The experience of David Heyman, the producer of the Harry Potter films, was typical: watching a 3-D movie six years ago "gave me a headache", he says.
At $300 to $400, it is nearly twice as expensive as a typical Braille watch, Mr. May said, but it is more durable than a Braille watch, which must be continually opened and closed to be read.
The film's original posters pictured a typical neighborhood watch sign freckled with bullet holes -- an eerie reminder of neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman's February killing of the 17-year-old.
John, 18, described a typical day: "Watch the grass grow; get high; hit on the ladies".
Aside from Mr. Rajaratnam's emergency trip to the doctor, it was a typical verdict watch atmosphere, with journalists and court observers sitting idly, reading papers or chatting on the phone as the hours slowly drained from the day.
While the FR60 processes much of the same data as its GPS-enabled predecessors, those functions are packaged in a very compact device the size of a typical fitness watch.
Users will also be able to minimize shows they're watching into a "Snap View" and multitask, replicating the typical TV watching experience where they're not watching TV and doing email instead.
The latest innovation includes capabilities that take advantage of secondary devices that TV viewers are using while watching TV, as well as media-sharing features that go beyond the typical TV watching experience.
"I guess it's typical of watching the news, people tend to overreact," Mr. Lippin said.
According to another TV measurement firm, Rentrak, the typical viewer watched 68 percent of the debate, down from 76 percent for the feistier town hall debate on Oct. 17.
