by Allen Weiner | July 26, 2011 | 1 Comment
For a somewhat experienced market research analyst, it’s always a danger to build an opinion based on a small sample size. When that small sample size includes yourself and a few family members, now you are talking risky. That said, when Netflix announced a price change that separates its streaming and DVD-by-mail service, my visceral [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Amazon, Apple, Booth at the End, Netflix, samsung, Sony, Vizio, Vuguru, Walmart
by Allen Weiner | October 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest physical book retailer, is following up its November 2009 release of the Nook, an e-ink e-reader, with the NOOKcolor, a device that uses a 7-inch LCD/LED screen to display books, newspapers, magazines and a few additional services such as Pandora. The device is scheduled to be available on November [...]
Category: Amazon Apple e-books Newspapers Publishing Tags: B&N, Barnes and Noble, Blackberry, devices, Nook, samsung
by Allen Weiner | March 8, 2009 | 1 Comment
A few weeks into my TV 2.0 project ,where I set up a viewing center sans cable or satellite, I successfully completed the digital transition by attaching a Samsung digital converter box and Radio Shack indoor antenna to my Sharp 32-inc TV. At first, it was a total fail, but because my TV had not [...]
Category: blogging broadcasting regulatory Television Video videocameras Tags: Apple TV, Boxee, digital transition, Microsoft, Neulion, Phoenix, Radio Shack, samsung, Xbox, ZeeVee
by Allen Weiner | November 17, 2008 | Comments Off
As previously stated, I am a video guy. Back in the day, I was an A/V nerd and even worked after school to repair broken educational films by resplicing them when they cracked as they were wont to do. So, when the online consumer video craze began to surface about five years ago, I became [...]
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Category: advertising blogging broadcasting citizen media Newspapers Publishing social media Television Uncategorized Video videocameras Web 2.0 Tags: Kodak, mino, protail video, Pure Digital, samsung, videocameras, YouTube
