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CES 2004 Coverage
TheCheat writes "CES 2004 is just getting underway in Las Vegas. It looks like there is quite a bit of coverage from several websites including: Anandtech's revelation of Intel and AMD roadmaps; Tom's Hardware's look at Xbox2 rumors; A look at Microsoft's keynote at ExtremeTech; and finally a look at some BIG monitors at TrustedReviews. It looks like CES is much bigger than COMDEX this year."
A freakin' 76 inch monitor!?
My god.. its like some sort of idol for geekish worship.
CES has been underway since the first CES press conferences started on Wednesday! There are a lot of places that have already been coverint CES for 3 days before /. got to it!
/. 3 days prior. Now I'm crying because /. is losing its edge...
I usually laugh when I hear the news report something I heard on
Were are going to need some really hi-res pr0n to make best use of that. Hmm HDTV pr0n maybe :)
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Plasma displays seem to have gotten all the media attention for some reason, but DLP projectors and displays are superior in just about every measurable way: brightness, weight, resolution, etc. Plus DLP screens are far less of a maintenance nightmare: the only thing you will ever have to replace is the bulb, and that only once every 3 or 4 years. Plasma screens, on the other hand, are not expected to have a total lifetime of much longer than that.
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Considering my Monitor (24") is bigger than my TV (21"), I think I value computing more than "entertainment" :)
"This 76in plasma screen is the largest in the world." - from TrustedReview's website
here's a link from dell's website selling an NEC 84inch plasma monitor!
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.
Where's the booth girl review?
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This is one I've been looking at lately... http://www.ibizpda.com It projects the keyboard onto the desk and you just type... it detects your fingers and registers the keystrokes. I have heard that it's more of a hunt and peck than real typing, but PDAs, who cares? They are at CES and have nominated for best of show. Also, it makes a hot penny stock! ;) http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/chart.jsp?symbol=I BZT
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And if you click on the link for more it takes you to the list of "Windows (Family) Products! Very odd and wrong!
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Ninja Gaiden was one of my favorite nintendo games of all time growing up. i made a video where i set its now famous opening scene to a soundtrack of "Welcome to the Jungle" by GnR.
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I don't know for sure, but i imagine that NG will only be available on the X2. Please, someone, tell me i'm wrong about that. Tom's review of Microsoft's presentation on the future of console gaming (it's chilling, frankly) leaves me with sweaty palms and a dry mouth. EVERYTHING hosted on MSN? Passport is a big enough pain in the ass already.
I've considered buying an X-Box already for titles like Halo and for the kickassness that is X-Box Live . . . but i resist, because it's like making a deal with the devil. I am tempted to sell out, i really am. I mean, have you SEEN how many crap games are flooding the market right now for PS2? I'm horrified every time i enter Wal-Mart (of course i would be anyway, but that's beside the point).
Agh. Ninja Gaiden . . . Microsoft . .
Moments like these are why god invented beer.
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On last night's Screensavers, I think I heard Leo LaPorte say something about how Jay Leno was unmercifully ribbing Bill Gates throughout the keynote speech. I'd love to see a video clip or even a transcript of that. Any links?
From GamesIndustry.biz:
Infinium Labs' proposed console, the Phantom, has made a showing at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as announced by the company earlier this week, but only in the form of a box which was not switched on.
The Florida-based start-up showed off a Phantom console on the Windows Embedded Device showcase stand at the event, but although the system sported a full array of connectors on the backplate, it was not powered up or demonstrated in any way.
In terms of physical design, the box is almost exactly the same as the previously seen concept art and renders, and its size belies the standard PC components from which it is built.
However, the fact that Infinium Labs did not properly demonstrate the console working is likely to add fuel to speculation that the entire project is some form of elaborate hoax or scam - even though this seems increasingly unlikely.
The presence of the Phantom on the Windows Embedded Device stand, if nothing else, proves that if Infinium Labs is a hoax, it is a hoax which has taken in Microsoft along with several other key companies in the industry.
Hoax or not, however, such a lacklustre and content free unveiling for the machine on its first public outing is unlikely to boost confidence in the device, which promises a "new way to deliver content" for the games industry, ever actually making it to the market.
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here's a link from dell's website selling an NEC 84inch plasma monitor!
