Keep watching: That's a lot of TV. Photograph: Bobbie Johnson
Well, it's clear that TV is a big part of this experience, whether you want it to be or not. Manufacturers of all shapes and sizes are displaying their TV sets, which are all the same shape (rectangular) and pretty much the same size (BIG). Ohtsubo's presentation this morning said that "size really does matter", and it seems that it is a credo which the companies here are sticking to rigidly.
That said, I had a few some very interesting spots in telly terms. High definition's a hard concept to get across properly - after all, it's just a clearer picture - but it does look remarkable in the flesh, especially for things like sport.
Elsewhere, Sharp was showing the prototype of its two-way viewing-angle LCD screen, which shows different content depending on where you're standing. From the right hand side you could see a piece of video, and from the left it was a computer desktop. Is this about turning a bug (crappy viewing angles on LCD) into a feature? Probably. I can't seriously see many mainstream uses for it: couples, for example, certainly couldn't watch two different TV shows simultaneously (unless they could also hear different sounds). But perhaps it might have more useful industrial applications and niche benefits.
