OUTV challenges knowledge of tech-savvy students

Calling all gadget hounds, gamers and self-professed tech geeks: Student Video Productions has a technology-aimed show worth checking out.

Cohosted by junior Clayton Cortez and senior Kristina Karamo, “Best Tech” is a monthly half-hour show covering the biggest news regarding computers, gadgets, movies and video games airing on Oakland University’s cable access channel.

“Technology is constantly evolving,” Cortez said. “We are constantly being wowed by companies with new innovations and ideas. Everyone should stay abreast of what is going on.”

“Best Tech” combines news, discussion of the latest product releases, and what’s hot in video games, striving to entertain as much as inform.

Participation by the viewers is also a large part of the show’s formula for success.

One segment that takes the pulse of the student body is Battle of the Tech.

“(We) ask students their opinions on different gadgets,” Cortez said. “(It’s) a fun way of getting other students involved.”

Those looking for a test of their technology knowledge need look no further than the show’s Tech Trivia segment to face-off against their dormmates in a battle for computer superiority.

Gaming junkies haven’t been left out. In the Game Blitz segment, Cortez and Karamo discuss the latest releases and hype in the world of video games.

The show, on which Cortez is the producer as well as a cohost, is perfect for anyone trying to keep up with the breakneck pace of technological innovation in the modern era.

“”Every product on the market now is attempting to be bigger and better or lighter and faster,” he said. “Our audience is people who have a passion for innovation.”

In addition to technology, “Best Tech” discusses the latest films to come out of Hollywood in order to find out find out if that cool preview on television became a movie worth watching.

Cortez wraps up by pointing out that technology affects all walks of life.

“There are constant improvements to things we already have,” Cortez said. “How can a person of our generation not love technology?”