8 reasons why it sucks to be an early adopter

From the PSP to the iPhone, the course of gadget love never quite runs smooth. Here’s why


CES 2006: Panasonic SC-HT940 and SC-RT50 home cinema systems

Panasonic is building on the success of last year’s CES showstormer – its wireless home cinema system – by adding two new models which come with an interesting (and proprietary) variation on HDMI


CES 2006: Panasonic’s 103-inch 1080p Full HD TV

Panasonic wowed the crowds at CES with its biggest plasma TV to date – a 103-inch model that also happens to boast an image resolution of 1080p - the highest possible quality for a high definition set


CES 2006: Blu-ray and HD DVD are go

This is it. After months – no years – of speculation, the Blu-ray and HD DVD camps have finally pulled on their boxing gloves and are going to be slugging it out in the only bare-knuckle bout that matters: the fight for the hearts, minds and, most importantly, wallets of US consumers