlay to them. They will look at the output to all the other different avenues for that pricing, and we will just be a different source that they're inputting into. Then, we'll showcase that dynamic pricing data on the screen. So yeah, we've got an open API, and we're kind of pulling all that data resource into NowSignage. I would imagine the data side of things is super important, the ability to support all that?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, from two angles, really. In terms of the data capacity on our side, we've just gone through a full year's process of improving and upgrading our infrastructure. So, the infrastructure of a CMS is super important. It is arguably what sets a lot of CMSs apart. You've found in recent years that there are certain CMSs that have risen to the top and that they're probably the ones that have invested in their infrastructure, their scalability as a brand, and their security. So, likewise, we've done the same.  Our infrastructure is invaluable to the platform. If we have downtime or anything that's going to impact our size of customers, which isn't acceptable, but also the data that we can then pull together and aggregate to then analyze and give back to the customers inside the platform is obviously crucial as well, and that's probably going to be a big focus for us this year. We already have features like proof of play in the platform that can report on when, where, and how many times an advert is played on the screen, and all of that is live data that comes through. So customers don't need to wait for that data, and we obviously have lots of information about the status of the screens and the uptime status and the ability to kind of set them to go on and off and push our app updates and all of that kind of good stuff. But I think that will be a big push this year to analyze and help our customers understand that data more and more, knowing exactly where their screens are and what's happening with them.  Your company is young enough in relative terms that I suspect you're not saddled with some of the problems that, or challenges that, really well established companies may have in terms of they have a software application that's, they've been building off of for 15-30 years, in some cases, versus what you've got. If you started in 2013 and you kind of emerged a few years after that, you've got a platform that's using modern web tools and everything else, and you're a lot more malleable, I suspect.  Nick Johnson: Exactly, and a lot of the team that I've brought together as well, we're all from completely different sectors, but before that, created and delivered and brought to market a very successful SaaS business there in a completely different sector. So, as I built this business, I brought on a lot of the expertise from the old CTO, and my investor and my business partner are from that background as well. So right at our core, we understand how SaaS businesses and tech need to work. So we're not from a hardware background. We're not interested in the hardware. We're interested in it. How can this software be the most efficient and scalable piece of software and also the most innovative piece of software?  So you're right, probably the timing of it and in the sense that digital signage had kind of become to get a bit more established around that point and knew its place, so we don't have all the legacy burden of the hardware and having to build on and revamp our infrastructure with.  We've managed to build a very clean UI from day one, but also from the experience and background of myself, but also the people that I've built around the team, where we're really focused on SaaS and technology and innovation, that's what we live and breathe every day, really. And the company kind of grew out of, or at least was inspired by, I believe, it was pushing social media to screens at live events. Is that correct?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, let's be honest. It was probably me just having a bit of fun in my mid-twenties at that point. So, yeah, the way it all started was I was working for a company that was a web agency at that point, developing websites. And so my part in that business was that we developed a piece of technology that was embedding social feeds into those websites. So, at the time, just before 2013, I separated that as a separate company and thought, wouldn't it be great if we could get some social content onto screens at events.  This was kind of around the time that the Twitter walls were emerging. So it was right at the early stage of that. So our first ever event was actually at the Olympic stadium, and we were powering the big screens where people were taking Instagram pictures and popping them onto big screens and I couldn't really believe what I'd got into at that point. So, I just enjoyed the ride for a few years. We got shipped around all over the world, doing large events and as we did more of those events, I suppose the platform evolved, which is why the platform is so intuitive and focused just around the software because we kind of started off with that base and then we were doing events where people then wanted to advertise onto the screen. So we had to bring in some advertising capability to show images and videos, and then before we knew it, we started doing some more permanent setups where we needed to bring in that better structure and management and, then, as I say, probably around, I can't remember the exact date now, but it must've been around seven or eight years ago. Just overnight, it was 90 percent of our revenue at the time, I just decided we needed to focus on permanent signage. That was the model that was going to work. That's the sustainable model and the growth model that we wanted. So we kind of just made the ballsy move at that point that we were ditching all of that income, and we focused permanently on permanent digital signage and because we have the background of the platform already, as I say, people were looking at us going, who are these guys who have come to market and we've just kind of won four AV awards in a row. But, actually, it's because the software was there, and we actually just needed to understand what the channel was and what the industry was and that's what we focused on, and we don't sell directly at all. We only sell directly through our resell reseller channel, whether it's a balance of integrators or distributors, and that's how we now go to market.  It's funny, I was talking about that with somebody else yesterday about the channel and the opportunities and challenges of doing that and how difficult it can be to sell direct if you also have channel partners. You're kind of saying that you've got to choose door number one or door number two. You can't go through both.  Nick Johnson: Yeah, and I think it's a fine balance, and I'd say certainly in where we come from, it's always through the channel, but I have seen some variances globally that some people say that the channel in Europe, and then in the US that they're selling direct because they get a big contract and the brand wants to work direct. We've actually just secured a very large project in the US, which is great news for us, but the relationship of that is that we engaged directly and we built trust with the end user and we demonstrated our platform, but now it's come through to a commercial point. We are absolutely funneling that through the channel because that's how you build that trust and that relationship with the channel. So that's now being commercially funnel funneled through one of our channel partners, and then off the back of that. For us, there's no way that we can; we would never do a direct deal because that kind of breaks our whole model of how we're going to market and how we're building trust with our resellers that they're ultimately our partner and our direct customer.  And are you white-labeled and totally behind the curtain, or would the end user know that this is NowSignage as managed by Brand X? Nick Johnson: In almost all circumstances, they will know it's NowSignage. What we don't do is we don't do white labels for our resellers. We want them to proudly shout about it being NowSignage. So everybody at the sales point knows that they are purchasing NowSignage. In some instances, once it then goes through the end user, they go, great, we're now using NowSignage, but actually, we want our staff to log into an environment that feels familiar and friendly to them; at that point, we can white label for the end user, but at no point is it hidden and that it's NowSignage. It's NowSignage all the way and then when the end users dive in, we can white label to an end user requirement.  Yeah, I've always wondered about white labeling. I understand the task and everything, but if you do that as a reseller, there's then an expectation you really know your way around the software, and I suspect that there are a lot of uncomfortable phone calls and meetings.  Nick Johnson: Yeah, and also, I think you get that frustration as well. We've found fortunately that we've managed to secure some of those resellers who have traditionally sold a white-labeled CMS, and the frustrations that they've actually ended up happening is that they get a demand from an end user to say, we need this feature, and we need it right now. Now, it's not their code base. They don't own the IP. They don't own the code. They've got no developers. So, at that point, they have to go back to the CMS and say, can you build this? But I think from a CMS's point of view, that kind of, like, well, you're a white-label solution so you now just need to join the queue of things, whereas with us, we have that open dialogue with the end user and with our reseller. So if a request comes in, it funnels straight to us, and we control that kind of destiny of where those features come in, and we're very transparent with that roadmap to react.  ISE was a couple of months ago. You guys were there when I was walking around. I was expecting to hear a lot more about AI from different software companies. Here's how we're using AI. Here's how we're applying it. Here's the opportunity, and so on.  But maybe it's just early stages, and I just didn't hear much. I'm curious what you guys are doing with it or you're kind of sitting on the sidelines watching it? Nick Johnson: No, we're absolutely not sitting on the sidelines watching it, but to have a go at us, we're not shouting about it as much as we probably should be, and what we've found is that we are doing a huge amount of development in the background with AI. So we've already done some integrations into the platform with AI that haven't been released as full features into the platform. My understanding and the feedback that I'm getting from other CMSs that we talk to and have good relationships with are that AI at the moment; none of the big brands are quite ready to take the first step with it, really. They're all very interested in it, and it's a great opportunity to open a door and start a conversation with them. So we do have AI features built into the platform that can, you can walk up to a screen and tell it what your allergies are, and it can then relay what food is appropriate for you within that store or help you find products within certain aisles or find your preferences. So we're using it as a tool to really open up the door and demonstrate. But in reality, there's not been a huge amount of adoption from it on our side, and I think that it will come, but I think some of the big brands are just waiting for someone to take the first step to see if it goes well, and then there'll be a lot of people to follow, but we're absolutely in that talking point where we've done a lot of AI development. Yeah, I think, as you say, a lot of the work isn't really something that is going to be visible to an end-user or to a channel partner. It's work that helps expedite some basic coding and things, right?  Nick Johnson: Yeah, it's all about bringing in the data and feeding that back to the end user in the cleanest and most efficient manner. So it can become a very powerful tool, where we're seeing it. As I say, a great example would be to walk into a coffee shop and say, “I want something for breakfast, but I've got a nut allergy,” and it can relay all that allergy information and say, this is what we suggest, and if you say, “I don't want anything that has to meat in it,” it will say: here are the vegan options. “Where can I find that?” You can find that on aisle five, it's priced for 99 or whatever it might be. All of that is just pulling live data and using the AI tool to relay that information.  Just going back to ISE, I can't have this conversation without asking about the Rolls Royce. Nick Johnson: Yeah. So we had a lot of interest in a lot of questions about why you have got a Rolls Royce there, but I think that's it Dave. But I think for NowSignage and me, we like to get noticed and it's important to get noticed because it's, at times, a crowded marketplace, and I think you've really got to understand that there's a cost of being dull, and a lot of people waste a lot of energy and get drowned out by all this white noise because everyone's saying the same old, same really. So you've got to really consider what is the cost of being dull. And if you're going to be dull in the events industry, you're going to have an empty stand. You're going to have no pundits on your stand. You're going to be having no conversations. So, it's all about, I think, making people care, making people smile, and surprising them in some way, and if you can hit those three points at any point in any form of marketing, I think you'll get an interest in your sparking debates, really. So, for people who did not go to ISE, what did you do?  Nick Johnson: So we bought a 1950s vintage Rolls Royce from a scrap heap, and we did it over three months. My business partner is a fanatic about cars…  Yes, I met him.  Nick Johnson: He did it as a bit of a hobby, and before we renovated it, we, to some Rolls Royce lovers, they may not have been happy, but I remind them that it was on a scrap heap, so we did save it in the first place. Wwe chopped it in half, we attached a flatbed truck to it. We then constructed a digital scene on the back to make it look like it was a, like a food van, but actually it was constructed with screens and the digital element created a visual effect to make it look like the screens went up and down and then we drove it 1,300 miles from Manchester in the UK all the way to Barcelona at 50 miles an hour and parked it on the stand.  So, was it on the back of another truck, or was it a viable rolling vehicle?  Nick Johnson: So with this setup, and it was over seven meters long unit, so yeah, and because of the age of it, we actually built an electric motor inside it underneath. So what we did is we transported it on another vehicle that had to drive very slowly, and then when we got it near the venue, we actually drove it in with a remote control by the electric power. So we actually drove because no petrol was allowed in the car, and we remote control it in and reversed it onto the stand and then we had a few gags throughout the show as well, where we got people to sit in and then quickly remove the remote, and they thought that they'd pressed something and made the car move forward.  Well, that's certainly a lot more eye-grabbing than a bowl full of pens.  Nick Johnson: I agree.  So what are you going to do next year? Or you can't tell me?  Nick Johnson: I am under wraps on that one, but let's just say it's definitely going to be bigger and better. The problem that I think we will have once we do next year is that I'm not too sure how we're going to top it the following year. So, next year is going to be, yeah, pretty impressive. It is vehicle-related again, but yeah, it's even more impressive. I'm quite looking forward to getting it over there.  Yeah. Well, the challenge of that is just what you just said. If you one up by yourself every year, then there's an expectation now: what are you gonna do? Is it gonna be a space shuttle or what? Nick Johnson: Yeah, or just not turn up for any year or so, but I don't think we could do that.  Nick, thank you. That was terrific.  Nick Johnson: Excellent. Well, yeah, thanks for having me on, and yeah, I look forward to catching you in Infocomm or wherever I see you next.  Infocomm and I'll be at the event in Munich in six to seven weeks, something like that, so I'm around. Nick Johnson: Good stuff.  All right. Take care. 

