I posted yesterday about all the huge LCD and Plasma TVs that all the manufactures are displaying here. Today I went to the Panasonic rolling display in the parking lot and spoke with one of the exhibitors about their 103" Plasma HDTV that is already out in the market. He told me that the only way to currently buy this TV is directly from Panasonic and it will cost you $70,000 including delivery and installation (not sure if it includes tax...). He said that they already sold over 3,000 of these worldwide.
Monster Cable and Dr. Dre teamed to release a the "Beats". This is a $399 headphone which features a unique design and a newly developed sonic technology. These expensive headphones come in a nice looking case that includes an anti-microbial cleaning cloth, quarter-inch adapter, iPhone mic adapter (the Monster iSonitalk) and Monster cables.
BlackBerry's CES site is up and running and offers free applications, games and some trials. Go to: http://www.blackberry.com/select/ces/. I went to their booth and they didn't too much to innovate, but they gave me a nice T-shirt and a cleaning cloth for the BlackBerry 
Blu-ray and HD-DVD have big booths one next to each other and they both display the capabilities of the technologies to try and shift the advantage to their side. Right before CES, Warner Brothers announced that it will stop creating HD-DVD content and will release Blu-ray DVDs exclusively. This are huge news as this means that 70% of the studios that create high definition content will release it on Blu-ray. I have to say that after seeing one next to each other I can see why Blu-ray is winning this "war" so far.
Hillcrest Labs demonstrated its system that enables users to control TVs and other media devices using a motion control remote with just 2 buttons and a scroll wheel.
D-Link unveiled the DSM-750 Medialounge Media Center Extender. This device uses a dual-band 802.11n wireless networking, which allows for the streaming of HD content. The Medialounge has no moving parts allowing a quiet operation. This extender works with Windows Media Center and already provides 21 content providers. Suggested retail price: $349.
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