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LAS VEGAS — Your TV is watching you.
Samsung’s next-generation television software delivers viewing recommendations based on your viewing habits.
The company calls the feature S-Recommendation.
The TV awareness movement is on full display as the 47th Consumer Electronics Show kicks off today — with LG showcasing a model that scans the viewer’s face and determines if a child or an adult is watching, in order to deliver a customized experience.
So now your phones know where you go, your computers know what you search, and smart TVs know what you watch.
Your Honey Boo Boo fixation will be duly noted.
Also, Samsung’s latest user interface for TVs looks a lot more like the operating system of a smartphone or tablet — with multiple homescreens to swipe through.
Perhaps the quirkiest demo of the day was Samsung’s new OLED TV, which is capable of showing two full-screened programs at the same time. Viewers simply don special glasses and each will see his or her show.
No prices for any of the TV models have been set yet.
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First, let’s get this straight: Huawei is pronounced Ha-Way.
Second, it doesn’t matter what it is called, because the Chinese gadget maker probably hopes you mistake its new Ascend line of smartphones for the iPhone, its clear inspiration.
Huawei CEO Richard Yu delivered a keynote that was not lost in translation — the company is gunning for Apple and Samsung.
Huawei is entering the high-end market for smartphones, he said.
The two Ascend phones still seem like knock-offs.
One model is a very Galaxy Note-like 6.1 inches, and the other Ascend is more in the style of the iPhone.
They both run Google Android 4.1.
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Think an HD TV looks sharp? Get ready for UD — or “ultra high definition.”
The groundwork to replace standard HD channels with a format four times as sharp is being laid here at 2013’s CES.
And this year electronics giants are aiming for the mainstream.
LG unveiled two ultra-definition sets at 55 and 65 inches. Until now, LG offered only an 84-inch UD TV for an eye-popping $20,000.
Samsung showed its UD entry yesterday.
The new UD format will disrupt the industry as much as the HD transition did last decade, which had broadcasters and cable networks racing to deliver HD-quality content, according to James Fishler, vice president of marketing at LG.