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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    08/04/09

    In reply to Consumer Electronics Association Fights NYC Over Stricter Electronics Recycling
    Oh no! Now I will have to put my gadgets in black plastic bags to throw out!
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    01/08/09

    In reply to Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote
    omg omg omg omg it's usher
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/08/09

    In reply to Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote
    Man, that last picture of Stringer with the Sony Ericsson phone behind him is awful. It looks like he squeezing out a big steamer in his shorts.


    It also looks like those pants are hiked all the way up to his chest.


    'Go Green' indeed. Looks more like going brown...


    Wow, I know I'm having a bad day when I'm ripping on some poor old timer.

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    Image of ARONBOARD ARONBOARD
    01/08/09

    In reply to Ballmer's Wacky Text Messages
    At least throw a razor up there, Give me a break. A Samsung at Microsoft's CES?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/08/09

    @ARONBOARD: What's wrong with Samsung?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/08/09

    In reply to Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote
    This isn't a keynote. It's just one big commercial.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/08/09

    @ripfire: Isn't that basically what modern Keynotes sum up to?


    HEY LOOK AT ALL THIS EXPENSIVE SHIT ON STAGE! YOU BUY IT! YOU BUY IT!

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    01/08/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: In this day and age... yes.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/08/09

    In reply to Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote
    But what about Home? I want to know about Home. Hasn't it been a rousing success?! Less Hanks - more Home.
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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    01/08/09

    In reply to Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote
    Yeah...3D will be the 3rd big change in cinema. -_- I would normally say HD was the 3rd, but I'm just thinking its an improvement of something instead of an introduction of something that revolutionizes cinema.
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    Image of beardedkid beardedkid
    01/08/09

    In reply to Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote
    "By 2011, 90 percent of Sony products will connect to Internet and each other"


    Woohoo! I can't wait to log on to the internet with my underperforming subwoofer!

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/08/09

    @beardedkid: Now that it's connected to the internet, maybe it can get firmware updates.
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    01/08/09

    In reply to Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote
    Did they play the opening to "Bosom Buddies" when Tom and Howard first appeared? Man, that'd been awesome.



    + Watch video
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    01/08/09

    In reply to Consumer Electronics Association Chief: It's Gonna Be a Crappy Year (Help Us Out Obama!)
    "The industry's gonna shrink this year. The industry has only shrunk three other times in the last four years-it's grown every other year."


    Uh, so it's grown for 1 year? That's cool.

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    01/08/09

    @ScottRose: Here to explain this phenomenon is Paula Abdul:
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    Image of headc4se headc4se
    01/08/09

    @ScottRose: Again with the obvious being pointed out 3/4 the way down the comment section. Thank you for calling this out, and making me feel better about myself.
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    01/08/09

    @headc4se: That's what I'm here for. Snowcones and lollipops all around!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/08/09

    In reply to Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote
    "Hi, Tom Hanks here. Sony's lost a lot of its credibility, so it's borrowing some of mine!"
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    Image of 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons
    01/08/09

    In reply to Live: Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer CES 2009 Keynote
    "I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and what. It's material, that's all." -TH
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/08/09

    In reply to Consumer Electronics Association Chief: It's Gonna Be a Crappy Year (Help Us Out Obama!)
    Was I the only one who read that as Consumer Electronics Association CHEF? Who are the Chefs?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/08/09

    @CES.GitEmSteveDave: Ron Popeil has been known to eat his own products.
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    01/08/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/08/09

    In reply to Consumer Electronics Association Chief: It's Gonna Be a Crappy Year (Help Us Out Obama!)
    Maybe Sony should re-examine where it wants to get its money.


    Money from HDTVs and Blu-Ray is great. However, it also takes money away from box office ticket sales. That's the problem with Sony's split-personality. It's hard to justify the cost of going to a movie theatre when I have a good home-theatre.


    If Sony wants to innovate, it can start by innovating the business model of the movie business. There's already upheaval in the music business - in no small part because of the iPod. Sony has a unique opportunity to lead the way in making a new business plan for movie studios.

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    01/08/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: It's funny you mentioned that because I've always thought that HDTV and BluRay would never have any significant impact on box office sales just like the current model for DVDs. Then I realize that ever since I got into the HDTV camp, I hardly go to the theaters nowadays. Coincidence?
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    Image of Shooting a monkey is now a hate crime Shooting a monkey is now a hate crime
    01/08/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Or, you continue the current business model and gain revenues from both the movie theater going demographic, as well as the home theater demographic.


    If Sony or any other movie studio wants to increase its revenue, stop making horrible films. When you have 5 months straight of bad movies, that you've spent millions to produce and market. That's just shooting a hole through your pocket right there.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/08/09

    @DeadhousepIants: In this economy, the business model cannot hold.


    Studios take 60%-70% of opening and second week grosses. Eventually, the scale slides to the exhibitor getting a larger and larger portion of sales, but the first weeks get eaten by the studio. More and more summer movies do the proverbial "boffo box office" business in the first two weeks and then trail quickly, leaving the exhibitors with a large piece of a very small pie.


    Meanwhile, theatres still have to deal with things like rent, wages, and of course electricity. I imagine that the electric bill for the A/C is super-high in the summer (peak demand) while the theatre is paying to cool off customers who result in 30 cents on the dollar.


    I'm not a fan of theatre owners but I can understand why tickets and concessions cost what they do - to cover the cost of overhead. Lucas broke new ground with the distro deal for Episode 1. And every studio has demanded a similar deal for their summer blockbusters.


    Ticket prices are prohibitively high. If I take Girlie to one movie per month in the theatre, the cost of the tickets will be $288. Concessions can cost another ~$240. This is assuming that I can magically teleport to the theatre. I'm at $500 to see twelve movies with my girlfriend. I have to get there early to make sure I get a good seat, wait in line, listen to morons yammer and deal with idiots who kick my girlfriend's seat.


    Or I can order Blu-Ray discs from NetFlix and watch movies at home on my set-up with a big comfy couch, a bowl of freshly popped popcorn and a decent bottle of wine.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/08/09

    In reply to Consumer Electronics Association Chief: It's Gonna Be a Crappy Year (Help Us Out Obama!)
    Give the industry a break. It was in the pool. IN THE POOL!
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