Hottest Tech & 3D-TV:
Absolutely the most talked about new product rolled out for CES 2009 were the 3D-TV’s. And when I say talked about…I mean the manufacturers were talking about them. At the High-Tech Households seminar, Liz Claman of Fox Business Network posed the question “How many here in the audience are excited about new 3D-TV’s technology for the home?” Out of 40 people in the audience, 1 person raised their hand. Christy Matte editor at About.com and panelist, asked us to consider whether this tech is being pushed on consumers as the next big thing. Do we really need it and do we even want it?
I guess I am the type of consumer that does not embrace new technology IMMEDIATELY. I will make my own purchasing decision as I see the technology mature. I am not easily persuaded by trends, friends or peer pressure. Briefly going over TV tech, first it was the big CRT screen, then the huge project screen. They both had the lousiest definition and yet, many consumers embraced them for it’s size. Hmmmm…Finally there was HD. Even with HDTV, I waited until hardware technology converged with HDMI and Cable broadcasting technology
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Like any other trade show, there are great designs/inventions and there is some mediocre crap. The challenge is to weave through all the junk and discover the cool stuff. One may think that since the consumer electronics industry is so popular and Americans are embracing gadgets, that you could easily find good design. With so many products out there it is sad to say good design is not as common as it should be, with 90% of the products destined for the landfill, many manufacturers make things good enough for today. After all, there needs to be a reason to make you feel that insecure need for the newer, newest igadget 6 months later.
As a sustainable designer as well as thrifty consumer, it’s always hard to justify any type of purchase. At this show, the biggest question I asked myself was, “What is going to by categorized as a luxury purchase and what is going to be a necessity?”
This year at CES, there was a huge emphasis on mobile technology, smartphones, gps tech, e-readers and of course 3D TV.
Lg Chocolate Touch
While many of us were excited about CES, I was excited about my Zappos tour. Funny, how when it comes to anything related to shoes, no gadgets in the world can distract me (besides Apple of course!) But since Apple was not at CES this year or the last, I felt free to roam around outside of the super geek fest CES, Consumer Electronics Show.
Yes. I am one of the many geeks that found this CES show quite overwhelming but under-delivered. At least to me. I am sure many of you have read the highlights of the show from these great news sources: Cnet or CNN Tech. Hence my goal is to just share my own personal views and less of the products stuff.
Joe on the other hand, will have different insights than me, since he attended the Full Knowledge Track sessions at CES. He will have more hot notes to share, which we will on our next post.
Arrival:
The infamous Zappos Van/ Shuttle
