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Viewing Distance vs. Resolution
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jan 08, 2005  |  First Published: Sep 08, 2006
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love 720p.
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CES - Day 2
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 07, 2005  |  First Published: Jan 08, 2005
Something is funny in Las Vegas today, and I don't mean the Penn & Teller show. Just as CES is ready to open for another delightful day, the light rain - rather unusual for this dry, desert town - begins turning into snow (really unusual for around here). Veteran CES-goers scratch their heads in amazement as they run from the taxi drop off area to the doors of the Convention Center. It's hard to remember the last time it snowed in Las Vegas during CES. It was a surprising, albeit wet, beginning to a day full of much nicer surprises.
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Photo Mix #4
 |  Jan 07, 2005

XM satellite radio's George Taylor Morris (left) and Bob Edwards, formerly of National Public Radio, discuss the history of broadcast journalism at the XM booth.

ces-2005-photo-mix-4b.jpg Is it hot in here? Alison (left) and Thora get visitors sweating at Maxxsonics' booth.

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2005 CES: Day Three, The Year of the Big Screen
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jan 07, 2005

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Time was when CES meant small, unexciting televisions lining the back isles of the convention center. Those times are well past, as manufacturers both large and small vie for the sexiest video presentation. The winner this year was clearly Samsung, with their 102-inch plasma (as before, all screen sizes here are diagonal unless stated otherwise). How they got this monster to Las Vegas and into the convention center free of damage and fully functional remains one of the seven mysteries of the show (another was who distributed all of those pornographic calling cards around the men's restrooms&mdash;but let's not go there).

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CES - Day 1
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 07, 2005
The official opening day of CES brings more announcements - and more gawking attendees to fight your way through. Geoffrey Morrison, Home Theater Magazine's Video Editor, more than once voiced his desire for a cattle prod. Fortunately for everyone concerned, none of the exhibitors were displaying cattle prods although a quick trip through the Las Vegas Convention Center aisles will take you past vendors showing everything from telescopes to hand-held electronic Bible navigators to flying discs with LED lights inside. It's such a shame all we get to cover is home theater gear...
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Photo Mix #2
 |  Jan 06, 2005
Tens of thousands of dealers, distributors, reporters, and gear-happy users pass through the doors of the Las Vegas Convention Center on the first official day of CES 2005.
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Photo Mix #3
 |  Jan 06, 2005

Sharp reasserts its sizable presence in the LCD-TV field with a 65-inch model - the largest of this type shown at CES.

ces-2005-photo-mix-3b.jpg Sanyo makes it very clear who they like in the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray battle.

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Portable Music Players
 |  Jan 06, 2005

If the current trend continues, companies will offer music implants at next year's CES. This year merely tiny had to suffice. Ever-smaller flash-memory chips enable some amazing compressed-music playback devices that make the hard-disk-based Apple iPod Mini look elephantine.

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Pie from the Sky
Rich Warren  |  Jan 06, 2005

The first public day of the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show reached new heights with announcements from Echostar's Dish Network and DirecTV. These satellite-TV providers plan to turn the sky over the equator into the equivalent of a freeway in rush hour.

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Next-Generation DVD
Rich Warren  |  Jan 06, 2005

The forces competing to win the prize of the next-generation DVD - the disc that will carry high-definition movies and other HD content - squared off with competing press conferences on the first day of the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show. As in exhibition sports, they played real ball, but the score counted little toward the championship.

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