Since the earliest CES, the OMG of the show has always been the screen … bigger, better, brighter, more immersive, more versatile, less expensive. That’s a good thing because this year’s virtual event (and our locked at home lives) would have been terribly dull without the screen … and the content.
5G/NextGen TV, streaming and remote learning/work/communications tools are great, but they are nothing without the content creation industry – audio, video, gaming. Content and virtual CES became even more important ingredients in the CTA world technology mix.
2020 left a lasting mark on our relationship with (and blurred the lines between) work, technology and entertainment. The pandemic was devastating to the out-of-home entertainment industry – theatrical live and video.
Chips are important…DUH, but there’s more to CES than present/future technology. There’s also the practical side for home and the office. While chips are in everything today, most of us feel the first place to experience them is in productivity, personal tools.
At CES, the work/play/communicate device makers were at their best and compute, notebook folks rolled out so many outstanding devices that picking faves wasn’t easy.
A Technology Event So Big You Can’t See It All in One Seating
After years of working the floor at CES, it’s easy to summarize … dumb from the neck up, numb from the neck down. This year was worse.
You couldn’t “miss” a keynote, press event, panel session – seven days of pre and CES press events, news, analysis, projections – because they were there, online waiting for you. The good stuff you revisit. The rest you hit delete.
Simply put, CES 2021 was different and challenging for Shapiro’s CTA crew … everyone!
Andy Marken returns to SPAUG to review the highlights of smart everything – cars, TVs, toys, games, homes, cities, streaming content and more – and the best new products of the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show. After years of working the floor at CES, it’s easy to summarize … dumb from the neck up, numb from the neck down. This year was worse.
You couldn’t “miss” a keynote, press event, panel session – seven days of pre and CES press events, news, analysis, projections – because they were there, online waiting for you. The good stuff you revisit. The rest you hit delete.
Simply put, CES 2021 was different and challenging. If you would like a preview of the meeting, visit Andy’s blog, Content Insider, on our site.
Andy Marken is President of Marken Communications and has been involved in the marketing of storage technology for more than 25 years. His experience includes work with Panasonic, Verbatim, Matsushita, Plasmon, Nikon, Mitsubishi Chemical, OWC, Newertech and a number of storage solution manufacturers Andy can be reached at andy@markencom.com.
As usual there will be “Random Access” Q&A period. If you have a particular topic you would like to discuss, please send an email to webmaster@spaug.net so we can reserve time in the schedule.
NOTE: This will be a ‘virtual’ meeting using Zoom videoconferencing.
The Zoom site will open early to provide time for some good ol’ schmoozing.
Join us for the October 2020 General Meeting with the Computer Doctor, Sue Kayton, who will join us for a “random access” Q&A session on a wide range of computer topics.
If you have a particular topic you would like to discuss, please send an email to webmaster@spaug.net so we can reserve time in the schedule.
NOTE: This will be a ‘virtual’ meeting using Zoom videoconferencing.
The Zoom site will open early to provide time for some good ol’ schmoozing.