IFA, Europes variation of the Consumer Electronic devices Program, ended its annual Berlin run recently. Like CES, IFA functions as the launchinglaunching pad for thousands of new gizmos and gadgets. After wandering around the Messe Berlin fairgrounds for four days, here are a dozen of my favorite new digital gewgaws, plus a perk pick.Acer 12K Predator G6-710 Gaming PC Youve became aware of 4K? Well, Acers latest Predator G pc gaming PC, the brand-new Windows 10 G6-710 (October, $2,000-plus), is capable of outputting 12K video. Loaded inside the G6 is Intels new 6th-generation Core i7-6700K chip, an Nvidia GeForce GTZ 980 graphics processor, 64GB DDR4 dual channel RAM and One-Punch CPU overclocking with an IceTunnel cooling system to keep the whole rig cool when youre really pressing the processor. One outcome of all this computing power is the ability to drive multi-screen video games such as the immersive Solution One racing game the business demod in its booth on three side-by-side-by-side 4K displays (3x4K=12K). Go, Speed Racer, go, certainly. * * * Haier 5K UHD Okay, this is not truly a 5K TV, just an additional large 105-inch 4K

UHD

TELEVISION with 5120 x 2160 pixel resolution. I doubt this set will ever really go on sale, but let me go on record as saying 21:9 element ratio(rather than the usual, more squarish, 16:9 )TV becoming the standard -no more top-bottom letterboxing for widescreen movies on TCM-would make me a delighted TV owner. * * * LG 55-inch Wallpaper OLED TELEVISION At IFA, LG amazed its keynote presentation attendees by showingflaunting its.9 mm thin 55-inch OLED bendable wallpaper HDTV. Were uncertain if/when the business will actually offer these wafer-thin HDTVs for us to plaster our blanks walls, but we hope sooner instead of later on. * * * LG 4K OLED TV Since I cant have a wallpaper TV or a 21:9 element ratio TV, this available-now EF9500 65-inch LG 4K OLED ($7,000), introd at IFA, is, IMHO, the finest TELEVISION you can buy. OLED, like plasma

, is a

far exceptional innovation to LCD LED because OLEDs individual pixels can be shut off, so black is entirely black and make colors jump from the screen like on a black velour painting. By comparison, the always-on backlighting on an LED turns blacks into dull charcoal or grey. Plus, this OLED is just 4mm thin and flat-rounded TVs are marketing BS and in fact enhance reflection of ambient light and lower a Televisions seeing angle. This is the TELEVISION Ive been awaiting. One day I might really be able to afford it. * * * Luuv Cam Stabilizer GoPros are fantastic and optical image stabilization is great, however your action video footage will constantly be a bit jerky and tense. Exactly what you needhave to produce startling and smooth -and, therefore, in fact watchable-video is a

Steadicam

for your smart phone or action

camera. Presenting Luuv(and apologies-the site may remain in German ), the Steadicam for everybody. Luuv is in fact 2 modular pieces, a steady mechanical main device(fall, apx.$ 109)and an added electronic gimbal(apx.$218) that truly offers unique POV shots from relatively difficult angles. A Kickstarter project begins September 22, throughout which early factors can purchase themselves Luuv for half off. * * * Marshall London Music-Centric Mobile phone Your iPhone or Android smartphone has a music gamer-whoopee. However even with its iPod legacy, the iPhone is not really a music-centric mobile phone. But the brand-new Marshall London mobile phone sure is. On the hardware side, London is equipped with front-facing stereo speakers, a devoted

music-access button

and 2 headset jacks, each with individual

on-screen touch-enabled volume controls. You can play music from 4 pre-installed sources: whats in Londons memory, or from Spotify, SoundCloud or Mixcloud music streaming services. And you can shape your musics sound via an on-screen EQ, for which you can conserve specific settings. Spec-wise, the Android Lollipop 5.0.2 London features a 4.7-inch 1280x720p display, 16GB of internal memory with a 64GB microSD card consisted of. London is readily available today in Scandinavia(it was developed by a Finnish firm) and will ideally arrive in the US at some point quickly. * * * Pioneer XDP-100R Employs Audio Player For some delicate ears, paying attention to compressed music from a mobile phone is akinbelongs to paying attention to mewling street cats. Works with Audio seems to please the audiophile digital music listener, however Employs gamers have been, well, boring. Go into the smartphone-like Pioneer XDP-100R, an Employs audio player that runs on Android Lollipop 5.1.1, and which includes a 4.7-inch 1280×720 screen along with a possible 288GB

