technology

[Dane]

looked at some av forum, i recall $3500 msrp..

It must be pretty special to charge 50% of retail after 4 years.

[Faust]

That's normal - usually high end a/v gear goes for about 70% of retail.

[MaxM]

audio magazines are about as trust worthy as fashion/beauty magazines...read with apprehension...they're selling products.

hence the "supposedly". i dont know a lot bout amp tech, but this tech is said to be based on a hybrid A/D chip which seems to be a revolution and drastically improve the sound quality. i dont really care bout that since that amp costs 12K and i consider that too much, but whats interesting is this article i read recently where they said they are looking to integrate that chip in more affordable amps and ultimately make it available to mass products (and sell the chip tech to all audio manufacturers).

[munch]

What advatages of using this phone ?

Read a review about it and dont get it.

I just like the looks, it's quite small, waterproof and sturdy. good camera too it seems. I have no idea about what the OS is like though.

[Faust]

deepest black levels. the display only emits very very little light, which sounds simple by itself, but since no one has been able to copy that yet.. go figure. this allows you get an image how it was meant to be, black as black with clearer, more defined colours, and not some dim-grey piece of !@#* that washes out the colours and loom the whole picture. next time, compare how many tv's of today has a picture as black as the panel theyre built upon. none.

And none of it will matter to 99% of the people, unless you put two TVs next to each other.

I agree though - Pioneer really does build quality electronics. My Pioneer BR is from 2008 and I wouldn't change it for anything.

[Dane]

hence the "supposedly". i dont know a lot bout amp tech, but this tech is said to be based on a hybrid A/D chip which seems to be a revolution and drastically improve the sound quality. i dont really care bout that since that amp costs 12K and i consider that too much, but whats interesting is this article i read recently where they said they are looking to integrate that chip in more affordable amps and ultimately make it available to mass products (and sell the chip tech to all audio manufacturers).

My opinion - so take for what it's worth - amps don't change the sound quality. They power things, that's all. If they're strong enough to power your speakers, one won't sound different from another.

That's naturally a controversial opinion, and mine isn't the most experienced of opinions, so take that for what it's worth. I hadn't even thought about the concept until a stodgy old audio critic was pretty much ousted from the audio community for saying it.

[Patroklus]

having problems troubleshooting a brand new problem with my laptop

after about thirty minutes or running in normal mode, or just a few minutes of trying to run any video game, the monitor will cut to static for a minute before presenting me with a blue screen informing me that the display components have failed. However, it operates just fine in safe mode. That suggests that:

1) the display drivers are fine
2) the monitor itself is fine.

So it's probably the graphics card itself malfunctioning, right? For whatever it's worth, the problem began when a program demanded that I updated Flash, and occurred while I was running it.

[endorphinz]

it prob is the graphics chip itself but, in safe mode,I believe you are loading default os drivers so your assumption that the chips' drivers are ok may not be correct.

isn't the screen res different in safe mode?

[Dane]

Sound like graphic card's ram to me, or even system ram.

[Faust]

Can somebody put the question of whether the new ipad is significantly better than ipad 2 to rest? Can you see the resolution difference? New iPad, $499+ tax, iPad 2 refurb $319+tax. That's a nice chunk of change.

[endorphinz]

iPhone 5

let the pre orders begin!

[lowrey]

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/apple-search-results-turn-up-iphone-5-name-indications-of-new-i/

"Apple offered a hint of the name in its invitation to today's event, but it looks like a slip-up on its own website may have now let the cat of the bag. Searching for "iphone-5" brings up a number of results for (as yet nonexistent) pages related to a device that seems to clearly be called the "iPhone 5."

really? you mean, after 4 comes 5?

for fucks sake.

[endorphinz]

^ well 3 didn't come after 2 in the case of the iPad

[Crowzer]

Cannot wait the see the "new" features of this iPhone 5. I have a iPhone 4 since 2010 and I do not know if I will change for the new one.

[Dane]

Cannot wait the see the "new" features of this iPhone 5. I have a iPhone 4 since 2010 and I do not know if I will change the new one.

I can't imagine I will bother...unless something extreme has changed. I'm more looking forward to the rumoured ipad mini!