Samsung's OLED initiative is the big story at CES, but let's not forget its Smart 3DTV lineup. The UNES8000 (LED) and PNE8000 (Plasma) feature what the company is calling its new Smart Interaction technology, which includes motion control, voice control, and face recognition. The press release is a little vague on details here, but the huge banners Samsung has on the Las Vegas Convention Center suggest motion control is hand waving. Both are also powered by a dual-core chipset and a "new suite of cloud services" including so-called Family Story, Fitness, and Kids. Though plasma is our personal preference for video quality, the LED model has more interesting U-shaped metallic stand (pictured below, left).
We're admittedly light on a lot of important details here, including the specifics of Smart Interaction the cloud services, specs, and pricing / release details. What we do know so far is intriguing, and our guess is we'll be able to fill in the pieces after Samsung's press conference later today.




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Why didn’t they just put a kinect in it for the motion/voice stuff? Then have it able to plug into an xbox360? What bugs me about this CES is everyone doing the same thing but different. All of this stuff will be forgotten in a year just like all the other crap my current TV can do but I don’t use.
Posted on Jan 09, 2012 | 6:15 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I think this might be pretty usefull if you what to bring peronalized content to the big screen. If it also recognizes faces of friends you can watch his content when he comes over..just by sitting in front of it!!
Posted on Jan 09, 2012 | 7:32 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
Money is tight, so companies are afraid to invest tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars into a feature or product that has no guarantee of breaking even, let alone turning a profit.
If you don’t believe me, look no further than Toshiba. They still have not recovered from the loss of HD DVD.
Posted on Jan 09, 2012 | 11:32 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I don’t need motion/voice controls for my home theater. I’m perfectly happy with my 2011 PN59D7000 and a Harmony One.
Posted on Jan 10, 2012 | 9:42 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
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