Matsushita announced today the release of the world's first dual layer Blu-Ray recorder. 50GB o­n a single disc isn't bad.

Media costs about $70 USD though

I'm pretty sure "external recording control" isn't the right terminology, but oh well. You can use your browser, or your cell phone, to control your DVD recorder through the Dimora network beginning today. The catch? Well, it costs money, and you have to be using a Matsushita "Diga" series DVD recorder.
Still, this is an excellent idea, especially for someone who doesn't pay attention to TV scheduling in advance.

Panasonic has announced a new CD player which supports MP3, and o­ne that doesn't.

Days of media silence from Asia continue, as Golden Week goes o­n until the 5th. Normal news will resume o­n the 6th, but there may be a hiccup o­n the 7th as I will be going back to Altanta.
I give you this image, of a P252iS car:

This image comes from this ASCII article. I didn't know they had Shriners in Japan.

Matsushita Electrical Industries Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, and Sony Corporation have announced the Blu-ray ROM production COULD be as low as that of DVD-ROM production.

Here's a pretty interesting idea from Matsushita - it's an LCD projector that supports simultaneous display of information from up to 4 different computers, via wireless connection.

Matsushita announced that they will release a 1GB SD memory card.
Greenhouse announced the same sort of card a while back, but this is Panasonic! Cmon!

This is the first time something like this has been done, according to Matsushita. It writes DVD+R, DVD-R, and some other formats you probably won't ever use. Seriously, who uses DVD-RAM anyway?

Matsushita is hot to trot with their new machine that has enough features to keep o­ne busy for years. But it comes at a cost, as usual - about $1100 USD.

This time around are two portable DVD players.

The first o­ne (DVD-LX8) has an LCD, and supports a wide range of media - even those stored o­n a SD memory card.

The next o­ne (DVD-PS3) does not have an LCD, but is the world's smallest portable DVD player.

More information o­n and pictures of both models inside.