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MSI Launches AI-Ready Laptops at CES 2024
MSI has announced its latest AI-powered laptops lineup, with the NPU(Neural Processing Unit) built-in Intel Core Ultra processor. Additionally, MSI has launched a series of 18-inches laptops featuring Intel 14th Gen HX-series processors and the largest vapour chamber thermal modules, aiming to be the most powerful on the planet. The lineup also expands the use of 14th Gen HX-series processors across its new mainstream gaming and creator models, all equipped with the full power of RTX 40 series graphics and class-leading 6 vents for heat dissipation, providing immersive gameplay & smooth creation to users. “We are excited to delve into AI, especially with how prevalent it is today,” said Eric Kuo, the Executive Vice President & NB BU GM of MSI. “MSI strives to stay ahead of the curve, and with our new AI-powered laptops, we are further establishing ourselves as a brand heeding our customers’ needs.”
“We’re proud to partner with MSI to deliver unparalleled experiences for users around the globe. And, the MSI Titan 18 HX, powered by our new Intel Core 14th gen HX processor, offers some of the most immersive mobile gameplay experiences possible. With the launch of these new processors we are providing gamers, creators and professionals the compute performance they need and expect from Intel and MSI,” said Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Executive Vice President and GM, Client Computing Group, Intel.
The latest MSI Laptops, powered by the new Intel Core Ultra processors, are designed for sustained AI workloads. These processors feature a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) optimized for AI tasks and are built on the brand-new Intel 4 process node. The Core Ultra’s Low Power Efficient (LPE) cores ensure minimal power usage for routine tasks, enhancing battery life. Additionally, the integration of ARC graphics in the Core Ultra offers more than double the graphical performance per watt compared to previous generations, supporting not only standard office applications and streaming but also light content creation and gaming.
MSI introduces a new series of high-performance laptops equipped with the 14th gen Intel Core HX-series processors, the most potent mobile processors to date, ideal for AI workloads requiring a quick response, lightweight, and low latency. These processors reach an unprecedented 5.8 GHz clock speed, the highest in mobile processors. Further enhanced with the exclusive Intel Application Optimizer for thread optimization in gaming, these MSI laptops offer unparalleled performance for immersive gaming and demanding content creation.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX inside MS Laptops are built for the era of AI. Powered by NVIDIA’s industry-leading Ada Lovelace architecture, RTX GPUs feature AI-powered DLSS 3 and deliver lifelike virtual worlds through full ray tracing capabilities. The specialized AI Tensor Cores deliver cutting-edge performance and transformative capabilities for AI in gaming, creating, everyday productivity, and more. With RTX, you unlock the full potential of AI on Windows PCs today and in the future.
MSI is not just embracing AI-ready hardware but also launching exclusive AI-driven software, marking its commitment to the AI era. The AI Engine enhances user experience by automatically optimizing laptop settings such as display, audio, power profiles, and keyboard backlight based on the application used, ensuring immersive entertainment and efficient content creation. The AI Artist, a rare offline text-to-image service, eliminates network latency and data leakage risks and utilizes the performance of powerful laptops, offering additional features like image-to-image, image-to-text, and exporting layered PSD files for Photoshop editing, greatly boosting productivity for content creators.
Additionally, the AI Noise Cancellation Pro, which merges advanced microphone hardware with AI-powered noise cancellation software, delivers studio-quality voice for remote meetings or professional recording, even in noisy environments, with customizable microphone pickup positions.
MSI has introduced its newly designed 18-inch gaming laptop family, featuring the dual CES award-winning Titan 18 HX, the extreme performance powerhouse Raider 18 HX, and the lightweight 18-inch gaming laptop Stealth 18 AI Studio. To showcase extreme performance, both the Titan 18 HX and Raider 18 HX are equipped with top-notch Intel 14th gen Core i9 processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics, while the Stealth 18 AI Studio boasts the latest Intel Core Ultra processors. Furthermore, the Titan 18 HX features the biggest new vapour chamber cooler thermal solution in the market and supports MSI OverBoost Ultra, delivering an industry-first 270W total power, while the Raider 18 HX provides an impressive 250W full total power.
In delivering an immersive gaming experience, the Titan 18 HX, Raider 18 HX, and Stealth 18 AI Studio all feature a brand-new 18-inch large display for a borderless gaming horizon. Standout features include the world’s first 18-inch 4K 120Hz mini LED display, offering ultra-high resolutions, DisplayHDR 1000, and wide colour gamut coverage for a vivid, lifelike gaming experience. Every model in the lineup, including the Titan 18 HX, Raider 18 HX, and Stealth 18 AI Studio, features a fresh product design.
