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The big news from Samsung’s booth at the current Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is that the Korean brand’s upcoming flagship UHD TVs aren’t just UHD TVs any more. Now they’re Super UHD TVs – or SUHD TVs for short. This (sadly) doesn’t mean that these JS9 models come adorned in a cape and red underpants, though. Rather the Super part of the name indicates that they’re equipped with two major new technologies for Samsung: high dynamic range (HDR) playback, and Quantum Dot colour reproduction. The HDR feature means that the JS9 series – which will be available in 65, 78 and 88-inch versions – are bright enough and powerful enough where colour processing is concerned to handle sources mastered to deliver a much wider colour space than you get with the usual industry video standards. To give you an idea of the power we’re talking about here, the panels are 10-bit rather than Samsung’s previous 8-bit, and feature Octa Core processing brains in place of the Quad Core p...

Acer has announced Liquid Z410, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone ahead of CES 2015. It has a 4.5-inch qHD screen, is powered by a 64-bit SoC with Mali-760 GPU (MediaTek MT6752 likely) and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera with 80-degree wide-angle lens. It has front-facing speaker and DTS digital audio support for enhanced audio output. It has Acer’s signature AcerRAPID key that allows users to access a range of customizable actions with single touch. The AcerEXTEND feature enables users to take full control of their smartphones via cable or wirelessly using their Windows-based PC, typing with their keyboard, using drag and drop and rich sharing. No details about the battery yet, but it promises up to 5.5 hours of talk-time and up to 400 hours in standby. Other specifications such as RAM and internal storage are not available yet. The Acer Liquid Z410 starts at 129 Euros ( US$ 155 / Rs. 9,790 approx....