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La sra Webos fritos nos hace un tradicional bizcocho de chocolate. Manolo HH está en el restaurante El Quinto de Paradinas de San Juan, en Salamanca, junto con su chef Andrés Yague. Escuchar audio

Invitado: Santiago Choi: Director de Línea Marrón para Venezuela LG Electronics (LG) presenta su línea de televisores OLED para el 2024, llevando la experiencia de entretenimiento en el hogar a un nuevo nivel. Estos nuevos dispositivos, impulsados por la última generación del procesado de Inteligencia Artificial (IA) de la compañía con un rendimiento cuatro veces superior, ofrecen experiencias visuales inigualables con una calidad de imagen aún más vibrante y realista. Diseñados bajo la visión de LG “Sincronizado Contigo, Abierto para Todos”, los nuevos televisores OLED para el 2024 están centrados en los usuarios para materializar el objetivo de la empresa de crear experiencias personalizadas para cada estilo de vida, con productos y dispositivos que son accesibles para todos. En este sentido, la plataforma de televisión inteligente webOS de LG proporciona soluciones y servicios personalizados a través de un ecosistema ampliado que ofrece una conectividad extendida para ofrecer la mejor experiencia de entretenimiento para todas las personas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/somos-itnews-lat/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/somos-itnews-lat/support

La sra Webos fritos nos recomienda hoy unos puerros a la vinagreta de granada con picatostes y chips de jamón ibérico para chuparse los dedos. Manolo HH nos lleva al resturante Las Cabañas, en Peñaranda de Bracamonte y nos presenta a su chef, Gerardo Díaz. Escuchar audio

Episode 428 avec Sébastien S. et Benoît.La revue de presse :• A comme Adobe (00:02:19) : Sans Figma. Adobe n'achètera pas Figma. (Source : lesechos.fr) • I comme IA (00:07:20) : 2023, l'année des IAs... et après ? Des nouveaux usages qui posent des questions. (Sources : tf1info.fr et sfeir.dev) • L comme LG (00:22:06) : CES: CineBeam Qube, webOS re:New. Les pré-annonces du CES: nouveau projecteur, mises à jour de webOS. (Sources : cnetfrance.fr, frandroid.com et lgnewsroom.com) • M comme Mickey (00:32:52) : Quand Mickey tombe dans le domaine public. L'image originale de Mickey est desormais publique. (Sources : washingtonpost.com, businessinsider.com et nypost.com) • M comme Moléculaire (00:37:50) : Le café moléculaire. La "formule" du café de laboratoire dévoilée. (Sources : sprudge.com, acs.org et eraofwe.com) • V comme Vunérabilité (00:45:16) : Quand on documente une incroyable chaîne d'attaque de iOS. Une série de vulnérabilités permettait l'accès complet à votre iPhone jusque décembre 2022. (Sources : 9to5mac.com et securelist.com) Dossier : L'expérience utilisateur (00:52:31)• Du design industriel à la création de logiciels (Source : wikipedia.org)• L'approche en matière de conception de système informatique (Source : afihm.org)• Valider ses hypothèses: le test A/B (Source : wikipedia.org)• L'UX, chemin vers la rentabilité ? (Source : mckinsey.com) Retrouvez toutes nos informations, liens, versions du podcast via notre site : LesTechnos.be

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I bumped into Gil Matzliah at a conference this summer, and told the software executive we were long overdue to do a podcast about what's happening with his company, Novisign. We finally nailed down a date and time, and as it turned out, it was just days after the horrendous violence that broke out in Israel - where Matzliah and his company are based. We chatted about the situation and the impacts on his company. He's fine, his family and staff are fine, but everyone is understandably rattled. We then got into the roots of Novisign does, what's different about its CMS solution, and what they're seeing and hearing in the marketplace. Novisign was an early adopter of Android and it remains its primary go-to operating system. Though Israeli, more than half of its business comes from the US and another quarter from Europe. And now the company is growing business in Japan. Transcript Gil, thank you for joining me. You're in Israel, where a few days later things went crazy there. I have to ask, how are things going? How are you? And I assume the family's fine and everything?  Gil Matzliah: Yeah. Thank you for your concern. Yes, me and my family are all good, also the team members that are here in Israel are good. Last Saturday was a very hard day in Israel. It's something we never expected would happen. But now we are good. Your offices are pretty close to the West Bank, aren't they?  Gil Matzliah: Yeah. So, Israel is a small and tiny country. It's not too big. So everything is close to everything. Our office is close to the West Bank, the conflict and all the issues you hear now in the news have been in the south area of Israel with the border of the Gaza Strip. I hope everything continues to be fine for you and things settle down there. Gil Matzliah: Yeah, we also hope so. At the end of the day, we like to work, we like to have peace, everybody wants to build good things together and so do our neighbors. In NoviSign, we have Arab Muslims, Christians from all around the world, Jewish people, we all work happily together and that's what we hope the world will go for. It's just this thing with the Gaza Strip that... and there's an organization called Hamas, who is making the issues and challenges for our regions, which I hope will be better moving forward.  Has staffing been affected at all? Have you had members of your staff be called up to the military? Gil Matzliah: Yeah, in many countries, they call some of the stuff but you can say it's less than 10% for a team all the time one or two people in total. Yeah, it's just one of those things which you can't help but be directly affected in some way because of the size of the country and the way things operate, right? Gil Matzliah: Exactly. Yes.  All right. So enough of that. I don't want to dwell on it and no doubt by the time that things will have changed and hopefully gotten better.  Just for the benefits of people who maybe don't know your company, can you run down what you do, how long you've been around and how you distinguish yourself in the marketplace as NoviSign. Gil Matzliah: Perfect. So, we are NoviSign. We do digital signage software. Our company is based in Israel and provides services from all around the world. We have people in the US, Germany and Japan. With a team of more than 200 partners all around the world, we give a global software as a service for digital signage. I started a company with my colleague, Avi 12 years ago. It was 2011. We established it here in Israel, with the dream to be a great startup, changing the world and leading the digital signage software.  Have you changed the world?  Gil Matzliah: It's not so easy but we're sure we'll do it. We are making changes. We are progressing. Opening a startup 12 years ago, that's a long journey and like a roller coaster, you go up, you go down, but you keep going forward all the time. And after a few years, we started to see the good results coming and since then we are growing and growing constantly every year.  Good. So if you were lined up against, let's say, 10 other CMS software companies out there and somebody said, all right, I've looked at all these other ones. What is it about you guys that's distinctive and different and important? What would you say? Gil Matzliah: Yeah. So, first it's the team. We came with a lot of experience in software programming. We are technical people. We are software programming people. We have opened the company to lead in the platforms that enable people to do that. So, it's the team that you work with. It's the technology behind the servers, the player, the communication, the integration and it's the offering that we have. We have a wide offering, which is very reliable and secured and trusted by thousands of customers around the world.  You mentioned security and I know you're SOC 2 certified. Was that important to do?  I'm hearing more and more from a variety of different companies saying that the security piece of this is really important, maybe much more so than it was even a couple of years ago.  Gil Matzliah: That's correct. So more and more organizations are looking at security, but also it's the maturity of the company. So when NoviSign started with few installations, what you are busy with is just building software that works. And then after it works, you start adding more and more features. And when we started, we were looking at a small and medium businesses. But slowly, as people saw, we have a nice, easy to use platform, then the bigger companies started wanting it. But when you go for a bigger company, and as time changes, all these medium and large companies today want better security, they looki at all these RFPs, abd you really need good security in order to get these customers. Have you evolved like a lot of companies have, where they started with the small to medium business market and now they're more focused on enterprise? Gil Matzliah: We are not focusing on enterprise yet, but this is the growth engine that we have. So if you had asked me like five years ago, we wouldn't work with banks, insurance companies or bigger Fortune 500 companies. But if you look recently in the last five years, we started to work with a few banks and corporations and insurance companies worldwide and there is the bigger number of bigger business we work with now. I'm curious when you say five years ago, you wouldn't have worked with a big bank or somebody like that. Is that because your platform wasn't ready for it or a very large customer, as I've said to some other people in the past, they could be great, but they can kill your company because they just get so involved and they can be so needy? Gil Matzliah: It's a good point. So if I look at that, I can tell you an interesting story. Like a year or two after we opened the company and we have the website and we started to do promotions and we started to go to shows and I'm sitting in my home and suddenly I'm getting, today we have people in the US, but back then we were just in Israel, and a call was redirected for me from the US and it was the MTA of the New York transportation company asking about our platforms.  And you're not really ready for these types of companies when you are less than 10 people, a small company with a new product. But once you are in almost 10 years or so, and you have enough people to support, enough understanding of the security, the features, the integrations, the platforms, then you get ready to serve the bigger companies.  You work with a lot of different platforms and therefore hardware partners. I know you're on Android, you're on different SOC platforms for smart displays, all that sort of thing. Is it a challenge to manage the variety of, they're all are just similar in certain respects, most of them are Linux in some way or another, but how easy or hard is it to stay on top of all those different ones?  Gil Matzliah: It is a good point. It is a good challenge because looking at that, when you're a small company and at the beginning we started with Android. I think we've been one of the first, if not the first, to develop an Android based player, an APK back in 2011. There are more and more people on Android, it's not the most of them. And then we started to add ithers, we added Windows, we added Chrome, we added Linux, now we are adding HTML Player, we are adding Tizen, we are adding WebOS, and we're adding more and more features. It's becoming very complex to support them all because once you have a change, you need to see it's working on all the platforms.  And when you speak about the Android platforms, just the Android platform has so many versions. And we even have, lately, forced all our customers with Android that is less than 6.0 to stop using the system because until half a year ago, there were people that were still using Android 4.4 with us and the difference between Android 4 and Android 12 is huge. So imagine that fixed security support, as you say it's becoming to be more and more challenging and you need to grow the team and it's slower for you to add new features because you need to see that it's working on all the platforms, but we do believe we should be always hardware agnostic because what is differentiating a CMS software from a Samsung LG and all the other display manufacturers that are doing the software is that we work with all the platforms and they work just with their platforms. So we keep it as a focus for us.  Is technology enabling you to go towards being operating system agnostic without having to make compromises in terms of, yes, we can work across all of these different platforms, but we can't do everything on each of them or whatever, which I've heard versus, natively written software that's native to Tizen, native to WebOS and so on. Gil Matzliah: Yeah, it's hard to do 100 percent of your features on all the platforms. Not all the platforms, not all the OS work equally. So our main player from the first day until today is the Android, which we can do 100 percent of our capabilities. When you go to Tizen or WebOS, you are limited in some way, and then you need to give away some features sometimes when you're developing your platform. Are you finding that the marketplace end users and your reseller partners are starting to settle in on certain solutions, like they're settling in on Android or whatever it may be?  Gil Matzliah: I think you probably know better than me the hardware, the platforms, the ways to do digital science is like a big jungle. There are so many things and choices, even the software, you always say that there are many more CMS platforms.  So there are so many varieties there. So I don't see anybody locking on anything and that's why we keep the diversity to be able to support the most. For the technical people at AV companies that are just starting to get into digital signage or the AV IT people for end user customers. Do they look at this space and go, come on guys, can you just establish some standards and continuity and not have all these varieties of options?  Gil Matzliah: They're asking for that. We are asking for that. I think the world needs that. The one thing, we do see that Android, since we started 12 years ago, and imagine 12 years ago, you didn't even have a set up box of an Android, or just the first one was just coming in 2012, like the year after we started, or the first year of NoviSign. And today, most of the world, most of the set up boxes around the world are Android based. So we do see that Android... both the system on chip and both of the players have been the main platforms for digital signage. For us for sure, more than half of our installation and most of our installations are Android based either with a player or with a system of chip. I find it very strange that Samsung and LG are still struggling to stand out technology and not going with the mainstream.  That seems to be changing. Samsung is moving away from its software partners, at least it certainly seems that way and marketing its own platform and LG WebOS now has a standalone player, a WebOS player, as opposed to you having to buy their display so that they've got some flexibility there. So I think the big guys are seeing the need to either adjust or just decide, you know what, yes, we have partners, but we are going to do our own thing as well.  Gil Matzliah: We believe in Android, but we still believe that we would need to be hardware and OS agnostic. Partner and end user demands, have they changed through the years? Like what they wanted when you got into it or maybe even five years ago, is that different from now?  Gil Matzliah: That's an interesting question. I don't notice a big change in the partners. But one thing is for sure, customers, partners, they want everything all the time, so we need to be there to deliver it for them. The impression I get generally is both for the AV/IT ecosystem and particularly on the end user side, they understand the technology a lot more, they understand the benefits and so on. So you're no longer having to put stuff up on a website or elsewhere saying what is digital signage and here's the reasons you want to use it and so on.  They get it, they understand it, perhaps they've used it, and now they're looking for their second generation of software because the first selection did the job, but didn't really do what they wanted or limited their capabilities. Are you seeing that?  Gil Matzliah: Yes. I think the world is more familiar with digital signage. When we started 12 years ago, not many people would knew what it was, what you do with it, how you install it.  And today, every new project of signage is an integral, internal mass part in all these new setup locations, public places, and when more and more people are dealing with that, then they have more knowledge about it and then they start to learn more, to ask for more and this is something we do see. Are there particular vertical markets that you're seeing a lot of growth in and that you guys are focused on?  Gil Matzliah: I can tell you about the geographical region. So most of our business, more than half of our business is coming from the United States, which is the easiest market to work with. The faster trying thing, understanding thing. Then we have the European market with a quarter of our business coming from there and they're more conservatives, what they're getting, how they're getting, planning, trying and so on. And then, we have the rest of the world and we are focusing and growing in the last five years in Japan. We have a local team over there in Japan and in Japan they are testing more, asking more. If you deliver and if you have a lot of patience, then it grows. So these are the regions that we work with.  As for the different sectors, we really don't have anything which is like more than 20 percent of our business. We do have hospitality, we do have health care, we have the cooperation, we do have retail.  But we started a new initiative, which we spoke about in the past a little bit. We established with some partners a company named which is focusing on the retail industry. So everything which is fanning out from retail. Today, we are moving to this new initiative that we built and generally the sectors.  Are you mainly selling through a “channel” or do you sell direct?  Gil Matzliah: We are acting both direct and on the channels and both of them are significant for us. So, there isn't one which is more or less significant than the other. A lot of our partners are white labels. There are so many installations around the world, which are based on the NoviSign signage that you won't even know.  Which I assume is very important to these partners.  Gil Matzliah: Yes, because for years, these partners have had their their software, their brand and our support behind it and we give them like instances and so on. We give them confidentiality, of course, if an end user will turn anything upside down and look and research, after some time they'll find us, but it's working fine for our partners and for us. Are your partners layering on managed services so they're white labeling and then saying, we can run this network for you or at least keep an eye on it? Gil Matzliah: Yeah. So when we're working with a local partner, and we have more than 200 of them all around the world. The nice thing is that, if a customer is calling us and say, I want to install this hotel, this hospital, this restaurant, this city hall, we'll tell him the first thing, we are a software company. We are SaaS, it's a do it yourself, we can support you over the phone.But if you want installation, if you want hardware, if you want initial setup, if you don't have the right people in your organization, then we can refer you to one of our partners.  Our partners, they are integrators. They know how to build the right hardware, how to configure our software, and how to set it up for the customers, and they do it because they know it much better than us. So, if a customer just wants to get the SaaS subscriptions and they're going to do it themselves, then your partners aren't going to really see anything out of that anyways. They're looking for the services and the hardware integration, all that stuff, so they're not too fussed if you go directly on that but if there's an opportunity to layer in things, then you throw it to your partners.  Gil Matzliah: Yes, because we are not going to do meetings with our customers. We are not flying to customers. We are not driving to customers. We do everything software, everything from remote. As long as you need a meeting then it's not going to be sent anywhere. Are there, “whale accounts”, big reference accounts or they could even be small ones that you, when you get asked about who you're working with that you're able to talk about?  Gil Matzliah: One of our biggest accounts is Worten in Portugal, which is like Best Buy, that has more than 10,000 endpoints with us and we do have some other big corporations and hotels with us as well. In Israel, I can tell you some names like Ikea, Coca Cola, most of the hotels that are working with us here and many other big brands. In that Portuguese big box electronic store, what are they doing in there? Is it strictly just big displays or are they doing interactive? Gil Matzliah: It's more like a display of things, but they have a lot of initiative, they're very innovative and for more than five years, we work with them and they are always one step ahead of the market, whether it's very nice gates and video walls and presentation layers and everything related to products. In a way, when you go to the Worten store, it will dress the entire store with a special occasion, holiday, festival and the promotion that they do. I'm curious about how your company is using AI. You come from a part of the world that has, pretty serious number of technical people, and some of the AI companies have come out of Israel. Are you applying it or are you looking at it as something you can use?  Gil Matzliah: We know and believe that AI will be a part of digital signage. We know it's important. We know it's just the beginning of it now, so the value you can create with it, it's not big yet, but we know it's coming. So, at this phase, we didn't release anything or expose anything, but our technology team is looking at that and trying to do a few things. We might present something in ISE, which is coming at the beginning of next year. And would you use it for… I moderated a panel the other night in New York about all this and I said the presentation layer of using AI for generated visuals and so on, is interesting, but to me, the truly interesting stuff is back of house automating routine tasks and creating marketing materials without a whole bunch of work involved, and one of the guys ran a media company was talking about data input and harmonizing data and all that sort of thing. So somebody looking at this from afar, they might think that's pretty boring, but it can be pretty valuable.  Gil Matzliah: We are less looking on the operation side, as AI will help us see the operation side of the signage. We're more looking at the content creation for the signage itself, for the inputs.  What about on the technology side? There's endless buzz about LED displays and new emerging display technologies on the display and the playback hardware side. Are there things emerging that you think are going to be important? Gil Matzliah: We don't go into the display technology, the LED technology for us. It's more agnostic. So as long as it can get a resolution of a screen.. It's an output.  Gil Matzliah: The one that you get as an input or an output is the way you look at it. What about on media players and just computing power?  Gil Matzliah: Yeah, the media player is the important stuff And the main question we all the time ask ourselves is, Is the world moving to a system on chip? Would it stay on the media players? Would it be a combination of them? Would the resolutions and the quality grow performance? And this is something we invest a lot of effort, thinking and development, especially working with all these different platforms which is a lot of maintenance to do. Yeah, I think one of the interesting things and I'm racking my brain trying to remember who, but the idea of system on chip, but with an upgrade pass, so you could pop open a smart display and put in a new SOC three years out that has more graphics processing or some other capability that maybe that didn't have when you first bought it. Gil Matzliah: That's an interesting direction.  Alright. So if people want to know more about your company, where would they find you online?  Gil Matzliah: You can look for NoviSign.com. All the information is there, the phone numbers, they can contact us, and we are looking for new partners all the time, that will work with us, innovate with us and take our software to maximum customers and locations. And also, if you're an end customer and you want to learn more, you want us to support you with innovative technology and especially software, we'd be happy to have you visit at NoviSign.com.  Alright, Gil. Thank you. I hope things calm down there and when I see you at ISE in a few weeks or a couple months.  Gil Matzliah: Actually, we're planning to be in MEDICA in Germany next month and then in Las Vegas and then ISE in Barcelona. So wherever you're coming, I will always be happy to see you.  Las Vegas and Barcelona, I'll be there.  Gil Matzliah: Oh yeah. You have a mixer at both places. Me and my colleagues are looking forward to them. All right. Stay safe and I'll see you soon.  Gil Matzliah: Thank you very much.   

