Apple TV sales push past $1 Billion in 2013, now Apple's fastest growing hardware

There may not have been much news about Apple TV, specially in Canada since newer US-only features haven't come across the border. The suprising news is that Apple TV sales in 2013 have pushed past $1 Billion making the diminuitive device Apple's fastest growing hardware. Not bad at all for a device that hasn't seen a physical refresh in close to three years.

Apple's CEO Tim Cook revealed as much during his company's annual shareholder meeting. He stated total sales of the Apple TV topped $1 billion in 2013. Priced at $99 each, that would mean sales were beyond 10 million for the year. Long acknowledged as a fringe product by Apple, Cook said that with these numbers, it's tough to continue to call the set-top box a "hobby" anymore.  

With new product categories in the pipeline for 2014 and expected updates to the popular iPhone and iPad line, it will be interesting to see where Apple will take Apple TV in terms of hardware, software, services and functionality.

Source: Appleinsider

4K HDTVs, streaming gadgets were the stars at Future Shop's home theatre showcase

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4K or Ultra HD is the big buzzword in home theatre and possibly the biggest leap in technology since we went from standard definition to high definition years ago. Future Shop's home theatre showcase, held yesterday in downtown Toronto, exhibited some of the latest technology and content coming in home entertainment.

Sony was first on the list, the company is heavily invested in 4K as a whole ecosystem and doesn't just have a new line of HDTVs but also makes the 4K cameras as well as a lot of the content that is shot on 4K cameras (including many feature films like Will Smith's After Earth).

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ASUS betting on 4K technology for desktop monitors with 31.5-inch PQ321 display

While the highly touted 4K video standard has been the biggest feature to come to home theatre and HDTVs since 3D and BluRay, ASUS has gone a step further in pushing for he standard in desktop monitors. The PQ321 display offers 31.5-inches of 4K goodness with an unprecedented 3840×2160 resolution.

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Sony's 84-inch 4K Bravia HDTV costs 25K

Sony recently launched its BRAVIA 84-inch 4KTV. An example of design, engineering and consumer electronics wizardry, the XBR-84X900 4K (3840 x 2160) LCD panel that delivers four times the resolution of Full HD. Outfitted with all the latest technology available to Sony 3D-enabled HDTVs, the gargantuan BRAVIA makes its debut this November for $25,000. 4K content is still sparse as this is cutting edge technology.