1080p60 is the standard that is written. 1080p50 or 1080p60 is the highest spec.
Video today is 30fps.
Douglas Trumbull developed cameras in the 70s that would capture footage at 60 frames a second. It never became a standard because it was cost prohibitive.
Animation can be done at 60 frames a second, current computer animation for gaming is. There is no reason why we should be stuck on a technological hump at 24fps because that was the limit of cameras in the early 1900s.
Once you view footage at 60fps, the difference will be the same as 1920x1080 over 720x480.
You stated that Hi-Def DVD is a 6x improvement over current DVD (true), wouldn't the storage media that is 111x better than DVD be that much better?
The issue at hand is the current Hi-Def DVD format war; Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD.
It's a pissing match. 1080P still isn't a reality yet for the most part. The BD camp has 50G over HD-DVD camp which is 30G. What consumer cares? Nobody, and that is part of the problem.
I don't care which of the two makes it to mass market, I'm saying it won't happen.
HVD has a much better chance of a mass market appeal than either locked down formats. It will be 15 years after DVD like DVD was 15 something years after VHS.
By the time HVD hits the market, hopefully the Hi-Def pissing match will be over. Most people won't buy because their recent library of DVDs will look like crap.
Laserdisc was a niche market. Your average consumer still don't know the difference between Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. A DVD is still a DVD. Just observing what comes out of Wal*Mart and Best Buy, I'm still seeing your regular 27" CRT coming out over anything flat. -Note: just watching what is in the back of pickup trucks and SUVs around town. May not account for delivery merchandise which is what your average large screen purchase would require.
People I know who bought flat televisions and wanted 4:3 content at full frame at 16:9 finally realized after weeks that it looks goofy.
The price for Hi-Def players is still cost prohibitive for discretionary income. By the time it becomes affordable, HVD will appear on the horizon and I will wait for that.
There really isn't that much difference between a 9Gig disc and a 50Gig disc besides 41Gigs. There's plenty of difference between a 9Gig disc and a 1TB disc for it to make a difference.
I think right now there is no need for any of the Hi-Def formats.
Personally, I think both formats will fail for mainstream acceptance and the HVD format will most likely be the winner by the time it matures in about 6 years. By the time it's ready, the market will probably have a need for terabyte storage media when it happens. Hi Def DVD will need to come up to the 1080p60 standard and HVD can definitely handle the storage needs.
Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will be like the Laserdisc; niche market.
This is in the same line of logic as the fake boarding passes.
"We're going to make these rules and it will be illegal to break these rules. YOU will go to jail if you break these rules."
It realy sounds like a bunch of children at the playground, the kind that makeup a particular game and create the rules as they go along. One kid figures out how to be 'King of the Hill' and the whiny kid cries because the smarter kids broke the rule.
Yes, there are serious problems here but email tracking is not the way to do it.
Apple isn't on the list when you think of gaming. Pippin comes to mind and how that was a failure.
2 things are different now and maybe that is what the impetus is.
Apple's customer base knows how to use the internet. There are thousands of free computer games available that can be played on computers today and people know pretty much how to do it today.
Their `iTV` or whatever will likely turn heads when it is released. I know I am interested. I do not own an iPod. I do like their interfaces.
If their iTV thing does what I think it does, it will become a gateway for their content to be delivered to the living room and that means games.
I bet that most people would like to play Bejewed or some other flash/java game outside of their computer. That being said, most people have a computer so the TV isn't really all that important anymore as it used to be.
If the iTV will be a platform for specialized content (games) then maybe it will be worth looking into for casual gamers. I doubt it will be the graphic caliber of the uber expensive Xbox and PS systems but it may have some content worth looking into.
I don't care if it's cool or not. I just want it to work. My question was serious as I have a high respect for Samsung and their products.
They were the first to have an Exchange server connector for Linux, their DLP TVs are the best in class, their printers are cheap AND reliable AND have drivers for Win/Lin/Mac, they were the first to have a camera that was a video/still in the same body, albeit the quality wasn't the best but I give them credit for trying.