The Titan 18 HX highlights a user-centric approach with the world’s first Seamless RGB Haptic Touchpad and a revamped Cherry Switch Mechanical Keyboard. The Titan 18 HX features four sets of expansion memory slots, the total capacity can be extended to an impressive 128GB. Additionally, it includes three M.2 SSD slots, providing a storage capacity of up to 12TB. The redesigned Raider 18 HX boasts the iconic matrix light bar and a new 3D stand to optimize cooling airflow, enhancing overall performance. The Titan 18 HX and Stealth 18 AI Studio stand out for their construction with a magnesium-aluminium alloy, ensuring durability and a sleek aesthetic, making the Stealth 18 AI Studio the lightest 18-inch gaming laptop available in the market.
The new Vector 16/17 HX, Crosshair 16/17 HX, and Pulse 16/17 AI all released with full GPU power, offering gamers an uncompromised performance experience. Notably, the Vector 17 HX is equipped with MSI Overboost technology, providing a total power output of 250W for unprecedented gaming capabilities. MSI’s new Crosshair HX and Pulse AI series laptops feature a total of 6 exhaust and 2 intake ports. This innovative thermal design enhances the airflow to ensure optimal performance.
The Crosshair 16/17 HX and Pulse 16/17 AI models showcase MSI’s commitment to cutting-edge design, featuring a brand-new aesthetic with a 24-zone RGB keyboard backlight that elevates the gaming environment with stylish illumination. The Crosshair 16/17 HX stands out with its futuristic spacecraft pattern, while Pulse 16/17 AI introduces a groundbreaking electromagnetic pulse pattern, reflecting the future of laptop design, where style and innovation harmonize in a pulsating synergy.
MSI has expanded its gaming laptop lineup for the mainstream. The Sword 16/17 HX, in space grey with PCR materials, offers an immersive gaming experience and a 24-zone RGB backlit keyboard. The Cyborg 15 AI, with the latest Intel Core™ Ultra processor, boasts a futuristic translucent chassis for style and performance. The Thin 15, in cosmos grey, presents a sleek gaming option with a portable design and a translucent WASD blue backlit keyboard. MSI’s diverse selection includes the Cyborg 14, an accessible 14-inch alternative for users seeking both style and functionality.
Introducing the Prestige AI series, powered by the latest Intel Core™ Ultra processors. Leading the lineup is the ultralight Prestige 16 AI, weighing only 1.5kg. Crafted with a magnesium-aluminium alloy, it houses a robust 99.9WHr battery for a remarkable 19hrs battery life. The Prestige 14 AI follows suit with a thin and powerful design, featuring the largest battery (90Whrs) in the 14-inch class. Both models, available in 16-inch and 14-inch versions, support up to PD 3.1 140W Charging for long-lasting productivity.
Certified by Intel Evo and Nvidia Studio, the Prestige 16 AI and Prestige 14 AI series combine high performance and lightweight portability. Incorporating the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Laptop GPU, these laptops deliver top-notch performance for creative applications. The Prestige 13 AI Evo, an ultralight powerhouse at 990g, boasts a remarkable 75WHrs battery, up to 50% larger in capacity compared to similar laptops. Both the Prestige 16 AI and Prestige 13 AI Evo feature stunning 16:10 OLED displays with 100% DCI-P3 Color gamut coverage for true-to-life visual excellence.
MSI has also refreshed its content creation product line with the new Creator Z17 HX Studio, Creator 16 AI Studio, Creator M14, and Creator M16 HX. The Creator Z17 HX Studio features a vapour chamber cooler thermal design that positions it as the most powerful content creation laptop in the lineup. The brand-new Creator 16 AI Studio also features a 16:10 OLED display, enhancing the visual experience, and ensuring creators can bring their visions to life with unparalleled accuracy. Weighing less than 2 kg, the Creator 16 stands as a portable powerhouse and is an ideal solution for creative professionals who require an easy-to-carry laptop. Expanding the range of choices for content creation laptops, MSI introduces the Creator M14 and Creator M16 HX. These additions provide creators with a wider selection, catering to diverse preferences and requirements in the content creation space.
MSI persists in expanding its laptop portfolio, pushing the limits of both extreme performance and aesthetic design. The introduction of brand-new AI laptops, coupled with MSI’s exclusive AI features, marks a significant step forward, ushering individuals into the AI era of computing.
