Susi, Alex, Chris, Ashley and Kat have all stormed Berlin, Germany, en masse for three days full of convention centre-trudging, otherwise known as IFA. No news as yet on what IFA actually stands for, but stay tuned to see if anyone finds out. More importantly, keep checking back here all day for all the latest news concerning consumer electronics - you'll find the latest links here for your reading pleasure...

IFA 07: Video of Sharp's prototype 20mm thick LCD HDTVs

IFA 07: HD-DVD (and Toshiba) bite back

IFA 07: Loewe's stylish BluTech Vision Blu-ray player

IFA 07: Panasonic's latest SLR - the DMC-L10

IFA 07: Samsung's BD-UP5000 - the world's first Blu-ray/HD DVD player?!

Remember those speccy new LCD TVs Sharp showed off in yesterday's press conference at IFA? Yes, those stick-thin prototypes, just 20mm thick and weighing 25 kilos? Here's video proof they exist, and four different ways of mounting them. I'll take all four, please, Mr. Sharp...

And here in Europe we're still waiting for the rubbish old brown one. Still, the redesigned Zune looks like a vast improvement, coming in more contemporary colours and featuring what experts are calling a HUGE BUTTON in place of the old Zune's central knob.

The redesign also reveals some updated specs, with the standard hard drive-packing Zune apparently getting an upgrade to a huge 80GB, while the flash version is going to come in 4GB and 8GB sizes.

Hopefully this leaked image is the real deal - Zune V2 looks like a vast improvement over the first monstrosity, with the little red Zune Flash bordering on the desirable. Now, we've been nice about it, so can we have a UK release, please?

Via (Gizmodo)

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So, yesterday we heard about how Blu-ray is taking over the world. They're winning the war. They're the format of choice. Or are they? I'm here waiting for the Toshiba/HD-DVD press conference to start, and wondering if there's another side to the story....

First up, we get a look at the new stuff coming from Toshiba though.

Apparently the man on the stage is a German TV presenter. Bless him, I think he's used to people being more impressed. He's just branded himself a 'movie freak'. That's all I can tell you about him, to be honest. So, to Toshiba.

Oh, no. First we're sitting through a bizarre showreel of some cogs that turn into a boat. I'm not sure why. It's quite a nice boat, but I'm pretty sure Toshiba haven't branched out into sailing equipment... Don't worry. We'll get to the good stuff in a minute.

God. It's going on for hours. This is bizarre.

Thank God for camera phones. Why? Well, you can catch Premier League footballers making fools of themselves in dodgy nightclubs... namely Damien Duff and David Bentley having a dance off in Squire's nightclub in Preston. Will you be there tonight? Bust a move for me if you are...

[As featured on WhoAteAllThePies]

Loewe is known for having some of the most stylish TVs on the market, so it is no surprise to see an eye-catching Blu-ray player from the German technology company - the BluTech Vision.

Available in a black or silver finish, it has all the features you would expect, including HDMI, 24p film-like motion, TrueHD, DTS HD and 7.1 surround. But I suspect it has a few other tricks on the aesthetics front - like some novel way of inserting the disc, as the picture doesn't give much away on that front.

Releasd in Europe in October, no price available as yet.

Loewe website

Via Engadget

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Panasonic has used IFA to launch its latest SLR - the DMC-L10.

It features a 10.1-megapixel Live MOS sensor, 2.5-inch LCD with permanent live view and 270-degree rotation, a dust reduction system for the sensor via Supersonic Wave Filter system, Venus Engine III image processor for high quality image rendering, Face Detection, Intelligent ISO Control function, optical image stabiliser and nine scene modes.

It's sold with a lovely 14-50mm Leica lens and should be available in October. No price as yet.

Panasonic website

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