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Robert_Zohn

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Arrived in Las Vegas! I've been invited to all of the TV manufacturers press conferences and they start this afternoon with Skyworth. Stand by for my take on all of the new TVs for the 2020 model year.

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The Verge has opinions
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/5/21049998/ces-2020-expectations-tvs-lg-samsung-sex-toy
But since today is just the first day, I want to take a step back from talking about what to expect at CES, and instead talk about what our expectations ought to be.

Every year, like clockwork, as tech journalists head to Las Vegas, some portion of them and some other portion staying at home will talk about how CES doesn’t matter anymore, how it’s awful, and how little that gets announced here actually gets released.

These complaints always frustrate me because registering a disagreement with them ends up sounding like you believe the exact opposite: that CES is very great and what happens here is very consequential.

For me, the opposite of “CES is bad” isn’t “CES is good” but rather “CES is not what you wish it was.”
 

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Just got back from Skyworth's Press Conference. Skyworth is one of the Chinese TV manufacturers that are making a showing at CES 2020 and announcing their USA TV launch. Skyworth is the largest domestic TV manufacturers in mainland China.

Tonight they showed 3 new TV series for their 2020 USA TV lines. Two OLED series, the W81 and W81 PRO, which will be available in 65" and 77" class and one LCD/LED 75" 8K TV with a IPS backlit panel, named the Q91. All three of Skyworth's TV series support Dolby Vision HDR and the Q91 LCD/LED and W81 PRO OLED also have built-in Dolby Atmos 2.1.2 audio.

The Q91 is a 75" 8K HDR TV with 576 local dimming zones and sports a built-in Dolby Atmos 2.1.2 audio system and will retail for $5,999. The remote control was a cool looking large tablet that has some very nice new features to control the TV. The TV has a built-in camera for video conferencing and other interactive activities, like interactive dance, and exercise.

The two 4K OLED TV series, W81 at $3,599 and W81PRO at $4,599 are what Skyworth calls the "Wallpaper TV" and it's much like LG's Wallpaper OLED TVs, with one notable exception. Surface mounted on the bottom of the OLED panel that houses the power supply, speakers and a camera. The W81PRO series adds the external Dolby Atmos sound bar and a second screen that display information, like the temperature, the time, news and other information. The W81 PRO's external 2nd screen/sound bar is attached to the TV via a thin fiber optical cable.

Both OLED panels are 4.6mm thick.

All three series are scheduled to begin availability by the end of June in the USA. I have a lot more information, but want to vet the information and also get more technical background before speaking about a few of the additional information that was released. Here's some pics I took that will also describe some of Skyworth's press conference announcements and I can answer questions so fire away.

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Tomorrow morning is LG Press Conference and at the end of the day I'll be at Sony's Press Conference.
 

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