Honeymoon in Vegas.(the editor's spin)(High Density)(Computer storage devices)

You didn't have to go to NAB 2004 to know it was the year of HD there. As of this writing, I won't land in Vegas for another few days, but my prediction is not so much prescient as a reasonable reading of the pre-show PR deluge. Of course, NAB 2004 and 2004 aren't really the same thing, many of the hottest products and technologies announced at NAB 2003 are just beginning to materialize now. I got a pre-NAB briefing at Sony Pictures this week and was shocked to discover that the version of Vegas they demo'd--the full-step upgrade Vegas 5-would not only be shown, but shipped on the