Wow, there are a lot of new neat toys showing up at the CES show this week. Unfortunately I am not there and only get my information from other blogs. I saw new remotes using the Windows Slideshow and am wondering how those are going to compare to the remotes from Logitech and Monster. If they are cheaper, then I may be looking into getting one. I already have about 10 or 15 remotes laying around the house and would really like to stash those somewhere and only have one. Another interesting product is the Powerline product from Linksys. I had heard bad things about networking over powerline in the first generation of these products, but if it gets up to the theoretical 100Mbps then it could be very useful. I am not to fond of trying to run Cat 5/6 cable all over the house, so now it is all wireless, but those speeds are always less the farther you get from the base station. Sony also has a HDTV in the 27 inch range. To me this is the perfect size for a bedroom or computer room. Especially at 1080p and with 1,000,000 : 1 contrast ration. Finally, this may be the year to move to HD with DirecTv. They have announced 100 national HD channels to be broadcast to the home. This is a lot better than the 9 or so that they have now. To me it was not worth it for so few channels, but 100 would definitely make it worth it. Hopefully the cost of the DVR receiver comes down at the same time. I also hope that soon it is part of the standard broadcast package to have HD programming and not a separate charge.