CES 2015

While the Panasonic booth was heavy on things other than HDTVs and Ultra HDTVs (unlike past years, where walls of the Panasonic were covered with now defunct plasma sets), there were a couple of items of video interest. Shown in the photo above is a prototype of a functional Ultra HD Blu-ray player from Panasonic, the only manufacturer that showed this advanced hardware at the show. Things appear to be moving along on that front, but don’t expect to see UHD Blu-ray hardware and software until, hopefully, late in 2015.

In a darkened space, Panasonic also showed a prototype High Dynamic Range set. In the same area they also showed their current flagship AX900 4K set (not HDR), which should be available by the end of this month (January 2015).