The problems mainly occur when you have more HDMI devices than your display has HDMI inputs. Then you have to pass the HDMI through a receiver or switcher. In many cases the HDMI handshake/negotiation breaks down and the device won't play at all through the switcher, or it won't support the same resolutions that work fine over a direct connection.
Also, because the audio and video are on the same cable, and each device only has one HDMI output, you're forced to route the video through a receiver so that the receiver can process the audio even if you don't really need the switching. This results in the same compatibility issues as above.
The HDMI standard wasn't forward-thinking enough to handle different audio codecs, so they keep having to revise the standard every time a new sound format comes out. You need HDMI 1.1 for DVD Audio, 1.2 if you want SACD, and 1.3 if you want Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD. Of course the chips are not firmware upgradeable, so you have to buy new DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray player and a new receiver to get new HDMI chips so you can use the new codecs. Can you imagine if they had to change the ethernet standard and you had to buy a new computer every time there was a new file format you wanted to download?
Networks charge advertisers REAL, ACTUAL, CASH for that guy going to the bathroom during the commercial. The ad rates are determined by the size of the audience, so if the audience counts the guys going to the bathroom then the advertiser is being overcharged.
Just go to bestbuy.com and search for hd-a1 and you can see that most stores have them in stock now. I just picked one up this morning. Most of them won't sell you the movies until Tuesday, however. Until then you can use it as an upscaling standard DVD player.
Good inkjet printers can beat those Fuji or Noritsu printers, or even the high-end printers like Lightjets IMHO. They have a larger color gamut, higher resolution, and they can print on a range of media including canvas, fine-art matte papers, etc.
The areas where inkjets have problems can include fade resistance, water resistance, gloss differential, metamerism, and a few others. Pigment ink printers (e.g. Epson 2200) are better at fade and water resistance and dye printers (e.g. Canon i9900) are better in the other areas.
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The discount could be based on the amount MS spends on WMP development versus the rest of Windows.
It looks like a $20 Keytronic keyboard to me. The variable key weighting is something Keytronic has done for years. Notice the similarity between these two images:
Actually you're in a constant state of free-fall when you're in orbit. It's just that the direction of the Earth keeps changing so you're constantly being pulled in a different direction and never impact the surface as long as you have the right combination of velocity and altitude.
Sprint is really doing a great job of confusing the word "free" so that no one realizes that AT&T is really free and Sprint charges for every minute you use. It either comes out of the voice minutes you pay for or gets added on at $0.39/minute). "free" just means they don't add an extra monthly charge on top of the per-minute charge.
Almost every article I've seen assumes AT&T's free plan works the same as Sprint's "free" plan. The reality is that AT&T has a packet data network and doesn't charge one penny extra no matter how much you use it. If you sign up for a plan with 60 voice minutes you can talk for 60 minutes and surf for 43,140 minutes (unless it's February:-) ) and it doesn't cost a penny extra.
AT&T also has Plus and Premium plans with a flat monthly charge ($6.99 and $14.99), but still no extra charges no matter how much you use it. Those plans give you extra features like email, PIM applications with sync, the ability to go to any URL, and the ability to create your own pages.
Disclaimer: I developed some of this stuff for AT&T but I'm not speaking for them.
If you want to use a PC or handheld, we offer PCMCIA cards such as the Sierra Wireless Aircard with unlimited use for $54.99/month. You can also get a Minstrel modem for a Palm with unlimited use for $24.99/month. All of these devices come with a static IP address, BTW.
Note that while we limit the email storage on our own email server, we also provide POP3 and IMAP4 access from the phone to any email server you like and you can automatically forward copies of your mail from our server to another address. We also provide access to the Yahoo! and Excite email clients.
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The problems mainly occur when you have more HDMI devices than your display has HDMI inputs. Then you have to pass the HDMI through a receiver or switcher. In many cases the HDMI handshake/negotiation breaks down and the device won't play at all through the switcher, or it won't support the same resolutions that work fine over a direct connection.
Also, because the audio and video are on the same cable, and each device only has one HDMI output, you're forced to route the video through a receiver so that the receiver can process the audio even if you don't really need the switching. This results in the same compatibility issues as above.
The HDMI standard wasn't forward-thinking enough to handle different audio codecs, so they keep having to revise the standard every time a new sound format comes out. You need HDMI 1.1 for DVD Audio, 1.2 if you want SACD, and 1.3 if you want Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD. Of course the chips are not firmware upgradeable, so you have to buy new DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray player and a new receiver to get new HDMI chips so you can use the new codecs. Can you imagine if they had to change the ethernet standard and you had to buy a new computer every time there was a new file format you wanted to download?
Networks charge advertisers REAL, ACTUAL, CASH for that guy going to the bathroom during the commercial. The ad rates are determined by the size of the audience, so if the audience counts the guys going to the bathroom then the advertiser is being overcharged.
Just go to bestbuy.com and search for hd-a1 and you can see that most stores have them in stock now. I just picked one up this morning. Most of them won't sell you the movies until Tuesday, however. Until then you can use it as an upscaling standard DVD player.
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Steve
Good inkjet printers can beat those Fuji or Noritsu printers, or even the high-end printers like Lightjets IMHO. They have a larger color gamut, higher resolution, and they can print on a range of media including canvas, fine-art matte papers, etc.
The areas where inkjets have problems can include fade resistance, water resistance, gloss differential, metamerism, and a few others. Pigment ink printers (e.g. Epson 2200) are better at fade and water resistance and dye printers (e.g. Canon i9900) are better in the other areas.
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Steve
The discount could be based on the amount MS spends on WMP development versus the rest of Windows.
I hate 'em both. *Please* bring back the mini trackball from the PowerBook Duos.
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Steve
It looks like a $20 Keytronic keyboard to me. The variable key weighting is something Keytronic has done for years. Notice the similarity between these two images:
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Actually you're in a constant state of free-fall when you're in orbit. It's just that the direction of the Earth keeps changing so you're constantly being pulled in a different direction and never impact the surface as long as you have the right combination of velocity and altitude.
Sprint is really doing a great job of confusing the word "free" so that no one realizes that AT&T is really free and Sprint charges for every minute you use. It either comes out of the voice minutes you pay for or gets added on at $0.39/minute). "free" just means they don't add an extra monthly charge on top of the per-minute charge.
Almost every article I've seen assumes AT&T's free plan works the same as Sprint's "free" plan. The reality is that AT&T has a packet data network and doesn't charge one penny extra no matter how much you use it. If you sign up for a plan with 60 voice minutes you can talk for 60 minutes and surf for 43,140 minutes (unless it's February :-) ) and it doesn't cost a penny extra.
AT&T also has Plus and Premium plans with a flat monthly charge ($6.99 and $14.99), but still no extra charges no matter how much you use it. Those plans give you extra features like email, PIM applications with sync, the ability to go to any URL, and the ability to create your own pages.
Disclaimer: I developed some of this stuff for AT&T but I'm not speaking for them.
If you want to use a PC or handheld, we offer PCMCIA cards such as the Sierra Wireless Aircard with unlimited use for $54.99/month. You can also get a Minstrel modem for a Palm with unlimited use for $24.99/month. All of these devices come with a static IP address, BTW.
Note that while we limit the email storage on our own email server, we also provide POP3 and IMAP4 access from the phone to any email server you like and you can automatically forward copies of your mail from our server to another address. We also provide access to the Yahoo! and Excite email clients.