Panasonic Booth Tour: Blu-ray, Displays, VieraCast
ETC Editorial
Entertainment Technology Center
Panasonic had a number of interesting products to show at this year’s CES…
The company won an Innovation Award for its “Blu-ray Home Theater in a Box” (HTiB) – a $699 Blu-ray player with BD Live, ABC HD, Amazon HD, and 5.1 sound (with wireless option).
There was some buzz regarding Panasonic’s Wireless HD 1-inch thick plasma…
As well as a 4.1 wireless surround (subwoofer built into satellites), virtual center speaker. Very cool, but I hope nobody mistakes the satellites for an ashtray!
VieraCast is Panasonic’s Connected TV play. (Panasonic-only, custom widgets… again.) But YouTube and more importantly, Amazon VOD, built-in is a cool thing, and keeps with the Connected Home theme at this show.
Panasonic claimed “The world’s first portable Blu-ray player” (with a 15-inch screen)… Ummm…
Not to be left out of the 3D game, Panasonic was showing 3D on a 103-inch with active shutter glasses, but no concrete plans to bring that product to market.
Another highlight of the booth is the 1/3-inch thick plasma TV. My Blackberry is much thicker!
And then, of course, was the “ours is bigger” – 150-inch LCD…
Where to see it:
- Central 9405, 9458
