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Like the LG BD390, the new LG Blu-ray player has WiFi, BD Live, VUDU and DLNA, what’s new is the 250GB hard drive. Now the first thing we thought of when we heard LG was including a hard drive was Managed Copy, but there’s no mention of it in the press release. What is in there though is the ability to download VUDU movies, pictures, music and more to it. This is especially useful if your Blu-ray player isn’t well connected since it allows you to sneaker net your content or to copy it over and play it back later. There’s no mention of price or availability, but this guy does have two little brothers, the BD550 and BD570, that feature many of the same internet features, but don’t have a hard drive.

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The show floor finally opened up here in Vegas today, and just as we knew they would, the product announcements are flowing hot and heavy. LG‘s one of today’s biggest players, unleashing a whole bevy of new kit that truly spans the gamut of consumer electronic sectors. Kicking things off is the CF3D, which is hailed as the planet’s first Full HD, 3D single lens type projector. As for specs, you’ll get 3D auto picture calibration, a twin engine, two HDMI 1.3 sockets, 300 ANSI lumens and a single USB input, while the XGA HX300G won’t do much of anyone outside of traveling salespeople much good. Moving on, there’s a little confirmation of the Skype news that we caught wind of yesterday; sure enough, a range of LG’s NetCast-enabled HDTVs will ship with Skype capabilities, though it sounds as if you’ll need to budget for a standalone camera. LG’s also making official that Mobile DTV-supporting DVD player that we first spotted at the tail end of last year, which will be in stores later this year for around $249. There’s plenty more to share on these — as well as a good bit surrounding a legion of new monitors — so hop on past the break if you just can’t get enough.

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The fact that LG presented 39 new LCD HDTVs today and only eight plasmas is telling of the times, but videophiles are just happy to still have the option to choose picture quality over features. For you Mr videophile, LG has eight new plasma models from 42-inches to 60-inches. The new TrueSlim frame has a bezel that is only .9-inches and wireless capabilities. The PK950 (pictured above) and PK750 both feature NetCast, which is LG’s name for its streaming services that including Skype, Netflix, VUDU, YouTube, Napster DivX and Yahoo Widgets, while the rest of the line just features a network connection and DLNA. The Wireless Media Hub is available for all the models and allows you to place your HD sources up to 98-feet away without running wires. One last thing worth mentioning — the rest is in the press release — is that the PK950 incorporates a Magic Wand which is described as a Wii-like experience, but we sure hope old school remotes are supported as well.

Continue reading New line of LG plasma HDTVs feature NetCast, slim design

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No one ever said you couldn’t play both sides of the fence when it comes to wireless technologies, and it seems that LG is doing precisely that at CES. LG has previously shipped HDTVs with WirelessHD technology built in, but today the company is announcing a new partnership with AMIMON. The reason for the ruckus? The outfit is fixing to ship a wireless HDTV product line with second-generation WHDI technology built in, enabling 1080p content to be sent from a source to the HDTV sans wires over a 5GHz unlicensed band. Mum’s the word on what sets will have WHDI baked in, but we’ll be sure to dig up anything we can once the show floor opens up here in Vegas. In related news, 15 other companies have decided to drink the WHDI Kool-Aid, and you can read more on that whole shindig after the break.

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What fits in a doublewide trailer, loves Lady Gaga, and smells like the 3-week-old oil in a neglected deep fryer? Why, it’s Engadget’s 2010 CES coverage, of course! Join us for the first in a series of what is destined to be a spellbinding and uncensored peek into the private lives of your favorite bloggers during an annual melange of stress, sleep deprivation, and wacky concept devices. It’s the Engadget Podcast – beaming the shimmering seediness of Las Vegas direct to your home and/or portable media player for far too many years running.

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01:31 – Nexus One review
01:53 – Verizon getting Google’s Nexus One in Spring 2010
17:00 – Microsoft to reveal HP built Courier slate tomorrow?
20:20 – Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid hands-on and impressions
24:30 – Lenovo Skylight hands-on and impressions (video)
35:25 – Live from ASUS’s CES press event
35:36 – ASUS gets official with Eee PC 1008P Seashell: available in hot pink and coffee brown (updated: with video!)
35:40 – ASUS announces U series Bamboo Collection laptops, gives little detail
36:23 – ASUS ROG G73jh launches with Core i7, Radeon HD 5870, bragging rights
36:55 – ASUS NX90Jq hands-on: dual touchpads unite! (update: video)
43:53 – Skiff Reader is largest yet, will be hitting a Sprint Store near you
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