By A Staff Reporter -
MUSCAT — Samsung Gulf Electronics, a market leader in consumer electronics, launched yesterday the 2012 Samsung Smart TV line-up in Qatar. The new Smart TV lineup is set to redefine the way in which consumers manage their home entertainment experience and interact with their TVs.
This was announced yesterday at a press conference held at Barr Al Jissah Hotel. Vinod Nair, General Manager TV Business, Samsung Gulf Electronics, said: “Samsung’s latest Smart TV line-up stems from our vision to provide consumers with the most innovative products in home entertainment.
Samsung is a pioneer in the Smart TV segment and this line-up continues to raise the bar in design, performance and picture quality in addition to a host of interactive features that offer viewers more content, a smarter interface, intuitive controls and more. This unbeatable portfolio of Samsung Smart TVs will provide an interactive, personalised experience beyond just web browsing and broadcast television.”
He added that the new family of Smart TVs encompasses Samsung’s three guiding philosophies that equip consumers with the future of Smart TV technology including Smart Interaction is an intuitive platform based on Motion Control, Voice Control, and Face Recognition commands for the TV.
Recognising 26 languages including Arabic, users can turn the TV on or off, activate selected apps or search for content in the web browser simply by speaking and with a wave of hand consumers can turn the volume and channel up or down browse and choose a link or content via the web browser. It also including Smart Content includes the expansion of more robust and personalised content through Smart TV apps, Family Story, Fitness and Kids.
It also including Smart Evolution is defined by Samsung’s new Evolution Kit. Each year, the Smart TV range will be upgradable every year through the Smart Evolution Kit.
The new Samsung Smart TVs 
are also equipped with exclusive services that truly push the boundaries of technology innovation in home entertainment.
These include: Family Story is a cloud based offering that enables users to share content such as, photos, messages, reminders on a virtual bulletin board.
Family story is accessible through various Samsung devices including TV’s, mobile phones, tablets and even PC’s. It also including Fitness:
This feature gives consumers a convenient way to stay healthy. The TV’s built-in camera splits the TV into two screens to create a virtual mirror to let users monitor their exercise routine.Users can also connect their Samsung TV to a Samsung smartphone via a mobile Fitness app, or connect to a WiFi-enabled scale to manage their weight goals.
