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08:57 PMAdam Berger said:

Now moving into the home… Blu-ray sales have risen over 300% year over year. PS3 continues to drive adoption of Blu-ray. There will be a few new OLED prototypes. One 11” with a .9mm display, the others are 21” and 27” screens. Howard wil talk more about OLED tomorrow during his keynote. Sony will also introduce a new eco-line of Bravia televisions. Models VE5 reduce power consumption by more than 40%, exceed EnergyStar 3.0 requirements, use a light sensor to dim backlights as room gets darker, an eco switch that consumes 0 watts while on standby mode. Available in 40, 46, and 52” screen sizes. The new 2009 XBR9 televisions have Bravia Internet Link built right in. They also hav 240hz Motionflow refresh rate, and Internet Widgets via the Yahoo widget engine (just like Samsung).

08:56 PMAdam Berger said:

First Out of home. Sony will introduce
W508 walkman phone with 8 customizable covers.
C510 Cybershot phone with 3.2mp, face detection, smile shuttler, HP/Snapfish/YouTube. For digital imaging so is introducing 4 new digital photo frames. Leading the line are 2 10” models with Bluetooth, SVGA resolution, integrated memory (1-2 GB). There will be a big digital imagine announcement tomorrow in Howard Stringer’s keynote. HDR-CX100 camcorder has 8GB memory, has a compact design. HDR-520V has a 240GB had drive, holding 101 hours of HD content. Integrated GPS for geotagging and smile shutter technology. Both will ship in April. Sony will now offer a “Webbie” line of cameras for video deasigned for YouTube, etc. The higher model has a 5x optical zoom and 20x digital zoom. This will be available starting tonight. The other model, without zoom, will be available in April. Both are HD. Moving onto computers. The big announcement is the new Sony Vaio P series. It comes in at 1.4lbs, built in Bluetooh, 802.11N, 3G broadband via Verizon. It also has GPS built in with no internet connection required. It also have Sony’s XMB for navigation. Available for pre-order online tomorrow and in retail later this month.

08:56 PMAdam Berger said:

Sony will focus on In-Home and Out-of-Home for 2009.

07:42 PMAdam Berger said:

Stan Glassgow is now getting on stage to present Sony’s 2009 lineup. But before that he is giving a 2008 performance update—saying Sony performed well towards the end of the year, exceeding expectation.

07:40 PMAdam Berger said:

Stan Glassgow is now getting on stage to present Sony’s 2009 lineup. But before that he is giving a 2008 performance update—saying Sony performed well towards the end of the year, exceeding expectation.

07:33 PMAdam Berger said:

They are now going to show a new TV commercial for the new Sony Bravia XBR with 240Hz motion flow.

07:32 PMAdam Berger said:

Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune were the first game shows to air in HD back in 2006.

07:31 PMAdam Berger said:

And we’re getting started. Jon is next door on the set of Jeopardy, which will be taping 11 shows while at CES.