June 27, 2008
Fraud Alert: Woman Gets Two Years for Aiding Nigerian Internet Check Scam
As hopefully all readers of this newsletter know, emails asking for help to cash checks are scams. Sadly, there are still a lot of folks out there who fall for these things every day. According to this article, at least one person in the United States was assisting in the Nigerian scam, and has been tried and convicted.
Please don't be taken in by such scams, and please pass this note along to all your friends, relatives, and business associates to remind them not to fall for them either.
Richard L. Kuper
The Kuper Report
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R.L. Kuper, Inc. - Management Consulting
Please don't be taken in by such scams, and please pass this note along to all your friends, relatives, and business associates to remind them not to fall for them either.
Richard L. Kuper
The Kuper Report
http://TheKuperReport.com
Labels: consumer, email, fake, fraud, internet, nigeria, scam, security, spam
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May 11, 2007
Home Entertainment Show May 11-13, 2007
The 2007 Home Entertainment Show is currently (through May 13) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in NYC. Although it is called the "Home Entertainment" show, it would be more accurate to call it the "High End Audio Show With A Few Video Choices." The majority of products being demonstrated are not targeted to today's average consumer, whose modern-day audio/video system is comprised of compressed audio and video files,watched and listened to on a computer with computer speakers and maybe a sub-woofer.
Although some of the audio demonstrations were pleasing to the ear and in some cases more than pleasing, I had to quickly walk out of many of the rooms I walked into because the sound was so offensive. Many of the manufacturers and demonstrators apparently feel that they must play whatever they are demonstrating very loudly, and by doing so often present distorted sound that hurts the ears.
My recommendation to the manufacturers and demonstrators is to turn down the volume a bit, and try not to choose music choices that do a poor job of showing off your systems.
My recommendation to the show organizers is to rename the show to more accurately represent what is being presented. The products were, primarily, high end audio, not what most average consumers would consider purchasing when creating a home entertainment system. I would guess that the average consumer, when upgrading to a high definition TV for example, would either listen through the speakers provided with the TV, or, perhaps, simply buy whatever the store salesperson convinced them to buy to create surround sound. And for most, that would be just fine, because they either really can't hear the difference, or don't really care. That is not the audience this show is targeted to. There were, however, a few systems that were tied in with Windows Vista, for those who truly want to marry technology with high-end sound and video. And there was a product that you could connect to the internet that could broadcast internet radio to your stereo system - but the price tag was several times the cost of an average personal computer.
So if you are into high-end audio, or want to see what high-end is all about, then check out the show. More information can be found here.
Richard Kuper
The Kuper Report
http://TheKuperReport.com
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R.L. Kuper, Inc. - Management Consulting
Although some of the audio demonstrations were pleasing to the ear and in some cases more than pleasing, I had to quickly walk out of many of the rooms I walked into because the sound was so offensive. Many of the manufacturers and demonstrators apparently feel that they must play whatever they are demonstrating very loudly, and by doing so often present distorted sound that hurts the ears.
My recommendation to the manufacturers and demonstrators is to turn down the volume a bit, and try not to choose music choices that do a poor job of showing off your systems.
My recommendation to the show organizers is to rename the show to more accurately represent what is being presented. The products were, primarily, high end audio, not what most average consumers would consider purchasing when creating a home entertainment system. I would guess that the average consumer, when upgrading to a high definition TV for example, would either listen through the speakers provided with the TV, or, perhaps, simply buy whatever the store salesperson convinced them to buy to create surround sound. And for most, that would be just fine, because they either really can't hear the difference, or don't really care. That is not the audience this show is targeted to. There were, however, a few systems that were tied in with Windows Vista, for those who truly want to marry technology with high-end sound and video. And there was a product that you could connect to the internet that could broadcast internet radio to your stereo system - but the price tag was several times the cost of an average personal computer.
So if you are into high-end audio, or want to see what high-end is all about, then check out the show. More information can be found here.
Richard Kuper
The Kuper Report
http://TheKuperReport.com
Labels: audio, audiophile, consumer, entertainment, high end, high-end, home, Kuper, kuper report, richard kuper, sound, video
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