Ken C. Pohlmann

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The DVD Variety Show
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 09, 2002  |  0 comments
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The End of Another Era?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 20, 2023  |  1 comments
The year is 1964. Under a starry night sky, you are cruising down Route 66 in a new Mustang, listening to St Louis Cardinal baseball on KMOX-AM, the immortal Bob Gibson on the mound, throwing against the Cubs.

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The End of the iPod
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  May 23, 2022  |  1 comments
One minute you are the Shiny Object that everyone is clamoring for. Then the next minute you are Yesterday's News, thrown onto the trash heap of history, in favor of the next Shiny Object. Alas, the iPod.

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The Fastest Car Stereo Ever [UPDATED]
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 06, 2018  |  0 comments
Today is the big day. Or rather, today is the heavy day. The day that the Falcon Heavy is (finally) scheduled for blast-off. Yes, it might be scrubbed. Or it might just blow up. If it launches, it will be an important day in the history of car stereo.

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The Final Conflict
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 01, 2006  |  0 comments

Oh, boy. Another tremendous battle is brewing. It will be the mother of all battles - as well as the father, the son, and the daughter. More than likely, it will be the family pet of all battles, too. It's nothing less than warfare for world domination. Once and for all, it will settle the question: Who makes the coolest toys?

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The Final Cut: Saying No to Google TV
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Sep 16, 2010  |  0 comments

It’s been a hard day at work. You want to unwind in front of the flat-screen. You don’t want interactivity. You don’t want infotainment. After slaving at the PC all day, you don’t want to surf. You want to watch some damn TV, do some 12-ounce curls, and then doze off. I ask you: Is that so wrong? According to companies like Google, yes, it is. And they want to change that.

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The Fox in Samsung's Henhouse
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 31, 2017  |  0 comments
Suppose that you are the world's largest TV manufacturer. Everyone wants to buy your TVs. In fact, you can hardly make them fast enough. To ensure a steady supply, you contract with other companies to make LCD panels for you. Now suppose those suppliers suddenly cancel the contract. What do you do? You haul their asses into court, that's what you do.

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The Future Belongs to Those Who Stream
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Apr 21, 2015  |  1 comments
A quick look at the pie chart suggests that the music industry exists in a nice state of equilibrium. Sales appear to be evenly split among downloads, streaming, and physical media. If you were a financial planner, and your client's portfolio was as neatly balanced as that, you could sleep soundly. But of course, that equilibrium is only a snapshot of a very dynamic situation. In reality, the way we listen to music is changing fast.

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The Future Is Here! A Toast to Tesla In the New Year
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 06, 2020  |  1 comments
Well, it's official. The year is 2020. And that means we are actually living in The Future. Frankly I wasn't sure we'd make it, but here we are. And things are pretty sweet. All of the fabulous things that technology magazines were predicting in the 50's are finally here. Well, some of them. If you are driving a Tesla.

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The Future of Audio Is.... the Walkman?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Aug 05, 2014  |  3 comments
Although MP3 files may not entirely deserve all the scorn heaped on them, it is widely accepted that it was the proliferation of those files that put the whammy on high-end audio. Despite the availability of higher quality formats like CD, SACD and DVD-Audio, conventional wisdom says the convenience of MP3 led consumers to dumb down their audio expectations. Now, is it possible that an old-school audio company and a brand name largely associated with cassettes could lead the way back to high audio quality?

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