Beyond the data storage issue, now that 3D for the home is on the horizon there's a real need for this with movie discs. They'd better start getting these higher-capacity discs out of the lab pronto, because without them, there's a good chance picture quality will suffer on a long movie.

If you don't have friends in Hollywood, chances are, you'd have to shoot it yourself with a RED ONE camera.

I do suspect that 4K will make it into the home eventually, but it will be a very tiny niche market. You need to be sitting close to a HUGE screen to see a real improvement over 1080p. Right now, most digital movie theaters are only using 2K projectors (2048x1080). The big difference the theater projectors have over home HDTV is the wide color depth.

Nice writeup. I'm definitely looking forward to the Panasonic 3D truck making around to my neck of the woods!

AnyDVD + PS3 Media Server FTW.

It would certainly be nice to see cheap OLEDs in the future, but my main concern is their ultimate size. Now that LCDs have effectively killed off the RPTV, the maximum screen size we can realistically get in a (non-front-projector) TV is only 60". I sure hope they can make these OLEDs reasonably priced at 70", or preferably higher, because I definitely don't want to have to downgrade from 72" when I'm ready to retire my DLP RPTV.

From the way Cameron's been talking up Avatar, it had better be nothing less than the Citizen Kane of 3D cinema. If he ends up hitting another grand slam, it just might be enough to get 3D into the home for real this time.

Actually, cheap DOESN'T win. If it did, RPTVs would be alive and kicking, and FPTV would be taking over the market. Instead, they are both being kicked seriously to the curb in favor of fashionably thin LCDs with high price per diagonal inch.

I think large OLEDs will have a place among well-heeled consumers, and trickle down eventually to the mass market.

Forget hackers. This is the stuff that terrorists or the cyber arm of foreign militaries will be more than happy to exploit. Jail time won't mean a thing to them.

These are 100% mission critical systems. We should absolutely not tolerate poor security practices, or the mythical "security through obscurity."

Smart Meter manufacturers must fully publish the physical characteristics, security infrastructure, public/private key methodology, etc. of their hardware and software. Having the underpinnings out for all to view and experiment with is the only way to be fully hacker tested in the real world.

Nice! That's what can easily happen when the red mist sets in, and you drive at 101% of your ability. It sure looks like they had a lot of fun, even with the crash. I'm glad everyone was all right.

I wonder if Fifth Gear will ever make it back to the States? I loved it when they carried one season on Speed Channel a few years ago.

Sign me up, baby!