Re: depends what is meant by 3d tv
I doubt very many of the 3D TVs in people's living rooms in 2015 will be used to view 3D content.
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Easier to carry around than a netbook (less bulky), the battery lasts a darn sight longer and it can play HD video, something a lot of netbooks struggle with.
I was a big fan of netbooks as sofa-side grab-and-check-something-quick gadgets, but I find my iPad to be a far better alternative.
I can't speak for your unit, but the one I have here, next to me, is idling. Yes, the fan is going, but it's not noisy, certainly not audible above the clack of keys and the hum of other computers.
The screen is easily viewable at a variety of angles whether the machine's flat on the desk or propped up at 30 degrees on a stand.
To be fair, streaming usually starts rather more quickly than 20 minutes after clicking the 'View' button.
Dunno about anyone else, but I usually chuck the packaging. It's only a box and some pictures, and an I can store discs more efficiently than boxes. I'd rather not have it cluttering up my living room, thanks.
Some people used to piss and moan about the death of the LP because CDs didn't provide the same 'package', but seriously who really ever sat staring at a gatefold pondering the depths of [insert artist]'s lyrics? Or the meaning in the photos/bad artwork.
Packaged media, by definition, has to have a package and packagers have to put something on it, usually to entice buyers. But really it's what's on the disc that matters.
The sooner we all get over this packaging thing, the less s**t we'll be tossing onto landfill or uneconomically recycling.
Server farm power requirements and Blighty's woeful broadband bandwidth aside - FWIW, my 20Mb/s Virgin line is just fine - non-physical media seems the way to go for all sorts of reasons.
But if you need to hug the box of the movie you're watching, I won't stand in your way.
I'd wait six months. And then you can wait another six months for the next, faster model... and *another* six months for the next, faster model after that... and... and...
In this biz, there's always something faster/better/cheaper right around the corner. Buy now if you need/want, don't if you don't.
Keyboard and stand were taken out of bag when I spent time at a desk or table, otherwise I didn't need.
I'm typing this sitting down, iPad balanced on my left thigh.
Standing up use is straightforward: hold tablet in left hand, tap with right. Just like using a clipboard, say.
I don't think Oz has overturned any ban on region coding, or on mod chips.
Mod chips were permitted to allow Australians to buy games overseas, which the Court decided they should be allowed to do no matter what Sony thinks.
The challenge against PSJailbreak was (apparently - no official confirmation of this yet) because it bypasses copyright protection mechanisms, which *is* against Australian law.
http://www.reghardware.com/2009/11/02/review_networking_belkin_powerline_hd/
And no, I didn't see near-Gigabit speeds with these, but then I've never seen any powerline product - or wireless, for that matter - deliver anything like the 'up to' speed.
As for the interference, all I can say is that I had my radio on while testing - simply because I always have it on when I work at home - and did not notice any such loss of signal.
To be fair, the radio's up on the wall, well away from the powerline kit, so I probably wouldn't have noticed the popping heard in the video, but I would have heard the complete disruption of signal.
They'll work just fine. All you need the utility for is uploading new firmware - I suspect most users don't bother with this anyway - and for setting a specific encryption key.
BTW, last I looked - just now, in point of fact - Devolo *does* provide Linux software for its powerline adaptors.
http://www.devolo.co.uk/consumer/7_dlan-200-aveasy_starter-kit_downloads_7.html?l=en
I'm broadly with you here, but I don't want to have to keep my computer on just to be able to watch a movie or listen to music.
That's why I like my old Apple TV box - it's all there ready to go (well, the music), movies I have to be more frugal with, though the 320GB drive I put in helps.
The new Apple TV needs to be able to stream from my network storage so my laptop can stay shutdown.
The MT was tested with a number of apps, but - I'll admit - no fast-paced games. Though I'd never want to play these kinds games using a trackpad, I couldn't test them because I have none to hand. An omission - mea culpa.
I noticed no particular inaccuracy in tracking - had I done so I would have mentioned it. Producing a big list of apps or app types and saying alongside each that the MT was fine would have made for a longer, less readable review IMHO.
I think this LCD scepticism is overblown, folks. I resisted moving from CRT to LCD for many, many years, and only did so this past April thanks to the arrival of Freeview HD.
For years, I hated LCD, couldn't afford - and didn't have the room - for a plasma, so stuck to CRT.
But I switched and I'm glad I did. Proper flat screen, good, bright colours (LED backlight), no overscan issues, no picture distortion.
I think the big issue with LCD quality at the moment is more to do with DVB-T's artefacts, but sit a couple of metres away or more and these are *much* less of an issue, IMHO.
Android isn't the top smartphone OS, not by a long chalk.
Nokia owns this market globally, and will do for the next few years at least. After that, we'll see, but for now Android has a way to go.
RIM's BlackBerry remains hugely popular, as does the iPhone. Android will probably beat both, but that's on the back of dozens of vendors - the others are one-company operating systems.
PS. The only way Android has achieved the success it has is because Google gives it away. You don't think ailing companies like Motorola and Sony Ericsson would have leapt in so fervently otherwise, do you?
PPS. I do like Android, in case you think I don't.
Lock your tools away in your check-in luggage, then there's no need to mail it home, have it binned etc.
If it gets nicked out of your luggage en route, then that's what travel insurance is for.
As for the Scarab and KeyTool, wouldn't you just remove these from your keychain before travelling? I would.
Indeed. Every piece of consumer electronics I have ever bought over the past 30 years has had 'don't leave in direct sunlight', 'don't leave on your car's dashboard or under the rear screen' because they will overheat. Why should the iPad be any different? Answer: it isn't.