The consistently develop useful and affordable products. I bought a Samsung Hi-Fi VHS recorder back in 92 which was the cheapest then and that got me hooked on Samsung products.
I'd have to agree that Jobs' 3 action rule is a very nice rule. As a tech head, convoluted UIs never really bothered me but as I get older, the 3 action is really nice.
You have to have a computer to install said software. Computer makers (not assemblers like a good bit of hobbyists) are forced to pay Microsoft a fee for every unit shipped. The makers might as well ship Windows since they are paying a fee and face a penalty if they ship a different OS.
So, it is Microsoft fault that software developers do not port to other platforms since Microsoft doesn't allow computers to ship with other operating systems installed.
1. exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. 2. an exclusive privilege to carry on a business, traffic, or service, granted by a government. 3. the exclusive possession or control of something.
Google has exclusive control of THEIR product as most busines owners do - not a monopoly. 73% of a market share is not a monopoly.
There are orther search engines. Advertisers can choose to not use Google and place banner ads themselves.
Users ARE NOT forced to use Google, they just have a popular product that a lot of people use.
That being said, Google does not have EXCLUSIVE control of search content ergo, they are not a monopoly or even close to it.
If Microsoft offered their tools for other platforms, it would be a different matter. IE is only available for Windows. Most of their Live crap works 100% on IE, crippled for other browsers. Office for Mac is 60% different from Office for Windows. There is no Linux MS Office with 100% file compatability. *Microsoft has leveraged their position to be the only OS to be installed on systems delivered or be paid for all systems delivered regardless of OS installed.
That's a lot different than using a single website for services that works for most of the popular web browsers.
That is really all what Google is, a website that users can choose or not choose to go to. They do not, I repeat, DO NOT, have a monopoly for searches. They are a popular search engine like iPod is a popular portable digital media player.
My * Microsoft comment makes Microsoft a monopoly which is completely different from what Google offers.
No one forces a computer user to use Google.
Opera may force a user to primarily use Google for searches. Firefox may force a user to primarily use Google for searches.
Those browsers may be removed from the system altogether.
Google can never be a monopoly because they don't provide the method of delivery of their content or supply the only content to the end user.
The 911 call is just the easiest example to make. What about the babysitter at home with the kids? What if your wife has an accident? Blah, blah, blah. There's no reason to give up a tool of modern convenience just because of a few assholes. Ask them to leave!
It's the worst example to make.
Back 15 years ago before everyone had a cellphone, parents left a number with the babysitter and an itinerary. It's still the same today except the phone number has been replaced with the cell number.
If your teenage kid dies because he was out drinking and driving, are the police going to call your cell phone? No, they do what they have done in the past, show up at your door step.
The cell phone is a wonderful communication device but there are times when it needs to be turned off.
I told my brother in law to remove that god awful bluetooth ear piece when he is in my house. He has taken it further by turning off his cell phone when he comes over.
Another annoyance is call waiting. You put me on hold with "oh wait, I have another call", I hang up on your ass. And no, I do not have call waiting service on my phone.
Are you really that deft and believe that movie theatres have only been in existence since 10 years ago? What do you think people did for communication when Jaws came out?
Modern theatres where I live actually offer pagers. If you're waiting for that important call, then maybe you could to what they did years ago by alerting management to find you for messages. It works really well. And if you're in pins and needles because of a maybe important message, then maybe you shouldn't be at a movie theatre.
You go into a doctors office and they ask that you turn off your cell phone.
You come in my house, I may ask the same. It's my property.
The 911 cell call crap is exactly that, crap. A cell phone user isn't going to get a call faster than the management of the of the theatre and seconds do not count minutes maybe, seconds, no. Ask any first responder. They're not there in seconds anyway.
You come to my property, I sure as hell have a right to disrupt your communications. It has always been that way. Just because it exists today doesn't mean you should be able to use it anywhere.
I can't remember if Unreal was 25 hours or more for me. Far better than any other FPS at the time and much better than Quake2. That said, I still like Unreal better than Half Life. Quake 2 for me was about 10 hours or less. I remember being pissed off with "that's all there is?" at the end.
