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just got back from the Consumer Electronics Show and ooh you're gonna hate your TV I'm Brian Cooley with the top five new TV technologies you're going to want when you buy your next television based on what we saw at the CES in Las Vegas here we go number five passive 3d LG LED a whole slew of TV makers coming to their senses this year with a move toward passive 3d televisions as opposed to those that use expensive proprietary active electronic glasses now we'll review the latest of both kinds head-to-head soon and let you know but regardless this is a move in the right direction though it still fails to conquer the odd factor of wearing glasses to watch TV at all which brings me to number four number four is glasses-free 3d TV toshiba was all over this technology with aspects free set that doesn't require you sit like a statue in one place to get the 3d effect like some past televisions you can sit in any of nine positions around the screen which is still a ways off from how we behave in our living room kind of slouching all over but it's not bad and Toshiba says these sets will ship in q1 2012 so we're not gonna have to wait too long to see if they're vaporware number three is 4k TV this is the next big bump in resolution that will roughly quadruple the number of dots on the screen compared to your current 1080p television that you thought look so good until now it's like jamming 4 1080 sets onto one screen for ultra high-def now we just need something to watch in 4k but the arrival of this one seems definite if not imminent number two connected TV this revolution was one with not a shot fired because everyone's fighting on the same side look around for TVs that don't have streaming services at CES I'll wait for you you won't find any luckily that Roku box you have is also the perfect size to become a drink coaster before I take you to the number one bit of sexy vision you're going to want in 2012 what about Apple's television now it's widely rumored to be arriving in late 2012 we have Siri gesture control some say iCloud for video streaming to and from Apple devices pick your rumor but if there's one thing I think it needs to be a pricey hit it would be a fundamentally new model for unlocking things to watch online too much of the good stuff still comes in a red envelope the number one TV tech you're going to want next time whether you can afford it or not is an oled TV organic light-emitting diode technology stole the show at CES real big with LG and Samsung in particular offering dueling 55 inch jaw droppers that have a picture that will just make you stay in all weekend every weekend and a case so slim you're going to be afraid you'll break it a third to a sixth of an inch thick I don't know how they're going to box these things for shipping but we'll find out in q3 when LG says they'll be the first to market price is TBD but I suggest you be sitting down for more on TV technology as it comes out head over to cnet com and click on televisions and for more top 5s like this go to top 5 cnet com I'm Brian Cooley thanks for watching you