Presented in this year’s CES Convention, Canon DW-100 was designed to be compatible with Canon camcorders. It has the functionality to burn videos from Canon camcorders not only in standard DVD format but also in AVCHD DVD format. Connectivity from camcorder to burner is through USB and the device is operated using three buttons: power, record and eject. If you got a Canon VIXIA HF100, VIXIA HG10 or VIXIA HF10 camcorder, you can connect the DVD burner to an HDTV is use it as a player. It will sell for USD$269 starting late April of 2008.

Sony has introduced its first Made for iPod line of audio entertainment system. The CDX-GT620IP Car Stereo is priced at US$160 and is developed with compatibility with the iPod in mind. The CDX-GT620IP is the most advanced model of the GT series.

Toshiba announced the availability of ‘Qosmio® G45-AV690’ during CES 2008, which is the company’s latest iteration of its cutting-edge high-definition notebook computer series and world’s first notebook to feature an HD DVD-R/RW optical drive.

With an HD DVD-R/RW optical drive, the Qosmio notebook provides users with a versatile, state-of-the-art multimedia machine that can burn, erase and re-burn data, including home-videos, entire photo albums and music libraries onto a single HD DVD1 rewritable disc. The drive can also play today’s most popular HD DVD movies in the highest quality possible.

Designed to be a truly interactive medium, HD DVD delivers an unprecedented experience that will change how people watch and enjoy their movies. Available to users are features, such as picture-in-picture director’s commentary, online bonus content and instant scene book-marking, for instant access to a user’s favorite scenes on-the-fly. Unlike today’s DVD viewing experience, many HD DVD interactive features can be enjoyed while the film is being viewed.

Additionally, an HD DVD enabled notebook is compatible with today’s standard-definition DVD titles, ensuring that a user’s collection of DVD movies is not left obsolete.

The Qosmio is built around a stunning 17-inch diagonal widescreen Ultimate TruBrite™ display that delivers a full HD 1080p experience. The Qosmio can also be integrated into the user’s home theater system thanks to the built-in HDMI output which can send 1080p high definition video to a 1080p HDTV along with 5.1 digital audio.

Samsung Electronics America announced the nationwide distribution of its uniquely designed, multifunction laser printer (the SCX – 4500).

Both printers utilize Samsung’s leadership in design and innovation by crafting a contemporary high gloss black shell encasing their exclusive ultra quiet engine, ideally equipped for the any office or home environment.The new printers are not only stylish – they are designed for high performance; with fast print speeds of up to 17 pages per minute, 5K monthly duty cycle and industry recognized printer reliability.

The SCX – 4500 takes that work capability further with its quick copy speeds, blue LED status indicator lights for PC free operation, and high resolution color scanning capabilities.
“Samsung is consistently looking for opportunities to enrich and diversify the global printer market,” said Ken Colby, senior product manager, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. “We are thrilled to now offer our consumers nationwide, our unique lineup of slim, sleek and silent printers so they can not only work with reliable products that they have come to know with the Samsung brand, but they can work in style.”

The SCX – 4500 are also designed to address common user concerns with button-less touch-sensor panels that reduce the user interface, a semi-automatic paper tray for easy paper replacement, guided toner path to ensure easy toner replacement plus easily recognizable warning lights. All to ensure the devices are extremely easy to use and maintain. Beginning mid-January Samsung printers will be available at most national retailers, and national online websites.

Panasonic unveiled this morning the SD9 (SDHC only, with a 8GB card included in the package) and HS9 (SDHC and a 60GB HDD) to the press in Japan. While the two camera are still using the AVCHD codec, a great number of improvement have been made on both models with now the support of Full HD Video at 17Mbps (Better video quality), Face recognition system for video, an improved LSI for Crystal clear video/pictures and the support of the 24p for cinema like video.

Apple(R) today introduced the new Mac(R) Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor*. The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel’s new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2 GHz, powerful new graphics and up to 4TB of internal storage to offer the ideal system for creative professionals, 3D digital content creators and scientists. The standard 8-core configuration starts at just $2,799.

“The new Mac Pro is the fastest Mac we’ve ever made,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With 3.2 GHz 8-core Xeon processing, a 1600 MHz front side bus and 800 MHz memory, the new Mac Pro uses the fastest Intel Xeon architecture on the market.” The new Mac Pro features the latest Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processors based on state-of-the-art 45nm Intel Core microarchitecture running up to 3.2 GHz, each with 12MB of L2 cache per processor for breakthrough performance and power efficiency. With a new high-bandwidth hardware architecture, dual-independent 1600 MHz front side buses and up to 32GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory, the new Mac Pro achieves a 61 percent increase in memory throughput

Pricing & Availability
The new Mac Pro is shipping today and will be available through the Apple Store(R) (http://www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

The standard 8-core Mac Pro, with a suggested retail price of $2,799 (US), includes:
– two 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors with dual-independent 1600 MHz front side buses;
– 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC fully-buffered DIMM memory, expandable up to 32GB;
– ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory;
– 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
– 16x SuperDrive(TM) with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW);
– two PCI Express 2.0 slots and two PCI Express slots;
– Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; and
– ships with Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse.

In addition to the standard configuration, the Mac Pro offers numerous build-to-order options including: one 2.8 GHz, two 3.0 GHz, or two 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors; up to 32GB of 800 MHz DDR2 fully-buffered ECC memory; up to four 1TB Serial ATA hard drives running at 7200 rpm or up to four 300GB SAS drives running at 15000 rpm; Mac Pro RAID card; up to two 16x SuperDrives with double-layer support; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 graphics cards; AirPort Extreme 802.11n; Apple USB Modem; Apple wireless Aluminum Keyboard; Apple wireless Mighty Mouse; and Mac OS X Server Leopard. Complete build-to-order options and pricing are available at http://www.apple.com/macpro.