I guess JVC’s new HDTV with a built-in Blu-ray player is a nice idea, but the 1080p set has no details regarding its ability to do BD live. It also reminds us of this:

JVC ANNOUNCES LCD TV/BLU-RAY PLAYER COMBO

LCD TV features a built-in Blu-ray player for an all-in-one high definition entertainment system.

LAS VEGAS, January 7, 2009 – JVC today announced a combination LCD TV/Blu-ray player, a one-piece high definition entertainment system that combines a high performance full HD 42-inch class (42-inches diagonally) LCD TV with a built-in Blu-ray player for convenient playback of high definition Blu-ray movies.

JVC LT-42B300 features include:

* 1920 x 1080 resolution
* Integrated ATSC-QAM tuner
* JVC’s new picture improvement technology
* Digital noise reduction
* Dynamic backlight control
* RMS 10W x2 audio power output
* 5 band Equalizer
* Smart Volume
* Connectivity:
o 3 HDMI inputs w/ CEC
o 1 component input
o 1 SPDIF input
o 1 analog video output

The LT-42B300 will be available in June.

Samson isn’t bothering to wait until NAMM kicks off on January 15th; instead, it’s bringing its newest handheld recording device to Las Vegas. The Zoom H4n takes off where the H2 and H4 left off, offering up an improved user interface, built-in X/Y stereo condenser mics, a digitally controlled mic preamp and the ability to use internal and external mics simultaneously for 4-channel recording.

Not content with just making soap opera hair look like watery strands of gold, LG is also planning to trump last year’s round of ultrathin LCD TVs by bringing the planet’s slimmest LED-backlit LCD TV to Las Vegas. Expected to garner fingerprints from every nationality at CES 2009, the LH95 will check in at just 24.8-millimeters thick (0.976-inches) and boast a 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and the outfit’s 240Hz TrueMotion Drive dejudder technology.

The junket last summer seemed like a throwback to another era: In June, a fledgling Web site packed 150 journalists, employees and contest winners onto a JetBlue plane, plied them with Skyy Vodka and Dos Equis Beer, and flew them to Las Vegas to spend the night at the Mirage. All expenses paid.

The tiny town of Cranfills Gap really needs a vacation. That’s why Las Vegas tourism officials decided to fly nearly half the 350 residents to the desert playground for a five-day getaway and publicity stunt.

Those of us trekking to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show in January of 2009 will have a smaller show floor to explore. On this Daily Debrief, CNET’s Kara Tsuboi and Erica Ogg discuss why companies are scaling down their exhibit space and if we can expect the same hoopla as in years past.

Those of us trekking to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show in January of 2009 will have a smaller show floor to explore. On this Daily Debrief, CNET’s Kara Tsuboi and Erica Ogg discuss why companies are scaling down their exhibit space and if we can expect the same hoopla as in years past.

Wanda Sykes 'proud to be gay' Hollywood Reporter, United States - 4 minutes ago AP LAS VEGAS — Comedian Wanda Sykes said the passage of a same-sex marriage ban in California has led her to be more outspoken about being gay. …

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Wanda Sykes 'proud to be gay' Hollywood Reporter, United States - 4 minutes ago AP LAS VEGAS — Comedian Wanda Sykes said the passage of a same-sex marriage ban in California has led her to be more outspoken about being gay. …

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