To close out the exciting week, here’s just some of the many new products that offer support for comic book and graphic novel creators on display at CES 2024 in Las Vegas.
New JBL microphone on the record
JBL introduced the Quantum Stream Studio featuring a professional-grade condenser that’s useful as a podcasting microphone, music-making, voice-over work and other scenarios where great audio recording is required. The new offering is specially designed three condenser microphones and 192 kHz/24 bit broadcast quality sampling rate while the dynamic range compressor stops loud noises from getting distorted in recordings, calls or streams, and it amplifies quiet sound. Read more at https://news.jbl.com/en-CEU/233282-jbl-quantum-stream-microphones-creating-content-for-everyone-anywhere-anytime
Yoga does you good
Lenovo introduced the Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 (14”, 9) which comes bundled with a Lenovo Smart Pen and Sleeve designed for creators. The convertible laptop doubles as a tablet and features a PureSight OLED 2.8K screen with an optional 4K OLED option, plus a 360-degree rotating soundbar with four Bowers & Wilkins speakers. The new Yoga is equipped productivity tools to help you do more including studio-grade noise-cancelling microphones that strip background noise from your voice during calls, Dolby Atmos tuned speakers for “complete cinematic immersion”, a 5MP IR camera that keeps the you centred in the frame, and a Yoga keyboard with 1.5mm travel. Read more at https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/consumer-devices-supercharge-creative-process-with-ai/
Ergonomic wireless keyboard from HP
Offering a combination of comfort and customization, the HP 960 Ergonomic Wireless Keyboard is designed with a split-zone layout, that adapts to your typing style. The keyboard also includes 20 programmable keys, a separate numeric keypad plus Bluetooth and dongle connectivity. Read more at https://press.hp.com/us/en/press-releases/2024/hpatces-live.html
Nature life drawing is for the birds
Netvue introduced Birdfy featuring a smart bird feeder camera with bird recognition and an easy-to-use smartphone App. Capable of recognizing over 6000 species of birds, Birdfy notifies birdwatchers of feathery visitors to their homes with video and image clips that can be easily shared with family, friends, and bird lovers all over the world. This is a handy tool for illustrators who want to get closeup with nature for life drawing as a benefit to their next project. Read more at https://www.birdfy.com/pages/ces
So that wraps up four days of coverage of CES 2024. Although the exhibit halls also featured future cars, robots, planes, household appliances and other things*, hopefully these posts have provided a glimpse into the many new tools available for comic book and graphic novel creators. Fingers crossed that next year’s event will afford onsite coverage too. Thanks for reading.
And, in case you missed them, don’t forget to check out the previous posts for Day One, Day Two and Day Three.
* artificial intelligence
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