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CES 2003 Scrapbook
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 11, 2003
Dallas Cowboy running back Emmitt Smith relaxes with a little video golf at the Motorola booth.

mont2 Meridian shows off some of the available DVD-Audio titles at its booth.

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CES 2003: The Unauthorized List
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 11, 2003
Virtually every company, brand, and industry coalition that attends the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas takes the opportunity to lay claim to the most "remarkable," "groundbreaking," or-three cheers for everyone's favorite-"innovative" developments at CES. Of course, they can't all be right.
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CES Day One Views
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 09, 2003

Samsung was one of several companies that featured Blu-ray DVD technology, which is designed to store HDTV programming on disc. Don't hold your breath for products. day1-5 Sony showed a prototype Blu-ray DVD recorder.

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CES04 Live: Photo Mix # 2
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 08, 2004
The insanity begins at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday, January 8, Day 1 of the International Consumer Electronics Show, when the doors open to the public - tens of thousands of dealers, installers, and just plain folks eager to see, hear, and get their hands on the latest high-tech wonders.
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CES04 Live: Photo Mix #1
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 07, 2004
Steven Van Zandt of The Sopranos (and Bruce Springsteen's band) lends some celebrity cred to the Sirius satellite radio press conference.
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CES04 Live: Photo Mix #3
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 10, 2004

A big, wide world of LCD televisions is just one of the eye-catching displays at the Philips booth. Connected Planet is the company's umbrella for a broad range of products - like Internet-connected Streamium TVs - that use "wireless, broadband, and mobile-enabling technologies to provide seamless accessibility to entertainment, information, and services."

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CES04 Live: What Just Happened
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 11, 2004

If New York is the city that never sleeps, then Las Vegas is his loud, drunk cousin who's keeping him up all night. Add to Sin City's inherent rowdiness the congestion and general sexual frustration of the 100,000+ people attending the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and insomnia becomes less an inconvenience than a benefit.

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Creative Zen Vision Portable Video Player
Peter Pachal  |  Nov 06, 2005

There were a lot of announcements at Apple's recent gala press event touting the iPod nano, but conspicuously absent was any news about a video iPod. Apple, it seems, is content to let everybody else fight over the small market for portable video players (PVPs) - at least for now.

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Creative Zen Vision:M Portable Media Player
Peter Pachal  |  May 04, 2006
The Short Form
$300 / 4 x 2.5 x 0.8 IN / 5.8 OZ / us.creative.com / 800-998-1000
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Delphi SkyFi XM Satellite Radio Receiver
Peter Pachal  |  Feb 27, 2003
From their TV ads, it's easy to see that both XM and Sirius satellite radio are aimed first and foremost at the car market. Sirius commercials portray a typical listener as a family man who loves being behind the wheel, while XM's incorporate strangely violent imagery of grand pianos plunging onto highways and shattering into millions of pieces.
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