The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas officially begins on Tuesday, but a tension that has run through the show for the last several years was already on display Monday, as many companies held news conferences showing off their newest gadgets. In many cases, the companies were touting larger, clearer — and more expensive — televisions. On the one hand, these televisions were impressive technological achievements; on the other, it is unclear how relevant they are to the average consumer. (Brian X. Chen wrote about how the television industry is struggling with this dynamic for Monday’s newspaper.)
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Dispatches from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
LG said that it would begin selling a 55-inch, $12,000 OLED television this March, and Sharp said that later this year it would begin selling its own Ultra High-Definition televisions, also known as 4K televisions because they have four times as many pixels as their high-definition predecessors. Samsung showed an 85-inch 4K television and promised a 110-inch television would come later this year. This is the kind of eye candy that draws people to C.E.S.
