Over At GadgetTalk: Ruminating on HD Downloads

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: HD Downloads Taking Over, Hurry Up Canada!

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Over At GadgetTalk: Railing Against Popups

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: What’s With All The Popups?

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Over At GadgetTalk: Is This Not The Age Of Information?

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: Is This Not The Age Of Information?

Yes, I watch a lot of TV. My job depends on it.

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Over At GadgetTalk: Surely you can't be SIRIUS?

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: What Now SIRIUS?

Apropos of nothing, now seemed like a good time to revisit a great line:

Rumack: Can you fly this plane, and land it?

Ted Striker: Surely you can't be serious.

Rumack: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.

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Over At GadgetTalk: A Tale Of Woe

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: First Cracks Showing In The Canadian CE Biz?

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Over At GadgetTalk: Ruminating On Media Servers

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: Media Servers Past and Present

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Over At GadgetTalk: TrackItBack Makes An Important Decision

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: TrackItBack Takes It Back

Update: At press time, no one from TrackItBack had responded to my enquiry. I just received a nice note from TrackItBack founder Jason Wagner. He took responsibility for listening to outside advisers who suggested the annual renewal, and made the decision to go back to what made them successful in the first place.

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Over At GadgetTalk: Ranting About Media Roles

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: Trade Journalism vs. Public Relations: Where is the Line Drawn?

I have a lot of loud opinions. Here, let me share some with you.

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Over on GadgetTalk: Ranting about retail

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: Customer service redux

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Over at GadgetTalk: Warranties as a selling feature

MarketnewsGadgetTalk: Warranties in the CE World

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Today At Marketnews: Sticking Up For Plasma

Marketnews - Gadget Talk: Plasma Continues To Be Maligned In The Trade Press

From an image quality perspective, while I have been much more impressed by the last two generations of major brand LCD panels than I have been in the past, I still have to give the nod to plasma for clarity, sharpness, and colour saturation in the 50-inch and larger category, at least among all the panels I’ve critically examined (hint: it’s a LOT).

I had a lot of bile (and coffee!) this morning.

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There's a New Sheriff In Town!

While Marketnews' Christine Persaud is in Florida for two weeks, I'll be doing guest column work for their industry blog. Their regular websites, Marketnews and Here's How were already sort of blog-like, but there you go, the more the merrier!

Marketnews - Gadget Talk: Stay Tuned for Lee Distad & John Thomson's Professional Opinion

I will be on vacation for the next two weeks. In my absence, Lee Distad, an Edmonton, AB-based A/V system designer (and regular contributor to both Marketnews.ca and Marketnews Magazine) will be keeping you up to date on this blog with the latest and greatest news and commentary from theconsumerelectronics industry. Also, keep an eye out for commentary from Marketnews Associate Publisher John Thomson (a.k.a. the frequently-commenting Mr. Anonymous!), who will be throwing in his two cents as well.

I look forward to getting back into the swing of things on October 10th. In the meantime, enjoy Lee and John's educational, witty, and often humorous commentary.

A great big thank you to Christine and Robert from Bomar Publishing! I'll be sure to post links to their blog for your reading enjoyment.

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