CES 2017: In a nutshell
So, did you get what you wanted from our blog team this year? We’re not the biggest or the best funded but we try as hard as anyone else. Take a look at the reports we…
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CES 2017: The rear view mirror
With the last of the blog team home safe, it’s time to take one last look at the show. It wasn’t the biggest… and that was on purpose. At times it actually felt a little underattended. It seemed…
CES 2017: What year is it again?
So this article’s a little off topic. As in, none of these items are for sale at Solid Signal, and none are likely to be. Maybe if I had a DeLorean and could go back and…
CES 2017: Trend of the show (that you can’t have yet)
In the words of that great sage Robin Thicke, “you know you want it.” Transparent monitors are a staple of near-future sci-fi and it just seems like the kind of thing we’ll all have at our…
CES 2017: They probably wished they’d bought the smaller booth
This is probably my favorite article of the year. This is the fourth time I’ve written it now… and my 2016, 2015, and 2014 articles are still available if you’re curious. I know it’s a little bitter and cruel of…
CES 2017: Day 2 Report
A day spent on the floor was certainly worthwhile. Today the blog team spent time at some of the hotspots at the Consumer Electronics Show. We started at the Sands Expo Center, where the wearables…
CES 2017: HDMI 2.1 announced
This could be big… eventually. The HDMI Forum, who do nothing but develop the standards used in HDMI cables, announced HDMI 2.1, which will eventually have a use in TVs and computers. The move was…
CES 2017: DISH Booth Report
DISH and Sling TV were in a new location this year in the central hall, closer to RCA and other manufacturers and away from the Intel booth, which was inexplicably busy considering that no one really…
CES Day 1 Report: Is there a trade show here?
OK, fair is fair. The show actually doesn’t open until tomorrow. There have been press events and all, but the main action at the convention center doesn’t start until tomorrow at 10am. So what, exactly, did…
We’re off to CES 2017!
We don’t have a bus or a couple million dollars in gear to back, but we’re on our way! The Consumer Electronics Show, better known as CES, starts officially tomorrow and we’re going to be there…
CES 2017: DISH announces its streaming box plus two other less important things
You can always count on DISH to come through with something interesting at the Consumer Electronics Show. Unlike DIRECTV, DISH relishes the spotlight with a traditionally large booth that only seems to get larger every year….