I just picked me up the lower-end Waveterminal 192L for $139. It only has 96/24 input but true 192/24bit output. This thing is going to rock for home-theater with DVD-A (rumour has it both WinDVD and PowerDVD will be decoding DVD-A and DTS 96/24 in the near future).
http://egosys.net/1-pro/eng/product/wt192l/wt192 l. html
The more expensive Waverterminal 192X with both 192/24 in/out can be had at Tracertek for under $200.
I still have one, I actually learned how to play on it before keys+mouse. Funny thing, I actually got pretty decent on it playing FPS games like Quake but I could never quite master the free-space type games like Descent and Forsaken (which came with a free Orb).
Also, a major problem with the Orb was that they broke. They broke quite often. Hardcore Orb-ers had at least one backup sitting around. The spring would pop and it would be useless. Part of the reason they went out of business.
They were going to produce a USB version but gave up on it. I'm fairly certain one of the Mars robots was controlled by the Orb prototype device by the same company before they went belly-up.
I never use this thing as key+mouse is way superior, but if anyone's interested in purchasing it from me to fool around with (working ones are hard to come by), drop me a line at ericfi_1@yahoo.com.
Come on, we have 30yr obsolete technology that was lost in the mail, and it wasn't really looked for all that hard.
It's not like anybody who wanted to know about this stuff, what with so many of our FBI and CIA agents selling information to anybody who had the $$$$.
Hasn't anyone noticed how similar the Soviet Space Shuttle looked to ours?
...outside of a very controlled environment like zoos and labs.
These particular animals were exterminated because they were pests. Even the 70yrs they've been out of commision is probably enough to keep them surviving again in the wild.
But then again, just the other day, here in the Boston area I saw my first coyote. Go figure...
Have you seen it in hi-def?
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CSI is clearly the best looking show on TV. I think that is part of its attractiveness. How many scientists do you know who look like Marg Helgenberger and Jorja Fox? They might be geeks, but they're Hollywood geeks.
It is by far the best shot HDTV on tv right now. Pitty more people can't see it that way.
This is the fault of the make-up artists who were not ready for the clarity HDTV brings.
You don't beleive me? Check out Leno in HD. He looks so damn creepy, just like Frankenstein. I asked people if he looked that way in person, and they told me most definately not.
I remember as a kid going to the Smithsonian Air & Space museum, and they had an Apollo exhibit with a slice of a moon rock exposed for anyone to touch.
Well, I did what kids normally do, I touched it and I turned out ok, except for that X-Files episode they based on my life. Dirty bastards...
This is all great and everything, but I'm afraid it will be a hard sell.
Being that most cable networks won't even carry a single HDTV channel for eating into precious bandwidth for more important broadcasting (ie: multiple ppv and home shopping channels), it's really a moot point.
Nothing is 100% secure. Nobody can reasonably offer that type of protection.
If this is the type of standard expected there would be no products or services offered anywhere. Even the FDA has set food allowences on the amount of rodent-hair/bug-parts in canned food. If it was 0 we'd be a mighty hungry nation.
With electronic paper we will deprive a whole generation of Americans the experience of stretching Beetle Bailey's face to gross and distorted proportions.
Many of these troubled children will go on to live lives in a state of confusion and will take careers as politicians.
Before people think this means Sega is bringing back the Dreamcast, don't.
All this means is that Sega wan't to get as many people playing Phantasy Online 2 as possible, especially since now Sega is running it on a Pay-per-Play basis, not free as it was before.
The Dreamcast is still in its last days, and the although last few games will be good ones, this is indeed the end.
I thought about The Simpsons before I posted.
If it was run during a weekday I don't think it ever came in #1 for its timeslot. Does anyone know for certian?
Come on, even though the Flintstones was a Honeymooners rip-off it was still funny as hell.
When was the last time an animated show was run primetime on a weekday and came in #1?
Set up a nice web-page, announce a product, get as many investors as you can, fly all your friends to Paris for lunch and then call it quits when the money runs out.
The movie studios have to learn what an Anamorphic DVD is and label the discs accordingly.
Offering 16x9 menus, 4:3 video and labeling it "Enhanced for 16x9 display" is just plain wrong and dishonest. This happens way too often and I'm tired of it. Anyone purchasing a mislabled DVD is owed at least their money back..
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I just picked me up the lower-end Waveterminal 192L for $139. It only has 96/24 input but true 192/24bit output. This thing is going to rock for home-theater with DVD-A (rumour has it both WinDVD and PowerDVD will be decoding DVD-A and DTS 96/24 in the near future).
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http://egosys.net/1-pro/eng/product/wt192l/wt19
The more expensive Waverterminal 192X with both 192/24 in/out can be had at Tracertek for under $200.
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/tracertek/index.htm
I still have one, I actually learned how to play on it before keys+mouse. Funny thing, I actually got pretty decent on it playing FPS games like Quake but I could never quite master the free-space type games like Descent and Forsaken (which came with a free Orb).
