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Article | 22/01/2009 Sony's new Bravia TV watches you to save power

You're used to watching TV but this new Bravia set from Sony watches you and it's all in the name of energy saving.

Article | 9/01/2009 Sony Refreshes Bravia HDTV Line

Sony Electronics showed off its latest high-definition televisions Wednesday. The new HDTV models reflect the company's emphasis on improved color rep...

Article | 8/01/2009 Up Close With LG's TruMotion 480Hz LCD TV Panel

LG Display is showcasing what the company calls TruMotion 480Hz refresh technology. In technology demos, the TruMotion 480Hz LCD TV panel features a 4...

Article | 13/01/2009 Blu-ray Disc content market almost tripled in US in 2008

Sales and rentals of Blu-ray Disc content almost tripled in 2008 despite an overall downturn in the U.S. home entertainment market, an industry associ...

Article | 10/01/2009 Toshiba's Cell TV Ups the HD Ante

Today, 1080p is the top of the line for HDTVs, but it certainly isn't as high as high-definition can go. Toshiba's new super-resolution Cell TV featur...

Article | 9/01/2009 Samsung Unveils New LCD and Plasma TVs

Samsung announced that it is breaking out its LED-backlit HDTVs into their own line, called Luxia.

Article | 10/01/2009 Panasonic adds six new HD camcorders

Besides the new ultracompact camcorders and 70X optical-zoom standard-definition models that were also announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in L...

Article | 11/01/2009 Toshiba, Hitachi show gesture-controlled TVs

We're all used to hitting the power button to switch on our television but could a wave do it in the future? Both Hitachi and Toshiba are demonstratin...

Article | 8/01/2009 Panasonic shows off thin plasma TV prototype

LCD TVs aren't the only TVs that can be thin. On Wednesday, Panasonic demonstrated a plasma TV set that is one-third of an inch thin -- or 8.8 millime...

Article | 7/01/2009 New device aims to turn everyone into a DJ

A new version of the portable DJ system Pacemaker will be cheaper and easier to use than its predecessor, and bring the product to the masses, said Sw...

Article | 8/01/2009 Sony unleashes 60x-optical-zoom camcorders

High-definition camcorders may be the trend du jour, but Sony's the latest company to hoping that megazoom models will gain marquee status, too.

Article | 8/01/2009 LG Display on verge of launching 15-inch OLED

LG Display is on the verge of beginning commercial production of a 15-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) panel that's suitable for use in televi...

Article | 8/01/2009 LG adds to connected Blu-ray player lineup

At the Consumer Electronics Show Wednesday, LG introduced two Blu-ray players that offer access to on-demand streaming content from Netflix, CinemaNow...

Article | 8/01/2009 LG boosts HDTV refresh rate to 240 Hz

LG Wednesday unveiled its newest lineup of HDTVs at CES, many of which include features designed to improve the clarity of fast-moving scenes and and ...

Article | 8/01/2009 Netgear shows 500GB media player

Netgear Wednesday introduced a digital media player with a built-in 500GB hard drive and support for HD video.

Article | 7/01/2009 Samsung packs camcorder with SSD for fast start

Solid-state disks, hard-disk drive replacements filled with flash memory chips, have become popular in the laptop computing space and now they're expa...

Article | 7/01/2009 HDTV and Mobile Gear to Steal CES 2009 Spotlight

The tech-world's epicenter shifts to Las Vegas this week as the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show kicks off. Over the next week expect a pa...

Article | 6/01/2009 JVC slims down 32-inch TV to 7mm thick

JVC is joining the race to thinner flat-panel TV and will unveil at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show a prototype 32-inch television...

Article | 6/01/2009 Blu-ray dominates Christmas sales

Back before Thanksgiving I predicted that Blu-ray sales would suffer during the holiday season due to the high cost of both the player and HDTVs combi...

Article | 6/01/2009 Samsung to launch thin Blu-ray Disc player at CES

It's not just televisions that are slimming down for this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Samsung, which has already said...