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  • Dire predictions for Apple's supply chain, retail demand were wrong

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    Before you get too excited about Apple's success, keep in mind that a lot of people have been forced to stay at home, received stimulus checks, and many opted out of paying their rent.  I'm sure there was some discretionary spending going on, with a lot of people being unjustifiably optimistic that everything would be back to normal soon.  Also, while they've released some new things, just *how much* have they sold?  These have all been mostly minor spec bumps, not exciting new products that they'd normally sell a ton of. Let's see if they still release the new iPhones on time and let's see how successful they are selling them if a lot of people are unemployed and the stimulus checks and bumped-up unemployment checks are no longer flowing.

    I still believe that the economy is going to be hit very hard by this.  So far it's been artificially propped up by a lot of money printing.  I don't think that will go on forever.
    tmaymuthuk_vanalingam

  • Tip: Convert physical Blu-ray and DVD discs to iTunes with Vudu and Movies Anywhere

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    Despite being an Apple household, I've been collecting my movies via VUDU for a while now.  A few reasons why: 1) I own a TiVo which has a VUDU app and can play movies at 24fps 2) I liked the fact that VUDU was a cross-platform app, just in case I ever decided to change from an Apple household to Android or whatever. 3) The Disc-To-Digital program allowed me to convert a large number of my DVDs to digital for an affordable price.

    When the new Apple TV 4K came out and Apple announced free 4K upgrades I was starting to second-guess not going with iTunes, but with this new Movies Anywhere service it looks like I may be able to have my cake and eat it, too.  I'm still not happy, though, with Apple lack of support for 24fps.  Hopefully that's something they can (and will) fix/add via a software update.

    The D2D program only works on movies that came out before the digital codes started getting added to discs. And even then, a lot of movies don't work with D2D, either because a particular studio doesn't support it, or for other unknown reasons. I had a large chunk of my disc collection that I couldn't convert to digital using D2D. But I'm still happy about the ones that I *was* able to convert.
    jahbladeZooMigo

  • Leviton presents hub-free HomeKit in-wall dimmers, switches

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    BobRae99 said:
    Will these dimmers be the first devices that will control LED lights without a neutral wire? My older wiring in the house is missing a neutral wire in some main floor boxes and I haven't found a device that will work without a neutral wire
    The Lutron Caseta dimmers (also HomeKit compatible) don't require a neutral wire.
    polymnia