Gary Shapiro
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"Gary Shapiro" is the President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association. Shapiro authored of the best-selling book The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the American Dream. He pens regular pieces for The Huffington Post, Forbes magazine, The Daily Caller, and numerous other publications.

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They truly illustrate the progress of technology in the digital age.

These five technologies truly illustrate the progress of technology in the digital age, ... Every year the industry continues to make strides toward improvement, and it is clear that the consumer electronics industry has a bright future.

With these agreements, many more consumers will soon be able to access the wonders of digital television through cable.

Plain ceilings are so boring.

I think 1997 will be a year of value for the consumer, ... For instance, the average price of a 31-inch TV set price is $400 less today than it was at the same time last year.

Personal computers are wonderful products, and they'll be very successful for a long time. But computers are $1,000-plus items, and there's cheaper ways of getting to (the Internet).

And once you combine wall TV with high-definition television broadcasts that will begin in a few years, you'll have virtual walls in American homes capable of receiving top-quality video signals.