Well, it looks like Vizio is laying down its plan of making a splash in the consumer electronics industry. First we’ve heard about two of its Android devices which are to be introduced at CES 2011 – the Via Phone and Via Tablet. And now, to connect this two devices to other Vizio products is more »

At one time, electronics giants Best Buy and Circuit City seemed to share the market without any clear fiscal winner. Circuit City was often credited with building one of the first successful box stores back in the 1980s. However, recent financial reports show that Best Buy has gained market dominance while Circuit City is struggling more »

The buzz at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair came with the judging for the 10th HKEIA Award for Outstanding Innovation and Technology. Some of the entrees that won have been kept so secret, there is no information on the Internet about them yet, not even on the manufacturers’ sites. I am sure that will change as soon as the fair ends and the real marketing starts. In such cases, links to manufacturers’ websites have been provided for future reference.

Each winner received a trophy and a year’s worth of bragging rights. Check out the winners after the break and come back tomorrow for my thoughts on these winners.

The Me Generation, Generation X, Generation Y…they’ve all had their time in the media spotlight. Now prepare yourself for “Digi-Kids,” the term that market research firm NPD Group uses to refer to youth ages 4-14 who spend more time on their computers instead of parked in front of a television. Parents of digi-kids probably didn’t more »

It’s either the perfect Father’s Day gift or the perfect excuse for initiating divorce proceedings: ESPN has announced the coming of its branded Ultimate Remote, a $299 universal remote control designed to give the sports fan quicker and easier access to games, stats and excuses not to engage in “honeydew” chores on weekends. The ESPN more »

It’s the latest Hollywood cliffhanger: how will you spend your economic stimulus check?

If the New York Times, NPD Group and other leading-indicator-watchers are to be believed, you’ll head right down to Best Buy, Game Stop or Costco and use that money to buy a shiny piece of consumer electronic hardware.

Two Times stories in the last three days have mentioned how sales of HDTV’s, video game consoles and software, DVD players and other home entertainment devices have been rising during the economic downturn. It seems that when hard times hit, most people will be content to cocoon in front of their 42-inch LCD’s, watching high-def newscasts full of talking heads holding court on the cost of gasoline and food.

Hollywood uberblogger Nikki Finke says Hollywood is paying attention to this mashup of commerce and technology because “Iron Man” is about to launch in multiplexes nationwide – waving the green flag for the summer movie season – and the videogame “Grand Theft Auto IV” just came out and it’s getting the kind of reviews you usually see for a Coen Brothers film. Sure, you spend $60 bucks for the game, but how many hours of 1080p gameplay (plus cinema-worthy storytelling) does that buy you vs. the 126 minutes it will take to watch Robert Downey Jr. blow stuff up? Do we even need to mention related spending/downtime like parking, pre/post-movie dining, babysitters, etc?