Welcome to our coverage of the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The Entertainment Technology Center will be tracking the most interesting and breaking entertainment technology news coming out of this year’s CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow. ETC staff members will be working with reporters and “stringers” from our member companies to report online daily via this blog.
We plan on bringing you important announcements from keynotes and conference sessions featuring Steve Ballmer, Howard Stringer, John Chambers, Craig Barrett, Anne Sweeney and Kevin Martin; the latest product announcements from press conferences scheduled with heavy-hitters such as Sony, Panasonic, Cisco, Microsoft and Samsung; in addition to the latest products and services on display from the show floor.
Our goal is to deliver the latest CE news to your desktops and mobile devices by working together to distill the avalanche of information from CES into what is most interesting to the entertainment industry.
The following is a snapshot of the technologies and trends we expect to cover during the 2009 CES:
- The latest in Internet-enabled TVs
- New smartphone prototypes powered by Google’s Android
- Cool new laptops and “netbooks”
- Updated hybrid Blu-ray players and related technologies
- Demonstrations of USB 3.0
- The world’s first Internet car radio
- The latest in mobile devices and cell phones
- The world of HDTV: LCD, OLED, AMOLED, plasma, laser and more
- Wireless HDMI technology that supports full 1080p video
Laser-TV technology in Mitsubishi's Laservue draws under 200 watts, about half that of LCD displays and a third of the power required for plasma TVs.
- The latest in digital 3D displays – stereoscopic (with glasses) and autostereoscopic (without)
- Innovative new products from 300 companies exhibiting at CES for the first time
- Developments in Mobile TV
- New all-in-one desktop PCs
- Breakthroughs in battery and power pack technologies
- And much more…
CES Innovation Award honoree HP TouchSmart is a next-generation, all-in-one desktop PC featuring a 22-inch high-def widescreen.
Our coverage will begin Tuesday, January 6th with blog postings updated several times each day of the show. Following CES, we will be compiling a post show report for your review.
If there are any specific products you want to see, or if there is a general area of particular interest, pop us an email at ceimpact@gmail.com, and we will send someone out to investigate.