All the Coolest Stuff That Came Out of IFA 2. The Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, or more simply IFA, started out as a showcase for new TV and radio technology and has debuted things like the first cassette tape and first color TV. And in the years since it began in 1. Europe. Now, we fast forward to today, where all the big players including Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and others show up to highlight their latest and greatest products.. CES in Las Vegas in January. IFA is a huge event, so instead of trying to wade through the thousands of announcements and press releases, we organized all the coolest shit from IFA into one spot. Let’s go. While LG’s latest flagship lost some of the personality found in earlier V- series phones, the new V3. IFA this year. Not only is the V3. LG’s new POLED screens—which made that display gorgeous, it also has a main rear camera with a super wide f/1. Hi- Fi digital to analog converter and a sleek glass- backed design. If this is where LG’s phones are going in the future, bring it on. For over 4. 0 years, Star Wars fans have been dreaming about what it would be like to have a lightsaber and the powers of the Force. But now, thanks to a partnership between Disney and Lenovo, the new augmented reality- powered Jedi Challenges headset uses the phone you already own to give you the most realistic Jedi experience yet. You’ll get training from Jedi masters including Yoda and Obi- wan before you’re forced to confront Darth Vader, Kylo Ren and others. And if you ever get tired of fighting the dark side, you can also take a break by playing a game of Holochess or two. Pre- orders for the $2. Force Friday, with delivery scheduled for sometime in November. If you don’t want your own little R2- D2 sidekick, then we’re not sure what’s wrong with you. News, Tutorials, Reviews, and How-Tos related to Embedded Linux and Android, Arduino, ESP8266, Development Boards, TV Boxes, Mini PCs, etc. Firmware update vizio tv. How do i get firmware updates for my baird te -40led al?i need to update the firmware by usb but i cannot find any sites with my model of t. But apparently the people at Sphero totally get us, and have created a miniature version of Star War’s most lovable bot that can roll around, tootle and just like the guy on big screen. This mini Artoo stands at just under seven inches tall and can be paired to an app on your phone so you can drive it around like the sweetest radio controlled droid you’ve ever owned. And when the cute little astromech gets low on energy, just plug in a micro. USB cable and power it up again. You can get it now for $1. Logitech is at its best when making premium productivity devices, but until now, it never really had a keyboard good enough to pair with its flagship MX Master 2. S mouse. However, the new $2. Craft keyboard changes all that thanks a gorgeous design with nearly silent low- profile keys, a practical hardware dial, and software that lets you wirelessly control multiple computers with the tap of a button. Better yet, Logitech has even partnered with companies including Adobe and Microsoft, so you can use that dial to adjust specific settings with the fine- tuned granularity of a well- seasoned pro. Featuring what Neato calls Discovery Mode, the new Botvac D7 uses a collection of cameras and sensors to map out your home, so you can properly set boundaries on where your robo vac can, and can’t go. No longer will you have to worry about it cleaning the same place multiple times while other areas lie in squalor. On top of that, you can use the map to prevent the vac from disturbing someone’s sleep by restricting its access to certain areas during naptime. So even though the $8. Botvac D7 ain’t cheap, its smarts make it more efficient than other robotic vacuums on the market. Sony’s $4. 00 MDR- 1. X headphones are some of the best noise canceling wireless cans on the market. But it seems Sony is planning on outdoing itself with the new WH- 1. XM2s, which sound like a pure upgrade over Sony’s top- of- the- line headphones, but with a price tag that is $5. You still get the same stylish, minimalist design, and comprehensive app support, but with new ambient noise control thanks to Sony’s Sense Engine. Now you can selectively block out those annoying construction sounds while still letting voices pass through, so you don’t have to shout “What?!” at people when they stop you on the street. The makers of Rock Band are back with a new game that our own Andrew Liszewski said made him feel like a DJ god. The concept behind the Drop. Mix is that by slapping cards with embedded RFID tags onto