Category Archives: Consumer Electronics

Budget Allocation and Good Design: A Catch 22

Posted on January 14, 2006 by Nick Dynice

Some of the panels from the 2006 CES are downloadable as podcasts. I would like to point out an interesting observation in one of the panels. One of the panelists sates that that good design is more expensive …

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CES 2006 follow up

Posted on January 10, 2006 by Nick Dynice

Regarding CES meetups, I just found this: http://ces.bubbleshare.com/index.php?wiki=CesCamp :(

Didn’t get to meet with Phil, but he mentions me here!

Other than meeting with Phil and checking out new toys and technology, I did not have any business to do there. …

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CES 2006

Posted on January 5, 2006 by Nick Dynice

I will be flying into Las Vegas on Friday night for CES 2006. If anyone knows of any blogger meetups going on there, let me know. I may get a chance to meet with Phil McKinney …

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What Google or Yahoo could do if they aquired TiVo

Posted on December 17, 2005 by Nick Dynice

Here is how Google or Yahoo could extended their reach even more if they acquired TiVo. I will outline the steps they could take in the order they would need to take them in.

1. Google could open Orkut …

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Tivo will soon allow content be transferred to the Video iPod, PSP

Posted on November 21, 2005 by Nick Dynice

Reported on Podcasting News.com, Tivo will soon include software that will allow content to be loaded to the Video iPod and the Sony Play Station Portable.

I had suggested in a post couple weeks ago that this would be a …

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Apple should buy Tivo…NOW!

Posted on November 7, 2005 by Nick Dynice

Now that Apple is going to sell videos (music videos, TV shows, and probably movies in the future), mainly for the new Video iPod, now is the time to buy Tivo. Continue reading →

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RCA’s HDTV Website

Posted on October 27, 2005 by Nick Dynice

http://tv.rca.com/en-US/Home.html

RCA is hawking a Dummies book: HDTV for Dummies on the HDTV section of their site. On the same page there is a SDTV logo with the slogan “Digital TV for Everyone.” I think this slogan is …

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