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Consumer electronics faced a bombshell declaration in February as Toshiba announced it would halt production of HD DVD players in March of 2008. Effectively handing victory in the second generation DVD war to Sony’s Blu Ray player, prices on both players and discs bobbled a bit like both company’s stock prices. The issue looming for wholesale electronic retailers is how will this trickle down and affect their merchandise sector? In the coming year, expect the resolution of the second generation DVD dispute to open up HD DVD products for large scale liquidation, consumer attitude changes in DVD player sales and discs, and higher expectations of the home theater for average Americans.

HD DVD will be dead despite Microsoft’s best efforts to sway consumers otherwise. Too many large movie studios have signed exclusive distribution deals with Blu-Ray, and HD DVD player sales have lagged behind Blu-Ray players to prevent customer demand from overriding this truth. Companies will not be offering any take backs, but will be looking to remove their now overstock of HD DVD discs. Since HD DVD discs were only slightly higher in retail price than first-generation DVDs, at wholesale levels they will have identical or even lower price tags. Expect wholesale opportunities in HD DVD products to last for a few years, and even longer if a large enough minority population develops from those unwilling to give up the fight against Blu-Ray.

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When people think about home security more often than not, images of panic rooms, control panels loaded with brain boggling buttons and the ever so false frequent alarm sounding off seem to come to mind. While homeowners are invested in the idea of home security, the options, as far as what’s out there on the market can be pretty confusing. As technologies change and prices fluctuate, getting primed on the whole home security milieu is difficult. It’s hard to filter through all the components if you’re not an expert. Fortunately, though as technology has evolved, the choices and options become simpler.

Before, you’d think about mainly hardwired systems. These of course are built into to the house and would entail having wires running every which way back to the main control panel. These types of systems have since evolved over the last decade or two and not only are they more affordable, no longer being the mainstays of the upper crust; they are also much less cumbersome. Today, most modern home alarm systems utilize wireless technology. This has obvious advantages over hardwired systems.

For one, wireless systems are much more flexible, they’re more forgiving. A hardwired alarm system is ideal for those buying a house that’s in construction; however, if you’re purchasing an older house, alterations do need to be made—think torn up floor boards, hammering into walls, holes, etc. A wireless system is thus a less expensive solution that still holds up its end of the bargain. Technology has really come a long way.  Read more...