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CES 2008: Sony takes the lid off a new set of sat-navs
We haven’t seen a lot in the way of Sat Navs here at CES yet, but rest assured they’re lurking out there in their thousands. Yesterday, Sony did spill the beans on a couple of new models heading to North America early this year. The NV-U73T and NV-U83T measure in at 4.3” and 4.8” respectively; however each is now just 0.75 inches thick, which is a pretty sensible acknowledgement of the fact that if you actually want to keep your sat nav in your possession for longer than twenty minutes, you’re going to have to carry it with you when you park your car.
CES 2008: Sir Howard Stringer responds to Warner Bros announcement
Speaking at Sony’s main press conference in Las Vegas today, Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer wasn’t going to let the recent news that Hollywood goliath Warner Bros. turning to Blu-ray exclusively. “All of us at Sony are feeling Blu today” said Stinger, then thanking Warner for making their decision “in the long-term interests of the consumer”.
CES 2008: Sony unveils Mylo 2, UK left wondering where Mylo 1 has got to
Sony has now launched its second personal communicator, the Mylo 2. It has a full QWERTY keypad, a 1.3 megapixel camera and Adobe Flash support to allow you to upload and download YouTube content. Most importantly, it gives you access to Aim, Yahoo and Google Talk. You can also make free calls using Skype.
CES 2008: Sony expands its HDTV range with new features, accessories
Naturally Sony had more than a few new HDTVs to announce at CES. It just wouldn’t be CES if there weren’t thirteen thousand nearly identical HDTVs to launch and flood every visible booth with. Sony actually has a further 17 rolling out this year, in addition to its more unique OLED XEL-1 model.
CES 2008: Sony first to launch diminutive OLED TVs
Sony has made a major leap forward in TV technology and has managed to come up with a TV that is actually cute. The XEL-1 Organic Light Emitting Diode TV is the first of its kind to land in the shops in the US (probably Europe too) and offers an 11” screen with a depth of just 3mm.
CES 2008: Sony Vaio TP Home Theatre PC – now sensibly includes two TV tuners
Sony has revealed two fresh Blu-ray enabled Home Theatre PCs. They’re a fairly unique squashed cyclinder shape and offer built-in DVR functionality capable of recording up to 50 hours of HD TV programming.
CES 2008: Sharp announces colourful, gamer-friendly AQUOS LCDs
At last year’s CES, there were a few companies mentioning a shy interest in the potentially lucrative, but seemingly evasive, gamer market. However, apart from apparently being designed for gamers, most of these TVs offered precious little to make a gamer think that a set like that would actually make any difference to their gaming experience. This year though, Sharp has gone a little bit further. It’s not just rushing out the words, going bright red and running off to hide behind it’s friends; this time it’s actually got some goods on show.
CES 2008: Sharp rolls out latest AQUOS HDTV ranges
As is traditional with every major electronics manufacturer at this time of year, Sharp has announced a glut of HDTVs. And like every year, they’re steadily getting bigger and bigger, with LCD now looking like it might be turning the tide in its favour at against rival Plasma technology at even larger sizes.
Sharp’s flagship model that’s coming out in the next couple of weeks in the US, is the LC-65SE94U. It’s a 65” model which boasts full 1080p HD, 27,000:1 contrast ratio and the new AQUOS Net technology that we reported earlier which is enabled by the inclusion of an ethernet port on the set. This monster LCD will cost some where in the region of $10,000. No news on when it might reach the UK though. Following later are a 52” and 42” and each is now almost a third slimmer and a touch lighter than their older counterparts.
CES 2008: Sharp's AQUOS Net takes tellies online, launches first TV widgets
Sharps biggest announcement in its CES press conference is the imminent arrive of AQUOS Net. It’s a system for taking TVs online via each set’s built-in Ethernet port to access a range of information services and receive remote customer service support.
