Er, its a HDTV monitor. It does NOT have a built in reciever (hence the part that its capable of accepting those signals from an external source)
Er, no it's not. An HDTV monitor can not only accept HD signals, but also DISPLAY them. A true HDTV monitor (i.e. capable of displaying at least 1080i) must have a native resolution of at least -- you guessed it -- 1080 pixels.
Notice on this rear projection HDTV (which I bought a year ago for $2400) has 1600 lines of resolution... well over the 1080 needed to view a native 1080i broadcast. (The more lines the better.)
The native resolution on the gateway plasma is 480 scan lines of resolution. It's not HD.
I was amazed when I heard Gateway was coming out with a $3000 plasma HDTV. Then I found out why it's so cheap... it's not HDTV. You'll notice no where on their site do they refer to it as an HDTV or capable of DISPLAYING at that high resolution. You'll see stuff like, "capable of accepting 1080I and 720p HDTV signals," or "16:9 Wide Aspect Ratio," or "compatible signals include computer display resolutions up to 1280 X 1024 and HDTV signals including 720p and 1080i."
However, notice the native resolution of the TV is only DVD quality (approximately 480 horizontal lines). That's twice as good as regular TV, but for $3000 I'll either fork out more for a real plasma HDTV, or a little less for a good rear-projection HDTV.
I wonder how many people out there will buy one of these Gateway TV's assuming they are HD, just because they're plasma, 16:9 screens?
He didn't say they ALL fit that bill, just most. I tend to agree. There are some diamonds out there, though.
One of my favorite independent bands that really deserves to be picked up is Virgos. They rock, they sound like a well-financed band, yet they have a unique sound, mostly thanks to the lead singer -- Brett Hestla (touring bassist for Creed, and producer of many CD's).
I'm trying to think of what I would compare them to, but I can't really come up with a good comparison... check 'em out.
why would you buy a Tivo other than being a few hundred cheaper.
1. Never feel the need to archive TV. 2. TiVo is tried and true. 3. TiVo has cool features not available in this panasonic device, such as TiVo recommended recordings, thumbs up/down ratings, cool user interface 4. Hackability (can you get WiFi going on your panasonic DVR? a webserver? etc...)
Time Warner doesn't think it's doomed. They just launched [timewarneraustin.com] the Explorer 8000 Digital Video Recorder here in Austin, TX.
You're confusing the "value-added digital cable" market with the "standalone DVR" market. TiVo is in the latter, TimeWarner is in the former. Two different markets.
If anything is interesting about this, it's the following question: if so many people are so excited about this technology every time they see it, how come it still isn't very well known?
Maybe the technology has finally caught up the idea? Can you really say that this same EXACT technology has been around for a decade? We all know the IDEA has been ATTEMPTED before, but compare the end products. How do those $100 ebay jobbies compare to this new iteration? The new iteration has:
- More power. Modern speeds and capabilities. - Better screens, better input recognition, better pen technology. - Better handwriting technology (by most accounts) - Better integration between the OS, the apps, and the pen - Better docking capabilities (carry the tablet with you for writing, dock it later and use it as your monitor/cpu on your desktop.
There are all kinds of ideas that are attempted numerous times, failing constantly until the technology catches up to the idea. How do you know this isn't one of those times?
These WILL NOT succeed until they are as easy to use and as convenient as paper. Numerous companies have tried to produce what is essentially a laptop with a pen attached, and failed miserably.
OK, but these things aren't just laptops with pens attached. These things have the most popular operating system on them, tweaked specifically for pen-based input, these things have a new version of Office that integrates with the pen-based computing, and these things (by most accounts) have very good handwriting recognition.
Perhaps true, perhaps not. However, the better question to ask is how many NEW AREAS can computers enter due to this new style of computing system?
In the industry I work in, I already have some very cool ideas where these could be extremely successful, where no other computing system currently fits... a paradigm shift.
Funny, that's what Macromedia told me to get me to INSTALL flash!
To answer your question: yes I deleted flash. When I need to see something done in flash, I load up MSIE. (Hell, it's already loaded in memory anyway, might as well use it for something.)
