Archive for the 'Connectivity' Category

≡ Karaoke and Engineering in Nashville

By Megan Hayes
What’s a nice girl like me doing in a place like this?
During the week of May 19-23, the CEA Technology & Standards department was in Nashville, TN for our annual Spring Forum. The week was filled with meetings of engineers to develop technical standards  for consumer electronics products. Sound like fun? Probably […]

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Monday, June 16th, 2008

Posted in CEA Events, Connectivity, Technology Standards | 2 Comments »

≡ About a Year Ago I Bought a New Car

By Katherine Rutkowski

Following a fender bender in a 14-year old Geo Prizm, I was in the market for an econo-box with decent gas mileage and adequate safety features. Call me Rip Van Winkle, but I was amazed at the techno-marvels available in the compact and subcompact classes. The Toyota Matrix above has a moonroof – […]

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Monday, May 12th, 2008

Posted in Connectivity, Green CE, In Vehicle CE | No Comments »

≡ Speed Dating in the CE World

By Megan Hayes
No, it’s not because people in the CE industry are too busy to find romance any other way. In this case it’s the products doing the speed dating. The common attraction for these products is that they connect using HDMI. HDMI makes use of the CEA-861 standard and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection […]

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Friday, May 2nd, 2008

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