Kotekuh Magazine - Issue 1 - Winter 2012/2013

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these beautiful, cutting-edge, super-slim TVs feature a host of dedicated apps. These provide quick and easy access to catch-up services like BBC iPlayer, video-on-demand from Netflix and LoveFilm, social networking sites like Facebook, plus a huge range of other multimedia applications. However what really sets these stunning screens apart, is that they are the first TVs which you can operate without pressing any buttons. Built-in, state-of-the-art voice, motion and face recognition technology allows you to turn the TV on and off, change channels, access apps and navigate the web, with a simple gesture or a few, well-chosen words. Whether you think you will use that control method or not, it’s there and hotly tipped as the next big thing! In the meantime, Panasonic’s new Smart TVs bring you access to a similar range of online services plus a host of other useful innovations. These include the Remote App Pro application for your smart device, which allows you to send photos from your smart phone or tablet direct to your TV wirelessly. Just find your favourite holiday snap and “swipe” the photo towards the screen. It’s great fun and hugely convenient. Smart TVs are helping to fundamentally change the way that we access and enjoy content in our home. The TV is much more useful and responsive to what you want and when you want it. Kotekuh’s view? It is built into your next TV already, so connect to the internet and embrace it!

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films direct to your TV? Maybe video conference with friends and family in different parts of the world over Skype? Even share web photo albums with them? For those that desire, you can watch YouTube videos through the big screen in your living room, tweet about a show you’re watching, and see your Twitter feed on screen without leaving the channel you’re viewing. Whatever floats your boat, with the latest generation of internet-connected, or Smart TVs, you can do all of this and so much more. We watch less scheduled TV shows than ever before, we rent fewer DVDs or Blu-Ray discs than we used to. But at the same time, we’re increasingly a multi-tasking nation, commenting on a show, or wanting to find out more about the programme itself, whilst watching it. Smart TV brings us access to a new world of dynamic online services through your TV that reflects and helps speed up this lifestyle transformation. What’s more, the style and quality of these screens is something else too. They are the complete package. Take a look at the latest Samsung ES series for example. Alongside traditional broadcast TV channels and amazing picture quality,

Samsung ES7000, 8000 and 9000 TVs feature gesture and voice control, allowing full control without the need for a remote control

PRESENT DAY Smart TVs redefine what a TV can do, allowing owners to stream internet content directly to their living room

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2008

The world’s first OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) large screen television is seen, offering a screen far thinner and brighter than that of backlit LCD

Commercial HDTV sets begin to appear in the consumer market

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The world’s first 3DTVs start shipping to the consumer marketplace

The first commercial LED backlit LCD television goes on sale