I am of the opinion that the annoying flash ads are going to be what eventually "does-in" Flash. As soon as Mozilla makes it easy to deal with it -- and it will if people want that -- then say goodbye to our annoying, animated friend.
If you really believe what you wrote, I feel you might be deluding yourself.
The facts are:
- Microsoft has completely dominated the OS market for years. - Microsoft has BILLIONS to defend its position.
Microsoft will give Windows away for free before it lets Linux win on the desktop (they could make money on their other software programs, like Office, and on selling services, hardware, etc).
If you think Linux can win just because it's open source, you are burying your head in the sand.
I would much rather get it from my cable company for $10 extra a month and no upfront costs.
Me too... I like the idea of the digital cable box being integrated with the PVR.
Even if the features aren't as good as TiVos.
That depends on how good the PVR is. I'll keep my TiVo if it sucks, which is unfortunately what I've read in usenet regarding the TimeWarner digital cable PVR being released soon.:-(
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Er, its a HDTV monitor. It does NOT have a built in reciever (hence the part that its capable of accepting those signals from an external source)
Er, no it's not. An HDTV monitor can not only accept HD signals, but also DISPLAY them. A true HDTV monitor (i.e. capable of displaying at least 1080i) must have a native resolution of at least -- you guessed it -- 1080 pixels.
Notice on this rear projection HDTV (which I bought a year ago for $2400) has 1600 lines of resolution... well over the 1080 needed to view a native 1080i broadcast. (The more lines the better.)
The native resolution on the gateway plasma is 480 scan lines of resolution. It's not HD.
They want discussion.....you cant get that by searching on google...
Yes, you can!
Slashdot ought to implement a new filter for its comments section in preferences: Score penalty for reference to Google in Ask Slashdot question.
Unfortunately, most of the Ask Slashdot's are so lame they can be answered with a simple google search.
The editor that posts the Ask Slashdot should first see if he can easily answer the question with a google search before posting the article.
Why isn't there a common reponsitory for public domain data sets?
There is, it's right here.
(aka The Internet)
I was amazed when I heard Gateway was coming out with a $3000 plasma HDTV. Then I found out why it's so cheap... it's not HDTV. You'll notice no where on their site do they refer to it as an HDTV or capable of DISPLAYING at that high resolution. You'll see stuff like, "capable of accepting 1080I and 720p HDTV signals," or "16:9 Wide Aspect Ratio," or "compatible signals include computer display resolutions up to 1280 X 1024 and HDTV signals including 720p and 1080i."
However, notice the native resolution of the TV is only DVD quality (approximately 480 horizontal lines). That's twice as good as regular TV, but for $3000 I'll either fork out more for a real plasma HDTV, or a little less for a good rear-projection HDTV.
I wonder how many people out there will buy one of these Gateway TV's assuming they are HD, just because they're plasma, 16:9 screens?
... of "tend to be" don't you understand?
He didn't say they ALL fit that bill, just most. I tend to agree. There are some diamonds out there, though.
One of my favorite independent bands that really deserves to be picked up is Virgos. They rock, they sound like a well-financed band, yet they have a unique sound, mostly thanks to the lead singer -- Brett Hestla (touring bassist for Creed, and producer of many CD's).
I'm trying to think of what I would compare them to, but I can't really come up with a good comparison... check 'em out.
why would you buy a Tivo other than being a few hundred cheaper.
1. Never feel the need to archive TV.
2. TiVo is tried and true.
3. TiVo has cool features not available in this panasonic device, such as TiVo recommended recordings, thumbs up/down ratings, cool user interface
4. Hackability (can you get WiFi going on your panasonic DVR? a webserver? etc...)
Time Warner doesn't think it's doomed. They just launched [timewarneraustin.com] the Explorer 8000 Digital Video Recorder here in Austin, TX.
You're confusing the "value-added digital cable" market with the "standalone DVR" market. TiVo is in the latter, TimeWarner is in the former. Two different markets.
(Neither of which do I consider to be "doomed.")
Feel the effects of this man, Macheads...
for it's spelling
Or grammer...
Or spelling?
You'll find that on Project GNUtenberg.
Are you kidding? With the number of people bitching about grammar and spelling in the comments, you just know there's a pool of talent here!
(BTW, there's no apostrophe in the possessive form of "its.")