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Reolink Launches a 16MP Camera and Dual-Lens Security Camera Lineup at CES 2024
Reolink has unveiled a new dual-lens camera lineup at CES 2024. The company showed off a 16 million-pixel security camera, Duo 3 PoE, and more cutting-edge security products and technologies, redefining the future of home and business surveillance. “Devoted to creating the finest security products for consumers and business owners, Reolink is harnessing the latest technology to make homes and offices more secure and comfortable,” says Fabrice Klohoun, Marketing Manager at Reolink. “We invite conference attendees to join us at CES to witness the latest advances in security solutions, including the 16MP images captured by our devices and additional capabilities of Reolink’s product offerings.”
Reolink Duo 3 PoE 16MP Camera
Reolink’s newest addition to its flagship dual-lens lineup, the Duo 3 PoE, innovatively merges two high-resolution lenses into a real-life vision with an enormous 16 million pixels. Users can capture more vivid details than ever before, including wanted or unwanted visitors, license plates, delivered packages and much more. Boasting an advanced dual-image stitching algorithm, the Reolink Duo 3 PoE camera creates a 180° panoramic view with minimum distortion. Users will experience peace of mind when it comes to property surveillance without missing a single detail.
The most innovative feature of the Duo 3 PoE camera is the built-in Motion Track. By overlaying multiple tracks and positions of people, vehicles, or animals over a certain period into a single picture, users can monitor footage within seconds. This feature removes hurdles like video buffering delays and having to watch multiple footage playback to confirm activity.
Reolink TrackMix Series and Argus Track
Reolink’s hybrid lens TrackMix series provides wide-angle images and target-focused close-ups simultaneously. Together with the auto-tracking function, the TrackMix camera lineup delivers the smoothest surveillance experience for tracking a moving target.
Reolink brings this hybrid dual-lens security technology to a consumer-grade security camera, known as the Reolink Argus Track. This sleek camera incorporates all of the must-have features on the TrackMix cameras: 4K colour images day and night, dual-view display – one for overall and the other for close-up, and 6x hybrid zoom. In addition, it is solar-powered with a 6W solar panel.
Reolink ColorX Series
Reolink is expanding its innovative ColorX true colour night vision technology into more lineups: 4K camera series, Wi-Fi camera series, and PTZ camera series.
Integrating an F1.0 super aperture, an advanced 1/1.8” sensor and HDR function, the new ColorX cameras CX810, CX410W, E1 Outdoor CX capture ultra clear and colourful visuals in extreme darkness, improving nighttime surveillance performance as daylight ones.
Whole-Home Security
High-performing security systems should be full-range and centralized. At CES, Reolink showcased three surveillance solutions for homes and businesses, ranging from wire-free battery solutions and fast Wi-Fi 6 plug-in solutions to solid PoE systems.
All Reolink security camera system solutions embrace a spectrum of advanced features, including 24/7 monitoring, AI-assisted smart detection, instant motion alerts, and more.
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LG Launches the “World’s First” Wireless Transparent OLED TV at CES 2024
LG Electronics (LG) is unveiling the world’s first wireless transparent OLED TV at CES 2024. The LG SIGNATURE OLED T is a true technological marvel, combining a transparent 4K OLED screen and LG’s wireless video and audio transmission technology to transform the screen experience in ways that have never been possible before. The OLED T unlocks a world of near-limitless potential, giving users the unprecedented freedom to meticulously curate their living spaces. This is complemented by the class-leading picture quality and performance of LG OLED, powered by the new α (Alpha) 11 AI processor.
LG SIGNATURE OLED T liberates users from a dominant black screen that competes with the décor in their home. Maintaining its 77-inch screen size, OLED T and its innovative transparent display seamlessly harmonize with its environment. Practically invisible when turned off, it blends into the environment and frees users from the long-standing problem of what to do with the ‘big black screen.’ The TV’s beautiful see-through screen also helps to make one’s space feel larger, providing a sense of openness.
The unique LG OLED T brings with it many new possibilities, from where it can be placed in the room, to the kinds of user experiences that LG can now deliver. Its transparent OLED screen removes the usual constraints that come with conventional TVs. No longer does the TV have to be placed against the wall. Instead, place the OLED T in the middle of the room to become a divider or prop it against the window without blocking the view outside. The included Zero Connect Box, which leverages LG’s cutting-edge wireless transmission technology to send 4K images and sound to the OLED T, also enables users to place their TV anywhere, regardless of where the electrical outlets are located in the room. With no cables between the Zero Connect Box and the OLED T, users can enjoy a clean, cable-free viewing environment.
