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Monthly Archives: April 2009
The explanation of 1080p24
I was watching an old(-ish) dvd this weekend, Taxi 2, and i pressed pause to see one specific frame. I was instantly reminded that it is a non anamophic DVD, all of the freeze frames were blurry!
Top 10 lists of Greatest Pontiacs of all time
I know that my blog isn’t about cars, but i’m a car fan, and i had to post this sad news. It’s official, GM will officially close Pontiac. Autoblog has a nice post, and a video on it that i embeded on here. But you’re still asking, why a car related post, on a media-center [...]
Nvidia’s latest GPU GT300, and it’s a cGPU!
The brightsideofnews.com has posted new information about Nvidia’s upcoming Graphic Card chipset. It is touted as the next big thing to graphic cards, a cGPU, a combination of a CPU (central processing unit) and a GPU (graphics processing unit). What does this mean to the everyday man? Faster PCs of course.
Microsoft confirms Windows 7 RC1 coming May 5th
I have found a few copies of Windows 7 RC1 available to download from the torrents. It will officially be release 7100 for the public. I will wait for the public download available on May 5th, but i am tempted to try it. After reading about the 2000 bug fixes since the Beta 1 download, i [...]
Top 10 Star Trek Movie Deaths
One of my favorite movies is High Fidelity, where the characters often create “Top 5″ lists of pretty much anything. I am going to ’steal’ that idea and post top items as well.
The new Star Trek movie is on it’s way, due May 8th, and IGN has posted a new top 10 lists of Star [...]
Home Theater and the Real Estate Advantage
The group at Home Theater Design have posted a good How-to about building a Home Theater room to add value to your home. I have been looking at moving into a house, from my Condominum to start a family, and have been keeping an eye out on what to look for. The tips and suggestions [...]
How to calibrate your computer monitor or HDTV
Have you ever shopped for a monitor or TV? After hours of shopping, decided on a model and go see it at the store and the demo looks fantastic. Finally when you take it home, the colors are saturated, it’s grainy and blurry. That’s because all screens need to be calibrated, by default, most TVs [...]
Nvidia’s Ion platfrom, the perfect HTPC?
I don’t know what it is, but every time i see that picture of the Nvidia Ion platform in someone’s palm, it shows me a bright future for HTPCs. Small, fast, efficient and can be hidden from view if tucked behind a TV. I’m curious to get my hands on a sample of this platform, [...]