WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:06.759 Is Michael Garfier. 2 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:07.679 Michael Garfield. 3 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:09.080 Michael Garfield's joining. 4 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:10.320 Us and the high Tech Texan. 5 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:14.720 Michael Garfield is here with a high Tech Texans it 6 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:15.519 to make life. 7 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:16.920 Easier new technology. 8 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:18.839 So Michael Garfield has something you might want. 9 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:31.559 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texan. Three decades helping 10 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:37.200 you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the 11 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:42.399 iHeartRadio Act. Now your high Tech Texan, Michael Garfield. 12 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:47.240 Shall we begin the program? And I will start by 13 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:53.759 telling you something very important. No dogs or cats will 14 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:58.119 be harmed or consumed in this version of the High 15 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:00.200 Tech Texan Show. And with that we do be ye. 16 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:03.799 Michael Garfield, just like that big booming voice at the 17 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.920 top of the hour, said, what is going on in 18 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:13.840 between world traveling stops. My passport is being stamped and 19 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:17.560 stamped and stamped. But enough time to make it back 20 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:20.599 to htown to do the show, to take your calls, 21 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:22.439 to update you with what is going on in the 22 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:27.400 world of yes technology, but so many products in consumer 23 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:31.760 lifestyle to answer your questions. A few fe a month 24 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:34.640 or so before we really start thinking about the holiday 25 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:38.040 shopping season, We've got a full show. I don't even 26 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.640 know where to start. I've got a lot of notes, 27 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:43.280 as I had a lot of time on an airplane 28 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:49.079 back and forth to Germany last week for what they're 29 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:53.200 calling the world's largest consumer and electronic show that I 30 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:55.799 just got back from. Before I hop on another plane 31 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:00.959 tomorrow to go to London. Not bragging, but uh actually 32 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:04.519 is am? I is not name dropping? Is it city dropping? 33 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:09.120 When you're a traveler? I like that alas Southwest Airlines 34 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:14.319 does not get to fly yet to Germany or Europe, 35 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:16.840 so I can't take a companion. Actually I could if 36 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:19.439 I really had one and wander one. But we'll get 37 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:21.840 to that. I'm gonta give you the phone number. Callum. 38 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:23.639 Good to see him, Man, did you miss me? I 39 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:26.039 brought you back up. I tried to bring you back 40 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:28.520 some beer from Germany. I was in Berlin, Germany. As 41 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:30.560 you know, callub Calum Reed is on the other side 42 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:31.120 of the glass. 43 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:31.280 Here. 44 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:34.280 He's pushing the buttons into making sure that we sound 45 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:40.439 correctly in answering your phones. October Fest it wasn't started officially. 46 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:43.039 I did see a few signs that were starting to 47 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:46.800 be uh you know, put up and displayed around the city. 48 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:49.319 I will tell you and I'm gonna I'm gonna really 49 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:53.159 do a semi deep dive into Berlin, which was the 50 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:57.840 first time I've ever been to that city. And beer 51 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:01.000 flows like water. I'm surprised they don't bathe in beer 52 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:02.759 and shower and beer. I mean, it is tough to 53 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:05.639 turn your head left or right without finding a beer somewhere. 54 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:07.520 It was quite good, quite good. Actually, I need to 55 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:10.960 get James Simpson, who does the beer show here on 56 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:15.960 k PERC nine fifty am on Sundays. He I don't 57 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:17.879 know if he's been to Germany, but he knows his beer. 58 00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:20.879 But I hang out with him and we could swap 59 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.919 some stories. In the meantime, Callum, I did not bring 60 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:25.360 it back Getta beer, but I did bring you a 61 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:28.159 few other gadgets. I will give you the phone number 62 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:29.960 from my audience and so you could talk to Callum 63 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.879 and he'll put you through to me. Seven to one 64 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:36.919 three two one two five nine five oh two one 65 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.479 two five nine five oh. That number has not changed 66 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:43.840 in the twenty two years I have been doing this 67 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:48.879 radio program here now heard across the world on iHeartRadio. 68 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:52.479 Speaking of world, I'm going to talk a lot about travel. 