You need to get rid of HD DVDs. They're the betamax of the HD world. In a generation, nobody will even know what they were.
And does anyone really think 3D TVs/Monitors were a good idea? It's a gimmick at best.
Products that made a splash at CES (photos)
by Andy Smith | January 6, 2012 2:29pm PST | Image 1 of 18
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CES held its first show in 1967 and throughout the years it has been the launching pad for many wildly popular devices as well as many huge duds. Here's a look at some of the more notable pieces that made it on the stage.
In 1970 Philips showed off one of the first VCRs for consumers that sold for about $2,000. This Philips N1500 model was available in the early 1970s
Credit: Colin99 (Colin McCormick) at English Wikipedia
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There is no discernible difference in quality between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. Theoretically you could make a higher quality disc on Blu-Ray by using a lower compression rate and utilizing the extra space it had, but no company ever did this. The larger capacity of the Blu-Ray was a moot point as far as movies were concerned.
Blu-Ray won because of aggressive marketing.
Blu-Ray won because of aggressive marketing.
"The 8-bit Commodore 64 which made its debut in 1982 turned out to be the best-selling personal computer of all time."
No it was not!
Atari shipped more by the end of 1982 that C64 ever sold. However, if we are talking about a single model, then the best selling Personal Computer ever sold is the XBOX 360 - you say it's not a Personal Computer? Think again, the XBOX is every bit a PC, but we simply don't think of it that way. A close second is the Apple iPad2 - which while it is a tablet is still a PC by every real definition of a PC.
Dr. Tim
No it was not!
Atari shipped more by the end of 1982 that C64 ever sold. However, if we are talking about a single model, then the best selling Personal Computer ever sold is the XBOX 360 - you say it's not a Personal Computer? Think again, the XBOX is every bit a PC, but we simply don't think of it that way. A close second is the Apple iPad2 - which while it is a tablet is still a PC by every real definition of a PC.
Dr. Tim
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