Ultima 3 and 4, Bards Tale were well over 25 hours for me.
Code for standards, tweak for IE6 should be sufficient. Once IE7 hits over the 70% mark, then it's moot anyway.
Corporate needs are different but they'll code for a specific browser anyway.
If the site breaks for IE6 - which shouldn't, just display funky, then the user can download Opera or Firefox for free. Likewise when there is yet another vulnerability for IE6, the user shouldn't be using IE anyway.
SUV's were never safe. They may be big but have the worst damage to the passengers in the event of an accident. They have the worst roll overs and in that case, the top almost always crushes due to the weight of the chassis. http://www.suvrollovernews.com/
Head on collisions fare better with an SUV and if your SUV wants to overtake a smaller vehicle from behind, thats a good one too. Other than that, SUVs are not `safer`.
Didn't think of it then because raccoons weren't a problem before.
Why should I pay someone for an idea I had just because they account for raccoons first?
There shouldn't be a patent for any specific pattern of 4 screws on a piece of material yet that is what the case is about.
Microsoft wants us to pay them for double clicking icons. What if a double click is an oops click?
I'll patent the process of unbuckling your seatbelt as you take the keys out of the ignition at the same time as I thought of it before I heard that it is a procedure that UPS mandates their employees use.
Funny how that BASIC cartridge for the old Atari2600 never got an infection. I don't think that most modern game consoles do either and they are computers with specified operating systems.
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1080p60 is the standard that is written. 1080p50 or 1080p60 is the highest spec.
Video today is 30fps.
Douglas Trumbull developed cameras in the 70s that would capture footage at 60 frames a second.
It never became a standard because it was cost prohibitive.
Animation can be done at 60 frames a second, current computer animation for gaming is. There is no reason why we should be stuck on a technological hump at 24fps because that was the limit of cameras in the early 1900s.
Once you view footage at 60fps, the difference will be the same as 1920x1080 over 720x480.
You stated that Hi-Def DVD is a 6x improvement over current DVD (true), wouldn't the storage media that is 111x better than DVD be that much better?
The issue at hand is the current Hi-Def DVD format war; Blu-Ray vs HD-DVD.
It's a pissing match. 1080P still isn't a reality yet for the most part.
The BD camp has 50G over HD-DVD camp which is 30G. What consumer cares? Nobody, and that is part of the problem.
I don't care which of the two makes it to mass market, I'm saying it won't happen.
HVD has a much better chance of a mass market appeal than either locked down formats. It will be 15 years after DVD like DVD was 15 something years after VHS.
By the time HVD hits the market, hopefully the Hi-Def pissing match will be over. Most people won't buy because their recent library of DVDs will look like crap.
Laserdisc was a niche market.
Your average consumer still don't know the difference between Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. A DVD is still a DVD.
Just observing what comes out of Wal*Mart and Best Buy, I'm still seeing your regular 27" CRT coming out over anything flat.
-Note: just watching what is in the back of pickup trucks and SUVs around town. May not account for delivery merchandise which is what your average large screen purchase would require.
People I know who bought flat televisions and wanted 4:3 content at full frame at 16:9 finally realized after weeks that it looks goofy.
The price for Hi-Def players is still cost prohibitive for discretionary income. By the time it becomes affordable, HVD will appear on the horizon and I will wait for that.
There really isn't that much difference between a 9Gig disc and a 50Gig disc besides 41Gigs. There's plenty of difference between a 9Gig disc and a 1TB disc for it to make a difference.
Another way is to bring up the kb up to the cent or penny since you can't realy collect on anything less than a penny.
That brings it up to 500kb/cent. Changing it to 500kb/$.01 is what is confusing them.
35893kb/500kb = 71.786 cents
to convert to dollars, mote the decimal point 2 places:
35893kb/500kb = 71.786 cents
35893kb/500kb = $.71786 dollars
I think right now there is no need for any of the Hi-Def formats.
