It is because film is 24 fps. It is not quite fast enough to give a completely smooth pan. There is actually a new product called Maxivision 48 that shoots film at 48 fps and supposedly gives a much better image. There is a nice quick overview of the tech here. This is most likely going to die to digital projection even though it is probably better.
so the record company mogul, who in reality adds no value to the music itself
Well I guess if you consider footing the bill for the actual recording of the music as no value, then yeah you're right. Not to mention paying for the song/music writing (in the case of Britney or other pop pap), promotions, tour support, merchandising...
I don't think there is a market for a 24hour total intrusion style game, people are busy enough already. Besides, I can see all kinds of people taking something like this way too seriously.
Looks like they are starting up some sort of developer program as well. You can sign up for it at the bottom of this page. Anybody know anything more about this program?
I am not a deveoper my self I am just curious what it is about.
I would buy one if it was a cuple hundred cheaper and there was a universal remote app. Would be great in my living room. I could use it as a universal remote, surf the web, and keep conencted to my email all from the comfort of my couch.:)
Nope, I think MPEG-4 will be the default DVD recording format in the near future.
Why? MPEG4 is "the standard for multimedia for the fixed and mobile web", what does this have to do with DVD? MPEG4 was designed for streaming over a network. MPEG2 is a great fit for DVD and HDTV. There is no reason to abandon it for MPEG4.
Actually I think they would pay about the same. You have to subtract the client OS license since they will be running Linux instead of Windows. Then once you do that you subtract the Office license since you will be using OpenOffice or StarOffice 6.
Regardless right now I think they are targetting developers who have a Linux box for development and then a windows box for their administrative stuff (email, office, etc.) They are enabling the devleoper to get rid of the Windows box. Should this prove successful (and OpenOffice/Staroffice 6 actually works well) I think they will start to target the general business user.
Evionyx has a fuel cell that you CAN recharge. It is a Zinc metal-air fuel cell. The cool thing about this company is they are building a general power solution, not just for portables. They look like they are going into production sometime soon (just added a bunch of facility space), they are building electric scooters for Taiwan and AAA rechargeables currently. They are claiming >500 WH/Kg, about 1/3 of this methanol fuel cell, but still much greater than the Li-Ion batteries.
Incidentally they claim to currently hold the Guinness World Record for longest distance traveled in an electric vehicle on a single charge, 214.7 miles. They say they should be able to get more than 600 miles. They used a modified Insight (converted to all electric).
Fuel Cells look like a promising technology, the US should dump a bunch of money into this, get us out of the current junkie/pusher relationship we have with the Middle East.
Everything I have read said that Halo supports only 480p. I think only a couple of games so far are supporting 1080i. I haven't really followed this too much though so I might be wrong.
They probably got the screenshots from the "PC version" (developer box version). I think there was some trick about pulling the upsampled images from the backbuffer when the box is running it through 4x AA (which I think most/all Xbox games will be running with).
As far as I know there is no official monitor adapter available (please correct me if I am wrong) other than getting a componant to HD15 adapter like this which cost a lot of money ($180).
Seems overpriced to me. I would buy it if it was $5, maybe $10, but $20 seems a bit much for its functionality. I will try the demo version and if the nags are like the Quicktime nags on windows then I will not bother buying it (just like I do with QT on Windows). Really the only reason I would use it is for the occasional Quicktime trailer, not worth $20 to me.
When they include Windows Media (which it seems more websites are using unfortunately), it might be worth $20.
This is not a bad idea. Actually I think it would be best to disable the +1 bonus for moderators. That way you wouldn't have this problem.
It took me nearly 2-3 years to get a bonus (20-25 karma I forget now), after that it took me about 2 months to get 40+. I don't post very often, maybe once every few days.
The DirectTiVo does have dual tuners now. They have been sending the upgrade out for the past month or so. The standalone Tivo's will never have dual tuner capability unless they release a new unit with two encoders. The standalone are not really comparable to UltimateTV as they server a different market.
I don't know if you can actually get on a plane without showing ID, but if you try it get there a few hours ahead of time. I just had a flight a week ago, my ID was checked 4 times. Once at the ticket counter, once at the line for the secrutiy, once at the security, and then finally at the gate before boarding the plane. I guess you wuld get pretty good at explaining how you don't need to show your ID by the third ID check.:)
The problem with this is that the LARGE majority of users out there do not run applications that would match the SPEC results. AMD uses benchmarks that reflect the programs used by the majority of there users (the same sort of stuff that Tom's or Anand's uses to benchmark), I don't see how this is a problem. People who want SPEC numbers know where to find them, this marketing scheme is not aimed at them.
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Well the prog he left behind on the systems was attacking a US Army computer. So yeah, you poke at the US government they poke back.
Are you morally opposed to the use of the word critique or something?
It is because film is 24 fps. It is not quite fast enough to give a completely smooth pan. There is actually a new product called Maxivision 48 that shoots film at 48 fps and supposedly gives a much better image. There is a nice quick overview of the tech here. This is most likely going to die to digital projection even though it is probably better.
Actually they ARE VCRs. Here it is. There is a 24-hour recording mode! Pretty cool if you ask me. Still too expensive though.
