By Carolyn Slater
3D was the biggest buzz factor at the 2010 International CES in January. And clearly that 3D buzz has been even louder around movie theaters for the past year or so. So when I saw that Shawn DuBravac (CEA) and David Wertheimer (The Entertainment Technology Center at USC) were presenting a webcast [...]

Show Off Your Shots in the DigitalTips Best Shot Contest
By Colleen Lerro
CEA just launched a photo contest on Digital Tips. Do you love sharing your pictures on the Web? Join the Digitaltips Best Shot flickr group and upload your photo – that’s all it takes for a chance to win some great prizes including [...]

By Sean Murphy
The numbers coming in from retailers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are great and consumer confidence in technology spending is up, way up. In fact the CEA-CNET Index of Consumer Technology Expectations (ICTE) reached 93.5 this month, which is the highest level of the index since tracking began in January [...]

By Jennifer Bemisderfer
Last Thursday, Pike Research released an interesting study, “Electronics Recycling and E-Waste Issues,” shedding light on the public’s opinion regarding the problem of escalating waste from discarded, outdated devices. This independent survey found that while 76 percent of Americans consider recycling to be the best option for reducing e-waste, only 10 percent [...]

By Sean Murphy
With the benefit of hindsight, everyone now knows that the music industry, by taking so long to see the writing on the wall, squandered valuable time to adapt and innovate. The incredibly successful and occasionally sordid history of how records got made and sold too often enriched the labels and disenfranchised the [...]

By Sean Murphy
CE products are perpetually in some state of transition. Movies, for instance, were silent, then shown on public screens, then available on private screens (TVs), and now they can be viewed on PCs and smartphones. Music went from vinyl to reel-to-reel to digital, with the hardware constantly becoming smaller to the point [...]

By Sean Murphy
Ten years ago in the Emerging Market Update, CEA’s own Angela Titone wrote about a technology to keep an eye on. At that time, the product in question − e-books − anticipated being able to store up to 10 average-length novels, and ranged in price from $199 to $1,5000!
How times have changed.
While [...]

By Sean Murphy
The phrase “working from home” no longer connotes the automatic implication of shirked responsibility. Indeed, as more employees explore the possibilities of combining productivity with strategic (and environmentally-friendly) alternatives, more employers are encouraging this resource.
What has caused this rapidly shifting paradigm? In short, the combination of technological advances, economic considerations and the [...]

By Laura Hubbard
With your favorite shows returning and football season underway, chances are you’ll be turning your attention to your television. CEA research shows the majority of U.S. households own at least one high-definition TV. But, less than one-third have a home theater system.
Most of today’s TV shows, sports events and movies are filmed [...]

By Chris Ely
It’s probably no secret that many of CEA’s staffers are avid twitterers.  For those unfamiliar with Twitter, it’s a micro-blog where tweeple (people who tweet) share their thoughts, location, photos, activities, interests, interesting links, etc. in statements of 140 characters or less.
Delightfully inspired by this particular social medium, CEA’s Market Research Team [...]