Where is the device that simply locates NFS/SMB/CIFS/etc shares on the network and play the media? Why do I have to have a local storage device, use that hideous UPnP crap, or be bolted to a Windows or Mac to run iTunes?
Come on, hackers... tear that AppleTV up and make it useful to EVERYONE, please!
I get stopped EVERY time I forget to remove my spare anti-static bags from my laptop bag. The scanners can't see through them so a manual search is then ordered. I imagine the same would occur with Al foil.
We've built a Sun Cluster with SCI for 10G RAC. It's not just about the bandwidth of the interconnect, but the latency. With 10G RAC, you can use SCI to allow shared memory segments between each node. Damn good stuff. Too bad SCI is rarely used.
If the players are only going to be outputing at full resolution through HDMI and not component as well as I've read in some previous articles, then I'll be waiting for players that will. Even most new TVs only come with one HDMI port (if they have one at all), and I'm already using that for another device.
You must, of course, buy another device, such as an A/V receiver that can switch multiple HDMI inputs through a single output. See easy that is? So, buy two new DVD players (1 Blu-ray and 1 HD-DVD) AND a new receiver, and, might as well update your speakers while your at it. And there you have it: the Blu-ray/HD-DVD experience.
Your LCR channels should essentially be the same type or as close as possible. This allows for tone and timbre matching so the voice (or instrument) will sound exactly the same as it moves across the front sound field.
So, your center channel doesn't necessarily have to be the best, it should just match the L and R channels.
DTS will almost always win hands down when compared to DD. DD uses variable compression to control the space of the audio track where DTS uses less compression and at a set ratio.
So, you can look at it as the more content (extras, deleted scenes, commentary, etc) the smaller the space for the audio track. Thus, higher compression is used resulting in less clarity in the audio. DVDs with DTS audio usually have less content (see Superbit titles {granted those include higher bitrate video as well as audio}) than their DD counterparts (although movies are generally shipped with one or both nowadays versus having two separate presses).
but a single sub placed in the correct corner of a room should fill it quite nicely to get the lows.
Putting a sub in the corner causes too much boom and can null the bass from the other channels (especially if those channels are set to the 'large' type). Finding the proper place for a sub is a drawn out process of trial and error. Saying that it goes in one specific location does not translate room to room.
Meh... I'll just wait a year or two for someone like Pioneer to release a model that will play both formats.
This is similar to DVD-A versus SACD (single- and then multichannel). In the beginning, manufacturers went with one (typically DVD-A, due to licensing rights from Sony on SACD) or the other. Now, there are plenty of models that will play both formats. My Pioneer (http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/det ail/0,,2076_15020671_30442807,00.html) DV59-AVi plays both formats and will last me until WELL after the producers decide on which format to use.
DON'T USE DNS FOR FAILOVER!!! It's not designed for that. Use better networking failover schemes to eliminate having to wait on DNS update. Route tables can by dynamically updated and propagate MUCH faster than DNS reloads.
Akamai (and others) forcing TTLs to 60 seconds causes a waste of network resources essentially to cover their own ass (which didn't seem to help them 15 June 2004).
Once the Linux desktop has stabilized to a certain extent, you can expect to see developers turn their energies to better gaming support under Linux. That's when the Linux gaming market will really take off.
WTF does a "stable desktop" have to do with gaming support? There's X and there's ALSA. Why should a game developer worry about what WM I running?
Kinda the point of running Linux as a desktop is the ability to run things how you see fit. Thus, the desktop environment is modular. So, developers just need to write in interfaces to specific pieces ( X, OpenGL/DRI, and ALSA ). How hard is that? That's essentially what the Transgaming folks do; write a software layer to interpret DirectX calls to ALSA and OpenGL.
And what keeps the person that pulled the file down LEGALLY from creating software that converts the legal file into a key-free.ogg and redistributing it via some other P2P software that doesn't require key checks (or FTP or posting via HTTP) ?
I mean no disrespect, but this sounds more like a politician's idea: implement some magic voodoo that really does nothing and claim all is fixed.
Now personally, I think the bells are dinosaurs and they're screwing over my favorite ISP by offering their DSL at cut rate prices but forcing my ISP to resale at $10/month more.
Not quite. Your ISP is feeding you a line of crap... The Bells are REQUIRED to GIVE away line access , in areas that have zero alternatives, to other ISPs for next to nil. The Bells are losing revenue out the wazoo on wholesale accounts due to the regulations. So, if you're ISP is charging you $10 more to "cover Bell's costs to them", read the fine print and tell them where to shove it.
It's a great advance, but traditional users will never really need that much. unless they do panoramic shots. The only way something like this would be used is possibly in government tracking satellites for super picture quality...
Yes... And we'll never need more than 640k either.
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Well, thanks for clearing that right up...
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I'm pretty damn sure that they do... At least for what is/WAS BellSouth.
Where is the device that simply locates NFS/SMB/CIFS/etc shares on the network and play the media? Why do I have to have a local storage device, use that hideous UPnP crap, or be bolted to a Windows or Mac to run iTunes?
Come on, hackers... tear that AppleTV up and make it useful to EVERYONE, please!
