It should be noted that these cards will initially only arrive with PCI Express support. Given the fact that most people have only AGP ports, this is a barrier to adoption. It has been reported that AGP versions will follow.
How many of you are viewing Slashdot from a 3270 right now?
I am, and man oh man does it ever look like crap. I feel like a one-armed midget at a high-five convention. Or perhaps a toothless nun at a topless toffee factory.
I must admit that my upgrade to a 486 was suspiciously close to the release of Doom. I remember paying CAN$2000 (US$1600) for a 486-33Mhz with a 100 Meg HD and plain jane Soundblaster. If I remember correctly, I think it had a ATI Rage 2 or something like that (4 megs memory). I do know that was the last Intel CPU I ever bought.
Call me a troll if you want, but it's at least good to see the RIAA trying to have dealings with a college or university that aren't purely legal! Yes, I know that some will say that the institutions were pressured on pain of lawsuits, but has that been confirmed?
I really regret making the car analogy. Analogies can sometimes be useful in helping someone understand something. Unfortunately, they can be slightly modified and then fed back as some sort of counter-example equally as easily.
In hindsight, I agree with you. I regret using the car analogy. It has been twisted and re-stated so many times in the thread that is now meaningless. Well, I know for next time.
My point is that it's not Ford's problem if someone keeps buying their lower-quality vehicles. They could easily walk further down the street to the Toyota dealership and get a better-made car. But they don't bother taking the personal responsibility to get informed.
The point is that it a user can't expect to just sit on their ass and have someone else inform them about all their choices.
It's called personal responsibility. If there is a Ford dealership close to my house and all I ever do is buy Fords, should Ford be held liable when all my cars fall apart?
Get informed. Use your brain. Own up to the fact that you have to actually make your own choices.
I am a straight guy and if my girlfriend suggested having a threesome with another guy, I would not want to join in.
But I would offer to videotape her and the guy.
Lighten up!
I completely agree. I can't see a single usage for a flash-based player. They are virtually indistinguishable on price and features (except for the low end) and in almost every case, the HD models have vastly more space.
I did find CPU usage a problem, but then again I didn't have anything near to what you were using. I had an old Thunderbird 1.0Ghz. I found encoding at 768x576 to take around 80% which basically meant the box could only singletask while recording. I figured I could either spend $250 on a new CPU/Mobo or upgrade to a PVR250. I'm glad I chose the PVR250... the overall quality of experience has risen significantly.
While standards and spectrum sharing are definitely factors, hardware must move quite a bit forward if it is going to become more useful than small home networks and looking cool at a Starbucks. The real problem right now is the quality of the radio chips coming out of Taiwan. They are typically way under specified range and allow for alot of bleeding between channels. The average home user won't notice it, but when you are rigging up multi-antenna setups or relying on precise timing for a repeater, it matters to a HUGE extent.
I am still waiting for an ATI board with tv-tuner capability that offers hardware-based MPEG-2 encoding of the tv signal. A home theatre PC based on one of these cards will show 10 times the CPU usage and half the quality that a box based on a Hauppauge PVR-250 offers. No comparison, really.
I have been using the Gateway connected DVD player for several months now and I am impressed by its functionality.
However, I do take exception regarding the consistency of the unit's operation. For no apparent reason the picture will sometimes freeze or the audio will go out of sync. I am quite experienced with home audio setup and have ruled out all the obvious causes. I've come to the conclusion that the components and/or firmware of the device aren't exactly top notch.
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Or perhaps the muscle will become so developed that it will bring flexibility down to zero essentially rendering the individual athletically useless.
Well... I wouldn't know. I've never been even close to Comdex. I was just throwing out some random comments in support of the GNAA. Looks like I got modded to +4. Yay for me!
I for one think this is a good move. Regroup and try to make it better than ever for 2005. I've attended the last 3 or 4 and have see it slowly losing the spark it once had.
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It should be noted that these cards will initially only arrive with PCI Express support. Given the fact that most people have only AGP ports, this is a barrier to adoption. It has been reported that AGP versions will follow.