an interactive game board, you can mix and create mashups using snippets from a wide selection of popular songs. The board comes with an initial set of 6. Users can explore Freestyle mode to make music according to their own taste, or Party and Clash modes that can have up to four players competing to create the best mixes. Even though we’re still waiting for the full rollout of Intel’s 8th- gen Coffee Lake chips, new Kaby Lake R processors have arrived to hold us over until then. Consisting of Core i. U- series chips, these new CPUs pack double the cores, which means you can now get quad- core performance in a traditional ultraportable systems like on the refreshed Dell XPS 1. Lenovo Yoga 9. 20. Intel says the new chips can boost performance by up to 4. Sony W6. 00. B Review (KDL4. W6. 00. B, KDL4. 8W6. B)1. 02 ANSWERED QUESTIONS. Can you post the calibration settings for the KDL4. W6. 00. B? It is already posted as a sub- page of this review. What's the best setting for gaming? The ones that we posted are really good for gaming. In the comparison table, you said that W6. B's refresh rate is 1. Hz. Meanwhile, some other sources said that it's only 6. Hz with 2. 40. Hz backlight scan. Which one is correct ? We will know for sure when we test it, but it should be 1. Hz. Update: It is 6. Hz, because it lacks the motion interpolation feature. If you are a gamer, it doesn't matter. The motion handling is good and the LED Motion mode is useful for reducing the blur (better than motion interpolation on 1. Hz TVs). In game mode, you have the option to turn on LED Motion Mode without significantly increasing input lag (only about 5ms more). It is not the same thing as motion interpolation. It doesn't create new frames, but turns on the backlight for a very small amount of time per frame. This reduces the persistence of the picture, and thus reduces motion blur as well. However, this mode isn't without its drawbacks. It significantly reduces the brightness of the screen and adds a slightly visible flickering (about the same as an old CRT). Is it possible to use a wireless keyboard via the USB port on this TV? I did buy this Sony TV based on you review and I'm so disappointed : ( I had an LG model from 2. Let me explain. Now, with Sony, when I turn on the TV, if I press INPUT to select the HDMI input, I have to wait like 2. TV displays 'Please wait'. The same thing with digital channels using cable. If you turn on the TV, and if you try to change the channel, you also have to wait like 1. Later, or if you turn the TV off and on, everything starts to work fast. But when you turn off the TV and try to use it again after like an hour, all the waiting time is back. Also, the software is really slow when you try to use apps, or plug in a USB drive. If, for example, LG displayed only file names, Sony tries to display pictured icons, and to generate that, you have to wait. So, if you plug in USB drive with 8 GB, and it has a few seasons of some TV series stored on it (3. Mb per episode), you will wait almost two minutes for the TV to list all the content. Maybe in the future try to focus part of the review on software? Because while picture quality is important, there will be minimal differences between the cheapest and most expensive TVs if they both display the same HD video. Agreed. We also had the same issue with the USB drive (ours took 1. We didn't mention anything about the software because we planned on doing a video review / article only on it later. Thanks for sharing your experience with it; others will find it useful to know. Hi. Some people say that 6. W6. 00b has a 1. 20hz panel, is edge- lit, and has some other features that are different from the 4. W6. 00b. How can we sure? Can you share a link of the 6. W6. 00b's specs? Will you review the 6. W6. 00b? Thanks. You are doing great job. The 6. 0W6. 00. B is not available in the US. Instead, there is the KDL6. W6. 30. B. They changed the number because it is not the same TV; the refresh rate is different. It is currently not very high on our priority list, but we might get to it in a few weeks. Are you planning to review the Sony W6. B? It seems the specs are closer to the W8. B (just without 3. D) than the W6. 00. B. It is not on our current schedule, but if there is enough demand for it, we will. What are the best callibration settings for watching films and television shows on the Sony Bravia KDL- 4. W6. 00. B? It seems Cinema is the best option with regards to Scene Selection, and that lowering the brightness helps with noise/grain/pixelation. Are there any other settings that could be suggested (Noise Reduction?)