Vizio HDTVs with Amazon and Netflix
I looked around at a lot of CES wrapups and to be honest didn't see too many impressive things. Nothing really stood out as an all-new aha! kind of gadget like I've seen in years past. The theme of this year seemed to be mostly just refinement of existing technologies.
Towards that theme, I'd have to say the best thing I've seen so far is this line of Vizio HDTVs with built-in 802.11n allowing for Netflix and Amazon streaming movies, Rhapsody music, and flickr photo integration. It's nice to see more opportunities for Netflix streaming to show up in the wild (I love the feature on my TiVo) and it's also nice to see it from a company like Vizio, who I associate with being an affordable brand at big box stores like Costco.
I suppose the tanking economy took the wind out of the sails of most CES news this week, but I'm still a bit surprised there weren't any wild breakthrough products unveiled.
The Vizio made me drool a little, but it wasn't something I'd preorder!
Posted by: Michael Leung | January 30, 2009 at 01:33 AM
One thing I've learned lately is that the switchover will save a lot of energy. Old analog transmitters use a lot of power and cost a lot to keep up. Many stations have planned well ahead of time for the change to digital and have budgeted the cost of the old transmitters out of their account structure, allowing the old transmitters to "die on time."
Posted by: C. Hess | February 11, 2009 at 01:40 PM