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thin is in at least for televisions at this year's CES conference in Las Vegas Samsung Sony and other manufacturers are slimming down the width of the screens like this latest offering from LG I think it's about a tenth of an inch thick about this the depth of four credit cards but these skinny sets don't skimp on picture quality technology is moved from 4k to HDR or high dynamic range the idea there is that you have improved color and you have improved range in the brain from black to white so the picture can look a lot better the catchphrase is not just more pixels with 4k but better pixels with HDR but before you upgrade be warned this technology's in its infancy and therefore expensive and there's not much content to watch on these screens there's only a few guys putting it out there's only a handful of movies that handle it so we're going to see a lot of it coming next year but again how good it's going to be how it translates into the home is going to be really fun to watch another screen soon vying for your attention will be smaller and only inches from your face virtual reality headsets like the HTC vive an oculus rift are set to hit the market later this year people are very interested in trying to figure out how to make this look more interesting be easier to use be more affordable and have ways to interact and be places that aren't just about putting it on your face to make virtual reality feel more real there are armchairs that move and shake you in sync with the movie oh it's a bumpy ride whoo round the corner Oh going right and you can even try your hand at making VR content you're going to see a ton of do-it-yourself 360-degree VR cameras a lot of them will be called they'll let you shoot video that will be then seen using virtual reality headsets for the latest news and reviews from CES go to cnet com in Las Vegas I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News