Blu-ray is the declared victory of the format war. And now Blu-ray player prices are at the all-time high for the year. Even worse is that not all of the players support BD Profile 2.0. Your best bet would be Play Station 3 (PS3) because it offers the most recent profile and it is a game console! The price of a PS3 is relatively cheaper than a standalone player. I think the price will be remain this level for a while, but the price tag of PS3 will continue to drop as Sony wants to increase its market share.

Source: PS3fanboy

Here’s a nice deal. The H855 is a special-edition version of GE’s popular E850 and offers 8 megapixels of resolution, a 3-inch LCD screen, 5X zoom and a 28-mm equivalent wide-angle lens. All these features for $120. The catch of the sale is that you are getting the Pink colour camera only. The H855 comes with a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery for non-stop picture taking.

I ordered mine from Tigerdirect since the feedback are positive and the specs are just amazing.

With only one format left, we will going to focus on Blu-ray players without worrying other format competitors. Thanks to the demise of HD DVD, Sony is proudly introducing the BDP-S550 Blu-ray player this fall for approximately $500. Will Sony jack up their Blu-ray DVD players, knowing no more HD DVD? BDP-S350 is relatively cheaper than BDP-S550.

• 1080/60p and 24p True Cinema output
• Standard DVD playback with 1080p upscaling via HDMI
• 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus decoding
• dts-HD High Resolution Audio and Master Audio bit-stream output
• 7.1 channel analog audio output
• Support for AVCHD discs
• Compatible with D-R/RE (BDMV and BDAV modes), DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW, CD, CD-R/RW (CD-DA format), and JPEG on DVD/CD

Some people might prefer getting Playstation 3 with Blu-ray and gaming console combo.

Source: Ubergizmo

Sony NWZ-A820 Walkman player is equipped with rich features with a relatively slim design. NWZ-A820 also boasts the capability to manually delete videos directly from the internal memory without having to plugging to a computer. This MP3 player comes in 8GB and 16GB, retailing for $270 and $320 respectively when they arrive this March in just one color - black.

• Sony EX series in-ear buds with 13.5mm drivers
• 2.4″ QVGA LCD display (320 x 240 resolution)
• Integrated FM tuner
• Video playback of 30fps
• 36 hours of battery life for audio playback
• 10 hours of battery life for video playback
• Built-in noise-canceling system (up to 75%)
• Bluetooth A2DP technology
• Compatibility with WMA-DRM, WMA, AAC, PCM, MP3, MPEG-4 and JPEG file formats
• Bundled with DR-BT21G Bluetooth-enabled headphones

Source: Ubergizmo

Asus unveils the upcoming Eee Family of Products including E-DT (desktop PC), E-TV and E-Monitor. Their first launched product is the 42 inch Linux Eee TV, soon to be augmented with a small form-factor desktop machine, an all-in-one system and a TV.

The E-TV as its name suggests, it’s merged with the technology of TV and Computer at a low-cost. This LCD TV will have computer technology on board running Linux to allow users to surf the Internet and read email. Asus claimed it will retail for no more than $200 above what you’d pay for this kind of telly. Would you rather buy this TV or ordinary Plasma/LCD TV? Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, this is the coolest audio splitter I’ve seen. In most cases, you can share what you’re listening to with 1-2 friends, but 5 friends can listen from Belkin’s RockStar! This star-shaped minijack hub allowing one music player to send music to up to five pairs of headphones. This handy device offers six ports—one input and five outputs - so you can split one signal to many sources. It’s also cool because the five outputs can be toggled to input as well, so you can mix more than one signal together and output to one source. Could be handy for some awesome mixing.

Source: Yahoo!

Personally, I don’t really like speakers overwhelming my small living room, unless they are in-wall and in-ceiling speakers. Polk Audio aims to impress at this year’s CES with their spanking new $1,199.95 SurroundBar 360 DVD Theater. This two-piece surround sound system comes with a single, attractive SurroundBar 360 multichannel loudspeaker (44 1/2″ W x 4 7/8″ D x 4 1/8″ H) as well as a separate, compact electronics console (16 1/2″ W x 11 1/2″ D x 3 3/16″ H) that holds a built-in DVD/CD player, SDA signal-processing amplifier, and an AM/FM radio. The list isn’t complete just yet, as the SurroundBar 360 also boasts a multitude of digital, analog, USB, and video inputs to get you connected. Let’s check out the pros and cons.

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Sony’s new mylo 2 is amazingly good with the WiFi b/g connectivity from the original mylo. The display is now a 4.5-inch 800 x 450 touchscreen, it has 1GB of internal memory and a 1.3-megapixel camera.

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Zunescene has a cool-looking Zune 3 concept (done by forum member “Teccom747”) Let’s called it iZune? Haha… It’s just a concept though. Let’s check out the specs.

Specifications:

• The Zune 3 is also a phone with all the features of the Zune 80, with new features such as internet explorer, wifi marketplace, common phone apps, and more.
• The Zune 3 is fully touchscreen, however, the lower panel buttons are touch “sensitive” play/pause/call, zune, and back/hang up buttons that glow, they are permanent (similar to the chocolate’s buttons).
• The Zune 3 is available in 16GB, and 32GB flash memory sizes.
• Navigating the Zune 3 is similar to the 80’s squircle except on the touch screen.
• The screen itself is a high quality, scratch resistant, touch-sensitive glass that covers most of the front of the device.
• Around the perimeter of the glass is a glowing light that can be customized to the color of the user’s choice through the settings menu.
• The remainder of the device’s exterior is similar to the Zune 80’s finish, including the hold switch to de-activate touch.
• Video’s are now presented in high-quality widescreen format.
• The Zune 3 is not restricted to any particular network.
• The device has external speakers for speakerphone functionality and to share music with your friends!

Source: Zunescene

Background about LG.Philips: LG.Philips was formed as a joint venture by the Korean electronics company LG Electronics and the Dutch company Koninklijke Philips Electronics in 1999 to manufacture LCD. Coming next week at CES 2008, LG Phillips will be presenting world’s largest displays with multi-touch capability. Few days ago we mentioned the 150 inch TV. This 52 inch multi-touch LCD is 5 inches larger than last model shown in IMID 2007.