The After Math: beer, lasers and $5K 4K TVs
Welcome to The After Math, where we attempt to summarize this week's tech news through numbers, decimal places and percentages
In a bid to neatly wrap up this week's events, we gaze at some high-priced 4K gear at NAB 2013, figure out whether we can physically... pocket either of Samsung's Galaxy Mega variants and think about lasers: sometimes beautiful, sometimes deadly and sometimes fighting the future war against drones. We've got the numbers -- and a few dollar signs -- right after the break.
Pricing for Blackmagic's 4K Production Camera: $3,995
Starting price for Sony's 55-inch 4K TV, coming later this month: $5,000
Advertised price of a 12-inch RCA television in 1939: $600
That price adjusted for inflation today: $10,022
Number of grip patterns on Touch Bionics' new prosthetic hand: 24
Number of bones in the human hand: 27
Screen size, in inches, of Samsung's biggest Galaxy Mega: 6.3
Screen size, in inches, of the Galaxy Pocket Neo: 3
Screen size, in inches, of the BlackBerry 6200: 2.6
Percentage of drop-off in PC shipments for Q1 2013, according to IDC: 13.9
Yearly percentage of growth in PC market in 1994, according to IDC: 27
Number of Roku devices sold so far in the US: 5 million
Most minutes streamed by one Roku player in a week: 10,080
Minutes wasted by Engadget editors watching Heineken's interactive beer bottle concept: [redacted]
Number of lasers on Beamz and Virtual DJ's interactive music system: 4
Number of drone-destroying military lasers to be deployed by the US Navy in 2014: 1