Jack Schofield 

CESbytes

Organic Sony screen
  
  


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

 

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