Computers and Related Hardware/Software

krim wrote:seems it's hit and miss on depending on which Circuit City you go to and how competent that they.

Yikes, CC?

Maybe its a 200 Gigabit hard drive, circa 1967. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Yikes, CC?

Maybe its a 200 Gigabit hard drive, circa 1967. :hehe:

lol, those are huge drives...as big as rooms? :headscratch:

qilver wrote:lol, those are huge drives...as big as rooms? :headscratch:

Very likely.

The disc platters are the size of large serving trays. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Very likely.

The disc platters are the size of large serving trays. :hehe:

dang, that is nutz, talk about a big waste of space. :doh:

Toshiba, Canon say SED TVs will go on sale fourth quarter next year
Toshiba and Canon said Wednesday that flat panel TVs using a new technology called SED will go on sale in the fourth quarter of next year.

The announcement comes as Japanese electronics makers are rushing to cash in on booming global demand for flat panel televisions. Currently, the two main technologies for flat panel televisions are plasma display and liquid crystal display.

SED, which stands for surface-conduction electron-emitter display, panels have a reputation for delivering clear and vivid images because their light-beaming technology is similar to that for old-style cathode-ray tube TVs.

Toshiba and Canon have shown test SED panels they have been working on, but had not promised a definite date SED TVs were going on sale.

Initially company officials had given sometime this year as a target date, but in recent months they have hedged on that promise, raising speculation that Toshiba and Canon could fall behind in the lucrative business.

In Wednesday's joint statement, the two Tokyo-based manufacturers said the first stage of mass production will begin in July 2007, and SED TVs will go on sale in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Toshiba and Canon played down the apparent delay in the launch of the products, saying they were in time for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, which are expected to be an opportunity to sell TVs.

"Toshiba and Canon consider the launch of SED TVs to be a major industry milestone, a once-in-50-years historical turning point for the TV industry, comparable to the initial introduction of CRT television," they said.

Although Japanese electronics makers have suffered from intense competition from cheaper Asian rivals over the last several years, the development of new slimmed down TVs have provided a new opportunity for many of them.

The top companies in LCD and plasma display TVs in global market share are Japanese, such as Sony Corp., Sharp Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., which makes Panasonic brand products. (By Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer)

March 8, 2006

:woot: Can't wait. The refresh rate on LCD and plasma suck. 75hz at most. :bleh:

tabana wrote::woot: Can't wait. The refresh rate on LCD and plasma suck. 75hz at most. :bleh:

so does that impact or perhaps i should say limit the visual quality that much?

The visual quality at 75hz is ok for movies and games. It's more an eyesore / headaches problem. Although sometimes when the screen not fast enough you still have a ghost image of the previous frame when it's moving fast (like a game or action movie). You end up with a blury image instead of a crisp one.

For a TV LCD and Plasma is better than CRT, because of the resolution, but for a computer... A lot of cheap monitor are stucked at 60hz in 1280x1024. :(

tabana wrote:The visual quality at 75hz is ok for movies and games. It's more an eyesore / headaches problem. Although sometimes when the screen not fast enough you still have a ghost image of the previous frame when it's moving fast (like a game or action movie). You end up with a blury image instead of a crisp one.

For a TV LCD and Plasma is better than CRT, because of the resolution, but for a computer... A lot of cheap monitor are stucked at 60hz in 1280x1024. :(

thanks for the tutorial...

No problem. :sweat:

tabana wrote:No problem. :sweat:

better resolution and image quality for those gorgeous ankle shots..

Yep. You can't be a densha otoko without a huge and clean monitor. If you can't zoom enough to see the skin cells, you need a better digital cam too. :P

tabana wrote:Yep. You can't be a densha otoko without a huge and clean monitor. If you can't zoom enough to see the skin cells, you need a better digital cam too. :P

skin cells ... if i can't see the organelles within the cells such as the mitochondria...no deal.

Hmmm... :headscratch:

You may have to go with the multi spectrum camera. You can't go wrong with ultraviolet, infrared, x-ray and neutron digital cam. You'll be able to get the maid's hot spots. :beaten: :hehe:

tabana wrote:Hmmm... :headscratch:

You'll be able to get the maid's hot spots. :beaten: :hehe:

that's too easy a set up for jokes.....i ain't going there, man....

:hehe:
No problem. :beaten:


On another note I bought a brand new power supply, but I got screwed. It has 20 pins, but my motherboard has 24 holes in it. :headscratch: :banghead:

tabana wrote:On another note I bought a brand new power supply, but I got screwed. It has 20 pins, but my motherboard has 24 holes in it. :headscratch: :banghead:

I think there's a four-pin connector that you can attach to it to give you 24.... :)

Really? Great. I'll check it out. :thumbsup:

tabana wrote:Really? Great. I'll check it out. :thumbsup:

I think so.

One of the guys in the lab was setting up a new PC and I noticed that the fancy power supply he used had a modular connector...

I think it's for the +12V to power the CPU and related.

bmwracer wrote:
I think there's a four-pin connector that you can attach to it to give you 24.... :)

^ I remember something like that. I know that P4 boards have an extra 4 pins to give extra power to the processor. It used to be separate from the other PS connector. I guess they stuck it together now.