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"FacebookPinterest\n\nThis was my twelfth Consumer Electronics Show, the tech convention in Las Vegas where almost 3,000 companies unveil their latest and greatest. Every year is a heady mix of wows, huh?s and mehs, and this time around was no different. Here's a quick download of the show's three key trends:\n\nCurved TVs Are Kind of Douchey, Kind of Cool\n\n Curved displays have been popping up at CES over the past two years or so as interest for 3D TVs died down. This year, they were the center of the TV universe, prominently featured at Samsung's, Sony's, and LG's respective booths. What's the advantage of a curved screen? Companies say they offer less glare, better viewing angles, and a more immersive experience. (Just think of the way the screen curves in a proper IMAX theater.)\n\nIs there truth to any of that? Sort of. If you've got a big-ass curved screen\u2014we're talking 65 inches or more\u2014then, yes, you definitely feel more in the thick of what you're watching. If you have room for an 105-inch display in your bachelor loft, I say go balls out. Anything smaller, however, and it's just a gimmick. Stick to ye olde flat screen. Still, at any size, curved displays feel a touch silly. Buy one now, and I bet in five years' time, dudes seeing it hanging on your wall will be like, \"You bought one of those, bro?\"\n\n4K Is Awesome\n\n While the verdict is still out on whether 3D technology or curved displays will become a permanent part of our TV future, it seems that 4K, or what's also referred to as UHD or Ultra HD, will be. And that's great, because it's awesome. Remember the Holy Shit reaction you had the first time you saw HD content? It's pretty much the same thing. Netflix announced that the next season of House of Cards will be available to stream in 4K this spring, in addition to other programming.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nWearables Need to Be a Bit More Wearable\n\n I'm just gonna pull out my style-snob membership card and say it: Wearables, as a whole, are kind of dorky. I like fancy-pants, luxury watches. Other than my wedding ring, it's the only piece of jewelry I wear. I'm not going to give up my wrist space for some mass-market gadget that tells me I have a text. I already have a device on my body that does that\u2014it's called a phone.\n\nThe statistic that a lot of wearable manufacturers were trotting out was that, on average, we check our phones 150 times a day. And so with a smart watch, I'll check it half as much? I'm not convinced that looking at my watch for a text or an e-mail alert and then picking up my phone to read said e-mail is any more efficient then just taking the damn phone out.\n\nBut while I'm a style snob, I'm a nerd at heart. We'll continue to debate wearables here at GQ HQ in the year ahead."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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