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In the world of Flash based cameras the market is quickly filling up with a wide variety of video cameras. But the folks at Kodak have really went the extra mile and I feel this video camera is setting a new standard. Not only in price but also features.Pocketable, weather-resistant design which is IP43 certified Take stunning 720p HD videos rain or shine HD at 60 fps, HD at 30 fps or VGA. See it all on the vibrant 2.0 in. LCD screen. The camera works with SD cards up to 32GB with that you can get 10 hours of default HD videos. Easy to use camera. Price point is $149. All the ports and connectors are sealed with protective rubbers and doors with gasket on it. HDMI, AV, and USB cables. The camera is HDMI compatible. Save money and help the environment with included pre-charged AA Ni-MH rechargeable batteries and battery charger. Also works with CRV3 lithium batteries or the KODAK Li-Ion Rechargeable Digital Camera Battery KLIC-8000. Lots of battery options so you never miss a moment! On-camera software: ARCSOFT MEDIA IMPRESSION Software for Kodak. The software is included in the camera no additional charge. You can find the product online at www.kodak.com and will be available at stores.

A team member from Zune catches us up on what is happening with Zune and talks about some of the new great media players out there.Zune MP3 comes on new colors Black, Red and Blue in 120GB hard drive. Up to 30,000 songs, 25,000 pictures, or 375 hours of video. They enabled buy from FM feature. When you are in the wireless hotspot you can buy song instantly in your device. The biggest feature in Zune is when you have Zune pass subscription is that you can plug it into the dock and stream 3 million songs wirelessly. A Zune Pass subscription is a great deal for music lovers. Download all the music you like and pick 10 MP3s to keep forever for only $14.99 a month. There s also another feature that they enabled, you can subscribe now in Zune Channels, combining the best features of podcasts and playlists, subscribe to channels by Billboard, The FADER, and radio stations like KROQ and KEXP channels. Mixview is dynamic representations of your collection, as well as artist and song recommendations based on what you and other members of the Social are listening to. There s a great reviews on Zune software and its available to download for free at www.zune.net

IOGEAR had a great product that allows you to Connect your PC to your TV Wirelessly. This is a solution where their is no screen refresh issues and the audio is flawless. You need to see this demo. This is a great product.The revolutionary Wireless Audio / Video Kit is a user friendly and all-in-one solution in bringing wireless digital lifestyle to life. Traditional methods of connecting the PC to the TV required invasive wiring and excess cabling. IOGEAR s Wireless Audio / Video Kit offers professional installers and consumers a cordless solution in closing the gap between the PC and the TV. The kit consists of three adapters: audio for speaker connectivity, VGA for a TV and Wireless USB for the hosting PC. With few easy steps, users can eliminate cables and relocate the PC to make it an integral part of their media center. Users can easily browse Internet, watch online video, or edit spreadsheets on the flat-panel TV. The Wireless Audio / Video Kit also lets users stream music and multimedia content wirelessly in-room from the PC to the home entertainment system up to 30 feet. The need of integrating a PC into the living room can now be easily fulfilled. Price point is under $200 for street price and can find it in best buy. Extra adapter will cost $99.99. Check out www.iogear.com for info.

Mvix USA has developed there own Media Center and is a very compelling offering that has received very little press. You will wan to check out the full live of Mivx Media Centers and DVR products.Simply drag-and-drop all your media content from your PC to the device, connect it to your plasma or LCD TV, and enjoy all the content in the comfort of your living room. The MX-760HD allows you store your home videos, movies, and music all in one place. Simply install a Hard Disk drive (upto 750GB PATA) in the Mvix MX-760HD Media Center and you can have hundreds of gigabytes of video and audio content - all within one compact unit. You can fast-forward, rewind or pause at any time, just like using a regular video or DVD player, but without the hassle of handling your CD's or DVD's! This hard drive-based multimedia center, built around linux-based architecture is a true home-theater PC offering endless possibilities! It allows PC connectivity via USB2.0, Wireless (802.11G or MIMO), LAN (10/100 Mbps) and even USB-Host ports. For output, display devices can be connected via DVI, Component, Composite and even the traditional 3-pin RCA ports. And last (but not least), we'd like to mention that the MX-760HD offers Digital Optical-Audio output for all of our audiophiles! For movies, TV shows, camcorder footage and more, the MX-760HD is capable of decoding dozens of digital media files and formats, including: DivX (3/4/5/6), Xvid, BivX , MPEG 1/2/4, WMV-9, ASF(WMV9), DAT, DVD(IFO, VOB), ISO, HD-level TP, TS, TRP, MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, PCM, AC3, DTS decoding including down-mixing, DTS pass through, BMP, JPEG/JPG, PNG, and more. The Media Center is completely scalable - you decide what hard-drive size suits you! The price point is $199. MvixPVR you can record videos and stream youtube videos. Price point $299. You can find this product at www.mvixusa.com

IOLO has a ver cool product that is designed to extend the life of a exsisting computer with System MechanicOver 98% of PC problems are caused by clutter and faulty settings that are the result of everyday PC use. System Mechanic automatically repairs errors and fragmentation, cleans out clutter, and tunes up your PC -- so that it runs smoothly, reliably, and up to 300% faster! Price point is 449.99 but this work for three PC s. Available now on big stores and online at http://www.iolo.com

