5. GPS goes Internet with the Dash Express
This handy little device gives real time traffic, directions, and lets you search the internet all at once. Yes Google has maps for mobile but I don't want my phone screen to be that large and my wife would prefer real GPS over the "My Location" feature. This device will sale for $599. A little pricey but give it a year.
4. High Tech Gutter Cleaner
When you think of CES you don't think of gutter cleaners but what about one that is a wireless remote control one that will clean 60 feet in 10 minutes. Maybe I just really need to clean my gutters right now and don't want to have to climb up and down a ladder a hundred times but this is impressive. It is also has a really cool name: iRobot Looj. This will sale for $99-$169. That is a lot cheaper and more fun than installing those gutter guards.
3. Fabric PC of the Future
This little beauty is made by Fujitsu on their e-paper or flexible display paper. So technically not fabric but it folds and works like fabric. The idea is that if you wanted a bigger screen that you would just unfold it more and wham you now have a bigger screen. Of course this is only a concept right now and they don't expect it to hit the public for 5 years. I would love to have a shirt that was also a video display. Now that would be awesome.
2. Blu-Ray wins
If you didn't hear Blu-Ray is going to be the disc of the next generation. Years ago Sony lost the battle to VHS but win this one. How do you know? Not by they crowd or the 103" plasma or even the name. Warner Bros. studios came out and said that they are only producing their movies on Blu-Ray and not HD DVD. So if you bought a HD DVD player I am sorry.
1. 150 inch Plasma
Earlier this week I said that I would take the 108 in LCD by Samsung. This statement is still true but who could turn down a 150 inch plasma by Panasonic. Last year Panasonic was trumped because their 103 inch plasma was outdone. This year they wanted to make sure that didn't happen. There is no price on this TV yet but the 103 inch little brother sold for $69,000. I am betting six figures easy. By they way if you buy a HDTV today more than likely the best quality that you can get is 1080. This set has a resolution of over 4000. Now that is impressive.
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1 Response to "Tech Thursday: The best of CES 2008"nothing compares to the video screen going into the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
The Cowboys are adding an innovative design element to the Stadium with a one-of-a-kind center-hung video board. It hangs 110-feet above the field from the arches, but here is what will be exciting to fans: It will stretch between the 20 yard lines, meaning the sideline boards will span 60 yards. So the fans sitting in the upper decks will have what amounts to a larger-than life game being played directly in front of them if they choose not to look down at the field, giving them an unprecedented benefit up top.
And this high-tech video experience doesn’t exclude those fans sitting at both ends of the stadium, since there will be two 48-foot wide boards facing them to enhance their game-day experience.
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