drag2share: Lenovo's A720 Might Be the Multitouch All-In-One PC We've All Dreamed Of [Computers]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5874578/lenovos-a720-might-be-the-multitouch-all+in+one-pc-weve-all-dreamed-of/gallery/1

27-inch screen. 10-finger capacitive multitouch. Aluminum body. Fully articulating screen that folds to your liking. If there was ever a touchscreen all-in-one that had all the elements to succeed, Lenovo's A720 might be it.

The A720's is powered by a Intel core processor and screen that goes from 90 degrees (standing upright) to -5 degrees (flat). It also stashes a 1 TB hard drive, a Blu-ray drive, TV tuner, and USB ports away in the base. The build quality of the A720 is especially impressive, as the aluminum gives it a solid, premium feel. And the screen is more responsive than the IR technology used in other touchscreen all-in-ones, such as HP's Touchsmart. Lenovo expects to start selling the A720 in the first half of 2012 at an estimated $1300. [Lenovo]

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drag2share: Panasonic's New Plasmas Are Built for the 99 Percent [HDTV]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5874627/panasonics-new-plasmas-are-built-for-the-99-percent

Sure, you can spend $6,000 (or more) for a top-of-the-line HDTV with more bells and whistles than you can shake a remote at. But if you're on a budget, Panasonic's newest line of plasma HDTV's offer top-flight features for bargain-bin prices.

Panasonic's ST, VT, and GT-series plasma displays each offer the Infinite Black Pro panel. This generates deeper, truer blacks than what other monitors can achieve. They also feature a new Louver Filter that tweaks the display's brightness in accordance with the amount of ambient light in the room as well as a 2500 Focus Field Drive that smooths out the screen resolution during fast-moving action sequences. They'll also include Wi-Fi connectivity, a given by today's standards, but not an available feature on last year's models.

Also cool is the Viera Connect system. Instead of downloading individual apps like Netflix, NHL League Pass, or Pandora, directly to the monitor itself, Viera Connect uses a cloud-based architecture to store a potentially unlimited number of apps. The current lineup of apps also include Amazon VOD, You Tube, Twitter, Facebook, Bloomberg News, AP, Wall Street Journal, Accuweather, Skype, Wealth TV, CinemaNow, Hulu Plus, Fox Sports, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS2. They will reportedly also feature a Twitter ticker which should come in handy for compulsive social-media types (*raises hand*).

The flagship VT series will be available in 55-inch and 65-inch varieties. Stepping up, the GT series will come in 50, 55, 60, and 65-inch versions, as will the introductory ST-series. Prices and availability have not yet been announced, but if they're anywhere close to last year's price point (the ST's came in under $1000) they'll give Vizio some real competition. [CNET 1, 2, 3 via Wirecutter]

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drag2share: Eyes On Sony's Insane Crystal LED Prototype Display [Desired]

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Today during Sony's CES press conference, Sir Howard Stringer oh-so-casually dropped news about this prototype Crystal LED display they have in the works. As it turns out, it's probably the coolest thing Sony has at CES.

What sets the Crystal LED tech apart from other display technology is that instead of using LED's to light up pixels, Sony up and replaced all the pixels with LEDs. That means that there are six million miniature red, blue and green LED's lighting up and delivering a crystal clear, razor sharp picture to our eyes. And seeing it up close was impressive.

Sony had the display side-by-side against a standard LED-backlit display. While I'm sure Sony didn't go out of their way to make the lesser TV perform at its best, the Crystal LED had colors that were significantly richer, and brighter, and a picture that was smoother. Sony also says the display has better contrast and viewing angles than typical TVs, though that wasn't exactly easy to test amongst a crowded convention hall.

The Crystal LED is something that's best appreciated with one's own eyes, (especially since the photos don't tell the half and fell victim to some weird banding effect caused by the TVs), but feast your eyes on this thing nonetheless .Of course this is nowhere near ready for our living rooms, but that still didn't prevent me from walking away with a dribble of saliva running down my chin. [Sony CES Liveblog]

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drag2share: Watch all Your 2D Shows in 3D. Could be Awesome. Or Nauseating. [Ces]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5874224/watch-all-your-2d-shows-in-3d-could-be-awesome-or-nauseating

Bummed out because you don't have enough 3D movies and you're sick of watching Avatard? Maybe you need a new TV. Like Philips's new 3D HDTV, which will take your 2D movies and TV shows and make them 3D. It's coming right at us!

According to Philips, you can not only make a 2D show or movie 3D, but you can even "adjust the experience." Not 100-percent sure what that means, but I'm hoping that means that I'll be able to push explosions about three feet from the screen. As expected, the TV is super thin—the screen is only 9mm thick and features a silver bezel instead the usual black bezel. Look for this 55-incher at the end of the year for around $1,700.

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drag2share: SanDisk unveils 'world's fastest' 128GB SDXC card and new iNAND Ultra embeddable flash storage

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/09/sandisk-unveils-worlds-fastest-128gb-sdxc-card-and-new-inand/

There's no time better to announce new storage cards than at CES -- there's just so many new toys to plug them into. SanDisk's new SDXC card is available in both 64GB and 128GB sizes, with the latter capable of packing in around 10 hours of HD 3D video. Both cards will boast read speeds of around 45 megabytes per second -- the 'world's fastest', we're told, but that could be a heady claim during the high-speed turnaround of CES. No date's been offered up yet for when they'll hit stores, but when they do, expect the 128GB beast to set you back a feisty $400, while the 64GB card will ask your wallet for $200.

Meanwhile, fans of the embeddable kind can expect to see iNAND Ultra make itself known in 2012. Promising a tiny footprint and sizes up to 64GB, expect to see more of SanDisk's 19nm flash tech to make plenty of appearances in future teardowns -- it's apparently been designed for mobile operating systems. Flash memory fans can check the full releases below.

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