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1080p Gran Turismo HD screens {Engadget HD}
Jun 7th 2006 2:48PM Actually, I don't think there are so few people running games on PCs at HD resolutions that we can joke and say "that one guy". A good chunk of gamers now regularly play at 1920x1200 (and, yes, that's actually slightly higher pixel count than 1080p). Just take a look around www.widescreengamingforum.com and you'll see. Another good indication of how widespread this is would be how many current games support 1920x1200 out of the box.
Who is so far "that one guy" may be the people gaming at 2560x1600, which still probably translates to hundreds of people around the world even today. But it's up and coming, and I know that'll be the native resolution of my next gaming rig (as it should be of all those who can afford it).
Sign of the times: Sony's Universal Digital Remote RM-V310 {Engadget HD}
Mar 27th 2006 2:56PM I see. So what's really new here is that this particular Sony is (one of) the first to include codes for some ATSC tuners in its built-in code library. I didn't see that as the main point when I first read the posting. The wording sounded like the existence of some physical buttons was what the big deal is.
Sign of the times: Sony's Universal Digital Remote RM-V310 {Engadget HD}
Mar 27th 2006 2:40PM Am I the only one who completely missed what this means? What does a "digital/analog" button do? What does a "point" button do?
Is this referring to a "digital/analog" button that is included specifically to switch between the digital and analog tuners of an HDTV set-top tuner? If so, how is that significantly different from any old learning remote control on which any button can be programmed to operate the "digital/analog" switching feature?
Mustang fans: Eleanor is looking for a home {Autoblog}
Mar 21st 2006 1:45PM Since no one else has done it so far, I find it worthwhile to point out that Unique Performance (www.uniqueperformance.com) produces these for anyone who can afford them. In fact, in addition to two performance levels of the basic Eleanor design, they also offer a 725-HP "Super Snake" with slight cosmetic differences, and a convertible Eleanor version. (Click on "Shelby Cars" on the top bar, move to "G.T.500E" and pick the version you'd like to see.)
Of course, these aren't exactly cheap either. But, unless you are really after the direct movie association of the auctioned car, these still place a virtual upper limit on its rational value. And these certainly detract from the ultimate uniqueness of the car in general.
And, no, I'm not affiliated with Unique Performance.
Real-life Frogger (or: Roomba hacking is fun) {Joystiq}
Mar 20th 2006 2:32PM There's a difference between "uptight" and "responsible". Dave is absolutely right. Not only doing something this irresponsible, but also then proudly posting it on the Internet is such an adolescent piece of behavior that I can't get my mind around it!
The "fun in everything" of this sort would transform into tragedy astoundingly rapidly when something bad happens and it's your own daughter or brother whose life is ruined in the name of someone's fun. "Fun" should not involve jeopardizing two-ton fragile machines traveling at 70 miles per hour in close proximity carrying non-consenting live people.
And saying "yeah, someone could have been killed, but no one was" is such a rationally handicapped statement that I wouldn't even know where to start responding to it. So I won't.
In case your "uptight" stereotype involves a 60-year-old irate old man rocking in his armchair, I may point out that I'm actually a Silicon Valley software engineer who does mountain biking and autocross racing, if you must know.
My Comcast DVR lets me down again {Engadget HD}
Feb 21st 2006 3:02PM Out of those of you who referred to the "no audio" problem, no one has mentioned so far the surefire solution that I've discovered for it, so here it goes: Go to a pre-recorded show in your list. Start it. The audio will work for the recorded show. Then (as soon as you like) stop it. The audio will stay on for the current broadcasts. This always works for me on the first try.
The only time this does not work (and it never works in this case) is when I leave the unit turned off, it comes on by itself for a scheduled recording, and I return before the scheduled recording is over and the unit is still on. In this case, the only way out for me is to stop the recording (and try the workaround above). I then start a new recording to capture the remaining part of the program that was being recorded. If you do this during a commercial break, you really don't lose much other than having the recording divided up into two on your recording list.
