CES and Baby Boomers
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Posted by Maryan Pelland Jan 8, 2007 |
At the Consumer Electronics Show this month, you could find all the newest, coolest gadgetry that we'll be coveting for the next year and beyond. One of the biggest trade shows there is, CES is the open marketplace of the 21st Century.
Some of the eye-catching toys included Alienware, a computer appliance to make all your current gadgets network into one operating center, as I understand it. There were personal video players like SanDisk's Sansa View that gets video off MP3 players and helps cure eyestrain with bigger screens. As it should be.
There are the usual camera advances, music players, TV stuff and so forth, but I really don't see anything extreme, unless I'm missing it. For boomers, the focus should be all on portability for travel, I think. Look into music and video appliances, multi-task gadgets and book readers. We'll review a lot of those things in our regular articles like our current review of Nintendo DS Lite. And speaking of games, they were out in full force at the show - marketing moguls assure me the most sought after audience for games is us. Boomers, seniors, elders. Keep an eye on what develops for us in the coming year. Keep an eye on Aging and Grandparenting site at Suite101 -- we're reviewing lots of electronics for your lifestyles.
HD TV is still a hot topic and LG’s new DVD player handles Blue Ray and HD DVD (also standard DVD) for about $1200. There’s a new disk that will contain both formats so you can use it on either of the new types of player. So it’s marching on very quickly. Nice time to jump into HD if you're so inclined. There's a link below to our review of the two types of TV.
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