The panel of Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jim Rea, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Mark Fuccio, and Ben Roethig wrap up this MacVoices Live! session by looking at the latest in the Epic Games and Apple dispute, Apple's potential entry into Formula One racing, and the challenges faced by Apple. We highlight the dominance of Apple in the smartphone market and speculate on the future of Epic Games. We also explore Apple's interest in sports and their potential to revolutionize the viewing experience. (Part 3)  This edition of MacVoices is supported by The MacVoices Slack. Available all Patrons of MacVoices. Sign up at Patreon.com/macvoices. Show Notes: Chapters: 0:02:20 Android's development and competition with Apple 0:03:23 The Rise and Fall of Palm OS and WebOS 0:07:30 Epic's Layoffs and Struggles in the Gaming Industry 0:09:57 Epic's Importance Beyond Fortnite 0:11:30 Investor Excitement Behind Unity's Growth 0:14:50 Enhancing Formula One Broadcasts for More Intrigue 0:16:58 Exploring Innovative Broadcast Features for Formula One 0:19:20 American Teams in Formula One: Haas Racing and Andretti Cadillac Racing 0:21:05 Apple's Strategy: Cultivating Relationships and Developing Technology 0:22:14 MacVoices Audience and Sports Fans 0:23:24 Frustration with technology, anticipation for Apple's advancements Links: Epic cut: Fortnite games maker culls 16% of staff https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/28/epic_fortnite_layoffs/ Apple May Enter Race for Formula 1 Rights https://theaddition.net/news/apple-may-enter-race-for-formula-1-rights/ Guests: Web Bixby has been in the insurance business for 40 years and has been an Apple user for longer than that.You can catch up with him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him on Twitter, by email at embolden@mac.com, on Mastodon at @eabolden@techhub.social, and on his blog, Trending At Work. Brian Flanigan-Arthurs is an educator with a passion for providing results-driven, innovative learning strategies for all students, but particularly those who are at-risk. He is also a tech enthusiast who has a particular affinity for Apple since he first used the Apple IIGS as a student. You can contact Brian on twitter as @brian8944. He also recently opened a Mastodon account at @brian8944@mastodon.cloud. Mark Fuccio is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as a marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990's selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through Twitter, LinkedIn, or on Mastodon. David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at @daveg65@mastodon.cloud Jim Rea built his own computer from scratch in 1975, started programming in 1977, and has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE's ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. He's been a speaker at MacTech, MacWorld Expo and other industry conferences. Follow Jim at provue.com and via @provuejim@techhub.social on Mastodon. Ben Roethig has been in the Apple Ecosystem since the System 7 Days. 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On this week's show we discuss a video where Caleb Denison of Digital Trends, says the AppleTV is the best at streaming your video and we have a review of the Tablo TV Over the Air DVR. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news. News: Disney Kicks Off Password-Sharing Crackdown in Canada Samsung SmartThings And Philips Hue Expand Synergies  FAST Is Making Streaming TV Look More Like Traditional TV  Netflix Reportedly Set to Raise Prices After Actors Strike Ends  Other: Dolby Atmos FlexConnect How You Stream Matters We received a couple of emails (one from Stan and one from John) this week pointing us to an article and video stating that how you stream your content affects what you see. The article is from Dark Horizons and the video is on Youtube (Apple TV Best for Netflix? Right Time To Buy a TV? | You Asked: Ep. 7).  The video host, Caleb Denison of Digital Trends, says the AppleTV is the best, although he prefers using Google TV. So how did he come to this conclusion? Some TVs or set top boxes limit color bit depth to 4:2:0, which means more color banding just because you are watching on that particular platform. Many platforms may have that setting as the default so check to make sure you have an option to change it. Without going into a ton of detail, 4:4:4 is 100% of the chroma information, 4:2:2 is 50% and 4:2:0 is 25%. If you have Dolby Vision enabled on an AppleTV you will not have an option to select a Chroma setting. It will be 4:2:2 by default. Some platforms do not allow buffering. As a result you will never achieve the full 4K you are paying for. Caleb does not say which platforms do this. But if you have 4K with a slower data rate it won't be difficult to determine if your system is buffering or not.  Another issue is with frame rate. Some will not give you 24 fps but will instead convert it to 30 fps.  So why the AppleTV? According to the host, “It's the one with the least amount of questions and just enough controls available. It also comes with the fewest number of headaches, and for that I'm willing to pay a little extra. It's not perfect, but it is the least flawed and sadly I think that's where we're at right now with streaming.” Tablo TV Over the Air DVR Over the years we have had a chance to review a lot of personal DVRs. Most of which have come and gone. Some had stand alone hardware and others required a PC. Some had built-in tuners and others required an external tuner. Today we take a quick look at a DVR that is a stand alone box no bigger than an AppleTV or Roku streaming box with two built in ATSC 2.0 tuners. That device is the Tablo 4th generation that goes for about $110.  Features: Watch, pause and record live broadcast TV from your antenna.  Record 50+ hours and never miss a moment with 128GB of onboard recording storage. Can expand up to 1000+ hours with an external hard drive Tablo lets you watch TV anywhere in your home on any smart device.  Record and watch live TV, subscription-free (Internet service is required).  Quick and easy setup. Setup Plug in power, Ethernet, and an antenna and you are ready to scan for channels. I initially had issues with  the Tablo giving me location errors and stopping the install process there. I contacted their Customer Support and they acknowledged the error and informed me of a server issue they were experiencing. Once those were resolved the process resumed without a hitch. The only complaint I had was that it took too long to download the channel guide. But I was being impatient.  Performance Once you complete the install and setup you can start watching TV and recording programs. I won't go into the details on how to do this because it's very intuitive and you've all done this before. In addition to the channels you receive over the air, Tablo has some FAST channels that include news, sports, old TV shows, and more.  You watch on your Tablet or phone and on Set Top boxes. Currently Roku, fireTV, android TV, GoogleTV, iOS and Android are supported. AppleTV, Samsung TVs, WebOS, and Vizio TVs are coming soon. Two devices can watch/record live TV simultaneously and up to six can watched recorded or streamed content simultaneously. Picture quality is good, but we are talking 1080i or 720p OTA, so don't expect the same as 4K HDR content you get from AppleTV or Netflix. The user interface is very intuitive and easy to navigate. Setting up recordings is simple. Recorded programs are grouped together based on series. Guide information is available and I haven't been prompted to pay for it which is a big plus over other DVRs.   There is no way to watch your content when you are away from home so consider that when making your buying decision. Also, a pleasant surprise is that you can record FAST channels and skip commercials. I'm not sure other devices let you do that.  In all, this is a great device if you are looking for a DVR like you used to have back in the day. You can watch anywhere in the house and, soon enough, on any device. If you want to stream your content outside your home, this product is not for you. Perhaps someday that capability will be added, but not today.  

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This week HBO Max is now just Max. Ara gives his impressions of his LG C2 OLED and we look at the shows that were canceled at the end of this season. We also read your emails and go through the week's news. News: Technics introduces two new noise-canceling wireless in-ear earbuds Almost 5 million people are using Netflix's ad tier Telly Says 100,000 People Signed Up for Free TV Sets Savant Adds Amazon Music Integration Other: U2 Tour Sphere in Las Vegas | Apple Music Netflix's password-sharing crackdown is here — and it costs $7.99 per month - The Verge HBO Max is now Max If you're a current subscriber, your account should switch over automatically.  If you're not a subscriber and you want to take a look at all the changes, can you can get a 7 day trial 4K ATMOS Dolby Vision - Checked out Shazam. Looked quite impressive but a few fast pans stuttered. Otherwise it looked and sounded quite good I ended up canceling my Discovery+ subscription since the same content is available with your Max subscription You can download titles for offline viewing. This was not possible with Discovery+ although it looks like this has been added to the Discovery app. I haven't checked for this feature in a while so it may have been possible for a while now Max subscription plans   Ad-Lite Ad-Free Ultimate Monthly price $10 $16 $20 Number of screens you can watch at the same time 2 2 4 Number of offline downloads 0 30 100 HD available Yes Yes Yes 4K Ultra HD available No No  Yes   LG C2 OLED 42” $900 up to 83” for $3950 α9 Gen 5 AI Processor 4K adapts to the content you're watching, automatically adjusting the TV's settings for improved picture and sound quality Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG webOS Google Assistant / Alexa We have come a long way in TV design and technology. The TV that the C2 replaced was a very old Samsung 720p LCD. The screen size was 37” and the TV barely fit into an armoir in our bedroom. The new LG C2 OLED is 42 inches and fits in the same area with no issues. The larger screen made a huge difference. The picture is stunning, clear, and sharp. I used the image presets as this TV is primarily used for night time viewing. I settled on ISF night mode. It seems a bit cool for my liking so I will probably tweak it to warm up the image. The color is quite good. LG claims the Evo panel's color saturation to be around 100% of the DCI-P3 color space. Other reviewers have noticed that the color desaturates with off angle viewing. In my very informal tests, this was barely noticeable to my eye. If I hadn't read anything about it I probably wouldn't have even noticed. But keep this in mind if you have seating that is off angle. Regardless, it's a ten fold improvement over the LCD it replaced. I have yet to really play with LG's filmmaker mode but even without it the TV has an incredible picture. The only thing I can compare it against was my old Panasonic plasma but much better.  I didn't do anything with the sound beyond the standard as it is typically watched at night so the sound is not usually at a loud level. If you buy a larger version of this TV we would recommend just connecting to a soundbar or better yet, a full fledged audio system. webOS has almost all the apps you'll need including IPTV providers with the exception of DirecTV Stream. If you are only streaming movies and some live TV, there is no need for an external box. But if there are some special news and information apps that your streaming box has it's easy enough to switch between the two. The LG Magic Remote wasn't very magical in my opinion. I mean as a regular remote it worked well. But the pointer version was just not precise enough for my liking. The remote has a microphone that allows you to search for content with your voice. There are dedicated buttons to take you directly to Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, and Rakuten. There are even dedicated buttons for the Google Assistant and Alexa.  LG sells higher end models but if you are moving from a LCD based TV you will be really impressed with this TV. Save some money and go with the C2 model! TV Shows that were Canceled after this Season The list of returning shows is quite large so we thought it would be better to just give you a list of the shows that were canceled this season. Our source for this information is TV Guide ABC The Goldbergs: Ending with Season 10 CBS NCIS: Los Angeles: Ending with Season 14 NBC The Blacklist: Ending with Season 10 Kenan: Canceled after two seasons Fox Duncanville: Canceled after three seasons Monarch: Canceled after one season The Resident: Canceled after six seasons The CW DC's Stargirl: Ending with Season 3 Tom Swift: Canceled after one season Disney+ Big Shot: Canceled after two seasons Mighty Ducks: Game Changers: Canceled after two seasons The Mysterious Benedict Society: Renewed for Season 2 National Treasure: Edge of History: Canceled after one season Willow: Canceled after one season Paramount+ Blood & Treasure: Canceled after two seasons Why Women Kill: Canceled despite previous Season 3 renewal Peacock Queer as Folk: Canceled after one season Rutherford Falls: Canceled after two seasons