What’s more, the modular design of the LG OLED T facilitates diverse installation methods. The OLED T comes in stand-alone, against-the-wall, or wall-mount options. Customers can further customize by adding standing or floating shelves on either or both sides of the screen to best suit their unique tastes and preferences. LG’s transparent OLED lets owners discover new forms of entertainment and use via its dual viewing experiences: transparent and opaque. The OLED T becomes a transparent digital canvas for showcasing artwork, videos or photos with the Always-On-Display (AOD) feature.
The content displayed on the transparent screen appears to float in air, yet simultaneously fuses with the surrounding space to create a compelling and atmospheric visual effect. Another option is the T-Bar feature that offers a helpful info-ticker running along the lower part of the screen. The T-Bar displays news alerts, weather updates, or the title of songs being played while the rest of the screen presents a clear, unobstructed view of the space behind it.
For viewing in picture-perfect OLED, simply click a button to raise the contrast screen. In this way, users can instantly switch to take full advantage of LG OLED’s enhanced picture quality through the new α (Alpha) 11 AI processor with 4 times greater AI performance. This provides a 70 per cent improvement in graphic performance and a 30 per cent faster processing speed compared to its predecessor. OLED T offers the best of both transparent and vibrant-color screen experiences with just a click of a button.
“An incredible feat of consumer-driven innovation, LG SIGNATURE OLED T offers brand-new screen experiences plus the picture quality and performance of our award-winning OLED technology,” said Park Hyoung-sei, president of the LG Home Entertainment Company. “LG’s transparent OLED gives customers greater freedom to curate their living spaces, completely redefining what’s possible and pointing the way to an exciting future for the television industry.”
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Hisense Shows Off ULED X TV, Smart Refrigerator, and Dishwasher at CES 2024
Hisense has unveiled new products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 in Las Vegas. Featuring the ConnectLife smart platform and VIDAA TV operating system, Hisense smart home revolutionizes & changes the way consumers engage with their homes. Whether it’s through entertainment via its ULED X TVs or smart screens in the kitchen, Hisense’s Smart Home seamlessly connects scenario-driven technology with the everyday needs of consumers.
CES 2024, the annual four-day exhibition that started Tuesday, has so far featured Hisense’s Smart TV for Home Entertainment with its CanvasTV; 98UX Mini LED TV; Hisense’s thinnest Mini LED, 75UX; and CES Innovation Award honoree, 110UX. Also, on display this year is the future of smart kitchens, with Hisense’s premium ProChef@Home, four-door smart refrigerator with VersaTemp Zone, and the CES Innovation Award-winning Smart and reliable Built-In Dishwasher with Autodose & AutoDry.
With Hisense products available in more than 160 countries, supported by 66 overseas companies and offices, 34 industrial parks, and 25 R&D centres, the company has experienced extraordinary growth over the past decade and continues to use display technologies to support consumer needs. Hisense’s reach goes far beyond the home, pervading several aspects of everyday life from offices, classrooms, hospitals, stadiums, and vehicles – both physically and through immersive AR/VR solutions.
Hisense is pushing the limits of LED once again with new introductions to the Smart TV’s 110UX, a CES Innovation Award winner, is a Mini LED TV with a jaw-dropping peak brightness of up to 10,000 nits, it introduces a new level of display precision and performance by incorporating over 40,000 backlight zones on one 110-inch screen, minimizing backlight bleed and measurably elevating contrast.
The core of Hisense’s Smart Home is the interconnectivity between these Hisense Smart TVs and the innovative operating system, ensuring a seamless content experience. Smart Built-In Dishwasher with Autodose & AutoDry is a recipient of a 2024 CES Innovation Award, with this liquid detergent autodosing dishwasher allowing consumers to load their dishes, choose a program, and have detergent automatically dispensed for a convenient and hassle-free cleanup.
“We are steadfast in our commitment to creating energy-efficient smart products that will revolutionise the consumer and home appliance industry,” said Jason Ou, President of Hisense MENA. “Our win is a testament to our consistent R&D, which helps us create products to meet the divergent needs of our consumers without compromising on the look of the products.” Further to the innovations in ULED X and smart kitchen appliances, Hisense continues to introduce Matter compatibility appliances, with its latest Auto Louver Smart Window AC on display alongside some of Hisense’s Smart Energy Management appliances, including its smart washer/dryer and HVAC products.
Hisense is also giving plenty of attention to its laser TV division with its ultra-short throw projector-based Laser TV range. The flagship 8K Sonic Screen Laser TV delivers unparalleled 8K resolution and cinematic sound through its screen, boasting 100,000+ sound units. Complementing this, the Rollable Laser TV offers a sleek, integrated ultra-short throw projector and ambient light-rejecting screen. Hisense’s commitment to innovation reinforces its position as an industry leader.