5 Reasons NOT To Buy a 4K UHD TV – Yet

The 4K TV of my drooling dreams: LG's new flat 4K OLED, the 65-inch EF9500 ($7,000)

The 4K TV of my drooling dreams: LG’s new flat 4K OLED, the 65-inch EF9500 ($7,000)

At the time this screed was written for the Huffington Post, the issue of HDR compatibility as well as the lack of flat, an update to HDMI to accommodate HDR technologies, and the lack of flat OLED models had been unresolved. Not any more; a sprinkling of HDR-compatible sets with HDMI 2.0a were announced at IFA in September 2015, and a flood are expected at CES 2016 – then you can buy a mostly future-proof UHD.

And here’s a similar, more recent UHD HDR screed for the Digital Technology Consulting blog.

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The Best Tech Father’s (or Mother’s) Day Gift

A photo of my mother's parents, the original and my PhotoShop fix.

A photo of my mother’s parents, the original and my PhotoShop fix.

While targeted at this Hallmark holidays, this gift idea I wrote about for the Huffington Post is appropriate for any occasion and will give you and your parents and/or grandparents much nachas (or naches).

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Apple Watch/Apple Pay: Not The Disruptor We Were Expecting?

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Apple Watch’s killer app/function may be Apple Pay, the ability to pay simply by tapping your wrist to a compatible POS terminal. But will there be enough retail locations who accept Watch-based Apple Pay to make a difference? I explore the Apple Pay/Apple Watch topic in this blog post for Digital Technology Consulting.

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Sharp Aquos UHD TVs Get Android TV OS

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My Techlicious report on the new Sharp Aquos smart UHDs running Android.

 

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Apple Watch: You Want It, But Do You Need It?

Waiting for Apple Watch; data from the Web gets transmitted to the iPhone, which then sends it to the Watch, slowing down data significantly.

Waiting for Apple Watch; data from the Web gets transmitted to the iPhone, which then sends it to the Watch, slowing down data significantly.

My review of the Apple Watch for Techlicious. Despite my review, I wear it whenever I leave my apartment.

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The Best Cameraphones for Summer 2015

Every so often, I do a roundup of smartphone camera technology roundups for Photo Industry Reporter, a trade magazine distributed to photo retailers and professionals. This is one such roundup of cameras’ main competitors – smartphones, how good their cameras are getting.

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Will the UHD HDR Revolution be Televised?

Confused about the whole idea of HDR? Here’s somewhat of a technological explanation for Digital Technology Consulting of this improved contrast technology designed to make 4K UHD TV images as life-like as possible.

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Europe Ditches Disc Distribution: What Happens to 4K Blu-ray?

An Athens DVD store recently converted into a clothing store.

An Athens DVD store recently converted into a clothing store.

UHD Blu-ray (aka 4K Blu-ray) decks will go on sale later this year, mostly next year. But in Europe, it’s hard to find retailers that sell physical media anymore. Could this lack of European distribution spell doom for the new 4K format? I ask the question in this blog post for Digital Technology Consulting, as well as in this similar report for TWICE magazine.

 

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Should LG License OLED?

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LG owns the keys to the OLED TV manufacturing kingdom, but can it remain the only OLED TV brand? I think not, and here’s why.

Oh, it looks as if LG took my advice – Panasonic’s new 4K OLED announced at IFA in September 2015 uses LG’s OLED glass.

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Cellphone Services 2015: Talk, Text & Data

My broad Consumers Digest look at how cell carrier services are mercurially changing almost day-t0-day in the face of aggressive competition, along with the best offers available – at least when this piece was being written.

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