Also, a major problem with the Orb was that they broke. They broke quite often. Hardcore Orb-ers had at least one backup sitting around. The spring would pop and it would be useless. Part of the reason they went out of business.
They were going to produce a USB version but gave up on it. I'm fairly certain one of the Mars robots was controlled by the Orb prototype device by the same company before they went belly-up.
I never use this thing as key+mouse is way superior, but if anyone's interested in purchasing it from me to fool around with (working ones are hard to come by), drop me a line at ericfi_1@yahoo.com.
Ever hear of "sarcasm"? Apparently not.
As far as modding it up, I actually bother to log-in and post intelligently from time to time.
Come on, we have 30yr obsolete technology that was lost in the mail, and it wasn't really looked for all that hard.
It's not like anybody who wanted to know about this stuff, what with so many of our FBI and CIA agents selling information to anybody who had the $$$$.
Hasn't anyone noticed how similar the Soviet Space Shuttle looked to ours?
...outside of a very controlled environment like zoos and labs.
These particular animals were exterminated because they were pests. Even the 70yrs they've been out of commision is probably enough to keep them surviving again in the wild.
But then again, just the other day, here in the Boston area I saw my first coyote. Go figure...
It's now owned by AMC, although how this will effect the digital theater I can't say.
"I named the big one bitey!" - Homer Simpson
Where does it end?
I can see it now,
The Darth Maul 2-Headed Dildo...
CSI is clearly the best looking show on TV. I think that is part of its attractiveness. How many scientists do you know who look like Marg Helgenberger and Jorja Fox?
They might be geeks, but they're Hollywood geeks.
It is by far the best shot HDTV on tv right now. Pitty more people can't see it that way.
This is the fault of the make-up artists who were not ready for the clarity HDTV brings.
You don't beleive me? Check out Leno in HD. He looks so damn creepy, just like Frankenstein. I asked people if he looked that way in person, and they told me most definately not.
I remember as a kid going to the Smithsonian Air & Space museum, and they had an Apollo exhibit with a slice of a moon rock exposed for anyone to touch.
Well, I did what kids normally do, I touched it and I turned out ok, except for that X-Files episode they based on my life. Dirty bastards...
It's reassuring to know when the world is enduring The Apocalypse an outlet for pornagraphy will exist for future generations.
Hey! Thanks for that, it was pretty cool.
I definately see some recognizable stuff there. Hydrogen molecule, of course, coordinates in realation to the galaxy, etc. Pretty smart stuff.
How does that compare to what was sent out on the laserdisc on Voyager?
This is all great and everything, but I'm afraid it will be a hard sell.
Being that most cable networks won't even carry a single HDTV channel for eating into precious bandwidth for more important broadcasting (ie: multiple ppv and home shopping channels), it's really a moot point.
And do they get a discount if they use it more than 60mins a month?
This sort of reminds me of a book I read a few years back about some guy who had his testicles stolen because infertility became rampant in the US.
It was pretty interesting, and was all about bio-engineering and the like. Anyone know the name of this book?
Snow White (1937) is the first full length studio (Disney) film with human leads played by non-actors.
It's called animation, which Final Fantasy is as well.
Nothing is 100% secure. Nobody can reasonably offer that type of protection.
If this is the type of standard expected there would be no products or services offered anywhere. Even the FDA has set food allowences on the amount of rodent-hair/bug-parts in canned food. If it was 0 we'd be a mighty hungry nation.
With electronic paper we will deprive a whole generation of Americans the experience of stretching Beetle Bailey's face to gross and distorted proportions.
Many of these troubled children will go on to live lives in a state of confusion and will take careers as politicians.
Before people think this means Sega is bringing back the Dreamcast, don't.
All this means is that Sega wan't to get as many people playing Phantasy Online 2 as possible, especially since now Sega is running it on a Pay-per-Play basis, not free as it was before.
The Dreamcast is still in its last days, and the although last few games will be good ones, this is indeed the end.
Paramount desperately needs a cast to make more Trek movies. The casts from DS9 and Voyager are totally unsuitable for this.
You can bet we'll see a string of new cast members in this outing untill Paramount feels they can make profitable films.
They won't be getting my money, that's for sure.
I thought about The Simpsons before I posted. If it was run during a weekday I don't think it ever came in #1 for its timeslot. Does anyone know for certian?
Come on, even though the Flintstones was a Honeymooners rip-off it was still funny as hell. When was the last time an animated show was run primetime on a weekday and came in #1?
Come on, this one had SCAM written all over it.
Set up a nice web-page, announce a product, get as many investors as you can, fly all your friends to Paris for lunch and then call it quits when the money runs out.
The movie studios have to learn what an Anamorphic DVD is and label the discs accordingly.
Offering 16x9 menus, 4:3 video and labeling it "Enhanced for 16x9 display" is just plain wrong and dishonest. This happens way too often and I'm tired of it. Anyone purchasing a mislabled DVD is owed at least their money back..