The 4K TVs are supposed to have four times the clarity of existing high-definition TVs.
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The curved TVs are designed to bring the edges closer to you, creating a theatrical effect. So how much will they set you back?
A 55-inch curved TV averages around $3,300, a 65-inch about $4,300, and a 78-inch curved TV costs $8,000.
As for the 4K TVs, a 55-inch starts at around $2,300. A 65-inch costs about $3,300.
To find out if these ultra high-definition TVs are worth the money, WPBF 25 News turned to David Pogue.
Pogue, who writes extensively on consumer technology and is the founder of Yahoo Tech said, "the key is to ask the question-- why?"
"What's wrong with HDTV, and are these advances anything we need?" Pogue added.
"The answer to 'why' is because the last wave of national buying is done. We all have an HDTV and what's the industry supposed to do now? They need us to crave something else. This is the next thing they are trying."
According to Pogue, the curved TVs give viewers such a minuscule increase in immersion, that consumers won't be able to see a difference.
As for the 4K TVs, Pogue said there are two major problems with the technology.
"Number one-- if you sit close enough to see the difference you are sitting too close to the TV. No one sits that close. At a normal viewing distance, you can not see a difference. And second-- there is nothing to watch on 4K television. There are no cable channels, and no broadcasting channels that are broadcasting that and nor will they," he added.
While there is very little to watch in 4K, Sony is now shooting all its content, including all of its recent blockbuster movies with 4K cameras so that it can be broadcast in 4K.
Pogue conceded that 4K TVs are probably not going away. That eventually overall, TVs will be 4K. But, until then, Pogue believes the TVs we are watching right now are just fine.
The curved TVs are designed to bring the edges closer to you, creating a theatrical effect. So how much will they set you back?
A 55-inch curved TV averages around $3,300, a 65-inch about $4,300, and a 78-inch curved TV costs $8,000.
As for the 4K TVs, a 55-inch starts at around $2,300. A 65-inch costs about $3,300.
To find out if these ultra high-definition TVs are worth the money, WPBF 25 News turned to David Pogue.
Pogue, who writes extensively on consumer technology and is the founder of Yahoo Tech said, "the key is to ask the question-- why?"
"What's wrong with HDTV, and are these advances anything we need?" Pogue added.
"The answer to 'why' is because the last wave of national buying is done. We all have an HDTV and what's the industry supposed to do now? They need us to crave something else. This is the next thing they are trying."
According to Pogue, the curved TVs give viewers such a minuscule increase in immersion, that consumers won't be able to see a difference.
As for the 4K TVs, Pogue said there are two major problems with the technology.
"Number one-- if you sit close enough to see the difference you are sitting too close to the TV. No one sits that close. At a normal viewing distance, you can not see a difference. And second-- there is nothing to watch on 4K television. There are no cable channels, and no broadcasting channels that are broadcasting that and nor will they," he added.
While there is very little to watch in 4K, Sony is now shooting all its content, including all of its recent blockbuster movies with 4K cameras so that it can be broadcast in 4K.
Pogue conceded that 4K TVs are probably not going away. That eventually overall, TVs will be 4K. But, until then, Pogue believes the TVs we are watching right now are just fine.
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