Archive for February, 2010
Snapshot Report on 3D Television
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
The CEA forecasts that 1.05 million 3-D TV sets will be sold this year (2010), translating to $2.05 billion in revenue generated by all those sales. This figure is lower than earlier CEA forecasts of 4 million units. (more…)
Budding Engineers Converge on The Citadel
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
[Charleston, SC – February 27, 2010] The incubator for STEM graduates [science, technology, engineering, and math] was blossoming today as hundreds of budding engineers converge on The Citadel for the 11th Annual Engineering Fair. eLifespaces’ own, Anthony Cargile kicked butt, capturing the Gold, Silver and Bronze in the multiple categories. (more…)
Is your home network ready for Skype TV?
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Forget all the hype about 3D enabled TV’s, I think the real advancement coming from the new crop of LED Televisions is the ability to connect a web cam and make video calls right from your living room TV set. (Didn’t I see this in “Back to the Future part 2“?) (more…)
CEA Mark of Excellence’s Incredible Reach
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
This afternoon, we were honored to have been selected as Finalist in the Consumer Electronic Association’s Mark of Excellence Awards. CEA released the information this morning. CEPro posted the release on their web site at 11:49AM EST. Others soon followed. (more…)
CE Practitioners: Low Cost Provider, Differentiator, or Niche Player
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
As electronic companies attempt to bounce back from the recession, new business strategies emerge in the paradigm of the corporate triad of competition. Retailers are looking for new sources of revenue, broadening their product categories while custom electronic practitioners continue to forge into undiscovered markets. (more…)
What Makes a Lighting Control System a Good Lighting Control System?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
It’s Monday afternoon and the phone rings – an inquiry from one of our lighting control system representatives to see if we were available for a visit Tuesday. In preparation for their visit, it started me on a journey to define, “What makes a lighting control system a good lighting control system?” (more…)
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Microsoft is currently running a promotion where they are actually going to give away two Apple 15″ MacBook Pro laptops……and they aren’t even boot-camped with Windows 7 , which they probably should have done because it is my experience that Windows runs much better on a Mac than on a PC anyway.
Apple (Mac) User Group, a Couples Perspective
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Today, at the monthly eLife Apple User Group, my wife and I learned a bit of technical “know how” that may make our lives much easier. Not to bore you with specifics, we learned how to electronically combine our family calendars through our respective MobileMe accounts. Very cool, very useful. (more…)
SmartHomes
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
SmartHomes were in the news tonight. On a local new broadcast this evening, there was a syndicated report on the benefits of “smart home” devices available from an online retailer. Benefits included such things as remote HVAC control, CCTV, lighting control and more. I could only describe the report as “‘OMG’ Look What We Found.” (more…)
No More Component (YPbPr) Output
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
BluRay players will no longer have component outputs on models introduced after December 31st of this year. Yes, that this year! We keep talking about “Sunset Analog” but is anybody listening? (more…)
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