We don't need more features; we need to improve the features we already have. I recently purchased a Samsung refrigerator, because it was the only model that improved the basics without adding pointless complexity. I can't imagine why a manufacturer would add buttons for 7 ways to make ice and a television, without first updating the archaic analog temparature dial numbered 1 ("Cold") to 10 ("Coldest") on the inside. Wouldn't you rather know your fridge is at an accurate 34 degrees and your freezer at a safe -10, than choose between chopped and crushed ice?
Little has changed since humor columnist Dave Barry wrote an article for Miami Herald in February 1999, "In a war with kitchen appliances, I'm toast". Vermont's Times Argus and California's Monterey Herald reprinted the article today.