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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Blu-ray is handily beating HD DVD with 1. A 4 studio advantage in content 2. A larger marketing budget 3. A 5:1 ratio in player sales. 4. A dearth of HD DVD releases in Q1 2007 I fixed your …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kolchak Are you aware that horizontal displays would have far more problems with glare from overhead lights than vertical screens? Anybody who ever played a "cocktail table" style arcade game can tell you that. Not to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by wilco That joke never gets old. It certainly doesn't have the legs that "Zune is brown like poo!!!!!1!!" did.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kolchak Sure. If you're talking about 30 or 40 watt output. We're trying to read discs, not burn down people's living rooms Quote: Don't forget the Euro units will also drop the PS2 compatability chip for cost…
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Quote: Originally Posted by snoopy Are you sure of that? I just read the thread about Apple adding a h.264 chip to all Macs. According to that discussion, coding and decoding is done in this chip, not a CPU. (If I understand it correctly.) …
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Quote: Originally Posted by willrob Currently Front Row is only supported on PPC systems, but I have to assume it will migrate to the Intel platform when the TV ships. Does anyone know why it's currently PPC only? Because you don't know what …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-...ist.844.0.html 3 times as fast in benchmarks but it also has pixel shaders and hardware T&L therefore it's more than just speed. Nonetheless, you agree they are ship…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bitemymac So competent analysts are tell you that Sony's making money off PS3, and it cost $20 for BD drive... and 1080p video scaler cost more than the $20 BD drive? Do you genuinely believe that a blue-violet las…
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Quote: Originally Posted by a_greer the engeneer tells me that the thing takes over a half-hour to render and even longer when he makes the thing do small units ofr pin-point accuracy when the design is sent to mill...he wants it faster....the b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Really? I remember a 15 year number in a speech in late 1999. Someone else remembered it being 20 years and mentioned that here. I had just seen the keynote again that morning, so I corrected him. I wish…
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From my experience, which granted, was just a class and not doing anything serious, neither is that important. It's not a very demanding app. It does really basic low quality previews, so even a mid-range 4 year old card will do wonders. And it's…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Northgate I have really enjoyed the Harry Potter films. I have not read the books but know many that have. I think it's a great property and franchise. However, I have some serious problems with JK Rawlings. Duri…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bitemymac Hm... So Sony $ lost of $240/60GB and $300/20GB PS3 models has nothing to do it, but based on consumer demands? I thought the entry cost of $499 was already too much for rest of the world for a gaming cons…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin It's still a better card than the Mini has by a long way and even though you maybe can't replace the card at the purchase stage, you could quite easily do it yourself. The fact is that you cannot do anything wit…
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I was a little curious about the 4.5 hours a week statistic. I don't know _ANYONE_ that watches that much television—none of my friends, not my parents or siblings, none of our family friends... That's probably about what people in my family watch i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross When Jobs first announced X, he said that it would be Apple's operating system for the next 15 years. If we take 2000 as a baseline (just for the numbers), then it's good until 2015. Add another year or so,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Spotmen Inc We can only hope. But I still remember Beta-max and DAT. Maybe you forgot the compact disc?
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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac See this is where I disagree. Apple would push that onto the vendor who made the computer. If you buy a Dell and have a problem you call Dell not Microsoft. That wouldn't deter Apple. Support costs don't j…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hardeeharhar no. at this point it is just greed. she doesn't need the money. who cares? Yes, it's SO GREEDY to be remunerated for your life's work. Do you agree with piracy in general, or only when you deem th…