This week we have four reasons to buy and three reasons to skip the LG C3 OLED and the top 5 TV picks for all budgets. We also read your emails and the week's news! News: Fox Television Stations, Amazon Partner on Local News Distribution YouTube TV details fixes for audio sync, better 1080p quality Netflix Subscribers Think Its Ad-Supported Plan Has Too Many Commercials Other: HT Guys Custom Reclaimed Wood Speaker Giveaway  4 Reasons To Buy And 3 Reasons To Skip the LG C3 OLED With the LG C3 OLED starting to make its way into the wild, you might now be faced with a tough decision — should you buy LG's new OLED TV or should you skip it? Full article here… Reasons to buy the LG C3 OLED The new Alpha a9 Gen 6 is a better processor WebOS 23 lets you customize your picture without paying for calibration Color and brightness are big improvements on older OLED TVs It's a great TV for gamers Reasons to Skip the LG C3 OLED It has lower brightness than LG G3 OLED You won't find an ATSC 3.0 tuner here It's more expensive than the LG C2 OLED Tom's Guide top 5 TV picks for all Budgets Having covered tech and games full-time for the last decade now, I've spent a lot of time in front of a TV. Some of those TVs weren't anything special — they were just run-of-a-mill LED-LCD TVs that didn't even have VRR or HDR — but these days, I only spend my time in front of the best TVs. Because I'm lucky enough to see all these screens first-hand, I've developed a real fondness for a few of them. Full Article Here…

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LG updates their webOS TVs with Apple services, Aqara begins M2 hub Matter rollout, HomeKit architecture update coming with iOS 16.4, plus we review the new HomePods, Narwal Freo robot vacuum, and SwitchBot Blind Tilt!Send us your HomeKit questions and recommendations with the hashtag homekitinsider. Tweet and follow our hosts at:@andrew_osu on Twitter@stephenrobles on TwitterStephen on MastodonEmail us hereSponsored by:Zocdoc: Go to zocdoc.com/hki and download the app to sign-up for FREE. Find doctors and specialists that take your insurance and even book appointments online!HomeKit Insider YouTube ChannelSubscribe to the HomeKit Insider YouTube Channel and watch our episodes every week! Click here to subscribe.Links from the showLG adds Apple services to hundreds of webOS-equipped smart TVsAqara begins rollout of Matter firmware for M2 hubs77-Inch Class S95C OLED 4K Smart TV (2023) | Samsung USAqara G4 Video DoorbellHomeKit architecture upgrade expected to return in iOS 16.4Future HomeKit could track you through your house and predict your needsOnvis Prepare for March Release of Thread Motion SensorApple HomePod Review 2023 - Hands-on Smart Speaker TestThe HomePod challenge: A blind audio test of old vs new | MacworldSonos Era 100 and Era 300 speakers coming soonMop & Vacuum Your Home With the Ultimate Narwal Freo - YouTubeSwitchBot Blind Tilt Subscribe and listen to our AppleInsider Daily podcast for the latest Apple news Monday through Friday. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: andrew@appleinsider.com

NOUVEAUX  VISUELS + EPISODES CHAPITRÉS ! Abonnez-vous : c'est gratuit ! Voici l'épisode 324 de "la quotidienne iWeek" en ce lundi 6 février 2023. Trois iPhone haut de gamme, dont l'iPhone Ultra, en 2024 ? Présentation : Benjamin VINCENT (@benjaminvincent) + Fabrice NEUMAN (@FabriceNeuman). Production : OUATCH Audio. Tags : Trois iPhone haut de gamme en septembre 2024 ? ; le Mac Studio à moitié enterré ? ; l'app Apple TV sur WebOS ; authentification à deux facteurs quasi obligatoire ; fini, le monopole WebKit ? Bonne découverte de "la quotidienne iWeek" si vous nous écoutez pour la première fois, parlez de nous autour de vous, retweetez-nous (@iweeknews), bonne journée, bonne écoute, et à demain ! Benjamin VINCENT et la team #iweekLQI PS1 : rejoignez la communauté iWeek sur Patreon et bénéficiez de bonus exclusifs ! PS3 : iWeek est désormais aussi présent sur mastodon : @iweeknews@mastodon.world  PS4 : retrouvez-nous aussi, pour iWeek (la semaine Apple), notre podcast hebdo, désormais en ligne chaque mercredi soir. PS5 : le nouvel épisode 122 d'iWeek (la semaine Apple) est toujours disponible avec notre dossier "Quel Mac choisir ?" !

Welcome to Hardware Addicts, a proud member of the TuxDigital Network. Hardware Addicts is the podcast that focuses on the physical components that powers our technology world. In this episode, we're going to be talking about TSMC's new fabrication facility in the US and why this is such an important endeavor for technology enthusiasts along with a discussion on rare earth minerals. Then we head to Camera Corner where Wendy will discuss the Camera Corner Gift Guide. So Sit back, Relax, and Plug In because Hardware Addicts Starts Now! Tech Discussed: LG TV w/ WebOS: https://amzn.to/3FTlf1L Cricut: https://amzn.to/3HHqF10 Pine 64 Quartz B: https://pine64.com/product-category/single-board-computers/ Pin Hole Camera : https://www.ilfordphoto.com/obscura-by-ilford-pinhole-kit Sandisk SD Card: https://amzn.to/3HAI6QX Fijifilm Printer: https://amzn.to/3WmzNwm Canon Printer: https://amzn.to/3V0u3ap

Hoy les resumo y cuento todo sobre el lanzamiento que realizo Google, donde presento sus nuevos Pixel 7 y Pixel 7 Pro, el Pixel Watch y la tableta, ademas; El juez en Twitter contra Elon Musk pospone el juicio hasta el 28 de octubre; Ahora TikTok está copiando Instagram con 'Modo foto'; #LG impulsa su negocio de plataforma de TV con webOS y mucho más... Los temas del día: #Steam Deck ahora disponible para compra directa https://infosertecla.com/2022/10/06/steam-deck-ahora-disponible-para-compra-directa/ #Review – Del smartphone Motorola Moto G82 5G https://infosertecla.com/2022/10/05/review-del-smartphone-motorola-moto-g82-5g/ #LG impulsa su negocio de plataforma de TV con webOS https://infosertecla.com/2022/10/06/lg-impulsa-su-negocio-de-plataforma-de-tv-con-webos/ #Google y su evento donde se anuncio los nuevos Pixel 7, el reloj y la tableta https://infosertecla.com/2022/10/06/google-y-su-evento-donde-se-anuncio-los-nuevos-pixel-7-el-reloj-y-la-tableta/ El nuevo Motorola Moto E32 llegará el 7 de octubre con SoC Helio G37 y cámara de 50MP https://www.gsmarena.com/new_motorola_moto_e32_specs_price_sale_date-news-56054.php Ahora TikTok está copiando Instagram con 'Modo foto' https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-photo-mode-instagram-194215693.html? El juez en Twitter contra Elon Musk pospone el juicio hasta el 28 de octubre https://www.engadget.com/the-twitter-v-elon-musk-trial-is-on-hold-until-october-28th-222615330.html? Los fanáticos de Google Stadia encuentran soluciones para usar el controlador de forma inalámbrica en otras plataformas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBFfNh7ldqo APOYANOS DESDE PAYPAL https://www.paypal.me/arielmcorg APOYANOS DESDE PATREON https://www.patreon.com/radiogeek APOYANOS DESDE CAFECITO https://cafecito.app/radiogeek Podes seguirme desde Twitter @arielmcorg (www.twitter.com/arielmcorg) También desde Instagram @arielmcorg (www.instagram.com/arielmcorg) Sumate al canal de Telegram #Radiogeekpodcast (http://telegram.me/Radiogeekpodcast)

Join us in kickstarting Season 3 of The Animal Liberation Hour with the intrepid Jane Velez-Mitchell! In this conversation, Jane tells us how her childhood, journey through sobriety, and deep connection with animals all coalesced into her path to activism. She comes with years of experience in the "mainstream media," where she brought countless Animal Rights issues front and center. After a successful career in conventional media outlets, she decided to embark on creating an exclusive space for all things vegan, plant-based, environmentalism, and activism. Hence, Unchained TV (formerly Jane Unchained) was born! Unchained TV is a resource-rich platform that profiles vegan activists and celebrities and reports on animal rights news, issues, organizations, campaigns, protests, vigils, conferences, galas, VegFests, and restaurants. The mission is to bring vital information that is often ignored by advertiser-based mainstream media to the world's fingertips without any hassle.Jane's platform is behind the award-winning vegan cooking show New Day New Chef on Amazon Prime, the distinguished documentary Countdown to Year Zero, and several other revolutionary ventures to create the scale of awareness needed to save our planet.UnChainedTV is available as a FREE, downloadable App on your iPhone, Android phone, or via Roku, Amazon Fire Stick, the Apple TV device, AndroidTV, and LG Smart TVs with WebOS. Learn how to download Unchained TV on your device here.Connect with Jane: jane@unchainedtv.comFollow Unchained TV: Instagram, Facebook, TwitterWe hope you are inspired by this fascinating chat with Jane!Upcoming AAM Events:Chicago Convergence: July 29 - Aug 7Ohio Occurrence: Sep 2 - Sep 4For more information on these events, our online workshops, and much more, visit our Linktree:linktr.ee/animalactivismmentorshipTo support our work: Patreon.com/AnimalActivismMentorshipFollow @AnimalActivismMentorship on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube to keep up with the podcast. Join the conversation in the AAM club on Clubhouse and the Animal Activism Mentorship Community Facebook group.Want to get active for the animals but don't know where to start? Sign up for a free mentor at AnimalActivismMentorship.comAAM is fueled by FARM (Farm Animal Rights Movement).Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast!

