Marketing Opportunities for Consumer Electronics
by: Jim Brown.
The markets for consumer electronics will depend on which type of operating system, if any, powers the machine. There are open source marketing opportunities for consumer electronics that use the Linux operating system and registered mark...
The Consumer Wins with HD or Blue Ray
by: Michael Hehn.
Next generation home video format wars always end up confusing the consumer to start off, and it can take several years before one format gains dominance over the other. This was the case with the VHS versus Betamax format war, and thankf...
Advantages of IP Telephony for the Residential Consumer
by: Michael Talbert.
Businesses have for some time now been utilizing voice over IP telephony through the building of converged networks. As VoIP technology matures and the network pipe grows ever larger, LANs that existed primarily for data transmission are ...
Consumer Reports - Cordless-phones
by: Brooke Yan.
It’s easier than ever to have a phone where you want one. The newest breed of cordless phones lets you put a handset in any room in the house, even if no phone jack is nearby.
However, manufacturers still offer a bewildering array o...
Consumer Reports - DVD-players
by: Brooke Yan.
The DVD has come to dominate video even more quickly than the CD conquered audio in the 1980s. Along with changing what we watch--discs rather than tapes--DVDs are changing how we watch. The digital format makes it easy to go directly to...
Consumer Reports - DVD Recorders
by: Brooke Yan.
At the highest-quality setting, the quality of most DVD video recordings is better than that of a VCR. DVD recorders also offer more ways to navigate recordings, with no need to rewind or fast-forward. With certain disc types, DVD record...
Impressive Solar Consumer Products
by: Jim Fritz.
Being in the business of solar energy, we see a lot of new and exciting products long before they hit the store shelves. We attend a lot of tradeshows and industry conferences, and it never ceases to amaze me how passionate people are ab...
Consumer Reports - Desktop Computers
by: Brooke Yan.
WHAT'S AVAILABLEThere are dozens of companies vying to put a new desktop in your home. Dell, eMachines, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard (which merged with Compaq in 2002), IBM, and Sony all make machines that use Microsoft’s dominant Windows ...
Cool Designs In Consumer Electronics
by: James Brown.
Most consumers own several electronic devices that have features that perform the same function. This is because consumer electronics are designed to blend in with the needs that consumers have and are marketed solely on one feature and t...
Holiday Shopping For Consumer Electronics
by: James Brown.
Most retail stores would welcome the task of helping customers do some holiday shopping for consumer electronics for every member at home. Holiday shopping trips by families can be a very exciting experience because the selection of consu...
How To Shop For Discounted Consumer Electronics
by: James Brown.
People are reveling in the technology used in consumer electronics because the circuit boards inside seem to last longer. People are able to find discounted products for any need at low prices which allows people to buy more for the money...
Hot Consumer Electronics To Keep You Cool
by: Daniel Millions.
Today is a world that is vastly in tune to consumer electronics. Some of us of the Baby Boomer generation cannot seem to take in the entire consumer electronics field all that fast and change as quickly with the times. We had better get ...
Consumer Reports - Cell Phones
by: Brooke Yan.
Switching operators is now much easier than ever, thanks to the government mandate on local number portability. However, keep in mind that the phones themselves aren’t portable. If you switch carriers, expect to buy a new phone.
Rev...
Personal Loans Fulfill Every Need of the Consumer
by: Ajeet Khurana.
We are all constantly looking to upgrade our lifestyles. But then, this requires money. It is difficult to bring on that kind of money at just about any time. This is when a personal loan is ideal. Personal loans can be put to any kind o...
Consumer Debt, Bad For America
by: Jim Kesel.
Consumer debt is debt that is accrued by purchasing consumer products as opposed to investment debt that is used to make investments. The vast majority of consumer debt in American is in the form of credit card debt. Consumer debt is fast...