I had the opportunity to learn more about and see the insides of one these: http://www.samsung.com/uk/tvs/qled-tv/highlights/ at one of the Samsung factories the other week. (The whole factory visit was genuinely a fascinating experience.) I spent much of the time feeling wowed – but then again I still vividly remember CRT tellies and that noise they made when they were turned on...
Anyone else seen one of the 2018 QLED’s in person? And any thoughts on features like Ambient Mode, the Near-Invisible cable, One Remote Control , SmartThings connectivity etc?
@JAMES4578: No worries, man - and thanks! :robothappy:
I do like the idea of being able to have something other than a black rectangle in the room if you just want something in the background, so Ambient mode is a good feature IMO. The obvious downside being that it'll still use some power.
Still relatively early days for seamless IOT, but it was pretty neat to see our tech guys in combination with our SmartThings team "spoof" a UK set-up in the factory in Slovakia to demo the SmartThings stuff to the other EU Samsung AV peeps. SmartThings connectivity is very much a new thing for AV on the continent in 2018, apparently.
Firmware (and TV software in general) is an interesting and likely to be highly contentious area for the immediate future in AV, I feel (at least judging by the topics and sentiments in this and other forums I've come across).
@AntS wrote:@JAMES4578: No worries, man - and thanks! :robothappy:
I do like the idea of being able to have something other than a black rectangle in the room if you just want something in the background, so Ambient mode is a good feature IMO. The obvious downside being that it'll still use some power.
Still relatively early days for seamless IOT, but it was pretty neat to see our tech guys in combination with our SmartThings team "spoof" a UK set-up in the factory in Slovakia to demo the SmartThings stuff to the other EU Samsung AV peeps. SmartThings connectivity is very much a new thing for AV on the continent in 2018, apparently.
Firmware (and TV software in general) is an interesting and likely to be highly contentious area for the immediate future in AV, I feel (at least judging by the topics and sentiments in this and other forums I've come across).
@AntS, Yes whilst may not be vital sure many would find Ambient mode attractive and you can have varying designs -short demo in this video. Not all comments on this article sensible though 
https://gizmodo.com/samsung-s-best-tvs-now-come-with-an-invisibility-cloak-1823590092 Certainly interesting demo experience :robothappy:,
@AntS wrote:Still relatively early days for seamless IOT, but it was pretty neat to see our tech guys in combination with our SmartThings team "spoof" a UK set-up in the factory in Slovakia to demo the SmartThings stuff to the other EU Samsung AV peeps. SmartThings connectivity is very much a new thing for AV on the continent in 2018, apparently.
I really like the idea of IOT control on a TV, but to suggest it's a new thing in 2018 seems to ignore that we were promised IOT and SmartThings control on our 2016 KS TVs. I've been waiting two years to do what the 2016 TVs promised, and replace my horrible PC based system:
I do hope this isn't more mis-selling from Samsung though, and this time it actually exists. Anyone know if the SmartThings app can run as the Ambient mode screen?
@tarbat wrote:
@AntS wrote:Still relatively early days for seamless IOT, but it was pretty neat to see our tech guys in combination with our SmartThings team "spoof" a UK set-up in the factory in Slovakia to demo the SmartThings stuff to the other EU Samsung AV peeps. SmartThings connectivity is very much a new thing for AV on the continent in 2018, apparently.
I really like the idea of IOT control on a TV, but to suggest it's a new thing in 2018 seems to ignore that we were promised IOT and SmartThings control on our 2016 KS TVs. I've been waiting two years to do what the 2016 TVs promised, and replace my horrible PC based system:
I do hope this isn't more mis-selling from Samsung though, and this time it actually exists. Anyone know if the SmartThings app can run as the Ambient mode screen?
How about saying sorry to all the ks owners who were promised the dongle! Where is the compensation?