Dell is marketing it as an 84-inch Plasma Monitor, but it's just "four NEC PX42VP4 Plasma Displays and the required wall mount bundled together". Not the same.
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CES stands for Consumer Electronics Show. Although, I found that their website doesn't really define the acronym unless you do some digging.
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proof you say ?
proof #1
and proof #2, an email i recieved from their former hosting service who terminated the assholes for spamming.
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Although not extremelly entertaining, this troll contains at least couple of funny remarks: Linux Webserver 7.0 and Mike Bouma MS certificates. I found those two hilarious, actually.
You didn't help that much. Sony doesn't make DLPs, and they don't make their signature Grand Wega LCD rear projection sets in 41". Closest is 42". But it is still not a DLP.
A friend has a DLP projector. Looks great, but Rainbows are very evident to most people, not the minority you usually here. It is the minority that find them an annoyance or cause of headaches. I have yet to sit down with someone and point out the rainbows and have them tell me they can't see them. For everything else I agree but the tradeoff is rainbows.
Yes, it is coming out for X-Box, which i don't have. No, it isn't coming out for PS2 or for GameCube, both of which i do have.
the point is that i don't want to buy an x-box, but NG might make it too sweet to resist.
Sorry if i made that unclear.
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The question that remains to be asked above all these hardware-related questions:
How many girls in skimpy outfits are hawking products?
Inquiring slashdotters want to know!
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Plus DLP screens are far less of a maintenance nightmare: the only thing you will ever have to replace is the bulb, and that only once every 3 or 4 years. Plasma screens, on the other hand, are not expected to have a total lifetime of much longer than that.
Bahh, you haven't been paying very much attention. Samsung has had a ton of lamping problems with their DLP sets, and rumor has it they are even replacing the bulbs in them with a new design, requiring a retrofit. (Source: AVSForum).
Furthermore, Sony's newest line of LCD rear projection sets, the Grand Wega IIIs, have had their own spate of lamping problems. There have been widespread failures of the lamping systems (which are compact arc lamps), and Sony's still not 100% sure what the issue is. My first GWIII failed after a week, and there are several others on the AVS Forum who have had theirs fixed and still they don't work right.
I bnought the GWIII because the DLPs were rather harsh with SD content, and the image was overall a little too pixelish -- it FELT like a computer driven display, while the GWIII felt a little more film like to my eyes.
As far as long term reliability once you get past the lamping systems and replacing a couple of $200 bulbs in them, nobody REALLY knows. DLP uses micromirrors, and we don't really know how long those will last. LCD panels won't last forever, either.
As for plasmas longevity, we don't really know what that's like in terms of ordinary TV usage. They feel too fragile for my tastes, but we have two at work used for displaying PowerPoint, and despite the marketing people's use of a solid color logo in the same corner of every page for hours on end, I don't notice any evidence of burn in on them, and they're over 2 years old. The AVS Forum plasma posters seemed to indicate that the anti-plasma noise is much overstated, none noticing any evidence of burn in or other problems.
Anyway, there are no perfect technologies. You just accept the tradeoffs you think are worth it, and hope that spending $3k+ on a TV doesn't make you a fool in 4 years.
LCoS is offering the highest resolutions and even more impressive color contrast (with the exception of direct, not projection, LCD). They cost about 25% more than a DLP set of the same resolutions.
The units are not wall-hang thin, but they are light and space saving, despite being projection units.
Maintenance and care is similar to that of a DLP box.
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LG was pissed when they found out Samsung was showing a 80" plasma at the show.
I posted this above, but I will post again. LG was mighty pissed off when they found out SamSung had come with their 80" plasma. There is a lot of press here in Vegas about LG's 76" promoting it as the "largest"...
Makes me think of Weird Al Yankovic's ode to Frank Zappa, Frank's 2000 inch TV
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From the ExtremeTech article "emerging connectivity standards like USB..." How is this emerging? It's been a standard for years (yeah, 2.0 is newer, but still years old)... This does seem kind of silly.
See here for something likely out of CES about the AMD/Intel efforts to stop buffer overflow code from being executed.
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Will someone please elaborate? I was channel surfing past CNN saw that there is a porn expo going next door. Is that really true. If so that is truely a place the be for a geek.
