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CES: High Def, Eco TVs and Pranking 2.0 |
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Dr. Samuel Says -
Bidness
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
Well, I managed to miss most of this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. I programmed my tesseract
matrix to create a D-space temporal loop, so I could cover more ground
by flipping myself back in time, but instead somehow wound up at the
second Continental Congress, ratifying the Articles of Confederation.
Again! I've been trying to fix these bugs, but all my beta testers keep
disappearing.
 Anyway it's probably for the best. Like we figured, the biggest splash
was made by various emerging trends, prototypes, models and standards
for wireless HDTV. Also, Phillips won the coveted "Best in Show" award
for their green-friendly Eco TV. The high-def television uses sensors
to determine the viewing room's ambient light and adjusts backlight
display for optimum efficiency. Naturally, the Eco TV also eschews lead
components, and incorporates recycled materials into the packaging and
so forth. Also, flip the toggle in back, and you can recycle aluminum
cans by simply heaving them at the 42-inch screen. No, not really.
Click here for a round up all the award winners.
Certainly the most entertaining item to come out of the show concerns
the epidemic of TVs and monitors inexplicably shutting down in the
middle of demos, displays and presentations. Well, turns out it was
explicable after all. The enterprising young people at techie blog
Gizmodo 'fessed up to aiming TV-B-Gone remotes as a running prank.
Mean. Funny. I love it. It takes a certain courage to do this, then
admit to it on your own blog. Well done, fellas. Many will object, but
never mind these people. Mischievousness is its own reward. Also, good
luck getting press passes again next year.
Check out the video -- undeniably funny.
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