Wonder what LG, Toshiba, Sharp, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony all had in common at their press events yesterday? Besides launching new TV, Blu-ray players and describing Green initiatives to help save the planet, they all acknowledged the tough...
Logitech’s Harmony remote control division announced their latest remote, the successor to the Harmony 1000, their first foray into the true touchscreen market. The new remote, the Harmony 1100, has some cosmetic upgrades as well as some major...
In an out-of-the-way corner of the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, I found what must surely be the cutest audio product of CES: Sonawall speakers. The company's suite is like the audio equivalent of a Sanrio store, filled with adorable...
Panasonic unveiled the world's thinnest Plasma HDTV today. The set measures less than one-third of an inch and is also lean on power as well, using up to one-third less power than previous models. Specifics were lean -- no model, pricing or...
Tangent's U.S. debut at the 2008 CEDIA Expo focused primarily on table radios, but at CES the company is bringing out the big guns: gorgeous high-end speakers and electronics designed to compete with some of the elite brands in audio. What I...
As John Sciacca pointed out in an earlier post, companies at CES 2009 are under no illusions about the economy. In particular, they know that 09 (and possibly 10, and 11) will be pretty tough sledding, until people have enough money to start...
DEG, the Digital Entertainment Group hosted their annual awards show tonight at CES. With good growth in Blu-ray and DVD, the group had reason to celebrate.As far as retailers, it wasn't hard to guess who they would honor. Software retailer...
I’ve been a big fan of the CELL
processor for a while. Here is a demo of a Toshiba prototype TV running 8
simultaneous full HD channels. Because of the processors super-computer speed,
it can easily record all 8 channels at once, along with...
When I asked Samsung to
demonstrate their HT-BD8200, the world’s first sound bar to incorporate a
Blu-ray player, someone came rushing over saying, "Don’t touch that!" They
finally conceded and allowed me to film a bit of video of...
The question many TV manufacturers are asking at CES 2009 is, "How thin is thin enough?" LG demonstrated their AMOLED technology, which is a scant .85 millimeters thin, or about .033 inches for us non-Metric heathens. This 15-inch TV is...
More details are now available on Samsung's new lineup of home-theater-in-a-box systems. Three systems are being unveiled, and all three have Blu-ray players with BD-Live capabilities. In addition, they'll have streaming capabilities to...
The term "Home Theater in a Box" formerly had about as much cache as "wine in a box." HTiB was, in fact, a very pejorative acronym used only with extreme prejudice. But, that is changing. Increasingly, HTiBs are going upscale,...
As they say - strange bedfellows. I mean, how many times do you hear "VHS" and "Blu-ray" used in the same sentence? And how many times do you see them in the same player?
Panasonic has mated these old and new technologies in...
JVC introduced the company's first Blu-ray-equipped home theater in a box system. The TH-SB100 is a 2.0 system, with a Profile 2.0 player, powered soundbar and wireless subwoofer. The player provides BD-Live capability, and an Ethernet port....
The President-Elect's transition team today announced that the conversion to digital TV, scheduled to occur on February 17, should be moved back. John Podestra chair of the transition team, sent a letter to the Commerce Committees of the House...