"האינטרסנטים", הפודקאסט הכלכלי היומי של TheMarker, עם איתן אבריאל וסמי פרץ.   אז מה קורה השבוע? הממשלה מתנדנדת, המחירים של כל דבר עולים במהירות - ועכשיו גם הבורסה צונחת. בהמשך לירידות במחירי המניות בבורסה של ניו יורק ביום שישי, הבורסה בתל אביב יורדת היום בשיעור של יותר מ-3% - אבל השאלה היא מדוע, כי בכל הפרסומים בשבועות האחרונים הכלכלנים אומרים שמצבה של ישראל טוב יותר מזה של ארה"ב ואירופה. הרי האינפלציה הרבה יותר נמוכה והגירעון הממשלתי בחודש מאי עמד על אפס. אנחנו נדבר עם כתב הבורסה אסא ששון שידווח מה קורה בבורסה של תל אביב - ולמה היא כמעט תמיד תמונת ראי של מה שקורה בוול סטריט.  באופן מפתיע, רבים שבחרו ללכת לצבא במסלול קרבי, ולא עסקו בניסיונות פריצה למחשבים של מתקן גרעיני באיראן ב-8200, רוצים גם הם לאחר השחרור להגיע להיי-טק. אז הנה: בשבוע שעבר נערך באוניברסיטת בר אילן כנס שמטרתו לעזור לבוגרי יחידות קרביות להיכנס להיי-טק. הטריגר לקיומו של הכנס היה מערכון של "ארץ נהדרת" מסוף השנה שעברה, שבו המנכ"ל והמגייסת של חברת Webos הדמיונית ניסו לאסוף טרמפיסטים מ-8200 - כדי לגייס אותם לעבודה בסטארט-אפ שלהם. כשהגיע צנחן עם כומתה אדומה, הם סירבו לאסוף אותו, סגרו את החלון ונסעו משם. אז איך אפשר לעזור ללוחמים להיכנס להיי-טק? אנחנו נדבר עם כתב ההיי-טק שלנו, עמרי זרחוביץ'.  על פי חוק ההסדרים שאושר לפני חצי שנה, החל מ-2025 תשלם כל משפחה בישראל סכום די מטורף של 600 שקלים בגין מס גודש, ואם הם צריכים להיכנס בכל יום לתל אביב ב-2 מכוניות הסכום יכול להגיע ל-1,800 שקל בחודש. הרציונל של האגרה, כמובן, הוא להקל על הפקקים והגודש בכבישים, אלא שתחקיר של ארגון "השומרים| מראה שהנתונים שסיפק משרד אוצר לחברי הכנסת שאישרו את החוק היו חלקיים ובעיתיים. נתוני האמת מראים שההשפעה של האגרה על הפקקים תהיה שולית, אם בכלל. אנחנו נדבר עם  איל אברהמי, שעסק בתחקיר. לפני שאנחנו מתחילים, אנחנו רוצים להזכיר שבחודש הקרוב נקיים סדרה של הקלטות של הפודקאסט ב"לייב", שתקרא "האינטרסנטים" מארחים את הנדל"ניסטיות". סמי ואני נארח את עורכת הנדל"ן  שלנו יעל דראל ואת הכתבת גילי מלניצקי לשיחות עם קהל בבאר שבע, בחיפה ותל אביב - ואנחנו נדבר על שוק הנדל"ן הרותח, למה כושלים המאמצים למתן אותו, ומה צריך לעשות כדי להחזיר אותו לשפיות. מתי? תעקבו אחרי הפרסומים בעיתון ובאתר כדי לתת מה מתקיים, איפה ובאיזה יום ושעה. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week LG Debuts a new 4K UST Laser Projector and we discuss five mistakes everyone makes with Sonos Soundbars. Finally, Samsung begins integrating it's SmartThings home automation platform with Matter capable devices. We also read your emails and the week's news. News: Hey Sonos! Company Debuts Entry-Level Soundbar, Voice Control For Music, And New Roam Colors Google TV app to add casting as Android TV ecosystem grows to 110M monthly active device Disney+ beats estimates with 7.9M new subscribers in Q1 Samsung SmartThings begins testing Matter devices on its platform Roku and Element partner for their first outdoor TV LG Debuts New 4K UST Laser Projector LG Electronics is expanding its premium CineBeam 4K laser projector lineup with the new Ultra Short Throw (UST) laser projector (model HU915QE), the follow up to the HU715Q released earlier this year. LG's latest flagship home cinema solution can produce sharp 90-inch images when placed 2.2 inches (5.6 centimeters) from the wall, or 120 inches at a distance of 7.2 inches (18.3 centimeters). The HU915QE plays movies and streaming content in 4K HDR, using HDR Dynamic Tone Mapping to analyze and adjust image brightness every single frame. With LG's webOS smart platform onboard, the HU915QE lets users watch all their favorite shows from streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, YouTube, and Apple TV without an additional device. They can also wirelessly stream content via Screen Mirroring, Apple AirPlay2, and Bluetooth. On top of that, its built-in 2.2 Channel, 40-watt speaker system enhances the viewing experience with strong, rich audio. Users can also connect up to two LG Bluetooth speakers at once. LG CineBeam 4K laser projector (model HU915QE) with the latest UST technology will be available in the first half of 2022. No pricing available but Value Electronics is advertising it for $6000 to $6500.. 5 mistakes everyone makes with Sonos soundbars Got a Sonos Beam or Arc? Don't make these classic mistakes Full article here… Mistake 1: ignoring Trueplay room calibration Mistake 2: leaving the TV's sound output in PCM Mistake 3: not trying the speech enhancement feature Mistake 4: not playing with the 'Loudness' feature Mistake 5: missing the new height adjustment feature HOW SAMSUNG'S SMARTTHINGS IS THINKING ABOUT MATTER AND THE FUTURE OF THE SMART HOME The smart home is about to change. Soon, you won't have to choose a smart light bulb or door lock just because it works with your smart speaker. Instead, you'll be able to buy a smart device, bring it home, and it will work with any voice assistant or app you choose. At least, that's the promise behind Matter, a new standard created by Samsung, Google, Apple, and Amazon. Most importantly, you won't be locked into the platform you chose. If you decide you want to switch to SmartThings from Google Home, or go with Amazon Alexa over Apple HomeKit, any Matter-enabled devices can come with you. Full article here… Founded 10 years ago on Kickstarter, SmartThings is one of the only standalone consumer smart home hubs from the early days of the DIY smart home boom that's still alive and kicking. The SmartThings hub is one of the few consumer-level devices with multiple radios in it, including Wi-Fi, Zigbee, and Z-Wave, allowing it to control a much wider range of smart home devices.  It also works with cloud-to-cloud software services and is one of the most compatible smart home platforms. There's voice assistant support, too, for both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant as well as Samsung's Bixby. It was acquired by Samsung in 2014. Since the acquisition, Samsung has moved away from manufacturing any SmartThings hardware, offloading both the standalone hub and many of the sensors to device maker Aeotec. The company has said it's focusing all efforts on the SmartThings app and supporting Samsung's connected products through software.  The following are questions to Mark Benson, the newly appointed Head of SmartThings US, Samsung's home automation arm  What is the future for the SmartThings hub with Matter on the horizon? The  standalone SmartThings V3 Hub and the Aeotec SmartThings Hub will be updated to support Matter when it launches in the fall. SmartThings is getting integrated more deeply across the Samsung portfolio, with SmartThings Hub software built into select 2022 Samsung Smart TVs, Smart Monitors, and Family Hub refrigerators. These devices will also allow users to connect a wide variety of existing smart home devices, as they will be updated to get Matter as a controller support, as the new standard becomes available. We also plan to support Matter as a controller on our SmartThings Hub V2. This will enable our existing users to connect and control Matter devices. Will the built-in hubs have any low-power wireless radios, as the standalone hubs do? What about Thread? Low-power wireless protocols are a crucial part of the Matter standard and will definitely come to the Samsung SmartThings products with built-in hub functionality. More details to come later on actual implementation of Thread technology, but Thread's really important to us. Communication with Zigbee devices will be possible through the SmartThings Dongle, allowing connectivity to a wide range of smart home devices. You say Samsung is integrating Matter as a controller — does this mean that Samsung's connected devices (washing machines, robot vacuums, TVs, etc.) will not be exposed to other Matter controllers (such as Amazon Alexa or Apple HomeKit)? This year, we will focus our efforts on bringing Matter as a controller to multiple surfaces across the Samsung portfolio. This means most 2022 Samsung Smart TVs, Smart Monitors, and Family Hub refrigerators. SmartThings Hubs will not act as a Matter bridge, so non-Matter devices will not be bridged or exposed to other Matter controllers. That said, Matter-enabled SmartThings hubs will continue to support existing devices and protocols (e.g. Zigbee, Z-Wave) to provide SmartThings customers with flexible connectivity options. Where do you see Matter taking SmartThings? With connectivity becoming more standardized, where SmartThings competes in the future will be different. The user experience is the competitive space that will differentiate platforms and companies — things around use cases in the home, cooking, taking care of your pets, managing energy usage, setting the lighting just right, and locking the doors at night. Having those things just work and be simple and easy to understand so that users can control their homes and manage their homes well is why we're excited about Matter.

