A major paper out of Japan got the scoop first on PS3’s delay until November.  Initially the paper said Sony was to release the PS3 in November to Japan which incurred speculation that a North American release would be sometime after, probably in early 2007.  Fortunately Ken Kuturagi, chief exec of Sony Computer Entertainment ...

In a joint venture Toshiba and Canon developed the upcoming SED display technology I reported on a little while back.  It had been initially presented to the public back in September 2004 at CEATEC which is a Japanese consumer electronics trade show.  The new technology was promised to be cheaper, thinner and even more energy ...

It’s not really home theater but it’s definitely mobile theater.   There is an event going on right now called CeBIT 2006.  It’s a digital trade summit being held in Hanover Germany.    One of the most interesting stories out of CeBIT so far is LG’s plan to dominate the TV Phone universe starting ...

A bomb was dropped on the HD optical format war late last week.  In a memo to LG dealers from the companies VP of CE Sales, Bob Perry who gave the best evidence yet that the ongoing format war between HD DVD and Blu-Ray is all but over.  Apparently, LG won’t ship the BD199 LG’s Blu-Ray player they were going to spring ...

 Sony Pictures has put down a release date of May 23rd for its first Blu-Ray discs.     The first cluster of movies will be from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment with one from MGM:   50 First Dates (SPHE) The Fifth Element (SPHE) Hitch (SPHE) House of Flying Daggers (SPHE) A Knight’s Tale (SPHE) The ...

Sony and NEC have finalized a merger of both company's optical storage operations.  This will form a new company called Sony NEC Optiarc Inc.  The combined optical storage operations will focus primarily on manufacturing drives for the PC.    It’s an interesting merger that will begin in April considering NEC ...

Sony’s Bravia line of LCD displays were launched to much fanfare and a healthy ad campaign by Sony late last year.  The line proved to be the deciding factor in Sony’s war with cross town rival Sharp in the LCD display market.  The launch of the new line propelled Sony past Sharp in LCD sales over the Christmas season of ...

Nokia’s Visual Radio service isn’t new to nations like Finland and Thailand but it’s about to get a boost internationally.  A mobile phone network called O2 teamed with Virgin Radio will deliver the Visual Radio service as early as next month for the first time in the UK.  Breathing new life into FM radio ...

Miss one ISSCC (International Solid-Stat Circuits Conference) and you miss a lot.  Here's what went on at the ISSCC in San Francisco last weekend.    Toshiba announced two new types of nonvolatile memory that will allow faster and smaller mobile devices.   FeRAM is a Ferroelectric Random Access Memory with 64MB ...

At the Hilton in Seoul S. Korea today LG unveiled its complete line of flat panel HDTV’s with upgraded built in DVR.  Of his companies forward thinking designs Mr.  Sang Han Yoon, Executive Vice President and CEO of LG said:   ''Today's TV viewers already have too many choices in high-resolution widescreen ...