They can make the dongle the size of an infants pinky toenail, but it still doesn't solve the problem of the giant-ass roll of coax a laptop owner needs to drag around.
Unless you think sitting at a table in starbucks with giant ass rabbit ears with signal-enhancing tinfoil balls on the top watching a grainy feed of the local news meets your definition of high-tech.
"Full resolution" is meaningless when you talk about an analog signal, too.
ATi's TV Wonders in the past have considered 320x240 to be "full resolution", and anything higher was scaled up (video captures) or interpolated (still captures) from that.
I don't know if it natively captures any higher now, but 320x240x16 at 24 fps isn't unreasonable.
ATi used to really shine at all this cross-media stuff, nowadays they're teh suck. TV-Out quality on my 9800 is absolutely awful compared to a cheap GeForce 5200, for instance.
This isn't supposed to be some pro-video solution, it's just a gizmo that lets you watch TV while you're surfing the interweb.
Every new machine has USB 2.0, but not necessarily firewire, which has become more of a niche connector for amateur video. I know it's supposed to be more, but it's not.
The jobs are going to india because the American geeks suck at them. Indians work for about a dollar an hour, which is more than most of the "IT experts" I've met stateside deserve to make.
If they were motivated by a Nobel prize, or lofty humanitarian goals, the article would read how this invention would help solve the energy crisis, save the environment, cure world hunger, etc..
Of course, they're really after investor dollars. So it's about neat-o stuff for your iPod. Ending homelessness simply has a poor ROI.
The XP box on my desk at work has never crashed by any fault other than my own (testing funky code), but the higher end "gaming" box at home has crashed a number of times. Usually while playing a game.
Personally I blame the craptastic drivers from both nVidia and ATi. They're hell-bent on getting the most flips per flooble and the stability of the drivers suck.
ATi adds a lame new interface (which crashes) called "Catalyst Control Center" while the actual usability of the drivers is swirling down the toilet. All new releases focus on little tweaks in their $500 dollar range cards to make it benchmark fastest in Doom 3, while support for the cards people actually own dwindles.
For instance, if I try to play Doom 3 with anything higher than "Medium" settings, my machine will hardlock. Radeon 9800, no tweaking or overclocking, just the latest "stable" drivers.
This isn't an anti-ATi rant, I had the same bullshit with nVidia.
Barring a hardware faulure, it's virtually always the video drivers fault, since it actually has the power to bring down the system.
I'd say the higher instance of XP bombs reflects it's status as the current PC gaming platform.
I blame nVidia, ATi, and Microsoft for "certifying" their instable, shit drivers. Driver certification really just means your check cleared.
What can they do about it, though? I'd gladly sacrifice a few FPS for a stable machine. But when a driver release gets less "3DMarks" than the one before it, the little kids throw a fit on rage3d and other sites.
I agree and I wish they would tear down the Sajak pavillion at the hospital in Annapolis.
I mean, so the guy donates a few million to a hospital to build a new building for cancer treatment or whatever.
Is he a doctor? Has Pat Sajak cured any diseases? No, Pat Sajak is just a game show host.
It's an insult. If those cancer patients had any honor they'd freeze to death in the streets rather than getting treatment at a building named after such an obvious fraud.
In fact, I think it should be illegal to make any kinds of donations unless you're a respected academic in your field.
PS. Gates did more for Computer Science than you or your mathematics professor have ever done. If you don't like it, tough shit.
I mean, if Cisco put their routers in translucent pink cases and called them iRoutes and charged 3x as much as they're worth, the "hero" of the story would be obvious.
And then 3Com is the evil, uninnovative villian creeping in to steal their business away.
But that's not the case. Cisco has the price, but not the hipster translucent plastic housings.
For this article to be posted, we must either hate or love one of Cisco or 3Com.
I can't think of any reason to particularly give a hoot about either, but this non-news article could only have been posted as a chance to flame a company we hate, or praise a company we love.
From what I've read, I want to see this film, but it hasn't sparked even the remotest interest for, say, my kids - who are the ones they want, to turn this into the Star Wars of their generation.
