Pictures Of Next-Gen Set-Top Boxes

Judging by the offerings made at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, people looking to invest in the next generation of optical media gadgetry are likely to have a back-to-the-future style experience. Many of the boxes on show look very much like 1980's VCRs. And we have the pictures to prove it.


Mitsubishi's prototype Blu-ray Disc player


Philips Blu-ray player is bulky yet simple


The Panasonic DMR-E700BD is the company's first-production Blu-ray player


Pioneer's BDP-HD1 player was one of the slicker looking of the Blu-ray machines on display


Sony's BDP-S1 Blu-ray player was to flash back to '80s-era Trinitron TVs


Hewlett-Packard's HD DVD digital-entertainment center looks kind of modern


It seems that in creating its sample HD DVD player, RCA simply took a shell from one of its old VCRs and stuffed it with new technology


Toshiba's sample HD DVD player is a study in large simplicity