CES 2007 - The Best of CE from the Show

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• SignalPST - Thursday, January 18, 2007 - link

  I'm very interested in the Samsung 30" LED LCD. Awesome resolution, great response and contrast, and most imporantly, it'll have very good color reproduction.

• sprockkets - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - link

  Those micro projectors are sweet, and being LED powered, and priced right, will be something I'm lookin to buy.

• semo - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - link

  about the quad hd display
  

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  Currently pricing is determined by the application, but expect to pay upwards of $50,000 for this set.

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  that got me thinking so i phoned westinghouse and here is the conversation word for word:
  1st phone call:
  me:we need those 4 in 1 plasmas.
  westinghouse: do you mean our quad full hd displays
  me: yeah, yeah those jobies. we need 10. 5 minutes ago. move it move it.
  wh: who are you?
  me: military.
  wh: that will be $250,000 per display sir.
  
  2nd phone call:
  me: [in poorly imitated feminin voice] we are interested in buying a qhd display from you.
  wh: and you are?
  me: nuns.
  wh: we can give you one for $10,000 but let me speak to my manager.
  me: ok dear.
  ---muzak---
  wh: yeah ok great news, we can get you one $5,500.
  me: [voice almost back to normal] thank you child.

• kirbalo - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - link

  I was at the show and the LG Rep. told me that both the Consumer player, and the PC Drive would both retail for about $1100 next month...not $2000.

• ManveerW - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - link

  kirbalo,
  
  The cost of the drive will actually be around $1200. I corrected it in the article. Thanks for pointing it out!
  
  Manveer Wasson

• somegeek - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - link

  After the first CES 2007 article "Convergence Happened" I was expecting something new. None of the products at the show have made convergence a reality. It's still an ambiguous, convoluted idea, like converging movies and games.
  
  - Set top boxes, like AppleTV, have been around for years and have failed to catch on.
  - Xbox 360 is not an option for people who don't play games, so it won't be mainstream.
  - IPTV on the Xbox 360 will have a smaller audience than the Xbox 360.
  - Small HTPCs haven't caught on, DTX won't change that.
  - The iPhone is a Jack of All Trades, Master of None.
  
  Convergence hasn't happened and it won't ever happen. Specialized, divergent technology is:
  - Cheaper to buy
  - Cheaper to build
  - Easier to use
  - Easier to make
  - Easier to sell
  - More efficient
  - More reliable
  - More profitable
  - Smaller
  - Simpler

• mesyn191 - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - link

  Sure, there were a few cool things, but so hideously expensive even if I sold my right kidney it'd only be enough for the down payment on the loan to pay for em'. All the HD stuff is so DRM'd no freakin' way am I gonna be paying money for it, don't see how many other people will either.

• randomlinh - Thursday, January 18, 2007 - link

  I doubt people will care about DRM for now. Not many people seem to bother trying to back up their movies they buy. I don't see that changing. Therefore those who complain are in the minority.

• srue - Wednesday, January 17, 2007 - link

  I like the "No Cameras" sign below the Samsung Wireless Plasma.