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Danger Zones: Protecting Your Gear from Natural Disasters
Sean Greer  |  Jan 07, 2007

Recently, one of my clients had a bit of bad luck - his property was struck by lightning. You might think that's uncommon, but it was the second time in 3 years his house had been hit. Last time, the only damage was to the windows and satellite dish next to the tree that exploded.

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PlayStation3 Hitting Shipping Targets
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 07, 2007

Some interesting info at Sony's press event included an update on PS3's shipping and availability. They're still selling fast, but the good news is enough quantity is getting out that you might be able to get one without being injured or paying thousands on Ebay.

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Sony Blu-ray Prototype Number Two
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 07, 2007

This is Sony's second <I>Sapphire</I> prototype standalone Blu-ray player. This unit is so slick I can't even tell where the discs load!

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Sony To Offer Two New Standalone Blu-ray Players in '07
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 07, 2007

Sony had prototypes of two new standalone Blu-ray players that will hit stores in 2007. No real pricing or delivery dates were offered, but both players were dubbed as <I>Sapphire</I>. You'd expect these players to be lower cost models to compete with Toshiba's $500-$600 HD DVD players, but since the 70" LCD weighs in at over $30K, who knows?!

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70-Inches Of LCD Flat Panel Love
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 07, 2007

Sony never does anything small at CES, and wowed the gathered press with a introduction and demonstration of a 70" BRAVIA LCD flat panel- the KDL-70XBR3. Yep- a 70" LCD flat panel.

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Organic LED Prototype From Sony
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 07, 2007

Among the many treasures on display at Sony's CES booth were several prototypes of flat panel displays based on Organic LED- or OLED. The model shown above was 26" diagonal, and there were several models on display that were sized appropriately for portable Blu-ray players or personal media players.

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Panasonic Shows 1080p Plasmas
Randy Tomlinson  |  Jan 07, 2007

Panasonic showed their huge 103 inch plasma again but now it’s actually for sale. More interesting to most people was the complete line of 1080p plasmas at 42, 50, 58, and 65 inches. These new panels are claimed to be nearly burn-in proof and offer a lifespan (to half brightness) of 60,000 hours or 27 years at 6 hours per day. The previous silver styling has been replaced by solid black. Panasonic, totally committed to plasma in larger sizes, will soon have the ability to make 11.5 million panels per year. Below 37 inches, LCD will continue to prevail.

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HD DVD Market Info
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 07, 2007

We've all been wanting real numbers on the market penetration of both formats, and Toshiba shed some light at this morning's press conference.

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Oh, No! REGZILLA!
Shane Buettner  |  Jan 07, 2007

Toshiba announced a major expansion of its REGZA LCD flat panel line for 2007, and a number of new performance enhancing features to be employed throughout the broad line. Why, you ask? While projection TV overall is in decline, LCD sales were boasted as being up 132% and anticipated to climb in 2007.

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Pioneer Gets Darker
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 07, 2007

Shane Buettner posted a Blog late last night about Pioneer's new technology, designed for richer colors, good performance in various lighting environments, deeper blacks, improved video processing, and smooth handling of motion. At the press conference, they announced that new Pioneer plasma designs (42", 50" and 60") incorporating these improvements will appear in stores in Summer 2007. Photos were not available (the photo printed here is of the current model, and odds are it will look similar). And since no specific mention was made of the Elite line, presumably the technology will be made available in all Pioneer models.

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