CES always brings tons of innovations and showcases, some really cool ideas coming down
the pipe from major tech companies, and CES 2022 is no different.
The team at PCWorld has been working around the clock to bring as much coverage as possible
from massive live streams to non-stop around-the-clock written coverage over at PCWorld.com.
As CES comes to a close the team has had the opportunity to put forth their Best of CES
2022 picks and boy did they have some great ones!
If you want to see the team’s full list I have it linked down in the description,
there you’ll find the 12th-gen Alder Lake laptop parts, AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Radeon
RX 6500 XT, and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
But I’ve already covered those in a previous video and if you want to dig into those awesome
announcements then follow that bubble in the upper right-hand corner.
BUT this is all about those awesome things you may have missed!
Kicking this off is going to be one of my personal favorite things I saw, that being
the CyberPowerPC Kinetic case.
I think Gorgon put it best when he described this case a ‘breathing case’.
The idea behind this case is a slick-designed front panel that opens and closes small panels
based on internal thermals.
I’m sure there are many heads tilted to the side with this one wondering “Why?”
but this could do wonders for both thermal management AND dust control.
I like it, even if it does look like something that fell out of the Deus Ex universe.
The Alienware 34 QD-LED makes its way onto the list by bringing the ultrawide monitor
scene into the modern era and beyond with the merging of quantum dot technology and
OLED with its impressive contrast ratio.
But what makes this one even better is that it ships with a blistering fast 175Hz native
refresh rate.
I think I’ll be joining Michael Crider in possibly pouring out all my spare change for
this one since for me…ultrawide is life.
Up next is the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3.
Now multipanel laptops are nothing new, but in the past, they’ve seemed overly gimmicky
and tacked on, but this one makes a lot of sense for digital artists and photo editors
on the go.
Having essentially an 8” touchscreen panel on the side of the keyboard could be really
really useful with a pen.
In fact, I can see making use of that screen for user interface elements of video editing
software as well.
It’s certainly inspiring me to think of the possibilities.
Okay, the next one isn’t even a computer or computer related for the most part but
I couldn’t sleep well at night if I didn’t include the BMW iX Flow in this lineup.
I mean, BMW wrapped an entire SUV in digital ink?!
How freaking cool is that?
Now imagine that being translated to your computer case?
Think about it, make your case the system monitor.
Now back to the car, pick a color!
Or at least a gradient of white to black.
Either way, this is something I really want to see in person to really take it in.
Now back to PC Hardware work with the Dell UltraSharp 32 4K.
Now, this is a beauty I’ve actually gotten to see in person myself and it’s every bit
as sharp as the name suggests.
First off, it’s basically a desktop thunderbolt port, connectivity for everything you’d
need to have a workspace is on this thing.
The other thing is the ingenious location of the soundbar being at the top of the screen.
It has a dual function being up there; it hides a lot of the high-quality webcam as
well as positioned the sound projection much more in line with your ears.
Having gotten to experience this panel in person, it’s legit.
And last but not least we have one more display, the LG C2 42-inch OLED TV.
FINALLY, a much more reasonably sized OLED TV that we can use as a monitor.
Look, if anyone has ever used an OLED TV as a panel you’ll know about it because they
won’t stop talking about it.
There’s a reason for that, they’re amazing.
But before now if you wanted OLED you were going to have to go at least 48” and that
is insanely big on your desk, I just couldn’t do it.
42” is much more manageable on a desk.
Now I have to figure out do I want to go for that wicked new Alienware 34 or this here
LG C2 42-inch, not as easy of a decision as you’d think.
While that might be bringing this video to a close there’s still much more, like new
routers from TPLink, the L’Oreal Colorsonic, and the major announcements from Intel, Nvidia,
and AMD.
Just as a reminder for more on those and others make sure you check out the rest of the PCWorld
staff’s top picks with the link in the description.
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