I get stopped EVERY time I forget to remove my spare anti-static bags from my laptop bag. The scanners can't see through them so a manual search is then ordered. I imagine the same would occur with Al foil.
Its pure marketing hype with respect to gaming, but it says this update will allow it to output 1080p hd-dvd signals.
...if it had a HD-DVD reader.
Which would be great
Thank you! I 3 my IBM clicky keyboard!!!
'Cause anime is teh suck.
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We've built a Sun Cluster with SCI for 10G RAC. It's not just about the bandwidth of the interconnect, but the latency. With 10G RAC, you can use SCI to allow shared memory segments between each node. Damn good stuff. Too bad SCI is rarely used.
...the problem...is that retailers improperly store PIN numbers after they've been entered...
I bet they use PC computers too!
"Hello? Department of Redundancy Department please."
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One step closer...
If the players are only going to be outputing at full resolution through HDMI and not component as well as I've read in some previous articles, then I'll be waiting for players that will. Even most new TVs only come with one HDMI port (if they have one at all), and I'm already using that for another device.
You must, of course, buy another device, such as an A/V receiver that can switch multiple HDMI inputs through a single output. See easy that is? So, buy two new DVD players (1 Blu-ray and 1 HD-DVD) AND a new receiver, and, might as well update your speakers while your at it. And there you have it: the Blu-ray/HD-DVD experience.
Your LCR channels should essentially be the same type or as close as possible. This allows for tone and timbre matching so the voice (or instrument) will sound exactly the same as it moves across the front sound field.
So, your center channel doesn't necessarily have to be the best, it should just match the L and R channels.
DTS will almost always win hands down when compared to DD. DD uses variable compression to control the space of the audio track where DTS uses less compression and at a set ratio.
So, you can look at it as the more content (extras, deleted scenes, commentary, etc) the smaller the space for the audio track. Thus, higher compression is used resulting in less clarity in the audio. DVDs with DTS audio usually have less content (see Superbit titles {granted those include higher bitrate video as well as audio}) than their DD counterparts (although movies are generally shipped with one or both nowadays versus having two separate presses).
but a single sub placed in the correct corner of a room should fill it quite nicely to get the lows.
Putting a sub in the corner causes too much boom and can null the bass from the other channels (especially if those channels are set to the 'large' type). Finding the proper place for a sub is a drawn out process of trial and error. Saying that it goes in one specific location does not translate room to room.
I have a 6.1 system and the 6th speaker has never come on one single time.
There is absolutely no content that uses it.
Try looking for titles that are specific to 6[7].1: DolbyDigital-EX or DTS-ES.
Meh... I'll just wait a year or two for someone like Pioneer to release a model that will play both formats.
t ail/0,,2076_15020671_30442807,00.html) DV59-AVi plays both formats and will last me until WELL after the producers decide on which format to use.
This is similar to DVD-A versus SACD (single- and then multichannel). In the beginning, manufacturers went with one (typically DVD-A, due to licensing rights from Sony on SACD) or the other. Now, there are plenty of models that will play both formats. My Pioneer (http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/de
... there was a hack for the 1.0 that let you boot off memory , this IS NOT the case for later versions.
...yet.
Here's an idea:
DON'T USE DNS FOR FAILOVER!!! It's not designed for that. Use better networking failover schemes to eliminate having to wait on DNS update. Route tables can by dynamically updated and propagate MUCH faster than DNS reloads.
Akamai (and others) forcing TTLs to 60 seconds causes a waste of network resources essentially to cover their own ass (which didn't seem to help them 15 June 2004).
Once the Linux desktop has stabilized to a certain extent, you can expect to see developers turn their energies to better gaming support under Linux. That's when the Linux gaming market will really take off.
WTF does a "stable desktop" have to do with gaming support? There's X and there's ALSA. Why should a game developer worry about what WM I running?
Kinda the point of running Linux as a desktop is the ability to run things how you see fit. Thus, the desktop environment is modular. So, developers just need to write in interfaces to specific pieces ( X, OpenGL/DRI, and ALSA ). How hard is that? That's essentially what the Transgaming folks do; write a software layer to interpret DirectX calls to ALSA and OpenGL.
And what keeps the person that pulled the file down LEGALLY from creating software that converts the legal file into a key-free .ogg and redistributing it via some other P2P software that doesn't require key checks (or FTP or posting via HTTP) ?
I mean no disrespect, but this sounds more like a politician's idea: implement some magic voodoo that really does nothing and claim all is fixed.
Now personally, I think the bells are dinosaurs and they're screwing over my favorite ISP by offering their DSL at cut rate prices but forcing my ISP to resale at $10/month more.
Not quite. Your ISP is feeding you a line of crap... The Bells are REQUIRED to GIVE away line access , in areas that have zero alternatives, to other ISPs for next to nil. The Bells are losing revenue out the wazoo on wholesale accounts due to the regulations. So, if you're ISP is charging you $10 more to "cover Bell's costs to them", read the fine print and tell them where to shove it.
It's a great advance, but traditional users will never really need that much. unless they do panoramic shots. The only way something like this would be used is possibly in government tracking satellites for super picture quality...
Yes... And we'll never need more than 640k either.
Sheesh.