CES 2009 saw the announcement of what was actually the thinnest Blu-ray player in the market from Samsung, but we guess it finally took at least a couple of months before those announcements were made reality – as in arriving on store shelves at a good electronics store near you. 99 a pop. 99, respectively, the super slim BD-P4600 that everyone and their grandmother are looking forward to will only be able to bring one home when April rolls around, retailing for up to $499. Image courtesy of Engadget. Hmmm, that actually makes a PS3 a whole lot more tempting, never mind the fact that it lags badly behind in the current gen console sales. [Press Release]

While both the BD-P3600 and BD-P1600 are already readily available, retailing for $399. 99 and $299.

With a income of 166 million GBP over the year of 2008, it seems the company is doing very well. SAGE is one more piece of business accounting software that has become a well known name among people in many firms.

This UK-based developer began life in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Later versions sought to address this issue. It has been especially popular among the smaller business owners – as it does not ne ed any sort of training to be used. Created by Tony Scott and Tom Proulx in the state of California in 1983, the name has swollen to become of the most utilised examples of business software. This ease of use was not an aspect that accountants always appreciated however (at least in early versions) as it did not comply with accountancy conventions. Quickbooks is perhaps one of the most recognisable brands in business accounting software – primarily focussed on accountancy issues.

It’s variety of software products cover point of sale (POS), inventories, accounts and supplies. Gestix is another business making software for business management requirements.

The firm has large HQs in both Switzerland and Portugal. Beginning life in 1986 it has over two decades of experience. Its options are available in 3 versions – Gestix Light, Classic and the most expensive and comprehensive Business version.

The software purports to focus on creating stronge r customer relationships along with giving company owners a wide ranging view of their firm’s activities.

By supplying a great deal of support in terms of financial and customer management, Microsoft has established itself as one of the largest providers of business accounting software options in the world. One more well known range of business accounting software and management software that a lot of people will be aware of is Microsoft’s Small Business Management package. As a long established brand, many business users choose this name.

And with more than 14 thousand employees around the globe, the firm has swollen a great deal since its low key beginnings in the year 1981. The firmhas made several acquisitions over recent years, among them Logic Control of Spain, KHK of Germany, Sybe l of France, and a great deal of other firms management software firms besides.

There are of course a lot of business accounting software solutions for firm’s top dogs to choose from, and it is definitely worth weighing up the various options when thinking about buying a package.

Issues of price and reliability are all problems worth thinking about and there are a great deal of forums that are dedicated to pin pointing the ideal kind of software for your firm.

By selecting a – lesser known software package, you may get a better price – although it is worth considering that the large names in this sector are such for a good reason, and will probably have a high level of technical support to hand crucial when learning a new piece of software.

We think CBHD will remain an internal format for the country of its origin – what about you? Both TCL and Shinco have released their new players based on the CBHD format on an official basis, and should it actually catch on in the world’s most populous country, movie studios might be lured into supporting this format to further increase their coffers. TCL thinks that the CBHD format will not compete with the Blu-ray format since they look towards different market niches, with price being the main factor. Blu-ray might still be smirking over its moral victory against HD DVD, but they might have a much larger problem on their hands – China Blue High-Definition, or CBHD in short. CBHD players cost less than $300 as they are not aggravated by high patent royalties unlike Blu-ray.

The former also comes with a remote, allowing you to sit back and relax while you enjoy your favorite digital movie after a long hard day of work. No idea on pricing though. It seems as though Onda, one of the more prolific ones in that part of the world has released a couple of portable media players from the Onda VX series which support a wide range of video codecs (including high definition formats) – namely the7″ VX797HD and the smaller 3″ VX555HD. Just like how TV sets have all taken up the High Definition mantle, so do portable media player manufacturers, especially those who hail from China. Other features include an integrated FM tuner, TV out and up to 8GB of internal memory.

Sony pins its hopes on a couple of new Profile 2. As for the lesser BDP-S360, it is but the same player, although it does lack Wi-Fi connectivity.

The latter will feature built-in Wi-Fi connectivity that taps into BD Live content, alongside the ability to download future firmware updates without the need for a pesky cable. 0 Blu-ray players – the BDP-S360 and BDP-S560. In addition, it is also fully DLNA-ready, upscales your DVD collection, bit-streams audio via HDMI, decodes Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD Master Audio and is compatible with external media loaded up on a USB drive.

Denon has come up with two more Blu-ray players to keep us entertained in our homes during the current economic downturn, and they are the Denon DBP-2010CI and DBP-1610CI which retail for $700 and $500, respectively. Despite being that expensive, they do lack functions and features available in much more affordable players including Wi-Fi connectiivty and a streaming video application. What they do have, however, are the following :-

Ethernet connectivity for BD-Live and firmware updatesDivX and AVCHD playbackBitstream Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master AudioYou do benefit from apparently “superior” stereo analog outputs as well as Burr-Brown digital-to-analog converters for those who still love their CD collection, but it would be a waste if you didn’t have a high end audio system to go along with this.