69 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:55.000 I haven't This is the first time I've did I've 70 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:58.319 done some international travel in several years, and I'm very 71 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:03.560 glad that I renew my passport. My passport expired last April, 72 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:05.879 and I'm thinking myself, I said, you know what, you 73 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:08.560 never know when you need it, and I'm glad because 74 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:10.120 it's I'm a stamp with the hell out of it 75 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:13.919 right now. The State Department, I just saw the US 76 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:17.680 State Department just kind of streamline. Believe it or not. 77 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:22.439 They are processes of speeding up the way that you 78 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:26.519 could apply and get approved for a US passport. You know, 79 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.439 there is horror stories over the years, like, oh my goodness, 80 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:32.879 it takes weeks. It takes months to get approved for passports. 81 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:35.600 I remember years and years ago there were only a 82 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:40.279 few cities in the country where you could physically walk 83 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.160 into an office and get your passport done, one of 84 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:45.439 which was here at Houston. I don't think you could 85 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:49.240 do that anymore. I'm not not sure. But now there 86 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:52.160 was a test online a few months ago and they 87 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:56.560 just approved it where you can get your passport reading 88 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:59.839 relatively quick time. I must say. When I applied from 89 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:05.040 my passport to be renewed in was it may yeah, 90 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:07.759 it was May this past year. I think from the 91 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:12.079 time I filled out and mailed it in. Yes, I 92 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:13.920 hadded mail it anks. You have to mail pictures and 93 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:17.399 sign a form and everything. It took it took maybe 94 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:19.959 nine days till eleven days to actually get the new 95 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:22.360 passport back, which was which to me is record time. 96 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:25.399 So do I get your passports? It's nice to have. 97 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:27.439 You never know when you want to flee this country, 98 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.839 which it may be coming to that sooner than later. 99 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:34.160 No politics here. I did not watch. Apparently there was 100 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:36.360 a debate. I did not watch a debate. But I 101 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:38.680 don't know. We may want to leave this wonderful country 102 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:40.639 of ours. I have no clue where it is going. 103 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:43.920 Would I moved to Berlin, Germany. No, I wouldn't move 104 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:47.759 to Berlin, Germany. Germany is a neat place to visit. 105 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:52.759 There's no knocks against it. It's a very It's a 106 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:55.519 young town. Callum, you you'd live there, you're what you're 107 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:58.319 in your white mid upper twenties. That's a sweet spot. 108 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:00.879 I saw a lot of young people, youngish people there, 109 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:02.800 and I say young people's the kids, you know. I 110 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:05.399 have three boys wro allowing their twenties a lot of 111 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:09.279 twenty and thirty year year olds and a lot of English. 112 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:12.319 I had no problem with the English barrier. I had 113 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:18.879 my Samsung phones with my AI Translation app ready to roll, 114 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:22.040 but alas I did, actually didn't need to even use that. 115 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:24.639 I did not need to use that whatsoever. There was 116 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:26.560 a lot of English speaking over there, so big city. 117 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:29.920 We'll talk more about that, and I did. I will 118 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:33.360 let me let me lead this two things. The reason 119 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:35.399 I was there, I mean, it started out as business 120 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:37.319 and it's also obviously I did a lot of touring 121 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:42.639 insight seeing the world largest consumer and electronics show. For 122 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:45.399 the past twenty five plus years that I've kind of 123 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:48.920 been in this industry, cees the Consumer Electronic Show we 124 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:52.839 just held every year in Las Vegas. They always say 125 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:56.279 it's the world's largest trade show or the consumer electronics Show. 126 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:59.199 Well there's another one that allegedly is even bigger. This 127 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.600 is what I went for. It's called efa IFA. It's 128 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.759 the it's a ifa. It stands for something in another language. 129 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:08.560 I don't even have a clue what it means, but 130 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:11.839 it is a consumer electronic show. They say this is 131 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.360 the world's largest consumer electronic show. This actually lasts about 132 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:18.720 ten days versus the typical three or four days for CEES. 133 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:24.680 Eighteen hundred plus global exhibitors. They had two hundred or 134 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:28.480 so speakers, and they say more than two hundred and 135 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:33.120 fifteen thousand visitors from one hundred and thirty eight countries. 136 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:37.680 That's who attended this past week at EFA in Berlin. 