921 Wins "The Best Products of 2003"? Go figure!

[Guest]

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_50/photo_essay/0350pe_best_q.htm

 

[ROLLTIDE]

for 2004 ? Or was that 2008 ?

 

[BOYCOTT26]

Maybe it's for best virtual product.

 

[AkShark]

It's easy to award vaporware! No one can dispute it!

 

[video62]

921 = Best Bong Toke of 2003 (That's the only way you will see one)

 

[Stargazer]

Yeah, award a product that has not even rolled out yet and may not even come out this year.

 

[TheForce]

If I see the 921 displayed by E* at CES next month and it has not yet shipped I will launch a formal complaint to CES CEO requesting that rules change, making it a requirement that there be a separate category-
Best of show for only shipping new products. and best innovation for best working prototype (921 wouldn't even qualify here). No awards for best idea, non-working prototype, or concept or mock up model as I could win by showing a consumer time machine or a consumer device to turn water into gasoline... imagination gone wild!

The 921 has made a mockery of the CES awards process and I think they should demand a public apology from E* and request E* return the award!

 

[video62]

If I see the 921 displayed by E* at CES next month snip

I can see it now: CES History is Made! Echostar Wins Back-to-Back Annual Awards For the Same Product!! It was NEW last year and it's still JUST AS NEW THIS YEAR!

 

[John Kotches]

Optoma's H76 DLP Front Projector could well be in the same category....

Cheers,

 

[dlsnyder]

Didn't that whole MOXI concept product win a CES award a couple of years ago? Now THERE's a vaporware product!

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Moxi is now in use by some Charter systems.

BTW did you know that the origional 721 code was the base code for MOXI?

 

[dlsnyder]

Yes, I remember you saying back before the 721 came out that it was "probably" a MOXI because E* made some sort of deal with them at about that time.