Angelina Jolie is IMO overrated and sucktastic. The commercials feature her fat lips so prominently it looks like another wretched Tomb Raider promo.
Music is music...it doesn't matter where it comes from. If you like it, if it brings up an emotion in you...so be it. Who cares if Wayne Newton does it for you or Black Flag?
Your peers care. That's what I'm getting at. If your friends are into Black Flag, listening to Wayne Newton makes you an outsider.
They sell lifestyles. You can choose from goth, ska-punk, country redneck, hip-hopper, headbanger..
Many many people don't go to Best Buy and pick up CDs so much as they have songs they want to hear, but because it supposedly earns them "status" with their chosen crowd. Especially younger people seeking acceptance. You can't deny that this is true, Maslow hierarchy of needs... Psyche 101.
There are true music lovers out there, but they don't make up the mass markets.
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They can make the dongle the size of an infants pinky toenail, but it still doesn't solve the problem of the giant-ass roll of coax a laptop owner needs to drag around.
Unless you think sitting at a table in starbucks with giant ass rabbit ears with signal-enhancing tinfoil balls on the top watching a grainy feed of the local news meets your definition of high-tech.
Maybe it's not 24-bit color.
"Full resolution" is meaningless when you talk about an analog signal, too.
ATi's TV Wonders in the past have considered 320x240 to be "full resolution", and anything higher was scaled up (video captures) or interpolated (still captures) from that.
I don't know if it natively captures any higher now, but 320x240x16 at 24 fps isn't unreasonable.
ATi used to really shine at all this cross-media stuff, nowadays they're teh suck. TV-Out quality on my 9800 is absolutely awful compared to a cheap GeForce 5200, for instance.
This isn't supposed to be some pro-video solution, it's just a gizmo that lets you watch TV while you're surfing the interweb.
Every new machine has USB 2.0, but not necessarily firewire, which has become more of a niche connector for amateur video. I know it's supposed to be more, but it's not.
Easy.
VideoLAN
"Broadcast" from your server with TV tuner as source, watch anywhere on your LAN.
It works well. VideoLAN+server full of TV and DVD rips = my very own Video on Demand system that blows the doors off of what Comcast offers.
I still have a TV with screw-downs for VHF and UHF antennas.
Not being cable-ready didn't shorten it's lifetime.
When we switch to ATSC, plug your tuner box into the TV Wonder.
If that's a problem for you, buy ATi's HDTV Wonder.
Get one of those 20 dollar Dazzle boxes, they work great if you want to use it as a simple display, say to plug in a VCR or nintendo.
Of course, if you want to capture good quality video streams, you want one of the pricier models.
The user "reckons"? That implies he's never seen the product.
Minor nitpick.
Anyways, how would this thing perform as an input source for a PVR?
I'd ask about linux support too, but, ATi, USB 2.0.. That's two strikes already.
It looks like a great deal of time and effort has gone into the style and visuals.
I find this to be the anime formula. Lots of great effects and visuals to prop up a weak and cheesy sci-fi plot.
Basically just like an animated Star Wars prequel.
You have cause and effect backwards.
The jobs are going to india because the American geeks suck at them. Indians work for about a dollar an hour, which is more than most of the "IT experts" I've met stateside deserve to make.
Adware is (at least can be) perfectly legitimate, you're upset about spyware.
Is the free, ad-supported version of the Opera browser illegal or wrong?
Built in menu?
What the fuck? Are you talking about the TV Guide channel, or the now defunct Gemstar crap?
If they were motivated by a Nobel prize, or lofty humanitarian goals, the article would read how this invention would help solve the energy crisis, save the environment, cure world hunger, etc..
Of course, they're really after investor dollars. So it's about neat-o stuff for your iPod. Ending homelessness simply has a poor ROI.
Nope, I've stressed the living hell out of the CPU, RAM and chipset. The videocard is the weak link, it brought all my troubles with it.
The instant I spent a few hundred bucks to transform it into a "gaming" machine, it became an unreliable hunk of shit.
So what?
You think that's an intelligent observation or something?
They know who butters their bread, and it's not any *AA group, or the lobbyists behind the INDUCE act.
Companies exist to make money.
