From Kodak’s cellphone-sized HDTV camcorder to LG’s LCD TVs built with the ability to stream online movies from Netflix, vendors at this week’s 2009 CES in Las Vegas are touting dozens of new pieces of technology that should drive the Internet video sector.

The confab kicks off tonight with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer giving the opening keynote for the first time, succeeding longtime CES opener Bill Gates.

Vendors are already touting a wide range of new hardware, including:

• An $89 3-D webcam from Manchester, U.K.-based Promotion and Display Technology Ltd. that comes with five pairs of 3-D glasses.

• Mitsubishi Corp. ’s $7,000 3-D TV (if only there was more 3-D content available to watch on the set).

• Palm's new Nova operating system for mobile phones, with which Palm is looking to regain ground lost to Apple’s iPhone

• Blu-ray players and other electronics devices capable of downloading video from the Internet.

• Kodak’s pocket-sized HDTV camcorder, which allows direct uploads to YouTube Inc. and other video-sharing sites.

• Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT)'s mobile handset manufactured from recycled plastic water bottles. Motorola describes it as the “world’s first carbon neutral mobile phone.”

• New chips from Broadcom that allow mobile phones to support HD-quality camcorder recording and playback and 3D gaming.

Officials at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) expect 130,000 people to attend this year’s confab, down 8 percent from the 2008 CES. Exhibitors will occupy 1.7 million square feet at the Las Vegas Convention Center, a decrease of 5 percent from 1.8 million square feet last year.

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