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Toshiba’s Story: HD DVD, and They’re Sticking With It

CENTERPIECE: HD DVD Player, three 1080p LCDs in sizes of 37″, 52″ and 57″ SPECTACLE: Toshiba rents out a tiny room and gets deluged with about 5000 interested journos, turning away most after a long wait in line ACHILLES HEEL: Its latest HD DVD player can’t play Blu-ray Discs, a capability that LG’s player will…

Tech News Noah Robischon and Charlie White Jan 7

Philips Press Conference Live

11:09: VP Andrew Goldman kicks things off. We’ve got two speakers, one of which is NOT the CEO because he busted himself all up skiing. 11:11: Lucas Covas and his sexy European accent takes the stage. Points out the dudes wearing “luminous” clothing that has a display built-in hanging around the room. Also points out…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 7

Supreme Commander: Pioneer’s Single-CD Player Lines

For the consumers with tighter grips on their wallets, Pioneer has new lines of single-CD players to meet simpler needs. Starting at $100, the various lines mix and match a laundry list of features including: • XM/Sirius support on all models • Direct iPod control • USB connectivity (in case your “iPod” is a flash…

Tech News Karson Thompson Jan 7

Pioneer Announces Four Low to High-End A/V Receivers

Pioneer announced four A/V receivers to add to their ménage à trois of home theatre products including HDTVs and Blu-ray players: the VSX-517, VSX-817, VSX-917V and the VSX-1017TXV (pictured above). The two higher players include HDMI video switching, which is a definite plus and all of which provide iPod connectivity along with both Sirius and…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 7

Philips Press Conference: We’re Here

The line was long, but we made it inside the Philips press conference here at CES. We’re getting prepped to liveblog the hell out of this, so get ready to hit refresh a bunch. Stay tuned.

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 7

Pioneer Avic-D3 Car Navigation System For Discount Drivers

Trying to mate in-car navigation and affordability, Pioneer has introduced the AVIC-D3, a feature-rich in-dash system available in March at a $1000 price point. The D3 comes with the standard fare: multi-format audio playback (MP3, WMA, AAC), Sirius/XM capability, Bluetooth integration and DVD playback. The nav system is updated to deliver lane-specific driving directions and…

Tech News Karson Thompson Jan 7

Toshiba Press Conference Sneak-in

After waiting in line for a half an hour, the Toshibians tell us the room is full. We will now attempt to sneak in and scrounge the info in true invisible style!

Tech News Charlie White Jan 7

Netgear’s New Cordless Phone Swings Both Ways

Netgear today introduced a new cordless phone that combines plain-old telephone service and Skype calling in one handset. It’s not a new concept (Linksys is already doing it, for example), but the new Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype SPH200D is a handsome little package. And it looks easy to use. The handset LCD shows you…

Tech News Sean Captain Jan 7

Chow Mein and Pepperoni: Jensen’s NVXM-1000 GPS with XM radio

Ever see those little-bit-of-everything restaurants? Like Chinese food joints that also serve pizza? That’s kinda what GPS devices are becoming. We already have models with MP3 players and digital cameras. Now Jensen rolls out a GPS with XM satellite radio service. Nicknamed the “Rock & Road,” the unit has a slot that takes the XM…

Gadgets Www.gizmodo.com Jan 7

Pioneer Plasma Display Technology Boasts “Immeasurable” Contrast Ratios

Pioneer has overhauled their plasma display technology by recreating and re-engineering the panel, color filter and ASIC video processor in the plasma. The new technology will provide deeper blacks, richer color and better contrast. So good, in fact, that Pioneer says it cannot be measured. Hmm…. This new plasma technology will be hitting the U.S.…

Television Travis Hudson Jan 7

Pioneer Is Up Next

We’re coming at you live and direct from every press conference at CES. We’re filtering out the useless tidbits and bringing you only the best stuff. Reload often.