The XP box on my desk at work has never crashed by any fault other than my own (testing funky code), but the higher end "gaming" box at home has crashed a number of times. Usually while playing a game.
Personally I blame the craptastic drivers from both nVidia and ATi. They're hell-bent on getting the most flips per flooble and the stability of the drivers suck.
ATi adds a lame new interface (which crashes) called "Catalyst Control Center" while the actual usability of the drivers is swirling down the toilet. All new releases focus on little tweaks in their $500 dollar range cards to make it benchmark fastest in Doom 3, while support for the cards people actually own dwindles.
For instance, if I try to play Doom 3 with anything higher than "Medium" settings, my machine will hardlock. Radeon 9800, no tweaking or overclocking, just the latest "stable" drivers.
This isn't an anti-ATi rant, I had the same bullshit with nVidia.
Barring a hardware faulure, it's virtually always the video drivers fault, since it actually has the power to bring down the system.
I'd say the higher instance of XP bombs reflects it's status as the current PC gaming platform.
I blame nVidia, ATi, and Microsoft for "certifying" their instable, shit drivers. Driver certification really just means your check cleared.
What can they do about it, though? I'd gladly sacrifice a few FPS for a stable machine. But when a driver release gets less "3DMarks" than the one before it, the little kids throw a fit on rage3d and other sites.
It doesn't mean anything, it's just a nonsense word from a Disney cartoon, like Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious.
Chump. Do you believe everything you see in cartoons?
I agree and I wish they would tear down the Sajak pavillion at the hospital in Annapolis.
I mean, so the guy donates a few million to a hospital to build a new building for cancer treatment or whatever.
Is he a doctor? Has Pat Sajak cured any diseases? No, Pat Sajak is just a game show host.
It's an insult. If those cancer patients had any honor they'd freeze to death in the streets rather than getting treatment at a building named after such an obvious fraud.
In fact, I think it should be illegal to make any kinds of donations unless you're a respected academic in your field.
PS. Gates did more for Computer Science than you or your mathematics professor have ever done. If you don't like it, tough shit.
Who's the underdog, though?
They're both electronics mega-corporations.
I mean, if Cisco put their routers in translucent pink cases and called them iRoutes and charged 3x as much as they're worth, the "hero" of the story would be obvious.
And then 3Com is the evil, uninnovative villian creeping in to steal their business away.
But that's not the case. Cisco has the price, but not the hipster translucent plastic housings.
For this article to be posted, we must either hate or love one of Cisco or 3Com.
I can't think of any reason to particularly give a hoot about either, but this non-news article could only have been posted as a chance to flame a company we hate, or praise a company we love.
Goatse, The Motion Picture
...why should I care about wifi again?
You just ruined not only Sky Captain for me, but also every other movie Angelina Jolie ever made. Thanks a lot
Come now, surely Angelina had no small part in ruining them.
With "her" thick swollen cock.
It has a "league of extrordinary gentlemen" feel to it, and that was the vilest shitstain to hit celluloid in the history of film.
I kept waiting for Dorian Grey to sodomize some young boys but he never did. (Who the hell writes him into their story as some sort of superhero?)
It does look cheesy, the commercials suck.
From what I've read, I want to see this film, but it hasn't sparked even the remotest interest for, say, my kids - who are the ones they want, to turn this into the Star Wars of their generation.
Angelina Jolie is IMO overrated and sucktastic. The commercials feature her fat lips so prominently it looks like another wretched Tomb Raider promo.
Music is music...it doesn't matter where it comes from. If you like it, if it brings up an emotion in you...so be it. Who cares if Wayne Newton does it for you or Black Flag?
Your peers care. That's what I'm getting at. If your friends are into Black Flag, listening to Wayne Newton makes you an outsider.
They sell lifestyles. You can choose from goth, ska-punk, country redneck, hip-hopper, headbanger..
Many many people don't go to Best Buy and pick up CDs so much as they have songs they want to hear, but because it supposedly earns them "status" with their chosen crowd. Especially younger people seeking acceptance. You can't deny that this is true, Maslow hierarchy of needs... Psyche 101.
There are true music lovers out there, but they don't make up the mass markets.