The boob tube has come a long way.TV watching is more complex these days as a flood of new Internet content and mobile devices reaches the living room. One of the hottest topics at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show is how to make sense of the entertainment chaos. The old methods — channel surfing and on-screen guides — no longer seem to cut it.Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest TV maker by shipments, is using the conference to show off a television set that responds to voice commands and gestures without the need for a remote control. LG Electronics Inc. revealed a voice-and gesture-activated remote control, and speech-recognition specialist Novauris Technologies Ltd is working with Panasonic Corp. to bring voice-recognition technology to TVs and other devices.To read this Wall Street Journal report in full, see:
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