MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2006 By far the best CES Coverage Yeah, so..there was a ton of new stuff unveiled. I think about the biggest things were the HD-DVD/Blu Ray players, Satelite Radio Equipment (mainly XM), and out of left field..The New Lego Mindstorms set. Personally I just got a Creative Zen Micro 6 GB MP3 player, so most of XMs new stuff doesn't interest me since they incorporate MP3 players into a portable XM Reciever. I was looking to replace my only a couple months old Roady XT, but I guess I'll wait. My Zen Micro has FM record, so I can record XM stuff onto it as well, which was one of the main reasons I got the Zen Micro. As far as the BluRay/HD-DVD debate is concerned, I laughed when I saw that the HD-DVD players were going to launch at $500 where as the cheapest non PS3 Blu Ray player would be $1000. $500 for the HD-DVD player isn't a bad launch price although I sitll don't think theres enough demand for these players right now. And I also just did get an Upconverting DVD Recorder (less than $200 at Best Buy before I used some giftcards) and its making most of the stuff I have already look pretty damn good on my HDTV. I'll wait it out and see which format wins the "format war" before I comit to one or the other. And what caught me by surprise was the new Lego Mindstorm sets. I remember my cousin got one of the originals a few years ago, and it was pretty cool back then although you really did have to spend a lot of time (and money) to get the sets to do the really cool stuff. It looks like the new sets will be a bit easier to use and also will be able do even cooler stuff.. Not sure if anyone else followed CES closely enough to have some opinions.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