This week it's all about CES 2022! So much to talk about including Sony getting into the electric vehicle market. We read your emails as well. Samsung Neo QLED - The powerful evolution of Samsung Neo QLED is built on Quantum Matrix Technology. It precisely controls Samsung's exclusive new Quantum Mini LED to express blacks, whites, and every shade in between, more accurately than ever. Enjoy great detail in dark and bright areas. Micro LED - MICRO LED is an inorganic, self-emitting LED designed to change the world of displays. Creating light and color on its own, MICRO LED delivers true-to-life color and contrast with optimum brightness in every scene. Discover stunning details on our biggest screen that surpass your greatest expectations. When you want more than one view, MICRO LED allows for four split-screen views. See up to four screens at once from a variety of sources — including the four HDMI ports — each giving you an immersive experience. The Frame - A minimalist-inspired design makes The Frame blend flawlessly with your interior. A slimmer profile, wider range of hues, and monochromatic back provide a sophisticated appearance from every angle. Connect the One Invisible Connection cable to discover what makes The Frame a modern masterpiece — on or off.³ The Premiere - Ultra-bright, high-resolution images are projected with cutting-edge Triple Laser Technology. The Premiere LSP9T uses a triple laser light source for dramatic home cinema viewing that nearly replicates a theater experience.⁸ Get precise color accuracy and incredible contrast with the Premiere LSP9T 4K Smart Triple Laser Projector.⁹ The Premiere LSP9T is the world's first HDR10+ certified projector for realistic, vibrant viewing. $3500 for 120” $6500 for 130” Eco Remote - combines a built-in solar panel with new wireless charging technology that uses radio waves emitted by Wi-Fi routers. It works by “collecting routers' radio waves and converting them to energy,” Samsung explains. And because it doesn't require any special Wi-Fi technology, it's compatible with almost every router in use today. The Freestyle - is a projector, smart speaker and ambient lighting device all rolled into one lightweight, portable device weighing only 830 grams (1.8 lbs). The Freestyle comes with full auto keystone and auto leveling features that allow the device to automatically adjust its screen to any surface at any angle, providing a perfectly proportional image every time. SmartThings Cooking -  A new service from Samsung SmartThings is designed to make your culinary journey seamless. An automatic Meal Planner powered by Whisk's Food AI recommends meals for the whole week, makes shopping lists with the ingredients you need, and connects to grocery retailers for one-stop shopping straight from the Family Hub™ refrigerator or your mobile screen. Recipe instructions can be sent directly to synced Samsung cooking devices to minimize hassles and mistakes. Samsung Health Smart Trainer on Samsung 2021 TVs: Samsung Health seamlessly transforms the home into a personal gym, and the new Smart Trainer4 feature tracks and analyzes posture in real-time, just like a personal trainer. During and post-workout, Smart Trainer provides feedback on form, helps you count your reps, and estimates calories burned. With video and interactive training via Bixby-enabled voice control, Samsung Health Smart Trainer elevates and personalizes the home workout experience. JetBot 90 AI+: Coming to the US 1H 2021, this new vacuum cleaner uses object recognition technology to identify and classify objects to decide the best cleaning path. LiDAR and 3D sensors allow JetBot 90 AI+ to avoid cables and small objects, while still cleaning hard-to-reach corners in your home. Also outfitted with a camera, JetBot90 AI+ is integrated with the SmartThings app to assist you with home monitoring. Samsung Bot™ Care is designed to use AI to recognize and respond to your behavior. It will be able to act as both a robotic assistant and companion, helping to take care of the details in your life. It will also learn your schedule and habits and send you reminders to help guide you throughout your busy day. Samsung Bot™ Handy: Also in development, Samsung Bot™ Handy will rely on advanced AI to recognize and pick up objects of varying sizes, shapes and weights, becoming an extension of you and helping you with work around the house. Sengled The Smart Health Monitoring Light bulb claims to read heart rate, body temperature and other vital signs through entirely non-invasive sensors. It uses a radar sensor instead of a passive infrared (PIR) sensor, meaning it can read through materials and detect more subtleties. Ideally, the higher sensitivity would allow for the light bulbs to detect different people, see movement through textiles and other complexities of off-skin health tracking. According to Sengled, a collection of Smart Health Monitoring Light bulbs connect via Bluetooth mesh to create a virtual map in your home, relying on several points of “view” for complete health tracking. To be clear, the light bulb doesn't have a camera or anything built in. It can't see or record you, just sense you. Kohler can now run you a bath with just a voice command PerfectFill - PerfectFill consists of a drain kit and digital valve that work together to draw the bath to your preferred temperature and depth. PerfectFill starts at $2,700; that doesn't include a Kohler spout and compatible Kohler bath. It also needs to be professionally installed. PerfectFill will be available to order in 2022. Kholer's Stillness Bath, which was teased at CES last year, will be available to purchase in 2022. It starts at $8,000 and incorporates that PerfectFill tech in a smart bathtub that combines water, light, fog, and aroma to create an “at home spa-like experience” Robern IQ Digital Lock Box — a smart lock box that fits in a bathroom vanity cabinet for storing medication and personal items. $450 Touchless Residential Bathroom Faucets starting at $199 Purist Suspend can be operated by the puck-shaped remote to turn the faucet on and off and adjust the temperature. The main concept here — beyond being quite the statement piece — is reducing counter clutter. With Suspend, your kitchen faucet will no longer be in the way when you're washing dishes (was it really ever?). The faucet hangs from the ceiling and has 180 degree rotation. LG LG OLED EVO Gallery Addition - The next evolution of Self-Lit Pixels brings a new definition of brightness. The latest LG OLED TV features the all-new Brightness Booster powered by an advanced processor making the display 30% brighter than before. This cutting-edge technology revolutionizes picture quality, producing deeper shades of black and brighter highlights to reveal incredible levels of detail and color. LG UltraGear Gaming Setup - This setup consists of a super fast IPS monitor with ATW Polarizer technology that supports high-fidelity color for reproducing vivid scenes. The monitor is compatible with next generation game consoles. Also included in the setup is the The LG UltraGear™ Gaming PC 17G90Q and the LG UltraGear speakers to elevate your gaming experience and deliver detailed, lifelike sounds. LG's smart TVs all run WebOS - now renamed WebOS 22 (for the year). The platform is getting a few updates, including the ability to add user profiles. Users will login and get their own mix of content—but not TV display settings. QNED Mini LED - LG is also updating its 4K QNED line for 2022.  They all feature updated Quantum Dot technology in which the Nano Cell is now an emissive layer. The crux of quantum dot is the clarifying of the light from Blue LED to running some through the Quantum Dots to run them green and then a Nano Cell layer that emits red light. LG claims a 90%+ DCI-P3 wide color gamut reproduction compared to the 70% coverage on traditional LED-LCD TVs. The use of Mini LEDs gives the displays more discrete control of black levels and dampen haloing. Their 8K displays have 2,400 local dimming zones. LG's Magic Motion Remote has also seen some improvements, thanks to a reduction in redundant buttons and a smaller overall profile.  LG Dolby Atmos Soundbars - LG has also implemented some notable improvements to is Dolby Atmos soundbars. In addition to a new dipole-style wireless surround speaker available in the company's flagship soundbar, LG is adding an up-firing speaker to the center channel to increase clarity, presence, and intelligibility for moments when voices can frequently get buried by otherwise explosive soundtracks for action sequences. Instaview Refrigerator - Simply knock twice to illuminate LG's largest, edge-to-edge InstaView™. See favorites in an instant without ever opening the door. Bring one of the hottest trends home with the Craft Ice™ maker that automatically makes batches of three or six slow-melting Craft Ice™ per day. The UVnano™ dispenser automatically removes up to 99.99% of bacteria on the nozzle after 24 hours.* Eve Systems' CES focus is on HomeKit, Matter, and Thread The Eve Outdoor Cam - The floodlight/security camera combo is expected to be available April 5 for $250. It's 1080p outdoor security camera with a 157-degree field of view and infrared night vision with an LED floodlight. Eve MotionBlinds will also support the Matter standard. The battery-powered motor, which can be recharged with a USB-C cable and power supply, will initially be available in custom roller shades Roku Announces Sharp Roku TV Partnership Sharp & Roku will be working to launch Sharp Roku TV models in 2022. Sharp will leverage the Roku TV hardware reference design and award-winning Roku OS to deliver a full line-up of exciting HD and 4K UHD TVs Cync Portfolio Announced GE Lighting, a Savant company, continues to expand its smart home ecosystem, Cync, with several new products. Cync Smart Thermostat - can be installed without a common wire, making it compatible in nearly every home. Its large, sleek, and high-contrast display makes on-site control easier than ever, and like all Cync products, no hub is required for ‘away from home' control using the Cync app. The all-new Cync Room Temperature Sensors work with the Smart Thermostat to monitor individual rooms or the entire home and optimize the comfort accordingly. The new Cync Smart Thermostat and Temperature Sensor will be available to order in January from Lowe's, Best Buy and Amazon. The Smart Thermostat starts at $119.99 and the Temperature Sensor at $29.99. Cync Outdoor Smart Camera - comes in both wired and battery/solar powered options, so users can choose the setup that's optimal for their smart home. With 2K/1280P HD video and night vision, and a digital swivel head. Available to order in February from Lowe's, Best Buy and Amazon. Wired Cameras start at $99.99, Battery Cameras at $129.99 and Solar Panel Accessory at $44.99. Cync Lights - adds 11 new products, including smart decorative filament-style bulbs in various shapes and sizes, such as candelabra and globe and the ever-popular reveal® general purpose bulbs. These additions will be offered in both white and full color options. The new Cync smart lights will be available to order in March from Lowe's, Best Buy, Target and Amazon, starting at $11.99.   Cync. In Sync with Matter - Cync devices can be controlled with both Alexa and Google. Cync devices will be included in the 2022 integration of the Matter protocol that allows all smart home devices to work together regardless of manufacturer or platform. TCL XL Collection - Big screens are a big deal at TCL. That's why we created the XL Collection, a curated collection of TVs with 85" displays and larger designed to meet fit any budget and exceed the highest performance standards to deliver big, big home entertainment. Now, the XL Collection is getting even bigger. Introducing TCL's 98" XL Collection QLED TV. $8K X9 OD ZERO TV - We've revolutionized the LED TV. Again. OD Zero, or Optical Depth Zero, refers to the distance between the Mini-LED backlight and the screen. In another industry first for TCL, that distance is zero. TCL 85" CLASS 8K OD ZERO QLED DOLBY VISION HDR SMART GOOGLE TV - 85X925PRO $10K Game Changing Display - This year, TCL high-performance TVs will support 4K at 144Hz, bringing smoother action and even faster game-feel to our most powerful big-screen QLED TVs featuring TCL's renowned Mini-LED technology. Alto Sound Bars - Alto Sound Bars will bring a whole new dimension of sound in 2022, with additional multi-channel options to make cinema-quality Dolby Atmos® 3D surround sound more accessible than ever. New Master Room Calibration technology analyzes the acoustics of a room and adjusts the sound to the space. We're also introducing a host of advanced features, including speaker expansion capabilities, Bluetooth® 5.2, DTS:X, and DTS Play-Fi®. Plus, the next-generation of TCL's RAY·DANZ technology will arrive, for an ultrawide soundstage. Arlo DIY Home Security System Introducing the award-winning Arlo Security System with All-in-One Sensors – the most versatile, customizable, and comprehensive smart home security system that you can easily setup yourself. Just power up the Keypad which serves as your command center with a built-in motion sensor. Then place the All-in-One Sensors anywhere you want across your home or business. These small but mighty universal sensors can detect motion, door and window openings, water leaks, smoke/CO alarms and even monitor light, temperature – all managed through the Arlo Secure app. We're proud to announce we've joined Matter to help develop industry standards that will make compatibility across smart home devices more seamless and intuitive. JBL JBL has unveiled a full slate of products for 2022, including new true-wireless earbuds, Bluetooth speakers and gaming headphones. Boombox 3 and Pulse 5 portable speakers and Reflect Aero and Live Pro 2 earbuds, are upgrades to earlier products. Many of these speakers and headphones won't be available for several months, Noveto N1  The N1 (Personal Soundbar) is the perfect device for the modern professional who works from home or in shared office spaces, values their comfort and efficiency, and whenever possible, uses smart products for communication and interaction experience.The N1 combines Smart Beaming with Alexa and multimodal interaction to create the first all-in-one home office and personalized wellness space. No pricing was given and the company is saying it will launch sometime in 2022. Tablo four-tuner ATSC 3.0 DVR Tablo's $300 TV-connected DVR offers four NextGen TV tuners on board and will accept external hard drives up to 8TB. The DVR is compatible with any TV featuring an HDMI port, though you will need a 4K HDR TV to make the most of it. The Tablo connects to any TV antenna and will work with existing OTA signals. The device comes with a 24-hour program guide and manual recording but also includes a 30-day free trial of the Tablo Premium Service ($20 a year). Premium Service enables the Automatic Commercial Skip function and Guide Data Service adds two weeks of guide data. Sony Sony A95K QD-OLED - promises improved color and viewing angle compared to current, conventional OLED TVs. It can display the full spectrum of colors even in the brightest scenes.  