The week before CES (the Consumer Electronics Show, which starts on Monday in Las Vegas) is sort of like the week before Christmas, at least for technology journalists and geeks of all stripes. Excitement's in the air, and you just don't know what surprises you'll encounter. Apparently, HP couldn't take the pressure of all that expectation: It's already unveiled a few things show attendees will see next week.

One is the HP Pavilion HDX series Entertainment Notebook PC, which offers 512MB nVidia GeForce 8800M GTS video graphics, along with the Intel CoreT 2 processor technology. More impressive for the traveling movie buff is that this portable features Blu-ray and HD-DVD support, so you can enjoy movies in high definition on the 20.1-inch LCD. It also includes HP QuickPlay software, so you can access live or recorded TV.

This update of the Dragon--the name HP has given to its gaming machine--includes 1080p resolution, to take advantage of the aforementioned Blu-ray and HD-DVD drives. Of course, it will take a dragon's treasure to afford this thing, and possibly a knight in shining armor to carry the beast around.

Post by Peter Suciu