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TV that costs $100,000 and ROLLS up like a piece of paper is finally coming to the US next month

Daily Mail - Science & tech

First unveiled in 2018 at CES, LG is finally bringing its futuristic, rollable LG Signature OLED R 65-inch 4K TV to the US for the hefty sum of $100,000. According to LG's website, the television has an OLED screen, a Dolby Atmos and Sound Pro sound system and has both Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa for built-in voice control. The 65-inch screen, which is described as a'revolutionary new experience,' gets tucked into aluminum housing unit when not in use, either for watching movies or playing video games. It has an OLED screen, a Dolby Atmos and Sound Pro sound system and both Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa for built-in voice control The cabinet also has a Dolby Atmos sound system of its own. Manufactured in LG's Gumi facility, each TV is painstakingly assembled'with craftsman-like skill with attention to every detail', LG said last year.


TCL is working on 8K Roku TVs with built-in voice control

Engadget

It was only a matter of time. Today, TCL announced that it's working on a range of 8K HDR TVs, called the 8-Series, that will launch in the US later this year in a variety of screen sizes starting at 75 inches. All of these TVs will run Roku's lightweight software and support upscaling for 4K and 1080p content, as well as "the latest HDMI standards," ensuring they play nice with future consoles and set-top boxes. The 8-Series will also offer Quantum Contrast, a new backlight technology based on mini-LEDs, and QLED, which uses Quantum Dots to improve color brightness and intensity. TCL also revealed that some models will come with an "integrated high-performance far-field mic array."


Sonos One is the company's first speaker with built-in voice control

Engadget

This is the first smart speaker for music lovers, the company claims. It looks like a Play:1 on the outside (not a bad thing), but it has a six-microphone array to pick up your spoken commands and lighting to indicate when voice control is active. It'll support Alexa out of the box, but Sonos says it's open to using other voice assistants -- in fact, Google Assistant will be coming in 2018. You'll have access to Alexa's skills from the get-go, of course, but the big deal is that you can control playback entirely through voice if you like. You can tell the One to play music on specific Sonos speakers or throughout your entire home, for instance.