PHILIPS CES PRODUCTS UNVEILED

Philips has brought plenty of US-bound heat to CES 2011, with none bigger than the news that we will see the company's sweet 3D-capable 21:9 ultrawidescreen HDTV on this side of the Atlantic in the second half of 2011. Today it also announced plans for a Blu-ray player with wireless HDMI, the world's first (meaning you'll probably need a dongle on any TV to use it until compatible displays arrive later in the year) but no surprise for an outfit that's been pushing HD streaming for some time. On a similar front its MediaConnect app on new TVs and Blu-ray players will let it stream anything playing on a PC to the TV screen WiDi-style.

If that's not enough, the company was also demoing an Android TV (like RCA, not Google TV.) [Engadget]

3D TVs NOT THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE ACCORDING TO NIELSEN

We’ve been skeptical since the start of 3DTV’s chances: not only were the sets expensive, but they require expensive active shutter glasses to use, and there’s not a lot of good 3D content to enjoy at home.

Guess what? We weren’t alone. Nielsen has just finished conducting a worldwide poll to see how consumers feel about 3DTV displays, and guess what? Almost everyone is at the very least ambivalent… and at worst, completely hate the idea.

According to Nielsen’s numbers, less than ten percent of those asked said they’ll buy a 3DTV next year. Sixty percent said they definitely wouldn’t buy one. Only fifteen percent said they might buy one.

Ouch. I wonder if CES 2011 will see the introduction of more 3DTVs, or if HDTV makers have already realized that it’s time to go back to the drawing board. [Geek]