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Broadband Households Buying Smart TVs, With Customers Interested in Wi-Fi, Parks Says

Nearly 8 percent of U.S. broadband households will buy a 4K UHD TV this year, said Parks Associates research released Wednesday. Some 42 percent of those surveyed said they weren’t familiar with 4K technology, said Parks. Other challenges for 4K…

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are premium prices for the technology, it said. Functionality and Wi-Fi led the features consumers valued in TVs, said analyst Barbara Kraus. "Content availability remains a key inhibitor to 4K adoption.”