Top Tech Flops of 2008 2

your an idiot this tech form cnn was different and exciting. You must work for Fox news and have the typical right wing bias that all fox stations have

Evan, of course the Hologram technology was gimmicky. It was also the FIRST time something like this has ever been done. Your article is just proving that any numbskull that can write a blog yet have no idea what they are talking about.

CNN is SO yesterdays news!

I think it was a great idea!!
The technology is obviously on the ground floor but it beats the heck out of stock photos of the "correspondent/guest" on the phone.

CNN=sorry, failed, pathetic, trying to be hip Communist News Network. There's a reason they're failing.

The hologram worked fine. CNN didn't hype it. They just used it. CNN got it right.

Those holograms were lame. It is just a high-def version of greenscreen video with extra cameras. Since Wolf Blitzer couldn't see the image infront of him it was NOT a hologram. It was simply a video posted overtop of another video that was shot with a greenscreen and multiple cameras. This is not much different than what they have been doing for years with greenscreens, making someone look like they are somewhere that they aren't. If you could actually see the image infront of you and not just on TV, then yes it would be impressive. But since you can ONLY see the image when watching it on TV, it isn't a hologram.

ok im sorry... but if anyone really thinks thats a real "hologram", then your a idiot that willing to believe anything on the news... you can clearly tell that was all done by computer. it's not that hard to do

I watch a lot of different channels and I am more disapointed in all of them. CNN had this crap and FOX had super big screen tv's and monitors all over the place. I watch the news to see the news, not to see how much money they can waste on gadgets. Holographic technology is very expensive and has no place in the news room. What a joke. Just another example of Corporate excess. I'll bet the news channel's Exec's are making 30 to 50 million a year and throwing all this money away when all we want is the news.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! This is exiting, futuristic and REAL! And some idiot blogs it as poor tech gimmick. Dude, you don’t constantly have to be in opposition just to create controversy. Just admit it, THIS IS THE COOLEST THING YOU HAVE SEEN SO FAR, RIGHT?

What is wrong with you people. I think that is so cool! It would be very useful perhaps for troops stationed over in Iraq to get to use so their families could get to see them in true form. Think about where this technology will take us! ie: you wouldn't have dvd's today if it weren't for the first Betamax machine.

Way to go CNN you have the others networks shaking in thier boots.

Hats off to Your Tech Team. Keep on innovating this is what makes AMERICA STRONG!!!!

Fred

I think that it was a good try but it doesn't look nearly as good as Cisco's version. They actually have the technology to make this work. Maybe CNN should talk to Cisco next time they want to get all fancy with the news. :)

The hologram was awesome! I think election night was the best night to do it. It was a night full of record breaking history! I did some research after watching CNN that night and the information on hologram was really cool. I'm excited to see it used more. What I don't understand is why people in this country are so hatefull and so negative all the time not to mention ,RUDE. The hate surrounding us is just getting worse every day and it's scary. GOD BLESS AMERICA, please!

I used to dislike Fox News because of their apparent right wing leanings. After veiwing all the major networks during the elections, I now have a favorable opinion of Fox News, except for that pufter pansy, Sean Hannity and that god awful bi***, Ann Coulter. I Rather like there offerings of Foxy chicks, especially that gorgeous brunette, Juli Banderas. She keeps my eyes on her thighs - news? What news?

Hmm, I watched CNN for a long time on Election Night and I don't recall seeing these holograms. Oh well, apparently I didn't miss much. By the way, for those of you who said Fox News is beating CNN in ratings, I think you may be a little behind the times. CNN had their best night for ratings ever on Election Night. On any given night Anderson Cooper beats whatever is on Faux, and Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow both beat Bill OReilly most nights. Fox News rose and fell with Bush.

On the contrary I thought the hologram was quite innovative and a peek at the technology that is coming in the future. As it is refined in the future we should be able to speak to one another in a different dimension without leaving a particular location. Like "Full Body" talking to one another on the telephone. I find your article's comments short sited and closed mined. I care less about what CNN reports. I turn the channel often. But How they reported the news via a hologram was truly groundbreaking in the information technology arena. Bravo CNN!!