Archive for the 'DTV' Category
By Laura Hubbard
A high-quality audio system adds an emotional element to whatever you watch and can impact a storyline in ways that visuals alone cannot. Imagine feeling like you’re by Jason Bourne’s side as bullets fly through the air and punches are thrown while he uncovers the secret to his identity in ‘The Bourne […]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
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By Megan Hayes
My brother and sister-in-law had their first baby, and my first nephew, around Christmas time. I am sure it will not be long before Christopher is more proficient with CE gadgets than I am. But, before he starts his own blog, my family needs to consider baby proofing our homes. As June […]
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
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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 […]
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Posted in DTV, Digital Answer Man | 3 Comments »
By Jim Barry, CEA’s Digital Answer Man
Greetings from Detroit. This is the 28th city on this year’s Digital Answer Man Media Tour, the second stop after Minneapolis earlier in the week. I’ve been able to squeeze two TV appearances and two radio segments in between the raindrops today, despite the city’s raucous celebrating of […]
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Posted in CE Accessories, DTV, Digital Answer Man, Digital Images, In Vehicle CE, Wireless Communications | 1 Comment »
By Lyn Slater
Just as you would suspect, the Consumer Electronics Association makes good use of the latest CE products and technology throughout the working day, but if you can tear your eyes away from the flat panel TVs that adorn the walls of 1919 S. Eads Street for a moment, you might catch a […]
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
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By Steve Kidera
In my last blog entry (scroll down to read the masterpiece), I wrote about the two great loves in my life…sports and HDTVs. My dad, who shares my love of sports, commented my next entry should be about a (hypothetical) man who lives in a house with one other person, they own […]
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Posted in Consumer Research, DTV, Economics | No Comments »
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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By Megan Pollock
CEA is partnering with America’s favorite TV mom, Florence Henderson, for our Convert Your Mom DTV transition awareness campaign. Florence is best known as Mrs. Carol Brady on the 1970s TV series “The Brady Bunch.” But why Florence? Why convert your mom?
Because moms know best! And whose mom was cooler than Mrs. […]
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
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By Steve Kidera
With all due respect to Andy Williams, right now is “the most wonderful time of the year.” Don’t get me wrong, I love everything about the Holidays, minus the long lines at stores and non-existent parking spots (so I guess that technically isn’t everything). But for those of us sports junkies that […]
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Posted in Consumer Research, DTV | 1 Comment »
Introduced by CEA’s CEO and President Gary Shapiro:
A recent study conducted by CEA and PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that:
“The Consumer Electronics industry directly contributes over one trillion dollars to the U.S. economy.”
Whether it’s social networking sites, new wireless technologies or HDTV, the media is filled with consumer electronics related stories, more than we can count.
The amount of […]
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Posted in DTV, Economics, Washington Forum 2008 | 1 Comment »