The Consumer Electronics Show 2008 has been underway starting today, and runs through the early portion of the week. Already, we have seen some crazy announcements, like such as
Warner supporting Blu-Ray, 1.5" screens, LCDs with 27,000:1 Contrast Ratios, both of the later for the CONSUMER market, and a 500GB laptop harddrive.
And the news keeps on coming! Here are some great stories that I've found so far. The rest can all be found at
Engadget.
And Cnet.com
Stories of note:
-PSP Slim gets SKYPE
PS3 to possibly get Tivo in US!
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Tivo and SONY to combine efforts
Well, my first 'bit' of 'news' is something I picked up from a Tivo insider at the CES today.
Seems SONY and Tivo have extended their licencing agreement (see TivoToGo for PSP) with specific use in the PS3 gaming console.
An announcement is not forthcoming until E3 2008 but from what I heard SONY and Tivo will co-brand an add-on unit for approximately $100 that will bring Tivo functionality (DVR functionality) to your PS3. (The included photo is NOT a mock up of the Tivo add-on, there was nothing for me to see, but is the PlayTV add-on coming to the UK/EU later this year) If sales go well, a future revision of the PS3 platform may build this functionality into the console itself and allow Tivo to broaden its user base in the US and Canada. This is an exciting development for PS3 and SONY's attempts to claim your living room.
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Target goes Blu-Ray exclusive!
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Some rumors that just won't die eventually end up being true, and the latest to reappear is the Target is going Blu-ray exclusive one. Today at Philips' press event during CES, while Stewart Muller was introducing its new Blu-ray player he also mentioned that Target was going Blu-ray exclusive. Of course what his definition of exclusive means might be his alone, but unless Target pulls all the HD DVD movies off their shelves entirely, we're not sure we agree.
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Networking, wireless and wired, seems to be a big deal this year at CES. Here's what Samsung has to offer:
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If you've got a thing for cutting-edge LCD HDTVs, you've come to the right place. Starting with the big boy, we've got the 65-inch LN52A750 (also available in 40-, 46- and 52-inches), which sports a 1080p resolution with 120Hz Auto Motion Plus technology. Additionally, you'll find an Ethernet connection for accessing customizable RSS feeds, 1GB of internal flash memory that "includes interactive content such as cooking recipes, children's entertainment, HD artwork and more," a four-millisecond response time, four HDMI 1.3 sockets with CEC and a USB 2.0 port for connecting PMPs and the like. Also on the way is a slightly downgraded 6 series sans flash memory and side mounted USB port, due in March in the same sizes.
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Sharp's new 1.5" LCD!
Toshiba is putting the CELL processor in their TVs and next generation notebooks.
Kuro from Pioneer: OMG. Click this link.
Microsoft's press conference starts in a few hours, 6:30 Las Vegas time, and can be streamed here. They're expected to make all kinds of crazy announcements, including game related. Xbox 360 Ultimate anyone?
Two hours left!
108" LCD anyone?
Sony's Conference is up in
30 minutes!
500GB 2.5" HDD coming from Samsung!
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Hitachi had to hack it to produce a 500GB 2.5-inch laptop drive, adding another platter (and a few millimeters thickness) that make their new 5K500 impossible to install in most standard laptops and enclosures -- but not Samsung. The Spinpoint M6 500GB drive brings a half terabyte at the standard 9.5mm height, and should land some time in March, meaning your current laptop -- and not just those new Asus machines -- should be able to accommodate one or two of these massive mothers.
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In other news, Microsoft and Toshiba has had to cancel all kinds of meetings and other gatherings with vendors and other companies because of HD-DVD. With the cancellation of the HD-DVD keynote completely, and Target pulling support after the Warner move, the HD-DVD format seems to be done.
Picture of Microsoft keynote setup:
Live Blog of Sony keynote!
Crazy stuff going on! Post any interesting finds!