Folks in the USA may be surprised to hear I'm located in Australia, and in a regional area that doesn't even do 3D broadcasts (since we're all behind the times down under). So why would I buy such a TV?
Ironically, I decided it was the TV I wanted despite the fact that it had no '3D' branding whatsoever in the store, and the sales guy didn't mention it. The reason I chose that model (58" Plasma) was value for money (size, picture quality, wireless, MKV support).
Here in Aus, non-3D TVs are slowly being phased out - you almost can't buy a TV over 55 inches without it. So basically we're being railroaded into buying 3D, despite the fact that the majority of 3D content is only available on Blu-Ray.
Oh, and I was really surprised to see how good DVD looks, especially with motion-smoothing turned on.
I was a little bummed at the thought of re-buying my only-just-purchased copies of Star Wars, Indiana Jones etc DVDs in Blu-Ray - but I have to say that the picture quality is much, much better than just "good enough"; I'm sure your average punter wouldn't even be able to tell the difference.
Don't get me wrong - I was sold on the TV's ability to push 1080p (Sintel looks incredible on it) but it's not enough to make me re-buy my DVD library.
I had one of those. Stereoscopic coloured LCD (fixed red and green), oddly shaped, like a D, but tapering to a point. Very cool immersive space shooter experience, given the year.
RDRAM's advantage the whole time was the ability to put in a lot more RAM than with DDR because since each DIMM regenerated the signal before passing it on, you could daisy chain RAM as far away as you'd like, unlike where with SDRAM or DDR the total bus length was limited by the capacitance placed on by all the DIMMs on the bus.
I read the above paragraph with the voice of Doc Emmett Brown...
"No no no! You're not thinking fourth-dimensionally!"
The most I ever paid for a game at retail was...
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AU$150 for Street Fighter II Turbo on the SNES. That was back in '93-'94.
So anything less than that is a bargain!
We can get Star Wars Episodes I-III remade into *good movies* with synthetic actors.
And finish Episodes VII-IX.
If we get Pixar involved, the CG actors will definitely be able to show emotion.
If you click through the "Buy Windows Now" prompt, you are taken to a page which offers to send you a real live version of XP Pro at OEM pricing. So the cheapest way to buy Windows retail (not Edu, not OEM with hardware) is to pirate it first, then pay for it later.
If you click through the "Buy Windows Now" prompt, you are taken to a page which offers to send you a real live version of XP Pro at OEM pricing. So the cheapest way to buy Windows retail (not Edu, not OEM with hardware) is to pirate it first, then pay for it later.
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"Doing evil without being evil."
Fixed that for ya.
I bought one a few weeks ago. (It comes with a free Blu-Ray, 2 extra glasses and a movie, see http://www.samsung.com/au/promotions/tv-av/footy_final/index.html )
Folks in the USA may be surprised to hear I'm located in Australia, and in a regional area that doesn't even do 3D broadcasts (since we're all behind the times down under). So why would I buy such a TV?
Ironically, I decided it was the TV I wanted despite the fact that it had no '3D' branding whatsoever in the store, and the sales guy didn't mention it. The reason I chose that model (58" Plasma) was value for money (size, picture quality, wireless, MKV support).
Here in Aus, non-3D TVs are slowly being phased out - you almost can't buy a TV over 55 inches without it. So basically we're being railroaded into buying 3D, despite the fact that the majority of 3D content is only available on Blu-Ray.
Oh, and I was really surprised to see how good DVD looks, especially with motion-smoothing turned on.
I was a little bummed at the thought of re-buying my only-just-purchased copies of Star Wars, Indiana Jones etc DVDs in Blu-Ray - but I have to say that the picture quality is much, much better than just "good enough"; I'm sure your average punter wouldn't even be able to tell the difference.
Don't get me wrong - I was sold on the TV's ability to push 1080p (Sintel looks incredible on it) but it's not enough to make me re-buy my DVD library.
'The Stand' reference FTW
I had one of those. Stereoscopic coloured LCD (fixed red and green), oddly shaped, like a D, but tapering to a point. Very cool immersive space shooter experience, given the year.
First comes the partition. Then comes the format. Time to back up teh iNternets!
'Has Been' is a brilliant album - highly recommended. It's self-referential, mockingly over-serious, and a huge amount of fun.
Clockwork Orange FTW...
RDRAM's advantage the whole time was the ability to put in a lot more RAM than with DDR because since each DIMM regenerated the signal before passing it on, you could daisy chain RAM as far away as you'd like, unlike where with SDRAM or DDR the total bus length was limited by the capacitance placed on by all the DIMMs on the bus.
I read the above paragraph with the voice of Doc Emmett Brown... "No no no! You're not thinking fourth-dimensionally!"
AU$150 for Street Fighter II Turbo on the SNES. That was back in '93-'94. So anything less than that is a bargain!
We can get Star Wars Episodes I-III remade into *good movies* with synthetic actors. And finish Episodes VII-IX. If we get Pixar involved, the CG actors will definitely be able to show emotion.
If you click through the "Buy Windows Now" prompt, you are taken to a page which offers to send you a real live version of XP Pro at OEM pricing. So the cheapest way to buy Windows retail (not Edu, not OEM with hardware) is to pirate it first, then pay for it later.
If you click through the "Buy Windows Now" prompt, you are taken to a page which offers to send you a real live version of XP Pro at OEM pricing. So the cheapest way to buy Windows retail (not Edu, not OEM with hardware) is to pirate it first, then pay for it later.