January 2012, Anaheim, CA – CopperLAN is new Meta definition under the IEEE 802 committee that is an IP based protocol that utilizes the same PHY and MAC blocks for CAT5, USB and Firewire connectivity for the music, performance and broadcast industries (http://copperlan.org/). The interface was shown with a large variety of plug-in devices and…
January 2012, Las Vegas, IP technology licensor Imagination Technologies was showing their next generation industry leading IP cores for the mobile, settop box, television and VOIP systems at CES. The new cores, scalable to to 2xnm process nodes and in line for scaling to the 1xnm processes, unlike some of the IP providers was not…
January 2012, Las Vegas, In addition to the massive floor display of TVs, appliances, and mobile electronics which dominated the Central Hall of the LVCC, Samsung also filled most of the Cosmopolitan Hotel conference rooms with specialized product briefings. One of the briefings was an update and the release of the Smart Media Hub. Since…
January 2012, Las Vegas, One of the big discussions at CES was the prevalence of 4G networks, and the hopeful availability of video conferencing. The promise of 4G networks with their high bandwidth potentials has brought a great deal of excitement to the marketplace. At the CES show, Alcatel was showing an LTE transceiver pair…
January 2012, Las Vegas, NV – The CES has long been a launch platform for Monster Cable and their Monster empire. The company has expanded well from the base cable business to fold in the high end consumer audio marketplace with headphones and in-ear monitor products as well as audiophile products that support the audio…
January 2012, Las Vegas NV – At CES the WISA was demonstrating an overview of their interoperability system for self configuration of wireless surround sound. The system uses the 5GHz U-NII band at low power to broadcast both configuration information and audio data. At this time, the 7.1 surround system that is supported can broadcast up…
January 2012, Las Vegas NV – At CES the WISA (http://www.wisaassociation.org/) was demonstrating an overview of their interoperability system for self configuration of wireless surround sound. The system uses the 5GHz U-NII band at low power to broadcast both configuration information and audio data. At this time, the 7.1 surround system that is supported can…
January 10, 2012, At the PEPCOM event that accompanied CES and also at the main show support for sports and activities with electronics was growing. While the medical pavilion housed most of the biometric measurement for these sports, under the basis of exercise management, these other areas focused on media capture and delivery. For the…
January 10, 2011 – Showstoppers Las Vegas at CES – There were some additional products of interest at the event that were part of the audio, computing and gaming space. Blue Microphones – Tiki USB Mic Blue Microphones was showing their new Tiki dual portable USB microphone. The unit, which will be available in first…
M&E Tech was pleased to be accompanied by Sr Technologist and Business Strategist Michael Lyon at the 2012 CES event and its co-located event Showstoppers. Below is his comments on CES from a non-electrical engineers’ perspective. CES 2012 was typical in that a herd of vendors followed a few salient trends, while a few broke…