Re: International CES is Coming!

And you don''''t want to miss it.<p>Be sure to come back to our web site for Sound & Vision''''s exclusive coverage of the annual International Consumer Electronics Show, January 8th to 11th in Las Vegas. <p>Updated every morning, we will have reports from our experts telling you what 2002 has in store for DVD, high-definition TV, DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD, Internet music formats, digital hard-disk recorders, MP3 players, home networking, and much, much more. <p>Which products are hot? <br />Who''''s going to be making them? <br />When will they be in stores? <br />How much will they cost? <p>Steer your browser here for all the answers, then look for a complete CES review in our April issue. <p><br />I will be adding the daily links to this topic starting Tuesday to keep evertone up to date. biggthumpup.gif border=0

[Igore]

I just got one question.<br />Do you need to be a member to go to CES? <br />I live in Long Beach, it''s about four hours from Vegas. If that show is like an auto show which is happening right now in LA convention center. I would love to attend. I m just wondering if you have to be a member. <p>Igore smile.gif border=0

[randy]

Will,<br />Got an invite but as much as I would like to I can''t go. Have fun and let us know what goes on,<br />Thanx,<br />randy

Here is todays link to Ces coverage.<br />International CES - Day 0 <br />January 7, 2002 (Press Day)<p><a href="http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=73" target="_blank">http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=73</a><p>There is a nice short on Pioneer''s home-entertainment network hub, the Digital Library <p><br />The company joined the network fray with the Digital Library, its centerpiece for home entertainment and networking that works either wired, over Ethernet, or wireless.To support the product, which isn''t expected to be available until late this year or early in 2003, Pioneer promised to have one networked product in every home-entertainment category by 2003. To help make this happen, it licensed the Metiabolic Digital Convergence Platform, which facilitates combining a music jukebox, photo albums, video clips, and Internet content and can provide three DVD-quality video streams and 21 audio streams simultaneously without degradation. <p>-------------------------<p>Coming Up<br />The official Day One of CES (January 8) promises announcements by Dolby Labs and DirecTV as well as news on Super Audio CD.<br /> smile.gif border=0

International CES - Day 1<br />January 8, 2002<br /><a href="http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=74" target="_blank">http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=74</a><p>Here is another short from todays update. There is 4 1/2 more pages of additional coverage besides this.<p>---------------------------<br />Smut Protection<br />Big Brother is watching. Sanyo and Fisher inaugurated a crusade to protect you and your family from broadcast "smut" by incorporating a TVGuardian with a Foul Language Filter developed by Principle Solutions. Products with the feature include Sanyo''s DVW-5000, a combination DVD player/Hi-Fi VCR to be available in May for $230, Sanyo''s DWM-380 ($140), VWM-710 ($80), and VWM-410 ($70) VCRs, all available in April, and two Fisher DVD-based home theater systems, the DCS-TS750 ($350, available in May) and DVD-SL30 DVD ($150, available in March). The TVGuardian uses the closed-captioning signal on TV shows to detect profanity and other offensive phrases, and when it finds them it temporarily mutes the audio. Olympic Gold Medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton was chosen to promote the feature, and she came on strong decrying TV "filth" at the press conference.<br />-----------------------------<p>Enjoy!<br />Will

International CES - DAY 2<br />January 9, 2002<p><a href="http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=75" target="_blank">http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=75</a><p>---------------------------<br />Speaker News<br />Jamo gave a CES debut to its marriage-friendly A 410PDD home theater speaker system ($1,400), introduced last summer in Berlin -- and it received one of this show''s prestigious Innovation 2002 awards for design and engineering. It would take an exceptionally contrary spouse to object to the enticingly slender, slightly convex rectangular satellites and compact subwoofer. Jamo thought of everything -- even a snap-on cover to hide the screw holes. With their amazingly adaptable shelf stands/mounting brackets, the magnetically shielded satellites can blend in with your d�cor or make a fashion statement depending on how you place them. Jamo offers them in white, black, or silver. The optional floor stands use the speaker cable as a design element and structural support. You connect the speaker cable from your amplifier or receiver to the base of the stand, and a slender diagonal rod transports the signal up to the speaker. <br />-----------------------------<p>Will

International CES:<br />Convergence Hits Home<p><a href="http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=76" target="_blank">http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=76</a><p>--------------------------<br />Microsoft CEO Bill Gates was giving the keynote address at CES on Monday evening, January 7, when he suddenly realized (or so he said) that he''d neglected to instruct his personal video recorder to save the Monday Night Football broadcast then in progress. No problem. Using a computer set up onstage, he simply logged onto a new UltimateTV Web site -- available from any Internet connection in the world -- and called up a program guide that duplicated the one for the DirecTV satellite service. He highlighted the game and clicked record. Within seconds the command was downlinked to the UltimateTV receiver in his home, and it began recording the program. The audience applauded. Such is the power of convergence. <br />--------------------------<p>International CES: <br />HDTV''s Slim New Look<p><a href="http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=77" target="_blank">http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=77</a><p>-----------------------------------<br />Slim Is in, Flat Is Phat<br />Gargantuan widescreen plasma TVs measuring 60 inches (diagonal) and bigger were on display at the Fujitsu, Panasonic, Zenith, Samsung, and Runco booths. At $20,000 and up, the large flat-screen sets are mostly destined for the home theaters of the rich and famous. <p>-------------------------------------<p>Will

International CES 2002 - Photo Gallery<br />Highlights from The Las Vegas Convention Center.<p><a href="http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=79" target="_blank">http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/hot_topics/articledisplay.asp?ArticleID=79</a><p>-------------------<p>Former Baywatch beauty and JVC spokesperson Donna D''Errico redoubles her efforts to promote the company''s in-car CD receivers<p>-------------------<p><br /> biggthumpup.gif border=0

[MWP]

Looking forward to this year''s International CES<br />January 9-12, 2003 ~ Las Vegas, Nevada; Only three days away! biggrin.gif border=0 McIntosh sets up their display at Alexis Park!<p>Is anyone else flying into Vegas for CES?

[Barney]

Well, Howdy Stranger!!!! Please let us now about all the new toys....PLEASE?