137 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:40.920 And I'll get into the comparing of how this compares 138 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:44.800 to CEES. There were very few American companies, I must say, 139 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.879 not a lot of American based companies here, a lot 140 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:51.399 of home impliances. But the big difference is this has 141 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:54.199 opened up to the public. The public can buy tickets 142 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:58.279 to walk through the show. Versus CEES. It's trade show only. 143 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.279 There's media, which is how I get my press pats, 144 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.879 and then there's the manufacturers. There's the buyers, the marketers 145 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.519 and whatever. He's not open to the public CEES. This 146 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:11.480 is open. So it's like a car show. Car shows 147 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:13.720 are actually open to the public. There you buy tickets 148 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:16.879 and you can peruse your cars, trucks and whatever to 149 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:19.120 determine what you're gonna buy next. This is kind of 150 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:21.879 the same thing. That's why this is technically larger. In 151 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:25.680 my mind, I did, however, get to meet real quickly 152 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:31.120 Berlin's governing mayor, the mayor of Berlin. He was there 153 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:34.440 on opening day. There was security around. I have no 154 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:38.200 clue what was going on. His name is Kai Vegner, 155 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:41.080 I believe is his name. I am kidding you, not 156 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.320 as I go to break here breaking every one. I'm 157 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:47.320 kidding you. Not his title. He's the governing mayor. But 158 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:50.759 there's another title. I cannot make this up, folks. The 159 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.960 dude's name. The dude's title is Burgermeister. I am not 160 00:08:55.080 --> 00:09:00.519 kidding you. Burgermeister hi Vegner. Dude, it is a year 161 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:04.240 without you know, the Santa Claus. It was hilarious. I did. 162 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:08.399 How awesome would your business card be if it says 163 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:12.720 Burger Meister, burger Meister, meister Berger. I'm not get There 164 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:14.600 were a lot of parts of Berlin that reminded me 165 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:18.480 of the old stop motion animation The Year without a 166 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:21.759 Santa Claus. Remember that that was awesome. There I met 167 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:26.120 the Burgermeister fur Led. It was just cool. I'm gonna 168 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:27.679 tell you more about that. Listen, I'm gonna tell you 169 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:29.200 what I saw. I'm gonna give you some travel tips. 170 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:32.240 If you're traveling internationally. We're gonna talk about VPNs E, 171 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:35.879 SIMS for your phone, some other neat tricks, and a 172 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:39.080 number of different special guests today to talk about new products. 173 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:40.600 It's a big, big, big show. It's called the High 174 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:42.840 Tech Text Show. Michael Rodfield, We're gonna be right back. 175 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:49.519 You know what, in a kind of good mood. Why 176 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:52.679 don't we give something away? It's radio continued The High 177 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:56.799 Tech Textan Show. Miguel is the name miss Il Michael Garf. 178 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:03.120 Just don't call me late for dinner. Okay, right over here? Well, 179 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:04.480 why don't we give something away? 180 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:04.759 Uh? 181 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:10.759 Total Wireless if you're thinking of switching your phone or 182 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:15.480 your data plan to save you some money. All inclusive plans, 183 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:19.240 all you can eat, All you can sume sixty five 184 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:22.559 dollars a month plans or even much lower than that. 185 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:25.799 It works on the Verizon network. And there are a 186 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:28.720 number of stores all across my listening audience, and I 187 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:32.159 think ten stores alone in Houston. Victra is the name 188 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:36.480 of the ownership group of this particular ones. Total Wireless. 189 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:39.519 You can get home wireless Internet. I've been using this 190 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:43.960 router five G home wireless Internet. All you can eat, 191 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:45.480 I think it's like a thirty five or forty dollars 192 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.200 a month. It's really it's boy, it's saving me a 193 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:50.440 ton of money versus you know, the O cable stuff. 194 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:52.879 Got a twenty dollars gift card right now, color number 195 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:56.279 nine seven one three, two, one, two, five, nine, five 196 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:00.759 to zero. It's the Victor stores Total wireless. You see 197 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.480 some of the stores. I saw some billboards. All I 198 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:04.759 have no clue why I am not on the billboards. 199 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.279 You know, I do endorsements. I'm on TV commercials and 200 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:09.679 I'm on billboards. Need a doctor that's little wireless. If 201 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:12.120 you want to sell some stuff, put my ugly bug 202 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:14.759 on those billboards. Baby, it's spits. I've done it before 203 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:19.120 in this city. But here's your prize, color number nine. 204 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:20.639 You get a twenty dollars gift card to use in 205 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.720 any of these stores. We do continue the high tech 206 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:29.159 texts in show back from a World of Traveling to Berlin, Germany. 