* Posts by Callum Winton

6 publicly visible posts • joined 27 Oct 2008

Can noise-cancelling buds beat headphones? We spent 20 hours flying to find out

Callum Winton

Double Whammy

No-one's mentioned the obvious yet, but noise cancelling earbuds under noise cancelling heaphones is possibly the best way to truly cancel noise and still consume content. Earbuds with NC+ connected to device via BT and the headphones on NC duty only.

Works really well as long as the headphones are roomy enough. Plus they can help secure the earbuds in place so no fear on losing one on a long-haul flight. If the earbuds run out of juice then the overears will still keep cabin noises in check.

If silence is important tho, I'd 100% recommend custom earplugs (e.g. Ultimate Ear sleep plugs).

-31db with no batteries, no NC hiss and they're seriously comfortable

Silence through insulation.

Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC: Howdy buck do you get a solid 60FPS in Rockstar's masterpiece?

Callum Winton

Bang for the buck

Surely FPS is the bang rather than the buck?

I've seen a couple decent YT videos on how to get a steady 60+ FPS with explanations on what each setting are.

Handy for the first time setup with the in-game benchmarking tool before we lose ourselves into the game for a few weeks.

Someone commented on NVidia issues with stammering.

It's not a new RTX issue (1080Ti here) and it was an issue caused by new drivers (v440+) which incorporated low-latency, but by forcing the card to use a fixed resolution in the NVidia settings, the stammering stopped.

Surprise! Wireless brain implants are not secure, and can be hijacked to kill you or steal thoughts

Callum Winton

Title is bricken?

Shouldn't the title be 'unsecure' not 'insecure'?

I'm pretty sure the implants aren't worrying about what other implants are saying about them ;)

CW

Photo loss blogger to Flickr: You're f*cking kidding

Callum Winton

picture dumping ground

It's only Flickr ... won't have been important images

El Reg marks Steve Jobs for termination

Callum Winton
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X-Phuctor

Must be true... every time I get a glimps of X-Factor I want to rip a hole through my TV

Police poison speed debate with fuzzy figures

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It's all Bollox

If cameras were really there for safety measures, then why isn't there one outside every school in the UK?

CW