CES: Latest and greatest gadgets head for Vegas
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service - MacCentral Wed Dec 28, 7:41 AM ET
It’s big, bustling and brings together more than 100,000 people and 300 companies for four days in the middle of the desert. The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off in Las Vegas on Jan. 5 and this time it’s all about high-definition, portable video, home networking and fun.
Among the most awaited news from the show will be updates on the launch plans for the both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc optical disc formats. At CES 2005 the HD-DVD side promised players and movies within the year, but that’s now been pushed back to the first quarter of 2006. The Blu-ray Disc side hasn’t yet committed to a launch schedule yet. However, with Sony’s PlayStation 3 due to appear on the market using the format in the first half of the year, the time to launch is getting shorter.
CES attendees can expect to see lots of prototype players and Pioneer Corp. has confirmed it will be showing its first commercial Blu-ray Disc drive, a model for desktop personal computers, at CES.
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service - MacCentral Wed Dec 28, 7:41 AM ET
It’s big, bustling and brings together more than 100,000 people and 300 companies for four days in the middle of the desert. The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off in Las Vegas on Jan. 5 and this time it’s all about high-definition, portable video, home networking and fun.
Among the most awaited news from the show will be updates on the launch plans for the both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc optical disc formats. At CES 2005 the HD-DVD side promised players and movies within the year, but that’s now been pushed back to the first quarter of 2006. The Blu-ray Disc side hasn’t yet committed to a launch schedule yet. However, with Sony’s PlayStation 3 due to appear on the market using the format in the first half of the year, the time to launch is getting shorter.
CES attendees can expect to see lots of prototype players and Pioneer Corp. has confirmed it will be showing its first commercial Blu-ray Disc drive, a model for desktop personal computers, at CES.