? Any help would be greatly appreciated. The Cinema scene with the picture settings that we posted would be a good start. From there, enable options according to your personal preferences (although for Blu- ray, we don't recommend any). Noise Reduction is meant for low bit rate media like cable or streaming. Since LED Motion Mode reduces the brightness of the W6. B considerably, could you please send us the best calibration setting for if we decide to turn it ON to get as good of an image as we would get if it was OFF, but with the advantage of the blur reduction? Thanks again, and I'm looking forward to the hockey season to start to watch it on my new TV : ). Try the same calibration settings that we posted. Turn on LED Motion Mode and bring the backlight setting to the max. Make sure also to disable the ECO settings (found in a separate menu at the top right corner of the smart hub). Just bought this TV, it seems a bit slow and buggy on the software side. Had a couple of spontaneous reboots and periods of 1min+ no response to my remote. Any ideas? Did you notice this behavior? Nothing that drastic, but the remote was laggy a few times (didn't respond for 5s). Pretty much all smart TVs are laggy, so we didn't think much of it. Did the reboots occur only when using the smart TV interface? Hi Cedric! Thanks for the wonderful reviews. I've read a lot of reviews complaining about the W6. B's flimsy build quality and being able to see the bright LED backlight through gaps between the panel and the bezel. Have you seen this issue with your test model? How does the build quality compare to the W8. B? The build is average- low for an LED in this price range. The frame is all plastic and very light (some TVs have a metal frame, but rare in this range). It might be due to the lightness, but it doesn't feel like a high- end TV. Our unit didn't have gaps like you mentioned, but I wouldn't be surprised if some units had some. The build of the W8. B is very similar. In fact, it does seem even more flimsy, because the thin part of the TV's (top half) back is soft. When lifting the W8. B to put it in place, I was actually surprised by this and worried about squishing it too hard with my fingers. I purchased the Sony KDL4. W6. 00. B 4. 8- Inch 1. Hz Smart LED TV - primarily for TV watching. Love everything about the TV except the picture quality on certain channels. I had cable come and replace the box and put all new cables in, but it made no difference. They are telling me it's the refresh rate. Sony disagrees. So with darker colors and skin tones you see a shadow of the same color overlaying the image. It's difficult to explain, but it's like a clear picture and then the something like a clear film gets overlayed on and off. It is driving me crazy. I have already taken this TV back and replaced it with the same TV at no change. Could this be the 6. Sony tells me that the TV really has a refresh rate of 2. I am very confused and frustrated. Any thoughts on this? That TV is 6. 0Hz. The 2. 40 number of Sony is just for marketing. A couple of things could cause this issue, but it depends on what you mean by this. Is it only when things are moving? If so, it could be motion blur. Try Cinema mode and turn 'LED Motion Mode' on/off to see if it changes anything. If it is also present with static objects, maybe it is a screen uniformity problem. Hard to tell without seeing it. I'm looking for a 4. TV and my main options are: Sony W6. B - Samsung UN4. 0H6. Samsung UN4. 0H5. Toshiba 4. 0L3. 40. U. Which of these is better in terms of image quality and handling motion blur? The main uses will be sports and video games. NOTE: I really like how it looks in 1. Hz, and the soap opera effect does not bother me at all. If you want the soap opera effect, you must eliminate the H5. L3. 40. 0U from your list because they don't have that feature. We haven't tested the W6. B yet, but based on the bigger W8. B, it most likely will be the best for your usage. We will confirm this when we review it. Update: The W6. 00. B doesn't have the soap opera effect, so even though the W6. B is very good, it won't satisfy your needs. Get the Samsung UN4. H6. 35. 0 instead. Do you know if there is any difference between the Sony kdl. Costco model kdl. No difference that we know of. This happens often because retailers like to have different model numbers to make price matching more difficult. I am a big sports watcher (baseball, football). Is the W6. 00. B the TV I should get if that is the majority of what I watch? This TV is good for sports, but you might want to get the Samsung UN4. H6. 35. 0 instead.
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