USB Monitors have become a new nitch product that is gaining in popularity. DisplayLink is introducing a new line of USB monitors and we got a look at them at CES Unveiled during CES 2009 Displaylink allows you to take any monitor with one of the adaptors you can add extra big screen. You just plug and play and you can get a big desktop experience from your netbook. Some netbooks do not have do not have an output for additional display. With USB and display link you can have extra monitors. Now you don t need to have multiheaded graphic cards to have multiple displays it is all embedded in the display, in the adaptor or in docking station. Displaylink also showing Mimo monitor from Nanovision. Mimo has thousands of useful and fun applications: keep your main display clutter free, park your Instant Messaging windows, keep your application palettes on it, use it as a digital picture frame, as a dedicated stock ticker display, put your gaming maps on it. Mimo is great for use with a small laptop or netbook because of its light weight and single USB connection, it can travel with your laptop, no power brick needed. There s also a monitor with a webcam built-in the price point starts at $120 and the price goes up depending on the features they are offering. You can visit www.displaylink.com

Viable Hearing Impaired Product Info at CES 2009 at CES Unveiled.

Hyperspace a product that increases productivity by reducing boot up time and allows faster shut downs.Hypersapace, the idea is to boot laptops within seconds. It launches a high performance browser and connects to a network where user can do email, online shopping, checking-in online and when it s time to leave just close the lid and instant off. There are two versions of hyperspace, the hyperspace dual and the hyperspace hybrid. Hyperspace dual is for netbooks and lightweight laptops, that don t support virtualization, in that case user can boot either on hyperspace or on windows. Hyperspace hybrid for higher-end laptops, it supports hardware enabled virtualization and can run windows and hyperspace side-by-side. Consumers can find hyperspace online in hyperspace.com. Sign up for 21 day trial. Annual subscription for hyperspace hybrid is $ 59.95 and $39.95 for hyperspace dual. If you are looking for quick way to get online when you have just a few moments this is a great solution.

Krown is introducing the Sign Language Translator which will help people learn sign language.Sign Language Translator was made for hearing impaired person and for somebody who wants to interact with them. It works simply by typing a word and it will give you a video clip showing the sign of the word. It has a USB port that enables the user to interface with the computer. When new updates are available just log on to krownmfg.com and download updates directly to the unit. The product is expected to be release in the market on mid-May and will be available in the website www.krownmfg.com with the product price of $199.

FUJI has come out with a line of environmental friendly batteries. Yes you heard me say environmentally friendly. Check out the interview.The packaging of the EnviroMAX Batteries is of the highest demand of recycled material on the cardboard over 80%. The plastic in the liner of the battery uses a recyclable material called PET, recycled material paper for insulator, and a very pure metal jacket for electrolyte. FUJI guarantee a high performance product and a product that cost no more than the national brand

Interview with Cavium Networks where they introduced there amazing wireless video display. They have come up with a way to go wireless from your media devices to a single monitor or multiple monitors in your home. This is using RALINK technology.Today s highest quality compression algorithm is H.264 that also used in bluray dvd. Cavium Networks proccesed H.264 that enable them to do real time encoding of full 1080P60 and beyond. That will allow content to compressed from multi gigabits to 10, 20,30 megabits per second and when you are on that range you can use standard wi-fi powerline, UWB, any standard media connectivity to send signals to televisions. Pureview is the HD Video Processor that taking raw videos from the box compressing it and sending it over wireless link. This is not a consumer product. The company intended to sell their product to other Consumer Electronic Manufacturer. To know more about this product you can view information at www.caviumnetworks.com

Todd Cochrane Tech Podcast Network member and host of the Geek News Central Podcast takes a few moments with Boxee at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show at CES Unveiled to talk about a product that has officials in the cable business shaking in their boots. Disrupting technology that will allow a lot of us to cut our cable bill. Boxee is a downloadable software for computer or Apple TV that bring all digital media experience to the TV. Boxee is a social media center that allows people to share information about what they are watching. It is also customizable and all open source that allows user to add RSS feeds and XML feeds.

2009 CES Interview at CES Unveiled of Blaupunkt with the first internet car radio. Using the same car stereo, users can access AM/FM stations or Internet Radio's, thousands of music, entertainment, news and talk stations worldwide. For an easy approach blaupunkt partnered with miRoamers.As a prerequisite the user should have a mobile phone with 3G capability and a Bluetooth for internet connectivity. As a start-up it will be an after market product that will be produce on the 2nd half of 2009. For more information log on to http://www.blaupunkt.com

The pick of the day came from the Intel booth. The team is learning a little about lighting as you can see but congrats to the folks from Kodak at www.kodak.com

While the decision to go to CES had been made months before - tickets purchased, hotel reservations made - the final scramble to get set up for the trip always adds an element of panic. Each year, we have tried to expand our coverage and try new technology. The decision to add a Backchannel was made just a few weeks before the event, and so we had to quickly develop some video blog skills and infrastructure.

Intel has an exciting new processor chip that will be in all new Ultra Mobile PC's in the coming months. Bringing more power, lower heat and significantly reduced power consumption. While I got to touch one of the chips I was not able to keep it. What this chip is going to do is cause Ultra Mobile PC to get smaller and provide more power to the end user. Next year when we go to CES we will have Menlo powered UMPC in our back packs streaming live. Really exciting stuff coming from Intel and we will have a whole slew of vendors putting out UMPC with this Intel Menlo processor.

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