From Japan: Next year's gadgets Video

Video description: Toshiba, Panasonic, Hitachi and others gathered earlier this month at the Ceatec trade show in Japan to show off their new and future TVs,\r\nMP3s players, phones and household robots. Think of it as a preview of the Consumer Electronics Show. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos brings\r\nback this report from the floor of the Makuhari Messe outside of Tokyo.

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