of memory, and is built of a hard anodized aluminum body, however weighs just a surprisingly light 200 grams. More significantly, the 100R plays back uncompressed (or nearly uncompressed)DSD( Digital Stream Digital), WAV, FLAC and non-DRMd Apple Lossless files, and is the first to provide the hot brand-new MQA(Master Quality Authenticated)format. The 100R will first be offered in Europe in November, in the United States later at a yet to-be-announced rate. * * * Samsung AddWash Washing Machine Around a third of IFAs reveal floor area is annually occupied by home appliances, especially coffee makers-come thirsty and tired, leave sated and wired. But perhaps the most interesting new home appliance at IFA was this AddWash front-loading washer from Samsung. Like a washing machine nesting doll, theres a little door inside the huge door; just push a button to pause your already-started cycle, then toss because one sock, towel, T-shirt or tightie-whitie you in some way forgot to originally load. The AddWash washer likewise includes the companys ecobubble technology, which lets you wash similarly efficiently in cold water as in hot. The AddWash machine is currently offered in Korea and is due in Europe by the end of this year. Strangely, though, there wasnt one on the show floor. * * * Sengled Snap LED Lightbulb with HD Video camera The fantastic undiscovered nation in gadgetry is the LED light bulb. Here is a gadget filled with circuitry that is constantly connecteded into AC and so can be adjusted for a variety of uses other than simply lighting, such as doubling as a cordless speaker. Sengled recognizes this tabula rasa potential and has added an HD security video camera into its new Snap(October,$149.99), a 60-watt-equivalent LED bulb, developed to be screwed into a ceiling can. The incorporated HD camera/camcorder has a circular 140-degree viewing angle, face detection so it can acknowledge your

householdmember of the family, and a

motion detector. Its manageable by the pending MySnap app and HD video footage is saved in the cloud. * * * Siemens Ventilation Counter top Oven variety hood fans are handy for clearing out cooking smoke, however are unpleasant and use up area that might be better utilized by cabinets. Siemens solves this smoke sucking area situation with its ventilation countertop, with vacuum vents on the side of the range instead of overhead. Each vent will certainly run you around $ 2,500 when the system ends up being availableappears next spring. * * * SmartThings SleepSense This white ping pong paddle-shaped piece is either cool or creepy. The SmartThings SleepSense slips under your pillow so it knows when you are resting and understands when youre awake. Depending if youre getting up or dropping off, SleepSense can set off a series of actions depending upon which condition youre in, such as

lights dimming or lighting, shades

going up or down, the coffee machine starting up, the TV going off. The questions are, when and just how much (SmartThings didnt state ), and whatever happens when you get up in the middle of the night to pee? Oh, it also monitors your sleeping metabolism to enhance your snoozing habits. * * * Yamaha YSP-5600 Dolby Atmos Soundbar Noise is every bit as essential as the visual if you wantwish to be fascinated in the

most currentlatest superhero or

area hit or violent computer game. However establishing a Dolby Surround NoiseStereo, with all that rear-speaker wire stringing, can be a pain in the ohms. Soundbars and sound plates are superiortranscend to the sound of your TV, however their positioning in front or under the TELEVISION cant deliver genuinely incorporating audio. Enter the Yamaha YSP-5600( December,$1,700 ), the first soundbar-or digital noise projector as Yamaha calls their versions-imbued with the 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos technology. I got a demo at Yamahas IFA booth and, yup, with sound bouncing off the walls, floors and ceiling, you hear surround sound FX behind you and over your head.

Youll

likewise have the ability to add an extra surround zest

with an added cordless subwoofer($150). * * * And a dual reward item: Ultra HD Blu-ray Panasonic and Samsung both showed prototypes of their next-gen 4K UHD Blu-ray gamer at IFA, the former behind glass. Panasonic might begin selling its UHD Blu-ray deck prior to the end of this year -might- but Samsung and other prospective UHD Blu-ray makers will likely stall providing them up until next year. Besides the apparent advantages of both 4K and HDR contrast enhancements (assuming you have an extra-large 4K TV that will certainly enable you to see these image enhancements-and 55-inches is not additional large enough for see the advantages of 4K, however I digress), the bestthe very best UHD Blu-ray function may be SeeQVault. SeeQVault is a safe content format that lets you copy a UHD Blu-ray film you purchased onto a safe SD card to then transfer it to another device. No more prohibited ripping or morally questionable BitTorrent downloads

for the low-cost and morally

unclear amongst us

, or say goodbye to paying for the same film numerous times for the affordable and morally unambiguous.