Author Archives: Stewart Wolpin

About Stewart Wolpin

I have been writing about consumer electronics for four decades, including news, reviews, analysis and history for a wide variety of consumer, niche and trade outlets. For the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), I annually update the industry's history and write the official biographies of the CTA Hall of Fame inductees. Aside from writing about consumer technology for a variety of consumer, tech and trade publications, I write a blog and do market research for Digital Technology Consulting. In the non-tech world, I have written "Bums No More: The Championship Season of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers" and "The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle." Check out my work at www.stewartwolpin.com.

Top 10 Gadgets of the Last 50 Years

Posted on 1 January 2017 by Stewart Wolpin

  As part of the CES 50th anniversary commemoration, in my role as newly-minted historian for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA, the industry and lobbying group who produce CES), I helped collect around three dozen historically significant gadgets for display. … Continue reading →

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I, CES, Robot

Posted on 26 December 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

Be prepared to welcome our new robotic overlords. At least that’s what the many robot exhibits at CES 2017 seem to portend. Read all about our positronic future here.

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A 360-Degree Video Future? Codec is Key

Posted on 10 December 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

Today, encoding standard 6:9 4K video footage is well served by the newest codecs. But getting to a future of fully immersive 360-degree video recording is where encoding will go next. Read more here in this blog entry at Digital … Continue reading →

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Wireless Internet Infrastructure: Is it Ready for the Connected World?

Posted on 21 November 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

We’re a long way from ubiquitous connectivity. In the quest to get there, the entire wireless connectivity ecosystem—both direct-to-the-net and device-to-device technologies—is in the midst of evolutionary, if not revolutionary, change. Read how here in this blog post at Digital … Continue reading →

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The Chinese are Coming, the Chinese are Coming

Posted on 29 October 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

Could Hisense be heralding a wave of TVs from China that could usurp the South Korean hold on market share the way the South Koreans usurped the Japanese? Read why I think it’s possible here.

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Video Recording Formats: Are We Done Yet?

Posted on 16 October 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

At a corporate video shoot, I was a taken back by the recording gear sitting atop the videographer’s two tripods: not sophisticated prosumer models from Canon or Sony, not a couple of standard consumer beer can-style camcorders, not even a … Continue reading →

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OLEDs Aplenty at IFA

Posted on 10 September 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

Nearly every TV maker at IFA in Berlin displayed are UHD OLED sets, all using panels sourced from LG. Read who and why here.

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GearBrain’s Best of IFA16

Posted on 4 September 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

GearBrain’s Best of IFA16 Eye-Tracking Laptops, a Robotic Elf And Tech That Lets You Take Calls With Your Finger

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My IFA 2016 Coverage for TWICE

Posted on 1 September 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

  A few of the reports I wrote for TWICE on IFA 2016 in Berlin are linked here.

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What Is a Portable Computer?

Posted on 20 August 2016 by Stewart Wolpin

In recent dueling ads about their tablet/laptop hybrids, both Apple and Microsoft ask the rhetorical question: What is a computer? Well, we kinda know that, don’t we? The real question is, what is a “portable computer?” Read the answer here.

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