I am, and man oh man does it ever look like crap. I feel like a one-armed midget at a high-five convention. Or perhaps a toothless nun at a topless toffee factory.
Screenshot? Where?
I must admit that my upgrade to a 486 was suspiciously close to the release of Doom. I remember paying CAN$2000 (US$1600) for a 486-33Mhz with a 100 Meg HD and plain jane Soundblaster. If I remember correctly, I think it had a ATI Rage 2 or something like that (4 megs memory). I do know that was the last Intel CPU I ever bought.
Call me a troll if you want, but it's at least good to see the RIAA trying to have dealings with a college or university that aren't purely legal! Yes, I know that some will say that the institutions were pressured on pain of lawsuits, but has that been confirmed?
I really regret making the car analogy. Analogies can sometimes be useful in helping someone understand something. Unfortunately, they can be slightly modified and then fed back as some sort of counter-example equally as easily.
In hindsight, I agree with you. I regret using the car analogy. It has been twisted and re-stated so many times in the thread that is now meaningless. Well, I know for next time.
It's called educating oneself. It's called personal responsibility.
My point is that it's not Ford's problem if someone keeps buying their lower-quality vehicles. They could easily walk further down the street to the Toyota dealership and get a better-made car. But they don't bother taking the personal responsibility to get informed.
The point is that it a user can't expect to just sit on their ass and have someone else inform them about all their choices.
It's called personal responsibility. If there is a Ford dealership close to my house and all I ever do is buy Fords, should Ford be held liable when all my cars fall apart?
Get informed. Use your brain. Own up to the fact that you have to actually make your own choices.
I am a straight guy and if my girlfriend suggested having a threesome with another guy, I would not want to join in. But I would offer to videotape her and the guy. Lighten up!
So... just out of interest, did you try it? Can you describe what happened, please? :)
I completely agree. I can't see a single usage for a flash-based player. They are virtually indistinguishable on price and features (except for the low end) and in almost every case, the HD models have vastly more space.
This has been the case with video cards for as long as I can remember... at least since the Voodoo2.
I did find CPU usage a problem, but then again I didn't have anything near to what you were using. I had an old Thunderbird 1.0Ghz. I found encoding at 768x576 to take around 80% which basically meant the box could only singletask while recording. I figured I could either spend $250 on a new CPU/Mobo or upgrade to a PVR250. I'm glad I chose the PVR250... the overall quality of experience has risen significantly.
While standards and spectrum sharing are definitely factors, hardware must move quite a bit forward if it is going to become more useful than small home networks and looking cool at a Starbucks. The real problem right now is the quality of the radio chips coming out of Taiwan. They are typically way under specified range and allow for alot of bleeding between channels. The average home user won't notice it, but when you are rigging up multi-antenna setups or relying on precise timing for a repeater, it matters to a HUGE extent.
I am still waiting for an ATI board with tv-tuner capability that offers hardware-based MPEG-2 encoding of the tv signal. A home theatre PC based on one of these cards will show 10 times the CPU usage and half the quality that a box based on a Hauppauge PVR-250 offers. No comparison, really.
However, I do take exception regarding the consistency of the unit's operation. For no apparent reason the picture will sometimes freeze or the audio will go out of sync. I am quite experienced with home audio setup and have ruled out all the obvious causes. I've come to the conclusion that the components and/or firmware of the device aren't exactly top notch.
Or perhaps the muscle will become so developed that it will bring flexibility down to zero essentially rendering the individual athletically useless.
Well... I wouldn't know. I've never been even close to Comdex. I was just throwing out some random comments in support of the GNAA. Looks like I got modded to +4. Yay for me!
I for one think this is a good move. Regroup and try to make it better than ever for 2005. I've attended the last 3 or 4 and have see it slowly losing the spark it once had.
No kidding. You'd think people would get a relatively well-known Simpson's reference. Sheesh.
Let me guess... masters degrees in folklore and mythology?
Well, I *would* like this system... if it existed. But it doesn't, because I made it up. I've never even been to Saudi Arabia.
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