Personally, I think both formats will fail for mainstream acceptance and the HVD format will most likely be the winner by the time it matures in about 6 years. By the time it's ready, the market will probably have a need for terabyte storage media when it happens.
Hi Def DVD will need to come up to the 1080p60 standard and HVD can definitely handle the storage needs.
Blu-Ray and HD-DVD will be like the Laserdisc; niche market.
This is in the same line of logic as the fake boarding passes.
"We're going to make these rules and it will be illegal to break these rules. YOU will go to jail if you break these rules."
It realy sounds like a bunch of children at the playground, the kind that makeup a particular game and create the rules as they go along. One kid figures out how to be 'King of the Hill' and the whiny kid cries because the smarter kids broke the rule.
Yes, there are serious problems here but email tracking is not the way to do it.
Republicans use virtual votes to win.
Democrats use dead votes to win.
We still all lose.
Apple isn't on the list when you think of gaming.
Pippin comes to mind and how that was a failure.
2 things are different now and maybe that is what the impetus is.
Apple's customer base knows how to use the internet.
There are thousands of free computer games available that can be played on computers today and people know pretty much how to do it today.
Their `iTV` or whatever will likely turn heads when it is released. I know I am interested. I do not own an iPod. I do like their interfaces.
If their iTV thing does what I think it does, it will become a gateway for their content to be delivered to the living room and that means games.
I bet that most people would like to play Bejewed or some other flash/java game outside of their computer.
That being said, most people have a computer so the TV isn't really all that important anymore as it used to be.
If the iTV will be a platform for specialized content (games) then maybe it will be worth looking into for casual gamers.
I doubt it will be the graphic caliber of the uber expensive Xbox and PS systems but it may have some content worth looking into.
I don't care if it's cool or not. I just want it to work. My question was serious as I have a high respect for Samsung and their products.
They were the first to have an Exchange server connector for Linux, their DLP TVs are the best in class, their printers are cheap AND reliable AND have drivers for Win/Lin/Mac, they were the first to have a camera that was a video/still in the same body, albeit the quality wasn't the best but I give them credit for trying.
The consistently develop useful and affordable products. I bought a Samsung Hi-Fi VHS recorder back in 92 which was the cheapest then and that got me hooked on Samsung products.
How is the UI?
I'd have to agree that Jobs' 3 action rule is a very nice rule. As a tech head, convoluted UIs never really bothered me but as I get older, the 3 action is really nice.
You have to have a computer to install said software.
Computer makers (not assemblers like a good bit of hobbyists) are forced to pay Microsoft a fee for every unit shipped.
The makers might as well ship Windows since they are paying a fee and face a penalty if they ship a different OS.
So, it is Microsoft fault that software developers do not port to other platforms since Microsoft doesn't allow computers to ship with other operating systems installed.
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Google has exclusive control of THEIR product as most busines owners do - not a monopoly.
73% of a market share is not a monopoly.
There are orther search engines.
Advertisers can choose to not use Google and place banner ads themselves.
Users ARE NOT forced to use Google, they just have a popular product that a lot of people use.
That being said, Google does not have EXCLUSIVE control of search content ergo, they are not a monopoly or even close to it.
If Microsoft offered their tools for other platforms, it would be a different matter.
IE is only available for Windows.
Most of their Live crap works 100% on IE, crippled for other browsers.
Office for Mac is 60% different from Office for Windows. There is no Linux MS Office with 100% file compatability.
*Microsoft has leveraged their position to be the only OS to be installed on systems delivered or be paid for all systems delivered regardless of OS installed.
That's a lot different than using a single website for services that works for most of the popular web browsers.
That is really all what Google is, a website that users can choose or not choose to go to. They do not, I repeat, DO NOT, have a monopoly for searches.
They are a popular search engine like iPod is a popular portable digital media player.
My * Microsoft comment makes Microsoft a monopoly which is completely different from what Google offers.
No one forces a computer user to use Google.
Opera may force a user to primarily use Google for searches.
Firefox may force a user to primarily use Google for searches.
Those browsers may be removed from the system altogether.