207 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:33.919 I was there for ifa IFA. It is the world's 208 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:39.360 largest consumer electronics show. I saw some things. It was 209 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:42.720 very interesting. To kick off the show, I went to 210 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:45.080 a preview night for media only, and they do this 211 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:48.799 at CEES also. It's called Showstoppers. Showstoppers, it's nice. They 212 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:53.120 have about seventy companies and they only invite media, so 213 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:57.600 it's a more intimate situation for me and my ILK 214 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:01.320 who covered the industry, so we don't have to schlep 215 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.240 around the hundreds of thousands of square feet of the 216 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:07.320 show floor the exhibits that start the next day. But 217 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:09.919 it was really nice what show Stoppers done. They had 218 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:13.440 a number of really good companies and some of the 219 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:16.519 products in the themes that I saw. There were a 220 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:19.840 lot of home appliances. There were a number of different 221 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:26.960 the robotic vacuums and robotic mops. There were the robot type. 222 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:30.200 The robot Rock was there. For example, I actually have 223 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:34.440 been using a robo rock vacuum mop in my house 224 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:36.840 I've been testing for the past month or so, which 225 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:40.000 works very well. Then there's the upright Eureka was there. 226 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.840 They had some of their new products that you've that 227 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:47.799 you've heard of. Projectors. Home projectors, I must say, are 228 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:51.080 really getting big. And this is a category that I'm 229 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:53.120 more the happy to answer your questions and give you 230 00:12:54.039 --> 00:13:02.919 some some guidance because television's HDTVs have become so relatively 231 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:05.600 inexpensive from what they started. You know, when they when 232 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:07.320 they first came out in two thousand and two, two 233 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:10.000 thousand and three, there were fifteen it was twelve to 234 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:13.759 fifteen thousand dollars for a fifty inch flat screen TV. 235 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:16.679 Now you can go to Costco, you can go to Sam's. 236 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.000 You know, you can get a you know, sixty five 237 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.480 seventy five inch four you know, five hundred to one 238 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:27.440 thousand dollars projectors though, why not use a projector? And 239 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.519 I think this is going to be a trend because companies, 240 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:35.879 a lot of Chinese companies, they're making projectors that do 241 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:41.759 show four K, ten eighty p screens that you can 242 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:47.120 project on a wall, both inside and outside. They're becoming portable, 243 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:53.759 they're becoming so much, so much smaller than the old projectors. Listen, 244 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:56.639 I'm gonna, you know again, I'm showing my age over here. 245 00:13:56.720 --> 00:13:59.600 But you know, when ustep projector, you know, these things 246 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:02.159 were like you saw in the nineteen seventies nineteen eighties 247 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:04.279 in school. You had to, you know, put these things 248 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:06.799 fifteen to twenty feet back and they had a very 249 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:09.320 large lens and you had to really darken the room. 250 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:12.559 And then some of them for televisions. There was the red, 251 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:17.159 the green, the blue, you know light that that converged nowadays, 252 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:19.600 you know, I have one here, I actually have one 253 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:21.679 right now I'm holding this is from a company called 254 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:24.840 x GMI x g I M I and I could 255 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:26.960 talk about this now because I met the x GMI 256 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:30.519 folks in New York a month ago. I did less 257 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:32.840 than a month ago. I've been traveling on and they 258 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.279 had me up to a press conference where they launched 259 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:37.679 a new line. They launched about four to five to 260 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:40.799 six different new projectors that also I saw at EFA. 261 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:44.840 They had a big booth in EFAH that are relatively inexpensive, 262 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:46.919 one of which is a portable one. I'm holding this 263 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:49.759 thing up right now and it looks like a it's 264 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:53.960 a canister. It's a large can of soup. If if 265 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.759 I could, you know, just you know, kind of give 266 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.159 you an analogy of how big or small this thing is. 267 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.000 It's I'm holding out it is less than what is 268 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.600 this a pound and a half or something. So I 269 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:05.879 could take it to a friend's house to plug it 270 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:09.279 in through USB or maybe a small or a mini 271 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:12.399 HDMI plug. I we wright to plug it. We can 272 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.960 watch football game we could project it outside to make 273 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:19.799 a big screen. If the kids are having a pool 274 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.399 party or you know, some birthday party, they want to 275 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:25.639 show a movie. You know it's a frozen plug it in, 276 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:28.639 you could do this too. But on the inside of 277 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.200 your own there are There was a lot of projectors. 