Recent Comments:
Nintendo: DSi is region-locked {DS Fanboy}
Oct 8th 2008 5:18PM I think if you Import a DSi from japan, and then also import software from Japan, I think it'd work just fine.
It's when you want to play NA/EU games that you'll have a problem.
It also means that if you like JP games, then you have to import, in order to play them.
ViewSonic shows off a 120Hz LCD computer display {Engadget}
Aug 26th 2008 6:35AM 1680x1050 is lower then 1080p, but with stereoscopic support and 120hz refresh, I think the non-1080p was actually a good idea, this is the kind of monitor someone who prefers higher frame rates, and if your playing in 3d, you need all the fps you can get, because speed is essentially halved.
That said you would need one monster video card setup to do stereoscopic at 1080p@120hz in newer games, and wanting to run games at the native lcd resolution is kind of a requirement if you want them to look good, so 1680x1050 is actually good for a gaming monitor, not so good for a hd tv set though, but what would be the point of watching 24/30fps blu-ray on a 120hz screen.
Would You Rather ... Exclusives Edition {Xbox 360 Fanboy}
Feb 13th 2008 10:36PM You are aware that when they say that, they also mean that they are including 18 languages on the disc of uncompressed audio, and all the video is in 1080p at the highest bitrate possible to fill the disc. Also a lot of the data may be pre-calculated cached data that can be scrapped altogether and generated at load-time.
There is a law of diminishing returns, I'm POSITIVE, that it could be compressed to fit on a dvd8 without ruining the experience. It is hard to tell the difference between 40 meg/s video and 10 meg a second video.
Of course it'll never be blu-ray quality, but it'll fit, and look 95% as good. And by the time they port the game, they'll probably get back the 5% due to image quality enhancements in the game engine during that time. Not the same 5% of course, but it'll either run smoother, or something else that'll make up for the minute loss of fidelity.
Rez HD Standard Mode is 4:3 {Xbox 360 Fanboy}
Feb 7th 2008 4:50AM There is 2 versions, rez-hd and classic.
I have a solution that should work as well, hookup your xbox with crappy cables (svideo or composite) and scale it to widescreen with your tv.
That's about as authentic as it gets for rez-classic.
The hundred gadget giveaway, grand prize round: Insignia NS-LCD37 LCD HDTV {Engadget HD}
Sep 14th 2007 8:03PM tv is good
The hundred gadget giveaway, grand prize round: unlocked iPhone (4GB) {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 14th 2007 8:01PM me want
The hundred gadget giveaway, grand prize round: Nikon D40 DSLR {Engadget}
Sep 14th 2007 3:55PM If I win this, I'll probably use it to start a porn site, and free memberships for all engadget staff.
Castle Crashers still looks beautiful {Joystiq}
Aug 1st 2007 3:30AM It's not like adding online play prevents you from getting four players in your house playing this together.
All 3 of the next gen consoles support at least 4 controllers.
Giveaway: super rare E Ink watch! {Engadget}
Jul 6th 2007 7:23PM There is no watch cool enough before this one to ever be worthy of wearing.
IBM kicks out energy-efficient 4.7GHz POWER6 processor {Engadget}
May 23rd 2007 12:05AM Endian-agnostic???
You do realize there is a little bit more of a difference then endian ordering between the cpu's, like I dunno, a completely difference instruction set. If it was just endian encodian it'd be easy to translate machine code between one and the other on the fly.
Most likely power support will be dropped in osx2 or whatever the next major revision of the apple software is. Power isn't the first platform mac has been on, trust me they have no qualms destroying backwards compatibility.
