By Jim Barry, CEA’s Digital Answer Man
For me there was a “Back To The Future” subtext to this year’s CES. Part of the feeling was the tremendous buzz surrounding all things TV — especially super thin models, 3D, mobile DTV, FloTV, and a variety of TV/Internet convergence applications. Another part was the enormous array [...]

By Jim Barry, CEA’s Digital Answer Man
One of the things I do often in my travels as CEA’s “Digital Answer Man” is hand new gadgets – wireless phones, e-books, mp3 players − to folks at TV stations, radio stations and newspapers. Recently I’ve noticed that virtually everyone reflexively begins to tap the screen whether [...]

By Jim Barry, CEA’s Digital Answer Man
How will we be watching sports on TV seven years from now? The question arose last week, specifically, how will we be watching the 2016 Olympics? I was in Chicago on the “Digital Answer Man Media Tour” while the city was awash in Olympic fever awaiting the venue [...]

By Jim Barry, CEA’s Digital Answer Man
Chores done, I’m sitting in the den late on a weekend afternoon multi-tasking– watching The Sox (NESN cable), on a high-def 42-inch plasma and golf (CBS off-air) on an old 20-inch analog with a converter box. Reception is great on both.
It strikes me that it’s exactly a month [...]

By Jim Barry, CEA’s Digital Answer Man
In the midst of the “Digital Answer Man Tour” in Texas last week I did a last-minute DTV reminder segment live on the morning news on KDFW, the Fox affiliate in Dallas/Fort Worth www.myfoxdfw.com, I expect this will be my last DTV transition explainer, but then I thought [...]

By Jim Barry,  CEA’s Digital Answer Man
If you’re looking for some good news midst the drumbeat of woe about the dreadful economy, I have a suggestion — attend a trade show!
I had this thought while attending EHX in Orlando last week where I heard lots of positive comments from both attendees and exhibitors. [...]

By Jim Barry, CEA’s Digital Answer Man
I had the distinct pleasure of taking a few hours out of a very busy media tour schedule last week in Chicago to make a presentation to one of the “Rabbit Ears Pioneers” award winners.
Some of you may have read of CEA’s contest in which folks could send [...]

By Carolyn Slater
CEA’s Digital Answer Man Jim Barry together with Grant Clauser, Editorial Director for Dealerscope and E-Gear shared some CE gift ideas on Philadelphia’s Channel 6 news program today.  Click here to see them.
 
 
Also, Grant Clauser will be back on Philly’s Channel 6 News tonight (Monday) for a live DTV transition test. The [...]

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By Jim Barry
The CEA Digital Answer Man.
I was reminded this week on a Media Tour to southern California that — even as the consumer electronics market has grown tenfold over the past quarter century to $170 billion — there can still be a small town feel for some who’ve been involved for lo these many [...]

By Jim Barry
CEA’s Digital Answer Man

June 12th…Deep in the heart of Texas….Just drove in to Dallas from San Antonio to finish up the last leg of whirlwind two-week pre Father’s Day media tours.
It’s hot in Texas, topping 100 degrees for most of the trip here that began Sunday in Houston. (It was hot back [...]