Trade Show Promises More Hybrid Gadgets.

Flat-panel televisions with built-in digital video recorders. Pocketable satellite radio receivers that can bookmark songs for online purchase. High-definition TVs engineered to play video or display photos from any computer on your home network.

The new offerings from LG Electronics Inc., XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are just a tiny sampling from this years International Consumer Electronics Show, an annual showcase of technologies soon to hit the market.

Spread out over 28 football fields of real estate when the doors open Thursday will be a dizzying array of new products from small startups, dot-com boom retreads and such longtime players as Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltds Panasonic.

Cameras, MP3 players, DVD recorders, giant plasma screens and accessories for all the above - you name it and, chances are, it will be on display at the Sin City convention center-turned-electronics mecca.

Portable gadgets will be smaller but more powerful. Laptops will boast longer battery lives. TVs will be bigger and sharper, but cheaper. And….Read more courtesy of ap.org