It’s still years away from mainstream adoption-and there are huge barriers to manufacturing the larger screen sizes-but Sony and Samsung are already slogging it out to achieve the largest screen size for its prototype OLED TVs. (Toshiba already took its 30-incher out of this year’s battle.) The active-matrix organic light-emitting diode technology (AM-OLED), produces brighter images and use less power than any current TV—this Samsung uses half the power of a “typical” 32-inch TV. The 1080p panel is just 4.3mm thick (.17-inches), thinner than any LCD other than the prototypes we’ve seen this week. The 14-inch is even more impressively razor thin (maybe as thick as a USB flash drive). The colours pop, the blacks are deep and it makes me think that Samsung, like Sony, is going to transition to OLED more quickly than anyone guessed. Plasma’s not dead, but LCD might be.
Here’s what you missed today at CES while some Democracy thing happened in New Hampshire: •Bill Gates told us how it feels to be the villain and the underdog, as well as what keeps him awake at night in the continuation of our multi-part interview. •We hear that CES may be leaving Las Vegas. •Mitsubishi cut us deep with their laser TVs. •Art Lebedev justified his Maximus Pro Keyboard; Wowwee justified its FemiSapien robot. •Mark groped the biggest remote control at CES 2008. •Peavey came out with a $2,000 fake guitar and amp kit for Guitar Hero. Nyko showed off some Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitars, wireless Wii nunchucks, and PS3 rumble replacements. And some dude who looked like Slash played with his belt buckle—which is also a wireless Guitar Hero controller. •ATI gave us a sneak peek at its graphic card that is faster than a Cray-1 supercompter. •Matt spent some quality time with the 8.9-inch ASUS Eee PC. •You know you’re gonna click it: 10 Insane Wii Weapons. •Oh, and Apple crashed the party for the second year in a row with a couple of announcements. We ask: why release new gear when the Macworld Keynote is only a few days away?
We [heart]Sanrio’s Hello Kitty lineup. They didn’t have anything as innovative as last year’s lady shaver on display. Instead, the Kitty seems to be going emo, with a line of sweet matte black music devices. A full gallery of the booth and all its wacky goodness is after the jump…
Other than Panasonic’s 150-inch plasma, you mean?
Casio’s 60FPS , 1,200 fps still/video camera Laser TVs More super-slim, ultra-slim and anorexic HDTVs Sizemodo galore Xbox 360 guitars from Nyko Sony Ericsson phones more and moreUltra-Mobile PCs Motorola’s wireless speakers and other accessories Massage chairs, always the massage chairsAs with all Motorola phones, the new Z10 and Rokr E8 are innovative but not so much to be considered breakthrough technologies. Click through for specs and some impressions. More »
The Motorola Z10 multimedia phone. We open with a long demo of the Z10, which has built-in video edited tools and a wireless broadband video uplink via HSDPA quadband GSM. *30 fps *8 GB expandable memory *16 million colour display
As much camera as phone.
Moving on to the Rokr E8. More »
