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It seems 3D television has become the new fad before it has even come out of the box. But are we really ready for 3D TV? Personally, I don’t think we are for some very good reasons.

The first of those reasons is cost. A 3D enabled television will run you anywhere from $3,000 to $12,000. Now I don’t know about you, but there’s no way I’m ever going to pay $12,000 for a television unless it does my laundry, washes my dishes, and helps my kids with their homework at the same time. $12,000 is a down payment on a home! And yes, I know it’s a luxury item and I know luxury costs. But $12,000? C’mon! For $12,000, my entire family will come to your home and put on a play. You can’t get any more 3D than that!

All kidding aside, the cost of these things couldn’t come at a worse time. Not only are we right in the middle of a recession, we recently went through a forced upgrade. Remember it was just a few months back that all television programming switched from analog to digital. For some, the move was a simple matter of shelling out 80 bucks for a small device. Others had to buy whole new televisions. Let’s hope 3D TV doesn’t become the new norm for all television viewing and we’re forced into another upgrade. I’m still getting used to the eerie reality emanating from my new HD set! Read the rest of this entry »

Of course the news is dominated today with talk of the new Apple tablet computer… But I can’t say I share the excitement. I work with a PC all day, every day and have done for quite a few years now (yes a PC – I never bought into the Apple hype, or MAC logic, and the only time I had one I put a PC emulator on it). My PC is  a tool, it’s what I use to work. Looking at the new tablets – which it’s claimed will fill the gap between the iPhone and notebooks I can’t imagine for one minute being able to be comfortably used for me to complete a days work. Read the rest of this entry »