278 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:32.919 I mean there was a number of different ones that 279 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:36.080 I saw at Ifa Was at Yarba. That was another 280 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:39.960 one seven, one three, two, one two, five nine five 281 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:42.320 ozho here Michael Garfield. It is the high tech text 282 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.039 and show if you want to ask about that, if 283 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:47.240 you're thinking about looking for a really good home theater 284 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:53.519 experience or outside home theater experience. But computers really really 285 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:58.519 revolutionized projection technology. It was scout Is probably the early 286 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:02.320 eighties were LCD projectors made home theaters much more accessible. 287 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:04.679 But some of the advantages that I, you know, I 288 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:06.320 think of it. I was taking notes of having a 289 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:09.600 projector at home. It's really but what beyond what a 290 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:13.159 basic TV can give you. You can, you know, customize 291 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:17.559 the screen size because projectors provide screen size variations, unlike 292 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:22.320 conventional TVs, which are a set a set form. You 293 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:25.080 can get huge images to make you feel like you're 294 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:28.159 part of a live event, you can. You know, projectors 295 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:33.720 refract if you think about it, projectors reflect light rather 296 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:38.120 than transmit it straight. So sometimes it's more comfortable for 297 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:42.200 your eyes than standard screens. It's an indirect light projection. 298 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:46.360 It really it probably can help lower eye strain. The 299 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:49.000 size of projectors, I said, they're very small. They fit 300 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:52.879 for mounting on shelves or ceilings. They're portable right now. 301 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.360 And I think for the value, projectors give a bigger 302 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:59.799 screen size, not a fraction of the cost as big 303 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:03.360 high def TVs. You know which is better value, And 304 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:05.400 so when you're looking for them, just you know a 305 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:08.920 few factors to consider. Look for projectors with high resolution. 306 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:12.559 You want at least ten eighty P four k's ideal 307 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:15.200 for really the best clarity. You want good brightness. Brightness 308 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:18.160 is measured in lumens, that's what it is. And maybe 309 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:22.720 a high contrast ratio for vivid colors and the deep blackings. 310 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:24.160 As you know, if you've listened to my show for 311 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:26.279 a long time, the most important color when it comes 312 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:29.279 to looking at television screens, it's it's the color black. 313 00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:34.599 It really is. Uh, it's the best projectors. Listen, it's 314 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:38.480 I saw so many ex Jimmy was one. I like 315 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:40.119 it because I've really got to actually talk to a 316 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:43.960 lot of the executives there. Yaber y A b e R. 317 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:48.319 I saw those folks over at as showstoppers. They were 318 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:55.640 in they were in Berlin too. There's food listen, a 319 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:59.680 lot of Chinese Japanese companies do food. Doughties and Tupetros 320 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:02.279 and did these are brands with you know, truth be told, 321 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:05.240 I'm not familiar with I've never heard of. But go 322 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:08.359 look at the prices of some of these things and 323 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:10.640 think of how you may want to use it. Maybe 324 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:13.559 you want to use it for the holiday season, the 325 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:17.039 football games. It's they're they're really good. So anyway, those 326 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:18.359 are some of the things that I think I saw 327 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:21.000 that that kind of I'm not gonna say took over 328 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.440 IFA in Berlin, but it was one of the bigger 329 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:28.359 categories that I saw along with some of the home appliants. 330 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:32.920 The home appliants says, you know, I saw hair, hair brushes, 331 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:35.160 I saw some high tech hair brush and of course, 332 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:37.119 you know me and the hair I wanted to sample 333 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:40.359 these things. But but I think that that nice lady 334 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:43.359 working at believe she couldn't understand English. Uh she didn't, 335 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:45.119 so I got her card, said yeah, I don't know. 336 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:46.680 It's going to help grow your hair. I do not 337 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:49.119 need help them growing my hair. But there's hair brushes, 338 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:53.359 there's high tech hair dryers, there's there's there's there were 339 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:57.279 window cleaners that that that automatically stick on your window. 