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CES NEWS: Sony's Sir Howard's still got the Blu - and a super-thin TV

Andrew Everard Mon, 7 Jan 2008, 11:27am

"All of us are feeling blue today - it's a good feeling.” So spoke Sony chairman Sir Howard Stringer, in triumphant mood at the company's product-packed CES press conference. And he added his especial thanks to Warner Bros for ...

CES NEWS: Toshiba previews five new LCD families and promises to transform SD viewing on HD sets

Clare Newsome Mon, 7 Jan 2008, 4:02am

In a press conference dominated by the future (or not) of HD DVD, Toshiba gamely pushed on with news of its new LCD line up: “five new series, four new cosmetic designs, three dimensions of picture quality and two new gaming features.” And ...

CES NEWS: Panasonic extends Viera brand to all its flat TVs, and launches 21 new models

Andrew Everard Sun, 6 Jan 2008, 10:35pm

If it's a Panasonic flatscreen TV, it's now a Viera - the company has extended its sub-brand to cover all its flatscreen televisions. And it's launching no fewer than 16 plasmas and five LCD screens at the CES show, including new ...

CES NEWS: Panasonic to launch the world's largest plasma TV – yours for £50,000

Andy Clough Sun, 6 Jan 2008, 8:39pm

Panasonic is expected to unveil the world's biggest plasma TV at CES in Las Vegas tomorrow. The 150in monster is as tall as a human at six feet high and is a massive 11 feet wide! It reportedly weighs more than 500lbs and is expected to ...

CES NEWS: Pioneer's big news is no big news - at least not just yet

Andrew Everard Sun, 6 Jan 2008, 7:54pm

Those of you expecting - or dreading - a whole new range of Kuro TVs from Pioneer can breathe a sigh of relief. Yes, the company has new products on the way, but won't be announcing them until May, for a 'late summer' release. ...

CES News: LG’s 2008 TV line-up includes picture, audio and design innovation – plus wireless HD?

Andrew Everard Sun, 6 Jan 2008, 7:24pm

What a difference a year makes - this time last year, LG opened the CES press schedule with news of the first hybrid Blu-ray/HD DVD player, the BH100 'Supermultiblue:”. This year there was just a cursory mention of the second-generation, ...

CES NEWS: New TVs, home cinema, hi-fi... and Kevin Costner?

Clare Newsome Sat, 5 Jan 2008, 7:52pm

Greetings from not-so-sunny Vegas (still, the locals seem happy with the rain), writes Clare Newsome. We're here for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the tech-fest that kicks off every year in a blaze of new products and bizarre events. ...

CES NEWS: Slingbox goes full HD - and on your BlackBerry

Andrew Everard Sat, 5 Jan 2008, 2:55pm

  In the February issue of What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision, on sale on January 10, we're testing the Slingbox Pro, which can handle HD content and stream it over a network or the internet in downscaled form. But on the way from ...

CES NEWS: Hitachi set to unveil ultra-slim LCD and plasma screens

Andrew Everard Sat, 5 Jan 2008, 2:21pm

  We may still be waiting for technologies designed to give us screens just fractions of an inch thick, but for the moment Hitachi is setting new standards with its latest line-up - both LCD and plasma models are just 1.5in, or under ...

CES NEWS: LG Philips LCD shows its best-ever flexible flatscreen display

Andrew Everard Thu, 3 Jan 2008, 5:15pm

Due to be shown at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, this is the brand-new flexible display from LG Philips LCD. The A4-size. or 14.3in, display uses thin film transistors on a plastic substrate, meaning it can be rolled ...