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CES 2014: There's a 'Pre-Show' Before the Consumer Electronics Show (Video)
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is the largest electronics show in the U.S. these days. It's so big that small companies easily get lost among the industry giants and their huge, noisy show floor displays. But there is a press-only 'pre-show' called CES Unveiled that gives visibility to companies that don't have 20' tall displays full of celebrity shills and other razzmatazz. So, in hopes of finding some products more interesting than the inevitable CES "Oh, look! Our latest TVs are 2" wider than last year's models!" blather over incremental improvements to existing products, Tim Lord went to CES Unveiled -- and found a few products that were not repeats from previous years. Good products? Useful? Maybe, maybe not. You decide.
Razzmatazz -- now that's a word not used often enough anymore. I shall add it to my common vocabulary forthwith.
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Because marketers know how to lie to their bosses.
It's not a show for consumers. It's a press show for things they hope to sell to consumers. The press is the audience not you.
Would you pay for that?
No, but I bet the exhibitors would.
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
He is a respected actor of television and film!
The cow says "Moo." The dog says "Woof." The Timothy says "Thanks, valued customer. We appreciate your input."
Poor mic placement + poor normalization
The cow says "Moo." The dog says "Woof." The Timothy says "Thanks, valued customer. We appreciate your input."
Except when your own 4K TV has crappy upscaling. The content has to be upscaled one way or another, except if you watch it at original resolution, meaning 3/4th of the TV is black.
If you ask me, 720p is enough for most real life content, and maybe 1080p for animated movies. 3D can rot in hell for all I care.