೨೯೯ ಅಮೇರಿಕನ್ ಡಾಲರ್ (೧೨೦೦೦ ರುಪಾಯಿ) ಕೊಡಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕೊಳ್ಳಿರಿ ಚಿಕ್ಕದೊಂದು ಲ್ಯಾಪ್-ಟಾಪ್. ಕೆಲವು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಮುಂಚೆ ಸಿಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್ ಅಂತ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಒಂದು ಕಂಪನಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹಲವಾರು ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳು ಮೇಲೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಲೇಖನಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದ್ದು ನಿಮಗೆ ನೆನಪಿರಬಹುದು.
ಹೊಸಾ ಪೀಳಿಗೆಯ ಈ ಯಂತ್ರಗಳು ನಮ್ಮ ಜನರಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿ ಮಾಡಿಸಿದಂಥ ಸಾಧನ. ಆದರೆ ಯಾರೂ ಇದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದು ಕಾಣಲ್ಲಾ. ಹಲೋ?
Best buy, Netflix and now Walmart — all claim that they have heard from consumers that they should dump HD-DVD for Blu-ray. However a cursory glance of player sales data at top retailers will tell you that they’re lying through their teeth. On the other hand it’s more likely that they got a big cash infusion or favorable business terms on something else for their actions.
HD-A30 is #2 selling DVD player on Amazon. Blu-ray players are no where in sight. In fact, 85% of them are supposed to be PS3s. Next come the disc sales. Blu-ray here seems to maintain an edge with around 60% or so market share. But I think the size of the market overall for $40 DVDs is very small.
The corporations are going to do whatever gets them the most profit (more DRM, more proprietary stuff). It’s pretty clear to me that HD-DVD is in the interest of consumers.
Netflix and best buy made announcements today, which they had no business of doing. I don’t particularly care about the best buy announcement. If you took their advice, you’ll be paying $$$ for extended warranty anyway.
But the netflix one really bothers me. I sent them a mail making it clear that this one has to be settled by consumers. And that if they don’t offer HD-DVDs, I’ll look elsewhere.
So go ahead - order those cheap HD-DVD players from Amazon. May the format that offers most quality for your dollar win. $400 blu-ray player? Give me a break.
It’s been less than 24 hours since I got my Nokia N800. I’ll admit to flashing OS2008 and openssh’ing as root into the device.
Still trying to figure out how to do N800 to PC/Mac video chat.
If you’re looking to connect your desktop to a wireless router, look no further than Zydas zd1211 no-name products being sold on Ebay for around $20 ($5 + $15 shipping).
Compared to the other dongle I had (Trendnet TEW-424UB), this one was so much easier to setup and has a much smaller form factor. Doesn’t give me the packet drop problems that existed with Linksys WUSB11 either.
This article worked great for me. More than the usefulness of having the programming on the puny and slow hard drive on the mini, it’s good to know that the firewire port on the motorola box is active and is sending useful signals out.
Just found a check in my pile of mails to be taken care of and it was void if not cashed by a certain date, which happened to be last week.
I’m sure the fine print would’ve said the company will not reissue the check. A quick web search didn’t find any consumer advocacy group that fights this kind of profiteering. If you know of one, please let me know.
Looks like camcorder vendors are in some trouble. $199 + 1 GB SD card will give you approximately 25 mins of MPEG-4 video.
Creative DiVi CAM 428 - All-in-One - Digital Camcorder, Camera, MP3 Player & Voice Recorder
I just got my HTPC working in 540p (equivalent to 1080i). I still need to deal with the vertical overscan and certainly, the fonts look worse.
Also, for most of the DVDs I played, there was no difference in quality. So you might as well stick with 480p until 1080i/540p content is available.
Those of you searching the web for powerstrip, VHDC300 and 1080i, you need to shoot for 540p (Start from the HDTV derived 540p mode and customize). And yeah, if you figure out how to fix the vertical overscan, drop me a line.
Thought it'd be cool to watch the Olympics on HDTV and subscribed to Dish HD programming . It came as a disappointment that they didn't carry NBC - where the action is.
Finally bought this little antenna from Fry's (beaten up box, returned thrice) which seems to do it's job well.