DVHS is HD, DVD is not.
so the record company mogul, who in reality adds no value to the music itself
Well I guess if you consider footing the bill for the actual recording of the music as no value, then yeah you're right. Not to mention paying for the song/music writing (in the case of Britney or other pop pap), promotions, tour support, merchandising...
I mean games more along the line of Majestic
Oh, you mean that game that NOBODY played?
I don't think there is a market for a 24hour total intrusion style game, people are busy enough already. Besides, I can see all kinds of people taking something like this way too seriously.
Looks like they are starting up some sort of developer program as well. You can sign up for it at the bottom of this page. Anybody know anything more about this program?
I am not a deveoper my self I am just curious what it is about.
I would buy one if it was a cuple hundred cheaper and there was a universal remote app. Would be great in my living room. I could use it as a universal remote, surf the web, and keep conencted to my email all from the comfort of my couch. :)
Nope, I think MPEG-4 will be the default DVD recording format in the near future.
Why? MPEG4 is "the standard for multimedia for the fixed and mobile web", what does this have to do with DVD? MPEG4 was designed for streaming over a network. MPEG2 is a great fit for DVD and HDTV. There is no reason to abandon it for MPEG4.
Actually I think they would pay about the same. You have to subtract the client OS license since they will be running Linux instead of Windows. Then once you do that you subtract the Office license since you will be using OpenOffice or StarOffice 6.
Regardless right now I think they are targetting developers who have a Linux box for development and then a windows box for their administrative stuff (email, office, etc.) They are enabling the devleoper to get rid of the Windows box. Should this prove successful (and OpenOffice/Staroffice 6 actually works well) I think they will start to target the general business user.
So is Exchange, what is your point?
+tax and/or shipping and it magically becomes $40+
Evionyx has a fuel cell that you CAN recharge. It is a Zinc metal-air fuel cell. The cool thing about this company is they are building a general power solution, not just for portables. They look like they are going into production sometime soon (just added a bunch of facility space), they are building electric scooters for Taiwan and AAA rechargeables currently. They are claiming >500 WH/Kg, about 1/3 of this methanol fuel cell, but still much greater than the Li-Ion batteries.
Incidentally they claim to currently hold the Guinness World Record for longest distance traveled in an electric vehicle on a single charge, 214.7 miles. They say they should be able to get more than 600 miles. They used a modified Insight (converted to all electric).
Fuel Cells look like a promising technology, the US should dump a bunch of money into this, get us out of the current junkie/pusher relationship we have with the Middle East.
Everything I have read said that Halo supports only 480p. I think only a couple of games so far are supporting 1080i. I haven't really followed this too much though so I might be wrong.
They probably got the screenshots from the "PC version" (developer box version). I think there was some trick about pulling the upsampled images from the backbuffer when the box is running it through 4x AA (which I think most/all Xbox games will be running with).
As far as I know there is no official monitor adapter available (please correct me if I am wrong) other than getting a componant to HD15 adapter like this which cost a lot of money ($180).
Here. Of course what good is this going to be if Transmeta will be dead soon?
You only neeed access to the ATM for 20 minutes to download the keys. You then spend a couple days decrypting the keys offline.
I don't know about the rest of you but I have more than $20 in my bank account.
Seems overpriced to me. I would buy it if it was $5, maybe $10, but $20 seems a bit much for its functionality. I will try the demo version and if the nags are like the Quicktime nags on windows then I will not bother buying it (just like I do with QT on Windows). Really the only reason I would use it is for the occasional Quicktime trailer, not worth $20 to me.
When they include Windows Media (which it seems more websites are using unfortunately), it might be worth $20.
This is not a bad idea. Actually I think it would be best to disable the +1 bonus for moderators. That way you wouldn't have this problem.
It took me nearly 2-3 years to get a bonus (20-25 karma I forget now), after that it took me about 2 months to get 40+. I don't post very often, maybe once every few days.
The JVC HMHDS1U fits your requirements. It is a bit pricey though.
The DirectTiVo does have dual tuners now. They have been sending the upgrade out for the past month or so. The standalone Tivo's will never have dual tuner capability unless they release a new unit with two encoders. The standalone are not really comparable to UltimateTV as they server a different market.
That is what Escrow is for, which again is pointed out by the article's author. Really the question is already answered.
Use Ebay's gurantee for something up to $200 then Escrow for above that. Really not that tough to figure out.
Yeah, that is a bit of a blow to IBM. However the real question this raises is: Why is pair using consumer level IDE drives in their servers?!
I don't know if you can actually get on a plane without showing ID, but if you try it get there a few hours ahead of time. I just had a flight a week ago, my ID was checked 4 times. Once at the ticket counter, once at the line for the secrutiy, once at the security, and then finally at the gate before boarding the plane. I guess you wuld get pretty good at explaining how you don't need to show your ID by the third ID check. :)
The problem with this is that the LARGE majority of users out there do not run applications that would match the SPEC results. AMD uses benchmarks that reflect the programs used by the majority of there users (the same sort of stuff that Tom's or Anand's uses to benchmark), I don't see how this is a problem. People who want SPEC numbers know where to find them, this marketing scheme is not aimed at them.