Sony 2009 line show: Complete coverage
Most companies use the January Consumer Electronics Show to show the world their product lineup for the new year. But Sony deliberately holds back on its CES announcements; that's because the company waits about eight weeks before returning to Las Vegas to have its own Sony-centric launch event, where it touts its new products for dealers, retailers, and journalists.
Analysis from CNET News: Sony switches gears at this year's line show
Here are the highlights of the company's new March announcements. We've also included the CES product highlights, to give you an overview of Sony's complete 2009 lineup:
Home Theater
New 2009 Sony AV receivers: Here comes the gloss*
Sony dishes out three five-disc DVD home theater in a box systems
Sony slims component home theater system
Sony lowers price on Blu-ray home theater systems*
Sony unveils HT-CT500 soundbar/subwoofer combo*
Sony's BDP-S560 Blu-ray player goes wireless*
Television
Sony wings 'W' LCDs with Yahoo widgets
Eco-friendly Sony HDTVs sense your presence (CES)
Sony's Z-series of LCDs gets widgets, 240Hz (CES)
Sony XBR9 HDTVs up interactive ante with widgets (CES)
Photos: Sony 2009 HDTVs (CES)
Cameras and Camcorders
Photos: Sony hauls cameras, electronics to Vegas
Sony shows speedy CMOS superzoom*
Sony's first to market with GPS-enabled, back-illuminated CMOS camcorder (CES)
Sony previews supertelephoto, other SLR lenses
Two new photo printers from Sony
Sony's spring camcorders: Changes at the extremes (CES)
Does Sony DSC-G3 camera get wireless right? (CES)
Not dead yet: Sony rolls out two DVD-based Handycams (CES)
Sony's new Flash-based Handycam puts an HD camcorder in your pocket (CES)
Sony takes on Flip Video, in Technicolor (CES)
Sony offers up Web camcorder with 5X zoom (CES)
Sony evolves its AVCHD hard-disk camcorders (CES)
Portable Audio/Video
Sony updates EX headphone lineup
Sony offers two new options for DVD on the go
Sony boombox mistaken for magic toadstool
Sony Dream Machine for cheap, humble dreams
Sony confirms touch-screen X-Series Walkman (CES)
Sony W-Series Walkman: Wearable and wireless (CES)
Car Tech
Sony expands Xplod line of in-dash receivers (CES)
John P. Falcone covers home theater and network entertainment products. He's been writing for CNET since 2002. 
Go Samsung!
People need to give them more credit for innovating.
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD
"Toshiba's withdrawal from the format ended the high definition optical disc format war, effectively making rival Blu-ray Disc the dominant format for high definition video discs. The HD DVD Promotion Group was dissolved on March 28, 2008."
Not even Microsoft ... expected to beat Sony in the format war
because Microsoft didn't even integrate the HD DVD drive directly into the xbox 360 and made it an external add-on, meaning that they could scrap it at any time if they lost the format war.
- by bathswana March 17, 2009 4:50 PM PDT
- Blu-ray is a total, complete failure in the marketplace. This is not even up for debate.
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(11 Comments)And yet the BDA is STILL trying like hell to ram it down the consumer's thoat, long after most companies would have mercy killed it.