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| Posted by | Wesley Novack |
| Posted on | 10/01/06 08:21 |
LG:
LG, Life's Good! Just like last year, the LG booth was very expansive and consumed a large area on the CES floor.
You couldn't miss the 102 inch Plasma TV at the entrance to the LG area. The picture here does it absolutely no justice. This enormous HDTV provides a beautiful display.
The LG BD-199 (pictured above) is a BD-ROM player poised to hit the market in the second half of 2006. No pricing is available at the moment.
The external LG GSA-2166D is pictured above. This Super Multi drive features LightScribe functions along with support for reading and writing to almost all disc formats. Unfortunately LG did not display their 12X DVD-RAM capable drive at CES.
LG was also displaying an internal Blu-ray Super Multi drive (shown below). This model has been dubbed the LG GBW-H10N.
GBW-H10N display sign
The drive sticker states that the unit was designed and manufactured by Hitachi LG Data Storage Korea, during January 2006. The ROM version is not specified. LG gives an estimated release date of "mid 2006".
Philips:
Philips Electronics was showcasing their BDP 9000 Blu-ray player.
This Blu-ray disc player is part of the Philips high-end CINEOS product line. Philips states that their CINEOS products are "best in class".
Suprisingly, we could not find any internal PC Blu-ray rewriters from Philips. At last year's CES (2005), Philips showed us a CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning demo with their internal Blu-ray drive. The drive was mysteriously absent from this years Philips exhibit.
Maxell:
Maxell is also working closely with InPhase Technology on developing Holographic Optical media. It is possible that the professional and business market could see 300Gb Holographic optical media at $125 per disc as soon as October 2006. Hopefully we will hear more about Holographic Optical media and its massive storage capacities in the near future.
Google:
We attended the Google keynote session held by Larry Page.
To the delight of the crowd, there was also a special guest appearance by the well known comedian Robin Williams. Larry discussed how he thinks future devices should operate and also announced some new products from Google. Google pack has launched, which is a nice bundle of free software from Google and other third parties. See http://pack.google.com.
Google Video also officially launched, allowing users to purchase video content from a wide variety of providers at http://video.google.com. Another exciting announcement was unveiled from Google and the Nation Basketball Association (NBA). All NBA games will now be downloadable from Google Video starting 24 hours after initial broadcast.
A Google Earth and Google Maps demo was also held, focusing on mobile phones and devices. Google Earth is now available for installation on your mobile device, which can aid you in locating exactly where you are trying to go while you are traveling.
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SONY DRU-820A info:
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4076900
[edited by _chef_ on 10.01.2006 18:08]
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