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Biggest CES Flops of All Time
- Thread starter rtc
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Yes at no8 HD radio. Wheres Betamax.I still use MD's today.
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Darth_vader
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I use Minidiscs too. Pretty handy for recording Navtex data when I can't stream it directly from the radio into the laptop!
"Does anybody remember DIVX videodiscs? I never had DIVX, and I'm glad I didn't."
Yes. In fact, the Goodwill nearest me currently is in possession of a cardboard box containing someone's collection of about 100+ DIVX (not to be confused with the similarly-named "DivX") discs, priced $1 each. That box of discs has been there since late October. Alas, no player in sight.
@Zach--
CD-i's biggest market, at least on this side of the Atlantic, was distribution of background music for businesses, i.e. Muzak and AEI/DMX. Karaoke discs actually use CD+Graphics, which is a derivative of CD-i but a different format. Muzak stopped sending out CD-I programming around 2005 and DMX in January 2008, almost 10 years after Philips' last CD-I player rolled off their assembly line!
"Does anybody remember DIVX videodiscs? I never had DIVX, and I'm glad I didn't."
Yes. In fact, the Goodwill nearest me currently is in possession of a cardboard box containing someone's collection of about 100+ DIVX (not to be confused with the similarly-named "DivX") discs, priced $1 each. That box of discs has been there since late October. Alas, no player in sight.
@Zach--
CD-i's biggest market, at least on this side of the Atlantic, was distribution of background music for businesses, i.e. Muzak and AEI/DMX. Karaoke discs actually use CD+Graphics, which is a derivative of CD-i but a different format. Muzak stopped sending out CD-I programming around 2005 and DMX in January 2008, almost 10 years after Philips' last CD-I player rolled off their assembly line!
Darth_vader said:
Did those old Divx video disc's at the time go blank after a viewed movie.one shot deal.
I wouldn't consider some of these flops at all. I still use the infamous MiniDisc WEEKLY, and you know what - not one has failed on me since my first one in 1999 - can you say that about the cassette format it replaced? Compact, superb audio codec, very NON-MP3 sounding - and barely noticable difference than an actual CD. Eraseable, on the fly edits, text, inexpensive media, no computer required - one of the best items Sony ever devised. Not a flop in my book. IT WORKS - can you say the same about AM-HD and it's neighbors on the dial.
Same for the original LaserVision VideoDiscs - they worked and had great audio and video. Sony's OLE TV's are spectacular, they work, but just too expensive; however, the OLE screens have made inroads on small portable units where they ARE cost effective and they work.
So, you have to define 'flop'. Is satellite radio a 'flop' as ONLY 20 million folks are paying for it? DVD-HD's - a flop? Some of the best (or better) technology is considered a flop, but when it works, it works well, so I consider "C-QUAM AM Stereo" a 'non-flop' as it worked, worked well, forced better AM tuners onto the market and AMAX would be the standard for all AM radios IF the FCC would have made a standard in 1982 instead of 1992.
The success of HD radio, and AM radio in general, is unique, compelling progarmming, niche formats and local programming - offer for 'free' on a radio what people want - without a $65 bill every month for their 3G cellphone or internet access. Great progamming on a portable radio that runs on a 9Volt battery never went out of style with me, or even my teens - when it's something that they really want to hear (even Radio Disney, I hate to admit).
Same for the original LaserVision VideoDiscs - they worked and had great audio and video. Sony's OLE TV's are spectacular, they work, but just too expensive; however, the OLE screens have made inroads on small portable units where they ARE cost effective and they work.
So, you have to define 'flop'. Is satellite radio a 'flop' as ONLY 20 million folks are paying for it? DVD-HD's - a flop? Some of the best (or better) technology is considered a flop, but when it works, it works well, so I consider "C-QUAM AM Stereo" a 'non-flop' as it worked, worked well, forced better AM tuners onto the market and AMAX would be the standard for all AM radios IF the FCC would have made a standard in 1982 instead of 1992.
The success of HD radio, and AM radio in general, is unique, compelling progarmming, niche formats and local programming - offer for 'free' on a radio what people want - without a $65 bill every month for their 3G cellphone or internet access. Great progamming on a portable radio that runs on a 9Volt battery never went out of style with me, or even my teens - when it's something that they really want to hear (even Radio Disney, I hate to admit).
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