Re: [RE] CE applications (was: RE: [RE] Focus of discussions)
Kevin:
Ask the Consumer Electronics Association if Dolby 5.1 ==> Dolby 6.0 is selling well. Take
a listen sometime.
Also, remember that we in the tech industry are atypical of most of the consumer product
customer base.
I'd recommend that you book your rooms in Vegas now for the Consumer Electronics show in
Jan. to understand this industry (why we called it "Residential Ethernet"). You cannot
assess unless you can experience it. FYI attendance at the CEA show has far surpassed the
attendance of any of our technology or computer/communications trade shows. Been to
Comdex lately?
Richard
"Gross, Kevin" wrote:
> I don't work day-to-day in consumer applications but I haven't recently seen
> that sector make many successful decisions that favor fidelity over
> functionality.
>
> The recent successes in the consumer electronics market have all introduced
> new functionality (sometimes paired with increased fidelity) - DVD, Direct
> satellite, MP3, TiVO.
>
> Advances that focus on improved fidelity have not faired as well - Super
> audio CD, DVD Audio, High-definition TV.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-stds-802-3-re@listserv.ieee.org
> [mailto:owner-stds-802-3-re@listserv.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Lou
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:53 PM
> To: STDS-802-3-RE@listserv.ieee.org
> Subject: Re: [RE] CE applications (was: RE: [RE] Focus of discussions)
>
> On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 11:24, Dirceu Cavendish wrote:
> > <DC> I guess anything with less quality than what current CE AV
> > equipment provides is unacceptable. Am I wrong? Or would we follow the
> > VoIP trend of replacing high quality voice calls with something of less
> > quality? Over to CE guys...
> > </DC>
>
> I would tend to agree. The only thing I would add is that
> for consumer grade equipment, perceived quality (as measured
> by a typical ear/eye vs. a spec sheet) must not be less than
> current equipment and any quality degradation must be offset
> by other beneficial factors (convenience, cost, etc). Examples
> are MP3 vs. CD, JPEG vs. lossless compression, etc.
>
> -Dennis
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