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Interview with Suzanne Kantra

Aired January 10, 2004 - 07:56   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: Well, from ever shrinking digital cameras to mini MP3 players, there are many high tech items on display at the Consumer Electronics Show going on now in Las Vegas.
Our technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg brings us a few of them.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, there are a lot of buzz words floating around the Consumer Electronics Show, including wireless, video on the go and all sorts of things.

To help us sort through some of those products, we're joined now by Suzanne Kantra, technology editor of "Popular Science" magazine, also owned by our same parent company, Time Warner.

Suzanne, let's start with one device here that combines a couple of technologies, binoculars and a digital camera from a company called Meade.

SUZANNE KANTRA, "POPULAR SCIENCE" MAGAZINE: Yes, and for $200, we've seen another device on the market that's quite a lot more expensive, but this one will take digital stills. If you're, you know, catching that person sliding into home base, football fan, you know, whatever it is, and it will also take video, as well. So a combination of both. Now, it's just your (UNINTELLIGIBLE), you can share it.

SIEBERG: Right. And how much is this going to go for again?

KANTRA: $200.

SIEBERG: $200.

All right, well, so on to the next one here. This is from Panasonic. It's called the dsnap, right?

KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: Well, what does this officer in this really compact package here?

KANTRA: Well, it has a digital still camera in here, a digital video camera, voice recorder and you can play back MP3 files. But this kind of multifunction device has been out there. What's brand new about this is that it can take TV quality videos. So now you can feel comfortable bringing it an event and sharing that, archiving it, your baby's first steps, whatever it is.

SIEBERG: And a flash for low light. About, what, $500 you're saying?

KANTRA: It's $399.

SIEBERG: $399, OK.

KANTRA: So, not too expensive.

SIEBERG: OK. All right, now this one a little more high end.

KANTRA: Yes, it is.

SIEBERG: Includes video technology, being able to watch things on the go.

KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: And this is from which company again?

KANTRA: It's from Tight Systems (ph).

SIEBERG: OK.

KANTRA: It's called the TAS-1. And it takes these removable 60 gigabyte cartridges 20 hours of video. So, you know, you might be able to store a whole season's worth of episodes on there. It also has a removable MP3 player.

SIEBERG: Ah-ha. It stores all sorts of things in here.

KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: So if you want to be on the go with your music, you just pop this out and have that on the go.

KANTRA: Absolutely.

SIEBERG: All right, we're going to go from small video to rather large video. We're almost hidden by this screen from Philips here.

What's this all about?

KANTRA: This is about wireless video. We've seen, Sharp had announced their wireless Aquos. Philips has their Streamium (ph). What this does is this enables you to access your DVDs, your cable TV any kind of video source in your living room now in your bedroom or any other location wirelessly.

SIEBERG: OK, and we should say, we do have some cords plugged in right now. That's just to help us out to get some video in here.

KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: But it is intended to be wireless. KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: And this is a trend, isn't it, with a lot of these products?

KANTRA: It certainly is. So we have, as we said, Sharp, Philips, Samsung was coming out with a high definition version of it. So you're going to see a lot more of this on the market.

SIEBERG: Wow. So much to see here.

Suzanne Kantra, technology editor, "Popular Science" magazine, thanks so much for joining us to help us out.

KANTRA: Thank you.

SIEBERG: Back to you.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SAN MIGUEL: And stay tuned to CNN SATURDAY MORNING, where in the nine o'clock hour, Daniel will show us some more gadgets from the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.

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Aired January 10, 2004 - 07:56   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: Well, from ever shrinking digital cameras to mini MP3 players, there are many high tech items on display at the Consumer Electronics Show going on now in Las Vegas.
Our technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg brings us a few of them.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, there are a lot of buzz words floating around the Consumer Electronics Show, including wireless, video on the go and all sorts of things.

To help us sort through some of those products, we're joined now by Suzanne Kantra, technology editor of "Popular Science" magazine, also owned by our same parent company, Time Warner.

Suzanne, let's start with one device here that combines a couple of technologies, binoculars and a digital camera from a company called Meade.

SUZANNE KANTRA, "POPULAR SCIENCE" MAGAZINE: Yes, and for $200, we've seen another device on the market that's quite a lot more expensive, but this one will take digital stills. If you're, you know, catching that person sliding into home base, football fan, you know, whatever it is, and it will also take video, as well. So a combination of both. Now, it's just your (UNINTELLIGIBLE), you can share it.

SIEBERG: Right. And how much is this going to go for again?

KANTRA: $200.

SIEBERG: $200.

All right, well, so on to the next one here. This is from Panasonic. It's called the dsnap, right?

KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: Well, what does this officer in this really compact package here?

KANTRA: Well, it has a digital still camera in here, a digital video camera, voice recorder and you can play back MP3 files. But this kind of multifunction device has been out there. What's brand new about this is that it can take TV quality videos. So now you can feel comfortable bringing it an event and sharing that, archiving it, your baby's first steps, whatever it is.

SIEBERG: And a flash for low light. About, what, $500 you're saying?

KANTRA: It's $399.

SIEBERG: $399, OK.

KANTRA: So, not too expensive.

SIEBERG: OK. All right, now this one a little more high end.

KANTRA: Yes, it is.

SIEBERG: Includes video technology, being able to watch things on the go.

KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: And this is from which company again?

KANTRA: It's from Tight Systems (ph).

SIEBERG: OK.

KANTRA: It's called the TAS-1. And it takes these removable 60 gigabyte cartridges 20 hours of video. So, you know, you might be able to store a whole season's worth of episodes on there. It also has a removable MP3 player.

SIEBERG: Ah-ha. It stores all sorts of things in here.

KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: So if you want to be on the go with your music, you just pop this out and have that on the go.

KANTRA: Absolutely.

SIEBERG: All right, we're going to go from small video to rather large video. We're almost hidden by this screen from Philips here.

What's this all about?

KANTRA: This is about wireless video. We've seen, Sharp had announced their wireless Aquos. Philips has their Streamium (ph). What this does is this enables you to access your DVDs, your cable TV any kind of video source in your living room now in your bedroom or any other location wirelessly.

SIEBERG: OK, and we should say, we do have some cords plugged in right now. That's just to help us out to get some video in here.

KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: But it is intended to be wireless. KANTRA: Yes.

SIEBERG: And this is a trend, isn't it, with a lot of these products?

KANTRA: It certainly is. So we have, as we said, Sharp, Philips, Samsung was coming out with a high definition version of it. So you're going to see a lot more of this on the market.

SIEBERG: Wow. So much to see here.

Suzanne Kantra, technology editor, "Popular Science" magazine, thanks so much for joining us to help us out.

KANTRA: Thank you.

SIEBERG: Back to you.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SAN MIGUEL: And stay tuned to CNN SATURDAY MORNING, where in the nine o'clock hour, Daniel will show us some more gadgets from the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com