I've been catching up on CES by streaming video at news.com.com although it is very little. I would like to know what other sources for video coverage other slashdotters have found.
/me remembers back in the day when CNET had a good broadband video coverage section
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Has anyone been by the Turtle Beach booth yet and taken a look at the new Media Tron? There was a post on the AudioTron mailing list regarding the new device, but I havent heard anything since. Post any info you got!
(1st off 2,430+ meters for the rest of you) I've heard of bad things happening to plasma sets in high altitudes (http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/plasmatv/plasm atv-altitude.html)
What I don't quite understand is that my 60" Sony LCD set has a high altidue setting but it gives no reason why.
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"In addition, the DISCover guys argued that the PC beats all consoles when it comes to titles and where else can you play Halo and GTA: Vice City on the same system."
Uhm. That would be Xbox.
However, I don't see Panzer Dragoon Orta, Virtua Fighter 4 or Zelda The Wind Waker running on PCs.
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Verizon is launching 1xEV-DO nationwide. This is a cellular (fully mobile) data technology that delivers 300-500 kbps average downstream thoughput, and 30-70kbps upstream. Peak rates are 2.4Mbps downstream and 153.6 Kbps upstream. The service is already operational in San Diego and Washington D.C and is marketed as Broadband Access.
Think Richochet on steroids. The US has caught up with and surpassed Europe on wireless with this one.
I tried to submit this story yesterday thinking this will of high interest to the slashot audience, but it was rejected. Oh well.
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I've been to swapmeets bigger than last year's comdex.
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Where do these morons keep coming from. It's like Microsoft is going out and hiring teenyboppers to troll Slashdot. Only an MCSE would actually think that those certificates mean anything.
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Wow! Flames by anonymous cowards. How revolting.
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Does anybody know about the latencies on this network? Can it be used for interactive tasks like ssh? VNC? videoconferencing?
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Perhaps it is because they're not Cold Lampin'? My AV consultant, Flavor Flav, is the best!
It might have a high altitute setting that alters the fan speed, which otherwise would be reduced at altitude by not being cooled as much...
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A freakin' 76 inch monitor!? It is not the size that matters it is how you use it that counts.
Reading this post has inspired me to rethink my idealistic views on freedom of speech.
If you're a certified professional, you would know that Linux -ISN'T- an OS, it's just the kernel, the GNU tools make up the majority of the OS.
There is no 'Linux' 7, the kernel is up to 2.6. Apache, the most common webserver on Linux is forked between 1.3 and 2.0, IIRC.
Other things, including your wording and the vaugeness of your language indicate that you've been reading too many 'Business Week' and 'IT Professional' magazines and not enough manuals.
If what you were saying were true, that IIS is almost three times faster than Apache for serving web pages, why does over 60% of the web run off Apache? Do you really think server operators and administrators are masochists?
What about security? Sure, there are lots of patches for both platforms, but only one has regular root exploits that actually do large-scale damage to businesses, and only one doesn't even LET you uninstall several major components that present security risks.
Okay, I'm done venting. Go back to reading microsoft.com.
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I'm really getting tired of all this DLP rainbow nonsense. The key to what you say is...
...the point being you have to point them out! Rainbows happen, yes, and almost everyone can see them when looking for them, but you have to be sweeping you eyes across the screen at high speed in order make one appear. Rainbows do not occur when simply watching a picture on a DLP screen. Your friends probably get their headaches from all the extreme eye motion you are making them perform to see the rainbows in the first place!
I have yet to sit down with someone and point out the rainbows and have them tell me they can't see them
The exact comparison to DLP rainbows is seeing the flashing of LED's when you quickly sweep your eyes around the room. Normally no one sees the LEDs flashing at 60Hz, but it IS possible if you try hard enough.
Its like the guy that goes to the doctor and says, "I think something's wrong with my head Doc. It hurts every time I bang my head on the wall."
Essentially you have to point them out so they know what the heck you are talking about. But I don't have to do anything to make them evident to myself, just watch the movie. Nobody I know gets a headache from them.
Watching underworld the other night, which is largely very dark, the rainbows were inescapable.
They are the most intrusive artifacts of any display technology. Now a 3 chip DLP might be really sweet.