Machines that Go Bing! -- The Gadgets Blog

Samsung has announced a range of third generation Blu-ray players at CES. The DVD-H1080 recalls the ‘pebble’ appearance, and the BD-P4600 is Samsung’s first player to show the ‘touch of color’ design. The chief design criterion seems to be the thinnes of the device at 1.5 inches allowing it to be hung on a wall.

LG Electronics has today launched a range of home theatre systems featuring such capabilities as wireless speakes, 1080 up-scaling and USB Media Plus capability.