340 00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:01.279 It's like a robotic window cleaner. Imagine taking your robotic 341 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:06.839 vacuum cleaner and it vertically sucks and sticks onto you 342 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:10.799 the outside, over your windows and it cleans your windows. 343 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:13.880 There's another dish. I'm a check out my YouTube channel 344 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.440 and check out high Tech text in dot com and 345 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:17.759 without a doubt, my Instagram high tech texts and and 346 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:19.480 you can see it. I'm gonna continue to post some 347 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:21.759 of this stuff as we continue the High Tech text 348 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:24.960 and show. Coming up, we're going to talk about travel traveling. 349 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:28.039 I was on an eight hour flight minimum, I think, 350 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:31.000 from the United States to Brulin, and I'm gonna tell 351 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:33.200 you everything that I brought on there, some things that 352 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:35.519 made me comfortable and some things that I actually discovered 353 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:39.359 to make traveling internationally a lot easier. And if you're 354 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:42.480 an international traveler, I want you to enjoin in. This 355 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:44.920 is a radio show that we want to hear from you. 356 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:47.839 Seven one three, two one two five nine to five 357 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:56.079 zero bottom of the hour, Michael Garfield, congrats. We do 358 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:58.359 have a word for the twenty dollars gift card to 359 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:02.559 the Total Wireless US stores here in and around Houston. Actually, 360 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:04.920 you can use these things whatever. There's a Victor v 361 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:08.799 I C t R. A Victor owned store that is 362 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:11.519 total wireless. You can use it to you, you know, 363 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:14.119 all over the all over the country. If you happen 364 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:15.880 to win that gift card, stand by, we may have 365 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:19.079 a few more diveaways, because that's what we do in radio. 366 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:22.359 We did high tech texted. That is how you can 367 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:24.880 find me on Instagram and high tech textan dot com 368 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:29.599 or back. Jet Lags are real thing, people. Jet lags 369 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:32.920 a real thing. It was a seven hour time difference 370 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:36.200 between Berlin, Germany and Houston. Berlin where I was last 371 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:39.319 week to go to EFA. I f A EFA Berlin, 372 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:44.200 the world's largest consumer and electronics expo and trade show. 373 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:48.319 First time I've ever been to Berlin. Had a really, 374 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:51.519 really nice time. I stayed in the center of this city. 375 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:53.559 I do want to thank the folks from EFA and 376 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:59.000 Berlin and everybody from Chryl to Steve Leon and the 377 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:03.039 folks at Showstoppers for getting me over there and hosting 378 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:05.799 me in a number of my ilk in the media 379 00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:08.640 so we can cover it. Some of the EFA has 380 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:11.000 been around for it. This is the one hundredth year, 381 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:15.880 one hundred year. What was technology like one hundred years ago? 382 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:19.519 I would love I don't know that. I can someone 383 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:21.960 find a does someone have a YouTube channel one hundred 384 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:24.200 years ago to actually have some video or some raw 385 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:27.079 footage of what products were displayed one hundred years ago 386 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:31.319 at the very first EFA conference. I mean, think about this, 387 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:38.519 It was nineteen twenty four, nineteen twenty four of the 388 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:41.279 very first year that was before the When was the 389 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:44.799 Berlin Olympics? When that nineteen thirty six, the Jesse Owen Olympics. 390 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:49.319 I mean, who created a technology show in nineteen twenty four? 391 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:51.039 I mean what was it? Was? It was that a horse? 392 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:55.680 Was it a carriage? I have no clue anyway, but 393 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:58.279 there were eighteen hundred plus companies from all over the 394 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:01.519 world does showcasing their wares. I'll go get at the 395 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:04.160 Board of Berlin. It's well, I'll tell you what. Let 396 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:07.119 me give you my quick thirty second sixty second Berlett. Berlin. 397 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:11.640 It's a it's an incredibly historical city. It really, really 398 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:16.200 is it. The weather was actually very eustony ish it was. 399 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:19.200 It was hot, it was toasty. It was ninety or 400 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:22.759 so degrees and there was some humidity, and I'm thinking, I, 401 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:28.440