A Diary of a Tech Fan: iLumina LCD iTV's Inventor -- Brian Quebengco's Talk at Roofcamp

I'm not really awed by his iTV invention, to think that they're probably the first team to build one and Google TV is their direct head-on rival in this product. I mean naming your product with 'i' at the first cannot stop me from stereotyping them as members of Steve Jobs' cult. Come on, there are more product names than prefixing it with letter 'i'. And, they're using Android OS -- so 'i' and android kind of don't sound right to me.

But you need to hear Brian Quebengco talk. I may not be sold to his Ilumina LCD iTV for now, but his vision of creating a Philippine consumer electronic product to become a global brand is not an everyday event in Filipinos' lives. For a person to create something against all odds just to put his country on the map is what we need most today so we should rally behind him and his team, Inovent. If we have Manny Pacqiauo in boxing, then Ilumina LCD iTV will be ours in the consumer electronics area.

To get a glimpse of Brian Quebengco's passion, below is a phrase quoted from StartupDigest's Developer Profile.

7) What got you into technology?

I’m a Human Resource graduate. But as an Entrepreneur, we don’t think “technology.” Rather, it was my passion to champion Philippine ideas. It just so happened that giving the Philippines something it doesn’t have, which is its own CE brand, was the battle i wanted to fight. This by default led me to figure out what technology would be needed by the world that the other players haven’t introduced yet. It took me years to find the right technology.

The following video of Brian Quebengco's talk is from Roofcamp gathering. His talk will not fail to make you feel to be proud to be Filipino again. More than his iTV invention, it's his compassion for the Philippines that makes Philippines still has the few good men, that we still have hope.