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Prototype Sony Blu-ray player

Originally, a big selling point for Blu-ray was that it would arrive as a complete system - that is, the first units would both record and play high-definition DVDs. Nervous Hollywood studios seem to have put the kibosh on that, at least for the moment, as no such combo devices were announced as standalone models.

Samsung Helix XM receiver/recorder and MP3 player

Panasonic executives present Comcast CEO Brian Roberts with first OCAP-compliant digital cable box.

In 1964, AT&T introduced the Picturephone at the New York World's Fair. Forty-one years later, the phone companies are finally bringing out a product that combines voice and video. And they're calling it ... television.