Organic Sony screen
Sony has started selling a stunning 3mm thick Oled TV with a million-to-one contrast ratio. The 11in version costs $2,499 (£1,265). At this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Sony also showed a 27in prototype: no price.
tinyurl.com/yrx7yv
Panasonic, titanic
Panasonic unveiled a plasma HDTV set featuring a 150in screen. It's the size of nine 50in models, and "well suited for various commercial and cinema installations".
panasonic.com/cesshow
Little big card
Panasonic also showed a 32GB SD (Secure Digital) memory card that could be used in a camera to record about eight hours of HD (1440...1080i) video.
panasonic.com/cesshow
Intel's next generation
Intel introduced 16 new processors with new video capabilities. These include 45nm Penryn chips for use in laptops.
tinyurl.com/yutgbc
SanDisk flashes 72GB
SanDisk unveiled a new 72GB SSD (solid state disk) drive. It can be used instead of a 1.8in SATA drive in a notebook PC.
driveyourlaptop.com
Taser/music player
Taser International unveiled the Taser MPH (Music Player Holster), which combines a 1GB MP3 player and a Taser holster. It "allows for both personal protection and personal music for people on the go," says the company.
tinyurl.com/2qokde
BT gets Xbox
Microsoft confirmed that BT will be the first to sell the MediaRoom version of the Xbox 360 games console, which can receive IPTV - television over the internet.
btvision.bt.com