4K TV and OLED TV

The CEA says TVs offering double the picture quality we see today are just months away from hitting stores, and are just a hint of what is possible in the future. One option for the future is 4k TV, something John Taylor of LG Electronics describes as "the HDTV experience on steroids". And with four times the resolution of your current set, the CEA predicts the technology will begin to catch on in 2013.

Another popular option is the Organic Light-Emitting Diode, or OLED TV. It has significantly better picture quality than HD sets today plus lower energy consumption. The challenge facing both of these new, crisper, options lies in getting consumers to switch. "Most people are going to look at their TVs and say, 'It looks really good and crisp to me. Why do I need four times as many pixels?'" said Chris Chinnock, president of Insight Media, a market research company focused on emerging display technologies. Thanks in part to the invention of the iPod, the CEA says MP3 players and ear buds created a new standard of how American's listen to music. The same is now true with premium headphones, championed by the success of rapper Andre "Dr. Dre". Dr. Dre brand headphones promises to deliver studio sound quality to anyone willing to pay the $199-$399 price tag.