Master Series Z9K and Premium X95K Mini LED TVs  - XR Backlight Master Drive can intelligently control Mini LED power to reduce visibility of individual zones. Bravia Cam - The Sony Bravia Cam is a camera and ambient sensor that can sit atop all 2022 Sony televisions. It will come bundled with the Z9K Mini LED and A95K QD-OLED televisions and will also be sold separately for anyone who wants to add additional functionality to their TV. The Bravia Cam is a webcam that can detect a person's positioning and adjust the picture and audio accordingly. Sony calls this Ambient Optimization Pro Premium remote - A new premium remote will come bundled with the Z9K Mini LED and A95K QD-OLED and A90K OLED televisions. The remote is 36% smaller than last year's unit and will be backlit. Also included is OK Google functionality to quickly find your remote. Sony has reduced the number of keys from 49 to 25, removing the number keys altogether. Keys are integrated into a new keypad UI. The remote also has a flush design for easy cleaning. SUV - Sony showed off a brand new prototype of its Vision S concept electric car, and announced that the Sony Group is starting a new division — the Sony Mobility Inc – which will start commercializing its electric vehicles. “The Vision-S also evolves mobility as an entertainment space, including gaming experience and audio. We have learned more about mobility through our exploration of Vision-S and through our partners who have supported this effort.”

This week we solve the mystery of what happened to HDNET and we ask the question if Set Top Hardware is still needed. Finally we go through the list of the 2021 TWICE VIP Awards. We also read your emails and give you the news of the week. What Happened to HDNET A listener sent us a link to Wikipedia where the following was taken from: AXS TV (pronounced "access") is an American specialty television channel. Majority-owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, it is devoted primarily to live music programming, entertainment, and combat sports—including mixed martial arts and professional wrestling. The network was originally established in 2001 as HDNet, with investor Mark Cuban as a founding partner. HDNet was originally intended as an exclusively-high-definition network, carrying general entertainment, concerts, and sporting events in the format. In 2012, with the network's original purpose becoming redundant (due to most mainstream cable networks now having HD feeds), HDNet sold stakes to Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), Creative Artists Agency, and Ryan Seacrest (with Cuban retaining a majority stake), and rebranded under its current name (taken from AEG's online ticket platform AXS.com) on July 2, 2012—with the network shifting its content to include more entertainment and pop culture-oriented programming, alongside its existing live music content. In September 2019, Anthem acquired a majority stake in AXS, with AEG and Cuban retaining minority stakes. AXS TV is available to 50 million households in the United States as of December 2020. What's the Point of AppleTV Hardware? Buying an Apple TV no longer gives users a content advantage. We are in the age of streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu, and business models have shifted so that every service is available on every device — phones, tablets, TV sets, streaming sticks and game consoles. (Full Article Here…) The product isn't without its benefits, though, for the Apple ecosystem's most loyal users. Integration with HomeKit, Fitness+, AirPods and the iOS remote app is useful. The new remote control and faster chip in this year's version are definite improvements, and the box is getting SharePlay and Spatial Audio support later this year [this was written prior to the release of these technologies]. Still, I don't see these enhancements moving the needle for most people. Twice VIP Awards 2021 The TWICE VIP Awards are not decided by consumers but rather they are voted on by industry leaders, consumer tech retailers and distributors who are looking for great products, innovation and what makes the biggest difference in the business.  The awards cover a wide range of products from projectors, truly wireless headphones to the latest TVs and major appliances. On this show we will focus on Home Theater and Home Automation products. The full list of award winners can be found here (Announcing The Winners Of The 2021 TWICE VIP Awards!) Accessories THX Onyx (MSRP $220)  is an innovative Digital-to- Analog Converter (DAC)/Amplifier that brings crystal clear audio to consumers on the go for enjoyment of music, movies, and games. This leading-edge product brings vast audio quality improvements that's enjoyed over nearly any mobile device and headset, based upon the award-winning patented THX Achromatic Audio Amplifier (THX AAA™) technology. THX AAA provides impactful power and ensures the ultimate no-compromise headphone audio experience by delivering the highest audio fidelity with infinitesimally low levels of noise and distortion. Currently, THX Onyx is the first portable DAC/Amp to feature THX AAA-78, the highest-powered mobile THX AAA configuration, in such a small amp. Whether you're enjoying the audio timbre of a Bach sonata or want to hear the full range of emotional frequencies within your favorite feature film's musical score, THX Onyx brings the clarity and joy of crystal clear audio with you wherever you go. A/V Receivers Denon AVR-A110 (MSRP $6,000 Backordered) is the ultimate 8K/13.2- channel home theater receiver, providing CEDIA integrators with a high-performance immersive solution from the most trusted brand in audio/video. In addition to astonishing home theater performance, the HEOS® built-in wireless multi-room streaming technology puts the listener's favorite content anywhere throughout the home (requires HEOS-compatible speakers) and adds Apple® AirPlay 2 for effortless streaming from mobile devices. The AVR-A110 also offers access to the most popular streaming services, providing users with limitless access to their favorite music, podcasts and more. Headphones Truly Wireless Klipsch T5 II ANC earphones (MSRP $299) deliver a truly hands-free listening experience. They are the FIRST set of earphones to feature and combine: A built-in Bragi® operating system with embedded artificial intelligence which allows for hands-free, advanced gesture-controlled experiences. Dual-mic noise cancellation utilizes both a microphone aimed at the outside and one in front of the speaker for maximum noise cancellation. Integrated Dirac® HD Sound technology optimizes sound performance digitally for clearer, richer and more balanced sound. Home Theater Audio Samsung's Q950A (MSRP $1500) is the first Samsung soundbar to offer true 11.1.4 channel sound, enhanced by 21 custom- designed speakers and audio certifications including Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Polk Audio Reserve Series R700 (MSRP $1,100 each)is a high-performance, versatile floor-standing loudspeaker designed to deliver serious performance for music, movies and gaming. Polk Audio engineers created rigid, internally braced cabinets while leveraging driver and port technologies from the Legend Series speakers to achieve breathtaking levels of balance and realism. Projectors Sony VPL-VW1025ES (MSRP $40K). The X1™ processor for projector and a 2,200 lumen Z-Phosphor laser light source bring exceptionally bright and clear colors, contrast, and motion to all your content for over 20,000 hours of play time. With the ARC-F lens equipped for ultra-crisp images, you'll wonder how you watched movies before installing the VW1025ES. Epson's EpiqVision Mini EF12 Smart Streaming Laser Projector (MSRP $900) creates an epic viewing experience right out of the box with its stunning picture quality, built-in Android TV, sound by Yamaha, and wireless connectivity. Stream big, bright Full-HD content up to 150-inches for immersive viewing of TV shows, sporting events, gaming, and movies from virtually anywhere in the home - even outside. Powered by Android TV, the EF12 offers instant streaming the moment it is turned on and connected to Wi-Fi through popular streaming services including Hulu, HBO and YouTube™. Yamaha's leading Acoustic Engineers designed a unique sound system exclusively for the EF12 to deliver a true audiophile performance that rivals soundbars and connects via Bluetooth® for use as a standalone speaker. Designed with simplicity in mind, the EF12 weighs under five pounds with a compact, portable and modern design to fit beautifully within any décor and project seamlessly with no screen required. Portable Streaming Speakers: Soundbars $499 or less Polk Audio React Soundbar (MSRP $250) Big surround sound driven by Dolby and DTS integration delivers a true cinematic television experience.  Optional subwoofer and wireless surrounds makes true 5.1 home theater possible without adding wires. Portable Streaming Speakers: Soundbars $500 and up Polk Audio Studio 3D Mini - Could not find any info on this device under Polk Audio. However, we did find a Studio 3D Mini made by Definitive Technology that has an MSRP of $900. Smart Home & Automation: Automation OS Crestron Home (MSRP $$$$$$) Smart Home & Automation: Climate Control Crestron Horizon Thermostats (MSRP $$$) Video & TV: 4K LG 65-inch G1 OLED evo 4K TV (65G1)   (MSRP $2800) fusing state-of-the-art display and AI technologies with beautiful design. Thanks to stunning picture quality, Zero Gap wall mountable design, and new OLED evo technology, the stunning 65G1 delivers better brightness and punchy images with amazing clarity, detail and realism. The TV runs LG's own webOS 6.0 smart TV platform, providing intuitive navigation and control and offering multi-AI"' which comprises LG ThinQ AI, as well as built-in Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Video & TV: 8K Samsung QN900A Neo QLED 8K TV - (MSRP $4500 65”) with the new Neo Quantum Processor 8K to deliver exemplary picture quality, smart features and design. Thanks to Samsung's Neo QLED panel technology, LEDs are 40x smaller than conventional LED units, allowing more light to be packed into the same area. Unlike other LED backlights, the QN900A eliminates lenses that capture and transmit light from the backlight. Instead, each compact LED chip is designed to emit light on its own. Brightness is more controlled while blooming is minimized, resulting in higher contrast ratios and one of the best non-OLED TVs ever. The Neo Quantum Processor 8K leverages innovations in deep learning, machine learning and a neural network to upscale content sources to 8K-resolution picture quality. Its pristine image is matched by an immersive design. Its thin black matrix means that 99% of the QN900A's panel displays the content, as compared to the industry standard of ~95% screen-to- body ratio. Video & TV: OLED Sony BRAVIA XR A80J (MSRP $2300 65”) - Enjoy premium OLED picture with contrast and color that feels deep, natural, and real with the A80J. The revolutionary Cognitive Processor XR™ optimizes thousands of on-screen elements simultaneously for a lifelike picture. Feel the action with Acoustic Surface Audio+ and experience a truly immersive sound that perfectly matches the picture on screen. Video & TV: TVs: 40 to 57 Inches LG 48-inch C1 4K OLED TV (48C1)  (MSRP $1300) is ideal for gaming, providing many characteristics offered by the latest gaming monitors. LG's latest intelligent processor, the a (Alpha) 9 Gen 4 AI leverages deep learning to analyze and optimize content, making content of any quality look picture-perfect. The processor features AI Picture Pro, which recognizes content, removes noise, and optimizes picture quality. The 48C1 features the latest webOS 6.0 with ThinQ AI letting users easily discover and access content from popular services offered on its smart TV ecosystem, such as Twitch. Video & TV: TVs: 58 inches and larger LG 83-inch C1 4K OLED TV (83C1) (MSRP $5500) Powered by the upgraded a (Alpha) 9 Gen 4 AI processor, the 83C1 uses deep-learning algorithms to detect scenes and genres to make content look it's best no matter what or when you're watching. LG's 2021 OLED TVs offer an immersive experience with support for Dolby Vision IQ, Dolby Atmos,® HDR10 PRO and Filmmaker Mode. The C1 series includes 4 inputs with HDMI 2.1 features such as support for 4K 120 content, VRR, ALLM and eARC making OLED the TV of choice for gamers and home theater enthusiasts alike. The new webOS 6.0 interface provides faster access to apps and simpler content discovery with personalized recommendations. Super VIP Award LG Electronics – Winners in 6 categories  Computer and Gaming: Monitor  Health & Lifestyle: Air Purifiers Major Appliances: Front-load Washer Video & TV 4K Video & TV: 40 to 57 Inches Video & TV: 58 inches and larger  