Google can never be a monopoly because they don't provide the method of delivery of their content or supply the only content to the end user.
A fly-in community perhaps?
e =utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=fly+in+communities
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&i
Why don't you be considerate instead of a self-absorbed inconsiderate jackass?
The 911 call is just the easiest example to make. What about the babysitter at home with the kids? What if your wife has an accident? Blah, blah, blah. There's no reason to give up a tool of modern convenience just because of a few assholes. Ask them to leave!
It's the worst example to make.
Back 15 years ago before everyone had a cellphone, parents left a number with the babysitter and an itinerary. It's still the same today except the phone number has been replaced with the cell number.
If your teenage kid dies because he was out drinking and driving, are the police going to call your cell phone?
No, they do what they have done in the past, show up at your door step.
The cell phone is a wonderful communication device but there are times when it needs to be turned off.
I told my brother in law to remove that god awful bluetooth ear piece when he is in my house. He has taken it further by turning off his cell phone when he comes over.
Another annoyance is call waiting. You put me on hold with "oh wait, I have another call", I hang up on your ass. And no, I do not have call waiting service on my phone.
Are you really that deft and believe that movie theatres have only been in existence since 10 years ago?
What do you think people did for communication when Jaws came out?
Modern theatres where I live actually offer pagers.
If you're waiting for that important call, then maybe you could to what they did years ago by alerting management to find you for messages. It works really well.
And if you're in pins and needles because of a maybe important message, then maybe you shouldn't be at a movie theatre.
You go into a doctors office and they ask that you turn off your cell phone.
You come in my house, I may ask the same. It's my property.
The 911 cell call crap is exactly that, crap. A cell phone user isn't going to get a call faster than the management of the of the theatre and seconds do not count minutes maybe, seconds, no. Ask any first responder. They're not there in seconds anyway.
You come to my property, I sure as hell have a right to disrupt your communications. It has always been that way.
Just because it exists today doesn't mean you should be able to use it anywhere.
What would have been your excuse 30 years ago?
I can't remember if Unreal was 25 hours or more for me. Far better than any other FPS at the time and much better than Quake2.
That said, I still like Unreal better than Half Life.
Quake 2 for me was about 10 hours or less. I remember being pissed off with "that's all there is?" at the end.
Ultima 3 and 4, Bards Tale were well over 25 hours for me.
Seriously.
Code for standards, tweak for IE6 should be sufficient. Once IE7 hits over the 70% mark, then it's moot anyway.
Corporate needs are different but they'll code for a specific browser anyway.
If the site breaks for IE6 - which shouldn't, just display funky, then the user can download Opera or Firefox for free.
Likewise when there is yet another vulnerability for IE6, the user shouldn't be using IE anyway.
SUV's were never safe. They may be big but have the worst damage to the passengers in the event of an accident.
They have the worst roll overs and in that case, the top almost always crushes due to the weight of the chassis.
http://www.suvrollovernews.com/
Head on collisions fare better with an SUV and if your SUV wants to overtake a smaller vehicle from behind, thats a good one too. Other than that, SUVs are not `safer`.
It's like one of those obvious patents.
Didn't think of it then because raccoons weren't a problem before.
Why should I pay someone for an idea I had just because they account for raccoons first?
There shouldn't be a patent for any specific pattern of 4 screws on a piece of material yet that is what the case is about.
Microsoft wants us to pay them for double clicking icons. What if a double click is an oops click?
I'll patent the process of unbuckling your seatbelt as you take the keys out of the ignition at the same time as I thought of it before I heard that it is a procedure that UPS mandates their employees use.
Who is right then?
Where do you get $300?
Each version is $120 and has been.
If you're on 10.2 and decide to upgrade to 10.5, it's $120 for $360 of upgrades as you put it.
I'm still on 10.3. Didn't really see the need to upgrade to 10.4 but I will upgrade to 10.5 in the form of a new machine.
Funny how that BASIC cartridge for the old Atari2600 never got an infection.
I don't think that most modern game consoles do either and they are computers with specified operating systems.