All Giz Wants: Consumer Electronics That Don’t Act Like PCs

I cognize “ All Giz need ” are supposed to be fancy ask glossy objects , but this really is my fancy : I ’d like eminent - def disc histrion that do n’t flash “ unreadable ” fault messages , receivers that can draw music from a web without headaches — in general , home electronics that are n’t shacked by Ethernet plugs , microcode - update disc , slow boot time and mandatory periodic difficult restarts .

I ’m not saying I ’m anti - onward motion . We ’ve reached a pointedness in this diligence where everything worth a damn is more personal computer than CE on the interior anyway , and we have to take the grow nuisance if we want the ontogenesis . But suffering a Blu - ray disc error on the PS3 the other day caused me to consider the issue : is it so haywire for us to ask for reliable CE product , one whose added functionality is not complemented by add hassle ? I feel like half of the products I ’ve reviewed this year were cool but had at least one feature that was not ready for primetime . Yet they are sell in Best Buy . Even the dear TiVo , role model for the New CE , has an occasional leaning for misbehaviour .

So , for 2008 , I want consumer - electronics product developers to spend more fourth dimension on calibre assurance , and less time shit for gimmicky third - party software to tack on at the last consequence . The temptation is high in the realms of high - def disc players , “ connected ” receiver and sound system , DVRs , game consoles and digital picture physique . Keep ’em clean , cat — we bonk all the add functionality , but if it does n’t work out 100 % of the time , for the beloved of God do n’t ship it . [ All Giz Wants ]

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