Greg Tarr

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When Phones Crossover To Cameras

So when is a phone a camera and a camera a phone? The lines of distinction are becoming harder and harder to discern, and International CES 2012 will make that evident like no other showcase. All over the convention floor attendees will notice cameras, from point-and-shoots to more advanced pro-sumer models, incorporating Wi-Fi connectivity and, in some cases, Android platforms and apps to... More

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Video Is Crossing Over With Multiscreens

The notion of “crossover” or shared multifunctionality across traditional product categories has had perhaps the biggest impact on the design of video and TV products since the concept of “convergence” was first tossed about more than a decade ago. But where convergence dealt with the melding of rudimentary PC functionality in a traditional TV set (often not even... More

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Cord-Cutting Apps May Cost Sports Fans

Call it my suspicious nature or even a glass-half-empty attitude, but I don’t see the nascent brave new world of “cord cutting” fostered by potential new a la carte smart-TV channel apps as the panacea to rising entertainment subscription fees for which some have already started embracing it. In fact, on some content, like high-profile sporting events and blockbuster new... More

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Google TV Continues To Change

It was an interesting week for the future of the Google TV platform. In separate public disclosures, Logitech’s chairman and acting CEO Guerrino De Luca told an analysts meeting that the company made a “big mistake” in the way it introduced the then $300 Google TV set-top box called Revue, and wouldn’t be making a second-generation model after current inventories... More

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Disc-Based Entertainment Won’t Go Quietly

All the fuss over Netflix’s recent tribulations with disc-rental price increases and the moves by competitors like Dish Network’s Blockbuster unit to capture its disgruntled subscribers (800,000 by last count) has made one thing clear — U.S. consumers are not ready to abandon their disc-based entertainment systems just yet. Prior to announcing the price move and... More