It's a warm day here in Las Vegas, Nevada, but thankfully the jam-packed Panasonic press conference was air conditioned. Hurrah! Pana's chairman and CEO, Yoshi Yamada, took to the stage to tell us all about the company's "leading position" in the HDTV market. But of course he'd say that, wouldn't he?
Before his cheery, red-bloused American cohort talked us through the company's new products, Yamada discussed Panasonic's new recycling initiative, the Electronic Manufacturing Recycling Management Corp, a 'Green Team' comprising not only Panasonic, but Hitatchi, Sanyo, Mitsubishi and JVC, among others.
The initiative aims to make it easier for manufacturers to effectively recycle old products. This is just one of what we expect to be many moves to 'greenify' the tech industry this year, something our pals at SmartPlanet will surely cheer.
Naturally, HDTV and HD camcorders were at the forefront of today's conference, so let's have a first look at some snazzy camcorders coming from Panasonic this year...
