Highlights From CEA Line Shows, Day 1

Dozens of vendors set up shop on the show floor of the CEA Line Shows during CE Week, which continues through Friday in New York City. Here's a look at some of the newest consumer electronics products to hit the street. Photos and captions by Jeff O'Heir (1-9) and Nancy Klosek (10-16)

June 23, 2011

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Toshiba’s Mark Lackey breaks out the new Qosmio X775 3D notebook, part of the new 770 series of high-performance systems, which recently hit the streets with a starting price of $1,199.

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Eton’s Mendy Werne shows off the company’s newCanadian Red Cross line, which includes self-powered multi-functional emergency radios.

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Anastasia Deinera, Leon Speakers’ visual design director, describes the company’s line of custom TVs and speakers, a growing segment of the company’s lineup.

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Creative Labs' Susie Vickie Hayne with the SoundBlaster Tactic 3D Omega wireless headset ($199, available next month) and the Sound Blaster Recon 3D external USB sound card ($129, September), which helps bring all of the sound quality of a high-end PC to a gaming console

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Kenwood’s Tony Mercardo describes the features of the DNX-9980HD eXcelon navigation receiver (MSRP $2,000) and the KIV-BT901digital media receiver with Bluetooth.

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Westinghouse’s Rey Roque talks about the company’s new passive 47-inch 3D TV, scheduled for a Q4 release with an MSRP of $1,199, and the new 40-inch LED TV, which sells for about $499 at Costco.

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Tiffen’s Russ Abelein with the company’s line of Smoothee Steadicams for iPhone 4, GoPro sports cameras and other imaging devices.

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LG’s Sean McBride in front of the booth where the company housed its Cinema series of passive 3D TVs.

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Michelle Meskill peers through Celestron’s Sky Prodigy ($799). The telescope, which just started shipping, is designed to make anyone an instant astronomer.

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Audio-Technica’s Crystal Griffith demos one model from the four-SKU Solid Bass series ($70-$150) with dual-air-chamber technology

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iLuv’s John Miller shows off a standalone Bluetooth iPad keyboard ($59; July) with scissor keys that don’t have a rubberized feel

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Leon Speakers’ Noah Kaplan, with the $22,000/pair Leon 7 on-walls, finished in low-resonance African wenge wood

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Maingear’s Danny Soares holds the Aural Exciter, a post-processing circuit board that is designed to improve computer audio performance

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Artison’s Cary Christie, with the MusicLites ML-1 wireless speaker/light combination developed in partnership with Osram Sylvania

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Pioneer’s Jaed Arzadon, with the App Radio ($399), which launched at CEA LineShows. It connects to an iPhone, allowing access to several compatible apps on the phone

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Westinghouse’s Rey Roque shows off the company’s first 60-inch LCD TV

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