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 7

Sony XL3: High-Def Powerhouse

If component-style PCs are your thing, you’ll wanna check out Sony’s new XL3 announced at CES. It has built-in ATSC and NTSC tuners along with a CableCard slot that lets the XL3 double as your DVR. The XL3 has a built-in Blu-ray drive complimenting its HDMI port. Liquid cooling keeps the Core 2 Duo CPU…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Jan 7

LG Press Event: Super Multi Blue Blu-ray/HD DVD Player $1,199

CENTERPIECE: Super Multi Blue: Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player that’s launching end of January. Available first week of February. PRICETAG: $1,199 SPECTACLE: 1080p LCDs/Plasmas playing Blu-ray movies of oil and water being poured onto high-definition semi-nude girls and vegetables. Lots and lots of vegetables. ACHILLES HEEL: Blu-ray discs take 25 seconds to start up. Fastest startup?…

Tech News Jason Chen and Adam Frucci Jan 7

Ford Gets ‘nSync with Microsoft

Ford’s upcoming lines of Lincoln and Mercury cars will feature a Bluetooth voice-activated in-car communications and entertainment system for mobile phones and digital music players. Our bros at Jalopnik will have some hands-on video of this in a few minutes.

Tech News Noah Robischon Jan 7

Treo 750: We’re 90 Percent Sure It’ll Be Announced Here Very Soon

We kinda had a feeling that the Treo 750 was going to be announced during this year’s CES, and an inadvertent leak by a Web site earlier today all but confirms our suspicions. We shan’t be posting any pics just yet (being sued is no fun), but Palm will be talking later today. Once the…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jan 7

Verizon is the Leeroy Jenkins of CES

Today we’ll be bringing you back-to-back-to-back coverage of CES press conferences, which run every hour from 8AM until 6PM. They all take place at the Venetian hotel—all, that is, except for Verizon Wireless, who cannonballed into the middle of the day with this FiOS TV press conference which is miles away at The Palms. Leeroy…

Tech News Noah Robischon Jan 7

LG VX9400 Accidentally Announced at CES?

Nestled somewhere in LG’s CES press kit were these pictures of the VX9400, which should be compatible with MediaFlo. Does that mean we’ll finally see stateside mobile TV like those crazy Koreans currently enjoy? Considering LG made no mention of the cellphone in the actual text of its press kit, we’re kinda pulling at straws…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jan 7

Samsung YP-K3 Wafer-Thin MP3 Player Launches March ’07

The vomitorium-thin Samsung YP-K3 we’ve been looking at (at left, next to the saftig YP-K5) finally gets a release date for the US. Not price yet, but it’s going to be available in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB sizes, and yes, it’s still 0.27 inches thin. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-yp-k3-the-k5s-little-brother-sans-speaker-218232 Other specs: touchscreen icy blue and white versions, MP3/WMA/JPG, PlaysForSure,…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 7

Pioneer’s Customers Are Second Life Characters

We’re happy to report that Gary Coleman (in animated Asian form) has found a job promoting Pioneer’s super duper gadget that’s so awesome they couldn’t even show us what it is. Apparently, Pioneer’s customers are virtual Second Life characters and are only too happy to show off virtual products. Can you tell that we felt…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon with video by richard blakeley Jan 7

IntelliTouch Eos Wireless Speaker System for iPod

IntelliTouch has announced their Eos wireless iPod speaker system. The base system will happily dock your iPod, includes stereo speakers and a ported subwoofer and transmit wirelessly to the external speakers up to 150 feet away through walls, ceilings and even outdoors. The external speakers have a removable power supply—meaning it can plug directly into…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 7

Toshiba’s Story: HD DVD, and They’re Sticking With It

Philips Press Conference Live

Supreme Commander: Pioneer’s Single-CD Player Lines

Pioneer Announces Four Low to High-End A/V Receivers

Philips Press Conference: We’re Here

Pioneer Avic-D3 Car Navigation System For Discount Drivers

Toshiba Press Conference Sneak-in

Netgear’s New Cordless Phone Swings Both Ways

Chow Mein and Pepperoni: Jensen’s NVXM-1000 GPS with XM radio

Pioneer Plasma Display Technology Boasts “Immeasurable” Contrast Ratios

Pioneer Is Up Next

Sony XL3: High-Def Powerhouse

LG Press Event: Super Multi Blue Blu-ray/HD DVD Player $1,199

Ford Gets ‘nSync with Microsoft

Treo 750: We’re 90 Percent Sure It’ll Be Announced Here Very Soon

Verizon is the Leeroy Jenkins of CES

LG VX9400 Accidentally Announced at CES?

Samsung YP-K3 Wafer-Thin MP3 Player Launches March ’07

Pioneer’s Customers Are Second Life Characters

IntelliTouch Eos Wireless Speaker System for iPod

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