Ken C. Pohlmann

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The Mystery of 96.7 MHz
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 24, 2022  |  4 comments
The year is 2017. You are in Portland, or at least in the general vicinity. It is late at night. You are driving down a dark road. You turn on your radio, and happen to tune to 96.7 MHz on the FM dial. What you hear is something you've never heard on the radio. Something strange is going on, something very strange.

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The New Corvette Looks Good. But Will it Sound Good?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Aug 13, 2019  |  3 comments
For the first time, the engine is mounted amidships: 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8, 495 horsepower, 470 lb-ft of torque, 0 to 60 mph in under 3 seconds, top speed of 194 mph with optional performance packages. It is the most powerful and quickest base-model Corvette ever. And it has the most powerful Bose sound system ever in a sports car.

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The Next Big Thing
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 21, 2013  |  6 comments
Their future seemed so very bright. The SACD format, with a bit rate four times that of CD, was designed to lead the CD to new heights. DVD-Audio, sibling of the wildly successful DVD-Video format, offered audiophile fantasy surround at 96 kilohertz/24 bit. Hard on the heels of Avatar, 3DTV promised to change TV viewing forever.
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The Next Big TV Thing
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 20, 2012  |  0 comments

TV manufacturing is a tough business. You’re making a perfectly good black-and-white TV and then someone comes along with a color TV. So you need to make color TVs. Then TVs become digital. Then they become high-def. Then they become flat. Then they become big. Then they become 3D. Then they become really big. Then they become 4K. It just never ends.

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The Pendulum Swings
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Nov 12, 2013  |  6 comments
Is our most fervent technology infatuation about to reverse course?

Without question, smartphones are awesome, and they have dramatically changed our everyday lives. We measure our self-worth by the number of bars we have. When our phones are fully charged, we are happy. When they are discharged, we are in full panic mode. Kids today probably can’t fathom how anyone functioned before the advent of smartphones. They ask, “Dude, how did people post pictures of themselves on Facebook while water skiing?”

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The Perplexing Mystery of Building 8
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 24, 2017  |  0 comments
Roswell.

Area 51.

Building 8.

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The Physics of Unphysics: Walmart Takes to The Cloud
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Mar 14, 2012  |  0 comments

You’ve got to hand it to Walmart. First, they make a zillion dollars selling DVD and Blu-ray discs to everyone. Now, they’re set to make another zillion dollars so you don’t have to actually use the discs. Brilliant, simply brilliant.

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The Pohlmann Interview
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Oct 16, 2018  |  3 comments
As this magazine celebrates its 60th anniversary, we are trying to reconcile the fact that Ken Pohlmann is the longest-serving contributor to these pages. Frankly, we’re not sure why we ever hired him 30 years ago. In an effort to find out, we asked Mr. Pohlmann to share his stories of his early days at the magazine. —The Editors
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The Rapture of the Rumble
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 28, 2020  |  3 comments
Because everything must be controversial, I am going to be controversial. This blog discusses God, politics, climate change, and Enzo Ferrari. Furthermore, if it causes lightning to strike you, so be it.
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The Red Menace
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Feb 11, 2010  |  0 comments

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