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CES 2021 It's CES but not like the usual CES that we are accustomed to. This year it is all virtual and as a result we can't tell you how incredible the latest Micro LED TV looks. There are some great sounding technological improvements that have us excited for the future. This is a long show but we are sure we missed something. If there is a product or announcement you think we should take a look at please let us know. Next week we'll discuss what others saw as “Best of Show”. We hope you enjoy the podcast. Savant's C by GE line is getting a makeover for the new year. Savant's C by GE smart home brand is now Cync. Paul Williams, General Manager of Product Management & Growth - "It's an ideal time to evolve our C by GE™ brand into Cync™, a new brand that best reflects how all of our smart home solutions connect easily and work together seamlessly for a complete smart home experience that can be customized to the lifestyle of every consumer." There will be three new smart home accessories, indoor camera, outdoor smart plug, and a fan switch.  The Cync Indoor Smart Camera has a privacy shutter that physically blocks the lens and cuts audio recording on-demand. There is cloud and local recording via SD card. Subscription service is available for those who chose the cloud based solution. The Cync Outdoor Smart Plug is all weather and has two outlets The outdoor plug can be connected to wifi without a hub and can be used with Bluetooth. The two outlets can be controlled independently through app and voice controls through integration with Alexa and the Google Assistant.  The Cync Fan Speed Smart Switch is an in-wall solution for ceiling fans has four different speeds. In addition to on-demand controls, schedules can be created for customized use throughout the day, and the switch also can be grouped with other Cync accessories. These products begin to arrive in March with the mobile app, and the Outdoor Smart Plug. The Camera will follow in May, with the Fan Speed Smart Switch in June.  The exact dates and pricing have not yet been released. More info can be found at gelighting.com. LG LG OLED TVS New LG OLDS for 2021 A1 OLED Replaces B1 A7 processor and available in 42” C1 OLED available in 48”, 55”, 65”, 77” and new for 2021 83” panels. 4K, Gen 4 Alpha 9 processor which enables the TV to quickly identify the important elements within each frame and adjust brightness in those areas for a better exposed image. G1 OLED available in 55”, 65” and 77” 4k, Gen 4 A9 Processor, Evo (evo panels contain a new luminous element that promises higher brightness, clarity, detail and punch)  Z1 OLED available in 77” and 88” 8K LG partnered with Xbox and Nvidia so that its G1, C1, and Z1 OLEDs could be fitted with G-Sync anti-tearing, stuttering and juddering technology, as well as AMD's FreeSync Premium equivalent. HDMI 2.1 features such as VRR are also correct and present. LG will also be the first brand to have the Google Stadia app available on its TVs in the US, UK and much of Europe. LG also discussed LG QNED MiniLEDs, as previously announced, which combine both NanoCell and quantum dot technologies with Mini LED backlight control. There will also be some plain NanoCell TVs as well, which will come with many of the gaming features, including the Google Stadia app, in addition to non-NanoCell LCD TVs for the budget end of the market. No pricing or shipping information at this time LG's webOS 6.0 Smart TV LG Electronics (LG) announced the introduction of webOS 6.0 for its 2021 OLED, QNED Mini LED, NanoCell and UHD smart TVs. Paired with the new Magic Remote, the latest version of the company's acclaimed TV platform offers viewers a more enjoyable and intuitive content discovery experience. The upgraded LG ThinQ AI in webOS 6.0 supports new voice commands for both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, making TV management and searching across streaming services, internet and broadcast channels easier than ever before. LG's new Magic Remote offers simpler controls when using voice recognition with multi-AI offerings of LG ThinQ, Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.* Simple to navigate, slick, easy to hold and use, the Magic Remote offers more user-friendly features including fast connections between the TV and other devices and hot keys for accessing popular content providers such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+.** Magic Tap, a one-touch Near Field Communication (NFC) function on the Magic Remote, provides virtually instant access to a host of exciting viewing possibilities. By simply touching a compatible NFC-enabled smartphone*** to the remote, viewers can share content from their phones to the LG TVs or vice versa. Users can also view content stored in these mobile phones on their LG TVs while continuing to use their favorite smartphone apps and features. myQ® Opens Introduces Smart Access Solutions myQ Pet Portal - Allows you to control the pet door with two way audio and video through the myQ Pet Portal app. now available for pre-order on myQpetportal.com starting at $2,999 In-Garage Grocery Delivery Service - a new service that allows eligible Prime members to have their grocery orders from Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh delivered securely into their garage. More info here myQ Smart Community Access - allows residents to view and verify their guests' identities before granting them entry to the building or community. See Demo here myQ Smart Vehicle Access - will provide their drivers with the ability to safely open, close and monitor their garage door from wherever they are on their journey. More info here Moen Smart Water Products U by Moen Smart Faucet - offers completely touchless functionality. Flo by Moen - smart home water security system that features a suite of products to protect a home from water damage and leaks, 24/7. With the Moen App, consumers also get an unprecedented ability to control, conserve and monitor their home's water from anywhere at any time. Products include: Smart Sump Pump Monitor, and Smart Water Shutoff Hisense Starts a New Era of TriChroma Laser TV Hisense announced this cutting-edge display technology with a transformative product line of laser TV – TriChroma Laser TV on Monday. The technology is packaging and controlling separate lasers to get purer colors for display. A 128% improvement is achieved in the original RGB color. TriChroma also attains 20% brightness enhancement at the pixel-level with a 430-nit picture brightness, exceeding that of a regular TV. TriChroma laser technology, new TV product lines include various screen sizes, from 75-inch to 100-inch giant screen with elimination of ambient lighting. Since the color gamut coverage reaches up to 151% of the DCI-P3 film color standard, it is almost 50% beyond high-end cinema. Audiences can enjoy a strong sense of presence and stunning in-cinema viewing experience at home. More Laser TV models will be released this year, enriching consumers with more options than ever and projecting a promising market share in 2021. TCL TCL Television TCL announced its 3rd generation of mini-LED backlight will be launching later this year - OD Zero mini-LED technology. OD Zero is TCL's latest mini-LED backlight technology that delivers an ultra-slim display with tens of thousands of mini-LEDs and thousands of Contrast Control Zones™ for striking brightness, precision contrast, and smooth uniformity. The zero represents the measurement of distance between TCL's mini-LED backlight layer and the LCD display layer, which has now been reduced to a remarkable 0 mm to create an ultra-thin high-performance panel. All 2021 6-Series TCL Roku TV models being launched will feature 8K resolution. With 8K resolution four times sharper than today's 4K TVs, this means sharp clarity whether the content is native 8K from popular streaming services or if it's 4K content that's intelligently upscaled with TCL's powerful AiPQ Engine™ technology. While the new 6-Series 8K TCL Roku TVs will roll out later this year, all existing 6-Series 4K TCL Roku TV models will continue to be available. TCL will debut The XL Collection – the company's first lineup of 85" displays. Three different models will make up the XL Collection this year and each 85" TV will feature performance levels for every kind of home theater. From a simply smart 85" 4-Series TCL Roku TV that delivers the easiest way to enjoy 4K HDR streaming and an 85" 4K HDR TCL Roku TV with QLED picture quality to the ultimate 85" mini-LED powered 8K TCL TV with QLED wide color technology, the XL Collection will fit any budget and exceed the highest performance standards to deliver larger-than-life home entertainment. The 85R745 including Quantum Dot (QLED) color technology delivers better brightness and wider color volume; Dolby Vision; Dolby Atmos™ ; Contrast Control Zone technology, as well as Variable Refresh Rate and 120Hz HDMI input support for a smoother gaming experience The massive models of the XL Collection will be available in North America during the year ahead, starting with the 4-Series TCL Roku TV 85" set (85R435) launching later this quarter at just $1599. The 85" QLED TCL Roku TV (85R745) and 85" mini-LED powered 8K TV will arrive in the months to follow. TCL Electronics also announced that it will roll out a TCL Google TV™ series in 2021 to TCL customers, starting in the United States and later in other parts of the world. TCL Google TVs will combine TCL's industry-leading display technologies, such as Mini-LED, 8K and QLED, with Google's new entertainment experience, to help users discover and access the content they love in stunning definition on the latest TCL screens more easily than ever before. TCL Google TVs bring together movies, shows, live TV and more from across apps and subscriptions and organizes them for each user. It offers personalized recommendations so TCL users can discover new things to watch.  Users can even ask Google to find movies and shows, answer questions, and control smart home devices with their voice on TCL's big screens. TCL Audio TCL has teamed up with Roku to launch the new Alto R1 soundbar, the company's first entry into "wireless" bars and the first soundbar to use Roku proprietary WiFi AUDIO streaming technology. This new feature completely eliminates the need to use a cable when connecting to the TV. Rather, simply plug the soundbar power cord into your wall outlet, turn it on and the TCL Roku TV will automatically generate an on-screen guide for set-up. Additional non-wireless options with Roku TV Ready will also be available later in the year. For consumers who want a bar with Dolby Atmos and voice capabilities, the Alto 82i with Dolby Atmos, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple AirPlay will launch in Q3 with dual built-in subwoofers. Two additional bars will round out the Alto lineup in 2021. The Alto 8e with a 3.2.1 configuration, Dolby Atmos, Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Airplay and Spotify compatibility, along with a wireless subwoofer and up-firing speakers will be available in Q2. And lastly, another premium soundbar with Dolby Atmos. Cleer Crescent  Smart Audio Speaker Newsweek - Best of CES 2020, House Beautiful - Best of CES 2020, AVS Forum - Best of CES 2020 Scheduled to ship in early January The speaker has a linear array of eight custom 40mm full-range drivers and two 3.3-inch subwoofers. It usee Dysonics' SoundShaping software to create an immersive listening experience, Wide Stereo Model mimics the sonic ambiance of a large orchestral performance, creating a soundstage from the stereo for far field and near field listening similar to that of a high end audio setup. Powered by Google Assistant, the Crescent incorporates an optimized mic array with noise-rejection technology for superior far-field voice recognition. The Crescent also supports Hi-Res digital audio formats and streaming from Spotify Connect Apple AirPlay 2, AAC, FLAC, WMA anc Apple Lossless, and Chromecast.  Audio sources include With Wi-Fi, 3.5mm Aux, RJ25 and optical. Crescent's design was intended to fit in with decor regardless where it's placed in the home. A speaker grille with an acoustic construction structure and a reinforced speaker cabinet with glass fiber ribs for reduced vibrations and sonic resonance. The Crescent Smart Home Speaker, available is in champagne color, is priced at $699.99. WiSA Releases Sound Send Audio Transmitter WiSA, founded by Summit Wireless Technologies, is introducing SoundSend, the Association's first branded product. Consumer Electronic brands can now offer audio enthusiasts smart surround sound 5.1 systems hard bundled with SoundSend or co-promote with premium audio speakers or TVs. The SoundSend HDMI audio transmitter is designed to make true wireless multichannel audio accessible in minutes, without the need of WiFi, to any smart TV with ARC/eARC connections and transmits high-resolution audio automatically to WiSA Certified(tm) audio speakers an immersive cinema experience at home. Transmitting high-quality 24-bit/96kHz audio for up to eight channels, SoundSend is the Association's first product and offers advanced tuning features including My Zone to create the perfect sweet spot, and decoding capabilities for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+, Dolby True- HD and Dolby Atmos. Sound Send is available now for $179 through Amazon and other online stores. Platin Audio Expands Monaco Product Line to Include the First Smart Surround Sound System With the New WiSA SoundSend Wireless Audio Transmitter WiSA® LLC announced a wireless home cinema bundle complete with the WiSA SoundSend audio transmitter, the Association's first branded product, and the Tuned by THX™ Monaco 5.1 Immersive Wireless Home Audio System™ from Platin Audio. The bundle is now available for online purchase for $899 through Amazon, Newegg, eBay and Target. The Monaco 5.1 with WiSA SoundSend system gives users immersive, theater-quality sound experiences made possible by WiSA Certified™ speakers and the HDMI (or optical)-connected audio transmitter, enabling for effortless home cinema setup and control in less than ten minutes. The SoundSend transmitter, WiSA's first branded product, is a universal wireless multichannel home cinema audio transmitter designed to enable simple, yet amazing, home entertainment experiences for owners of smart TVs. The transmitter easily connects via HDMI/ARC and eARC to hundreds of millions of new and installed smart TVs. Better than unidirectional soundbars, the Platin Monaco and WiSA SoundSend system allows consumers to easily create truly immersive home cinema experiences in minutes. The compact Monaco 5.1 system from Platin is Tuned by THX and perfectly combines high-definition audio quality and a less than 5.2 millisecond latency for picture-perfect lip sync. With only a 1-microsecond synchronization between speakers, the result is amazing accuracy and clarity. The system fits easily into any size living space--no audio cables required--and users can connect the speakers to any AC outlet. WiSA SoundSend decodes Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital +, Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Atmos and offers audio quality of up to 24bit/96kHz. The SoundSend and Monaco combination can also create virtual Dolby Atmos experiences when an Atmos signal is delivered to SoundSend. Sony 2021 Models Announced All Sony TVS will include XR processing with AI driven texture enhancement, color recreation, signal and data processing and Netflix Calibrated Mode and IMAX Enhanced content, HDMI 2.1 compatibility, including support for eARC, 4K resolution at 120Hz and features like Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), and NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) compatibility, with tuners that can handle the new 4K-capable broadcast standard. The other major change coming to Sony TVs is the transition from Android TV to its successor Google TV, first introduced last year on the new Chromecast with Google TV. One of the major features of Google TV is an emphasis on Google Assistant and Google Home voice interaction. Sony steps up this capability by introducing hands-free voice control for several of its 2021 Google TVs. All TVs support Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos sound along with HDMI 2.1 compatibility.  Sony Master Series Z9J 8K LED TV. It's the only 8K model announced at this time, and Sony will offer the set in 75- and 85-inch screen sizes. Acoustic Multi-Audio technology, which delivers a sound from screen effect for more immersive listening and sound positioning that matches sound effects and dialogue to the objects and actors on screen. Also known as Cognitive TV which Sony says is a new processing method designed to replicate the ways humans see and hear. Cognitive Processor XR divides the screen into numerous zones and detects where the “focal point” is in the picture. The new processor can cross-analyze multiple elements at once, Sony claims, helping to adjust each element to its best final outcome. Cognitive Processor XR can also analyze sound position in the signal so the sound matches with what's on the screen, as well as upconverting any sound to 3D surround sound. Sony Master Series A90J OLED TV. Available in 55-, 65- and 83-inch sizes, Sony's newest OLED model promises beautiful picture quality with XR OLED contrast enhancement that adjusts the brightness for higher brights and deeper blacks, as well as XR triluminos pro for a wider color gamut and more realistic color palette. The A90J also features Acoustic Multi-Audio technology. Sony X95J. Available in 85-, 75- and 65-inch sizes is 4K. The X95JJ also features Acoustic Multi-Audio technology. Sony X90J, starting with a 50-inch set and ranging up to 75 inches is 4K. The X90J does not have hands-free capability or the room-listening mics that feature entails. Sony has not announced pricing for any of the above sets, or dates for retail availability but these details will be announced in spring of 2021, suggesting these models will go on sale sometime in the early part of this year. JBL launches new AirPods Pro competitors JBL Live Pro Plus - available on JBL.com on March 14, for $180 in four color options -- black, white, pink and beige. Adaptive Noise Canceling with Smart Ambient, Wireless charging, Speed Charge (10 minutes of charging gets you an hour of playback), Echo canceling mic technology are just a few of it's features Live Free NC Plus - available on JBL.com on March 14 for $150 in four color options -- black, blue, white and rose. Active Noise Canceling with Smart Ambient, Wireless charging JBL Reflect Mini NC TWS - Due in the Spring for $150. Available in blue, white and black. Active noise canceling with Smart Ambient feature, Independent earbud use (you can use a single bud) JBL Tour Pro Plus - JBL's Tour Series headphones will be available in black at major retailers and on JBL.com on May 30 for $200. 6.8mm dynamic drivers, Six hours of battery with active noise canceling on, eight hours with Bluetooth only, Check My Best Fit feature lets you check your ear fit with the companion app.  KOHLER Expands Smart Home Collection at CES 2021, Emphasizes Wellbeing and Touchless Experiences for Kitchen and Bath Kohler introduced four new smart home products: Stillness Bath - This experiential bath draws its inspiration from Japanese forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku. Water, light, fog and aromas converge to create an immersive journey of the senses designed to relax the mind, soothe the body, and renew the spirit. Innate Intelligent Toilet - Innate includes a heated seat, auto open and close, intuitive remote, and personal bidet functionality. Touchless Residential Bathroom Faucet - The touchless bathroom faucet offers hands-free activation for washing hands, brushing teeth, and other daily tasks. There is also a remote puck that allows for a retrofit solution add-on to any KOHLER single control bathroom faucet. Kohler and Phyn Partnership - Kohler will launch two co-branded products with Phyn in 2021 – the KOHLER Whole Home Water Monitor Powered by Phyn – a DIY unit and a Pro version with an automatic shut off. The DIY version mounts under a single sink and can be easily installed by a homeowner. The Pro variation is installed at a water main, either inside or outside the home, and can mitigate costly damage through an automatic water shutoff feature. D-Link's introduces new solutions for safety, entertainment, learning, and working at home D-Link showcased their latest mydlink, Wi-Fi 6, 5G, and 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet solutions that digitally transform the home to meet users' needs for today's demanding applications. Home Safety - As more people are staying home due to the pandemic, the safety of the home has become more important than ever. D-Link's latest mydlink cameras and sensors, such as this year's CES Innovation Award Honoree Whole Home Smart Wi-Fi Water Sensor Kit, keep the home connected and protected, without sacrificing privacy.  Home Entertainment - D-Link's new Wi-Fi 6 router, switch, and adapters bring revolutionary Wi-Fi 6 and 2.5GE technology to users at home, including a 2021 CES Innovation Award Honoree, D-Link's USB-C to 2.5G Ethernet Adapter. Wi-Fi 6 is capable of a maximum throughput of 9.6 Gbps across multiple channels, Samsung Neo QLED  Using the new Quantum Matrix Technology. It precisely controls Samsung's exclusive new Quantum Mini LED to express blacks, whites and every shade in between with extraordinary accuracy. The Neo Quantum Processor Deep learning algorithms optimize your viewing conditions, improving movies, shows and games in real time. And with Neo QLED 8K, an AI-powered 8K picture is completed by 16 multi-model neural networks. Quantum HDR sets the new standard for incredible, crisp detail and rich, accurate color. The dynamic tone mapping of HDR10+ adjusts color and contrast scene by scene, allowing you to appreciate even the smallest details. Realistic 3D sound puts you in the middle of the action. Dynamic sound pinpoints movement from all corners of the screen with dedicated up-firing and side-firing speakers to bring each scene to life. Micro LED Discover stunning details on our biggest display that surpasses your greatest expectations. Energy-efficent technology delivers true-to-life color, sharp contrast and optimal brightness in every scene. Arena Sound Placed with ultimate precision for maximum effect, a full-range speaker delivers vivid, lifelike sound to fully immerse you in every scene. Object tracking and vocal clarity create a multi-dimensional soundscape to complete — and elevate — the viewing experience. 4Vue Get an immersive experience and view up to four screens at once from a variety of sources — including the four HDMI ports. 110-inch MICRO LED: This new screen features self-lit inorganic LED with a slim and nearly bezel-less Infinity Screen design that seamlessly blends into the living space. The result is a spectacularly immersive viewing experience with astounding picture quality. The 110-inch MICRO LED also adds “4Vue” (Quad View), a four-way viewing option—so you can keep up with multiple sports at once, or stream a tutorial while playing a video game. Also, for US consumers, more than 160 free channels are available through Samsung TV Plus. MICRO LED will be rolled out globally beginning this spring. Lifestyle TV: Samsung's cutting-edge lifestyle TV lineup includes The Serif, The Frame, The Sero and The Terrace—a recently launched 4K QLED outdoor TV—as well as Samsung The Premiere, a cinema-like quality 4K laser projector. SmartThings Cooking: A new service from Samsung SmartThings is designed to make your culinary journey seamless. An automatic Meal Planner powered by Whisk's Food AI recommends meals for the whole week, makes shopping lists with the ingredients you need, and connects to grocery retailers for one-stop shopping straight from the Family Hub™ refrigerator or your mobile screen. Recipe instructions can be sent directly to synced Samsung cooking devices to minimize hassles and mistakes Bringing AI and Robots to Daily Life Including Housekeeping Samsung has long been at the forefront of AI and robotics innovation, leveraging its seven global AI research centers to advance technology. By bringing AI to its products, Samsung is creating new home experiences—from washing machines that optimize water usage, detergents, and wash cycles, to TVs with a Quantum AI Processor that can upscale HD content into pristine 8K resolution. The major technologies featured during Samsung's press conference include the following: JetBot 90 AI+: Coming to the US 1H 2021, this new vacuum cleaner uses object recognition technology to identify and classify objects to decide the best cleaning path. LiDAR and 3D sensors allow JetBot 90 AI+ to avoid cables and small objects, while still cleaning hard-to-reach corners in your home. Also outfitted with a camera, JetBot 90 AI+ is integrated with the SmartThings app to assist you with home monitoring. Samsung Bot™ Care: The latest development in Samsung's growing robotics lineup, Samsung Bot™ Care is designed use AI to recognize and respond to your behavior. It will be able to act as both a robotic assistant and companion, helping to take care of the details in your life. It will also learn your schedule and habits and send you reminders to help guide you throughout your busy day.  Samsung Bot™ Handy: Also in development, Samsung Bot™ Handy will rely on advanced AI to recognize and pick up objects of varying sizes, shapes and weights, becoming an extension of you and helping you with work around the house. Samsung Bot™ Handy will be able to tell the difference between the material composition of various objects, utilizing the appropriate amount of force to grab and move around household items and objects, working as your trusted partner to help with house chores like cleaning up messy rooms or sorting out the dishes after a meal. TV without cords Many electronics manufacturers strive for the better user's experience and comfort. One of such efforts is to make devices working without cords by getting the power wirelessly – literally through the air. The R&D stage startup Reasonance has presented one of its prototypes, a fully wireless 40" TV powered with 120W. For demonstration purposes the receiving coil has been placed on the back panel, though for the product itself it can be incorporated inside.  Explanation of the technology can be found here Technical data of the TV powered by REASONANCE  Power transferred 120 W Frequency used   20-120 kHz Distance (orthogonal alignment) 50 cm (19.5”) Efficiency    90%

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