If anything is interesting about this, it's the following question: if so many people are so excited about this technology every time they see it, how come it still isn't very well known?
Maybe the technology has finally caught up the idea? Can you really say that this same EXACT technology has been around for a decade? We all know the IDEA has been ATTEMPTED before, but compare the end products. How do those $100 ebay jobbies compare to this new iteration? The new iteration has:
- More power. Modern speeds and capabilities.
- Better screens, better input recognition, better pen technology.
- Better handwriting technology (by most accounts)
- Better integration between the OS, the apps, and the pen
- Better docking capabilities (carry the tablet with you for writing, dock it later and use it as your monitor/cpu on your desktop.
There are all kinds of ideas that are attempted numerous times, failing constantly until the technology catches up to the idea. How do you know this isn't one of those times?
These WILL NOT succeed until they are as easy to use and as convenient as paper. Numerous companies have tried to produce what is essentially a laptop with a pen attached, and failed miserably.
OK, but these things aren't just laptops with pens attached. These things have the most popular operating system on them, tweaked specifically for pen-based input, these things have a new version of Office that integrates with the pen-based computing, and these things (by most accounts) have very good handwriting recognition.
Tablets will never replace laptops for most users
Perhaps true, perhaps not. However, the better question to ask is how many NEW AREAS can computers enter due to this new style of computing system?
In the industry I work in, I already have some very cool ideas where these could be extremely successful, where no other computing system currently fits... a paradigm shift.
...and don't buy one, because you're not in their target market.
Besides, if you wanted straight-up hardcore power, you wouldn't be using a ppc. You'd be using a .357.
Or as I like to call it, the "Red Screen of Death (literally)."
Damn! I meant to say LEFT not RIGHT.
The joke was IBM shifted to the left is HAL, as in HAL 9000. But now that I have to explain it because I screwed up, it's just pitiful...
I knew this sounded familiar, so I did a search for his name on Slashdot. Yup.
Here's a similar article from December 2001.
And another from July 2000.
And I predict another one will be posted in October 2003.
Thank you.
Hitachi bought out that sector, and rather than shifting things around, Hitachi and IBM are forming a child company (whose name I do not know).
Why don't they take the name "IBM," and just shift each letter one character to the right in the alphabet?
"I'm sorry, I don't think they can do that."
Thus the lowercase letter b. if it were gigabyte, it'd be GB, like gameboy.
So laptops can now fit 80 gameboys on your hard drive?
I think the guy you're replying to was simply correcting the person that posted the story, who clearly doesn't know the difference. To wit:
"The areal density has improved to 70gb per square inch! Apparently that means 80gb drives for laptops."
Yee haw! Laptops will finally get 10GB drives!!
Oh.
Funny, that's what Macromedia told me to get me to INSTALL flash!
To answer your question: yes I deleted flash. When I need to see something done in flash, I load up MSIE. (Hell, it's already loaded in memory anyway, might as well use it for something.)
I am of the opinion that the annoying flash ads are going to be what eventually "does-in" Flash. As soon as Mozilla makes it easy to deal with it -- and it will if people want that -- then say goodbye to our annoying, animated friend.
I thought the point of XML was simplicity
The point of XML was to allow subset languages to be created for the efficient exchange and storage of data, in a logical (human-readable) format.
SAML is defined using XML. It changes nothing in XML. How exactly does this bring XML any closer to becoming SGML?
That your uninformed post got +4 amazes me, truly.
If you really believe what you wrote, I feel you might be deluding yourself.
The facts are:
- Microsoft has completely dominated the OS market for years.
- Microsoft has BILLIONS to defend its position.
Microsoft will give Windows away for free before it lets Linux win on the desktop (they could make money on their other software programs, like Office, and on selling services, hardware, etc).
If you think Linux can win just because it's open source, you are burying your head in the sand.
I would much rather get it from my cable company for $10 extra a month and no upfront costs.
:-(
Me too... I like the idea of the digital cable box being integrated with the PVR.
Even if the features aren't as good as TiVos.
That depends on how good the PVR is. I'll keep my TiVo if it sucks, which is unfortunately what I've read in usenet regarding the TimeWarner digital cable PVR being released soon.