Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Technology Correspondent John McChesney on the Consumer Electronic Show, now being held in Las Vegas. The show used to be about the latest stereos, televisions, and compact disc players, but now digital technology is taking over. Microsoft is introducing the "X-box", its answer to Sony's Play Station 2, and "Ultimate TV", a competitor to Tivo and Replay, hard disc television recorders that let the user pause and replay live television. Satellite Radio is also making itself known in the form of two new companies, Sirius and XM, which will feature 100 channels that will be available to subscribers throughout the country.
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