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LG has announced a prototype LCD panel just 2.6mm thick. That's slightly more than one-tenth of an inch.

Got some electronic joy for the holidays? Congratulations! Now what should you do with the old stuff it's replacing? The Consumer Electronics Association has a few tips on just that subject.

Last May, LG announced the world's thinnest LCD TV panels at that time, with 42- and 47-inch sizes measuring only 5.9mm thick. Now, only seven months later, the company has broken its own record by cutting that figure in half with a 42-inch panel only 2.6mm thick, bringing it squarely into OLED territory.

Comcast has introduced a streaming service called Fancast Xfinity TV. It will feature shows previously unavailable online.

After a slow start, sales of Blu-ray players have passed a couple of significant milestones. They're selling better than DVD players and VCRs did at equivalent moments in their histories.

Discs are better for collecting, streaming for instant gratification. Wouldn't it be great to get both in one purchase? That's exactly what Amazon is doing with its Disc+ On Demand. The slogan is "Buy Now, Watch Now."

In a rare admission of "limited success," i.e. failure, the Federal Communications Commission has issued a request for suggestions on how to implement digital cable readiness in the wake of the CableCARD's less than full penetration of the markets for DTVs and cable service.