So, here we are, breath bated, to see what it is Sony are going to unveil. Judging by the handout we've just received you can expect tellies. Lots of them.
We start off with some talk about Jeopardy. Jeopardy was the first game show to be broadcast in high definition, fact fans. The relevance to today? Not entirely clear.
Now we get an advert with KaKa. He seems to be a footballer. A footballer who uses Sony products, by all accounts.
Hopefully, we're going to get to some products soon.
We get the obligatory chat about hero products of 2008. It's no surprise that the eReader is highlighted as one of the big successes.
There's a new Walkman line up, which features 'Zappin' technology, which will scan for the most popular part of a song. It's not clear why that might be at all useful - hopefully they'll be coming back to that. Anything with a name like that has got to be worth knowing about.
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Samsung has launched something much less expensive at CES 2009 than everything of theirs mentioned so far. This is their take on the iPod touch known as the P3. See, it's like mp3 but without the m. Clever, huh? No, not really.
The P3 is 0.39" thick and comes with a familiar 3-inch WQVGA TFT-LCD touchscreen complete with haptic feedback which works all very nicely in 16:9 widescreen. No word on the exact file types it can handle - probably just about everything you own - but they'll be coming in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32 GB sizes some time in the first half of the year.
Perhaps the most interesting feature is that it's Bluetooth enbaled and, should you be popular enough to receive telephone calls, you'll be able to speak through the P3's built-in mic while listening on your headphones. Price point will probably be the crucial factor in its success.
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Samsung has pulled another exclusive out the bag but for how long is another question. Among their fleet of camcorders just announced is the flagship Samsung HMX-H106 which is the first to feature a 64GB SSD, slightly depressingly giving it more storage than any hardware I own.
All this space means that you can record up to a staggering 12 hours of footage at maximum picture quality settings! The rest of the range H range is made up of the H105, H104 and the H100 with 32GB, 16GB and 0GB of solid state storage respectively. They also all have SD/SDHC card slots which is why the H100 isn't completelt useless.
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I guess now that Blu-ray discs are getting cheaper it's only natural that portable players will come into their own, and Panasonic has made history by creating the worlds first travel Blu-ray DVD player. The DMP-B15 has a 8.9 inch WSVGA screen, and has a three hour rechargeable battery.
More excitingly however is the fact that the machine has an HDMI slot which means you can hook it up to an HDTV, and it can be used as a standalone player. They've also included Panasonic's Vieracast functionality which means you can sync the device with any of your compatible Panasonic products. This means it will load up intuitively and you are also able to use it to access online entertainment sites. The device features an SD card memory slot, but there's no word on pricing as yet. Available in May.
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Now a 70x zoom is extraordinary. Seriously that one fact basically overshadows every other thing they've said about their three new camcorders. Think about it, you'll basically be able to zoom in on a piece of spaghetti someone is eating and capture every last drop of grease dripping from it. Nice.
OK, now you've recovered from the above information, I have another shock for you. These 70x optical zoom cameras are REASONABLY priced. Mind blowing huh? The models in this range are called the SDR-H80, SDR-H90, and SDR-S26 and will be available from April.
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It's the conference we've all been waiting for, the one that will fill us in on the plausibility of 3DTV and how likely it is that this will be brought to the masses. The auditorium is bathed in a translucent blue light and interesting posters entice us and hint at revelations in the camera and 3DTV arena. There's a wash of chatter filling the air, but it has a more hushed and reverential quality than any I've experienced so far today. People are hoping for something special, and Panasonic better not disappoint.
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Alongside the glut of screens and assorted boxed up circuitry, Samsung announced the slightly bizarre but rather attractive wall mountable BD-P4600 Blu-ray player. Funnily enough, it's the first wall mountable Blu-ray player largely because most normal people aren't interested in stapling all appliance to their masonry. What's next? The kettle? The 1" microwave?
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