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CES 2008: CES Unveiled Video Preview – WowWee Rovio
Being a techie man, and having two young daughters, our Ashley Norris didn’t have to be told twice to go check out the Rovio…
CES 2008: Sony first to launch diminutive OLED TVs
Sony has made a major leap forward in TV technology and has managed to come up with a TV that is actually cute. The XEL-1 Organic Light Emitting Diode TV is the first of its kind to land in the shops in the US (probably Europe too) and offers an 11” screen with a depth of just 3mm.
CES 2008: Sony Vaio TP Home Theatre PC – now sensibly includes two TV tuners
Sony has revealed two fresh Blu-ray enabled Home Theatre PCs. They’re a fairly unique squashed cyclinder shape and offer built-in DVR functionality capable of recording up to 50 hours of HD TV programming.
CES 2008: Sharp announces colourful, gamer-friendly AQUOS LCDs
At last year’s CES, there were a few companies mentioning a shy interest in the potentially lucrative, but seemingly evasive, gamer market. However, apart from apparently being designed for gamers, most of these TVs offered precious little to make a gamer think that a set like that would actually make any difference to their gaming experience. This year though, Sharp has gone a little bit further. It’s not just rushing out the words, going bright red and running off to hide behind it’s friends; this time it’s actually got some goods on show.
CES 2008: Sharp rolls out latest AQUOS HDTV ranges
As is traditional with every major electronics manufacturer at this time of year, Sharp has announced a glut of HDTVs. And like every year, they’re steadily getting bigger and bigger, with LCD now looking like it might be turning the tide in its favour at against rival Plasma technology at even larger sizes.
Sharp’s flagship model that’s coming out in the next couple of weeks in the US, is the LC-65SE94U. It’s a 65” model which boasts full 1080p HD, 27,000:1 contrast ratio and the new AQUOS Net technology that we reported earlier which is enabled by the inclusion of an ethernet port on the set. This monster LCD will cost some where in the region of $10,000. No news on when it might reach the UK though. Following later are a 52” and 42” and each is now almost a third slimmer and a touch lighter than their older counterparts.
CES 2008: Sharp's AQUOS Net takes tellies online, launches first TV widgets
Sharps biggest announcement in its CES press conference is the imminent arrive of AQUOS Net. It’s a system for taking TVs online via each set’s built-in Ethernet port to access a range of information services and receive remote customer service support.
CES 2008: Sony Ericsson's W760 GPS Walkman phone
For those of you getting weary of big TVs, some comfort: Sony Ericsson has unleashed some new mobile phones at CES this afternoon. Pick of the bunch is the W760, a Walkman handset with HSDPA, motion-controlled gaming, and GPS.
CES 2008: Samsung's Duo HD BD-UP5500 player blends Blu-ray and HD DVD
The dust hasn’t settled yet from the seismic HD format war developments on Thursday and Friday, and it won’t for a few days, with dozens of companies announcing new products in one, other or both Blu-ray and HD DVD. For example, Samsung just unveiled its new duo HD player, the BD-UP5500.
CES 2008: SC-HMX20C 1080p HD camcorder makes a splash
Still on a Samsung tip – the company announced loads of stuff during its press conference – how about the SC-HMX20C Progressive HD Flash-based camcorder? It’s got a 1080p mode with 30 frames-per-second recording, and comes with a docking station to recharge it or connect to an HDTV to watch your footage.
CES 2008: LG announces plethora of LCD and Plasma screens, wheels out Mark Levinson
It wasn’t all grim at LG however, admittedly. There was a bit of a ‘sleb cameo (for audiophiles, anyway), with Mark Levinson (pictured), founder of Mark Levinson Audio Systems, who specialise in ultra high-end digital audio processors, amps and sources.
Plus, as you’d expect with any consumer tech show, they announced a bunch of new LCD and Plasma TVs, with all 1080p flat panel screens being ISF-ready, and most being THX certified.
There’ll be four new product series and eight new models in terms of Plasmas alone, with six of the models walloping us with full 1080p viewing. Beautiful.
The PG 70 series will be this year’s flagship series, with full HD and free of wires. The PG 60 will apparently have a ‘vanishing edge’ design…
