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Live from sin city, it’s the Panasonic press conference. In attendance is a rowdy crowd, anxious to see what Panasonic has up it’s sleeves. It won’t be long now until we all get to find out. Remember, hit Ctrl R to refresh or F5.
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02:48 PMAdam Berger said:
That’s it. More to come tomorrow during the Panasonic keynote address. Off to Sharp.
02:48 PMAdam Berger said:
Click for a larger image. The HDC-SD9 is the worlds smallest full HD camcorder. It has an SD slot, face recognition, and more for $799. The HDC-HS9 is full HD as well. It adds a 60GB hard drive and has 3 CCDs. The affordable SDR-S7 with 10x zoom. The VDR-D50 has a 42x optical zoom and optical image stabilization.
02:48 PMAdam Berger said:
Click for a larger image. Their latest portable DVD player has a 13 hour battery and 8.5” screen.
02:47 PMAdam Berger said:
Click for a larger image. Panasonic will be entering the GPS market with the Strada GP50U. It has a 5” touchscreen, an SD slot, and more.
02:47 PMAdam Berger said:
Click for a larger image. The new Panasonic link to cell phone, the KX-TH1211, connects to your cell phone via Bluetooth while retaining caller-ID and more (for $99.99).
02:47 PMAdam Berger said:
Click for a larger image. A new Blu-ray player, DMP-BD30 will add an SD slot. A new HTIB (SC-BT100) will include a Blu-ray player, wireless rear speakers, an iPod dock, and a remote that controls them all.
02:47 PMAdam Berger said:
Click for a larger image. Shiro has handed the presentation over to an “assistant” to wow the crowd (or not at all). There will be 16 new VIERA displays, 14 are 1080p, 4 are THX certified. There will be new a new 46” size as well as 37” model.
02:47 PMAdam Berger said:
Click for a larger image. New 32GB HDSC SD card. Now you can record a full HD movie on your camcorder and then transfer it to you VIERA set. VIERA link also works with Panasonic Blu-ray players. It hold 8 hours of “standard” HD video or 5.5 of 1080i video.
02:47 PMAdam Berger said:
Panasonic Consumer Electronics President, Shiro Kitajima, has taken the stage. The VIERA lineup will be enhanced for 2008. Worldwide Panasonic displays are aligned with the VIERA sub-brand. VIERA link will allow a user to control the entire home HD system with a single remote. It will allow you to play back photos on the VIERA sets via SD cards.
02:47 PMAdam Berger said:
They are showing a “Living in High Definition” promo video—very marketing/PR overkill.
02:47 PMAdam Berger said:
Click for a larger image. Panasonic, Sharp, and Toshiba have created a joint venture, MRM (Manufacture recycling), to recycle end of life electronics products (in correspondence with Minnesota laws). Additional manufacturers have jumped as well: Hitachi, JVC, Philips, Pioneer, and more.
02:47 PMAdam Berger said:
Panasonic sold the first HDTV in the US in August 1998 and now they plan to lead the US with the analog to digital conversion. Panasonic has also spent the last year with a marketing campaign called “Living in High Definition,“ which is in 17 households around the country and plans to be to 100 household in 2008.
02:46 PMAdam Berger said:
Sorry about that, we lost our connection. Here was the rest…
02:09 PMAdam Berger said:
Click for a larger image.And we begin. Panasonic Chairman, Yoshi Yamada, has taken the stage. He is pitchinf tomorrow’s headline keynote. Additionally, Panasonic is a Worldwide Olympic partner in the audio and video category. VIERA will be the official TV of the games and the Panasonic HD camcorders will be the official supplier for the games.
01:58 PMAdam Berger said:
This is a hell of a long line.
01:50 PMAdam Berger said:
We are waiting to go into the room and will be starting in a few minute. Stick around…