July Consumer Tech

  • 27 Jun 2011
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By Richard M. Sherwin...

The fallacy and dangers of upgrading your home electronics Is your free upgrade for your software or hardware electronics really free? During the Spring product previews, I was truly amazed as television and high end audio makers were touting that their 2011-12 products had the advantages of the computer industry: A consumer, with little or no help from the manufacturer, can fix or upgrade their TV or stereo system with a USB flash drive or direct from the Internet firmware program. Like many industry veterans, I struggle with our Windows and Mac Operating System upgrades.

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