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    Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)

    Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap

    Patriot Offers Cheap 1080p Media Streaming In a Box

    Acer AspireRevo Nvidia Ion LE Variant Hits U.S. Shores For $200

    World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video

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    Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ Adds HDMI, Ethernet, DTS, and Dolby Digital

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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/13/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    How about instead of all this extraneous bullshit Youtube implements the one feature I've been craving since day one: AN OPTION TO DISABLE FUCKING AUTO-PLAY.

    It's so obvious that it's ridiculous that it's taken this long.

    ... and yes, I already have the Firefox plugins. But I'd prefer a built-in solution. #gizmodoremainders
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
    The USB FM radio could be useful sometimes when you want to listen to a channel the doesn't or won't broadcast.

    For example.. A local station where I live cuts off it's online broadcast when it runs live KU football & basketball games (which is the only time I would want to listen). They cut the online broadcast because KU wants anyone listening online to be paying for the broadcast through another service they have.

    Also you could use it for easy rebroadcasting of a station online... Take what you pick up over the air and broadcast it online. There might be some legal problems there. But it would be a super low budget and easy way for a small station to get their broadcast online. #gizmodoremainders
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    10/18/09

    In reply to Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap
    Where's that chart about how close you need to sit to tell the difference between 720 and 1080? I think at 4.3 inches, the screen has to be in your skull. #pmp
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    Image of Kakkoii Kakkoii
    10/18/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: Those calculations don't really apply to real world use. The overal image coming to your eyes still looks better, even if you eyes can't see each individual pixel, because it blends. #pmp
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    Image of ViewtifulJason ViewtifulJason
    10/18/09

    In reply to Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap
    This would be a must buy if it only had an SD card slot. 8GB is way too puny. #pmp
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment ViewtifulJason was starred ViewtifulJason was unstarred
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    10/18/09

    @ViewtifulJason: The specs say that is supports TF (Transflash, the old name for microSD) Cards up to 32GB in capacity. #pmp
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/18/09

    In reply to Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap
    I actually have a video question to ask you guys. I just got some HD video files to play on my HTPC only to discover that they're in the nearly useless (at least for what I'm trying to do) MKV container format. They are h.264 video and AC3 encoded audio. What would you guys say is the best program to use to convert them to a more usable format like AVI or MP4? #pmp
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    10/18/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected:

    MKV is actually a pretty useful container. If you haven't done so already, you can download ffdshow-tryouts to play the content in basically any media player (including WM Player, and by extension, likely Windows Media Center if that's what you use).

    However, if you really do want to reeencode:

    Windows: I like SUPER. Pretty easy to use, and a lot of options if you're so inclined.
    For anything else (or alternative for Windows): Avidemux works really well. This program would also allow you to do some minimal clipping, color correction, etc. #pmp
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    Sticks Calhoun promoted this comment mac404 was starred mac404 was unstarred
    Image of PunditGuy PunditGuy
    10/18/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: What kind of HTPC do you have? I'm guessing that installing VLC could take care of your issue. #pmp
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    Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected promoted this comment PunditGuy was starred PunditGuy was unstarred
    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/18/09

    @PunditGuy: VLC opens them perfectly, but it just doesn't intergrate into my current setup. #pmp
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    10/18/09

    @mac404: MKV would be good if anyone would support the damn thing. #pmp
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    Image of Woozle Wozzle Woozle Wozzle
    10/18/09

    In reply to Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap
    xvid and divx?

    the most important codecs? missing? come on!

    this is a flop! #pmp
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    The Lab promoted this comment Woozle Wozzle was starred Woozle Wozzle was unstarred
    Image of mac404 mac404
    10/18/09

    @Woozle Wozzle: xvid and divx are codecs, all of the above are container formats for those codecs. AVI likely implies some xvid and dvix support, but it's hard to know for sure. You can encode basically any format and put it in any container.

    I'd be more worried about trying to fit much 1080P content onto 8GB. #pmp
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment mac404 was starred mac404 was unstarred
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    10/18/09

    @Woozle Wozzle: They are usually covered under the .avi container. #pmp
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment shalegac was starred shalegac was unstarred
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    10/18/09

    @Woozle Wozzle: I agree here. Quality, not quantity. #pmp
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment myfriendtheZebra was starred myfriendtheZebra was unstarred
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    10/18/09

    @mac404: Ahh, a quick Wikipedia search alleviated that! I apologize and thanks for the clarification :) #pmp
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    Image of Nowell Nowell
    10/18/09

    In reply to Patriot Offers Cheap 1080p Media Streaming In a Box
    Yea, Patriot is a decent name in Ram. Good to see they're branching out a bit with this. I always enjoy seeing new HTPC alternatives. My only concern is that they made it too small, with only a 2.5in drive space. Having to use a smaller size drive means more cost, or bulking up the whole thing with a big external drive.

    I'd have to suggest spending another $200 or so and building an HTPC with boxee on it. #streaming
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    10/18/09

    In reply to Patriot Offers Cheap 1080p Media Streaming In a Box
    Patriot makes high perforamnce RAM, not really a no name brand #streaming
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    10/18/09

    @pellier:

    Indeed. Patriot is actually well-known in the PC enthusiast crowd.
    Aren't tech blog writers supposed to be knowledgeable about this kind of stuff? #streaming
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    Image of ipodrulz ipodrulz
    10/18/09

    @Jyuu: From what I've read, Gizmodo is more like a consumer gadget blog than a PC enthusiast one.
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    CustomFirmware promoted this comment Edited by ipodrulz at 10/18/09 11:44 AM ipodrulz was starred ipodrulz was unstarred
    Image of otko otko
    09/27/09

    In reply to Acer AspireRevo Nvidia Ion LE Variant Hits U.S. Shores For $200
    Mount it to the back of a monitor alongside an external optical drive and you have yourself a nice cheap, low clutter all-in-one.
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    Edited by otko at 09/27/09 5:09 PM otko was starred otko was unstarred
    Image of RT100 RT100
    09/27/09

    @otko: mount it to the back of a *TV* alongside an external *blu-ray* drive and you have yourself a nice cheap, low clutter *HTPC*
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    09/28/09

    @_rt¹⁰⁰: Hawt
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    Image of Colonel Jack O'Neill Colonel Jack O'Neill
    09/27/09

    In reply to Acer AspireRevo Nvidia Ion LE Variant Hits U.S. Shores For $200
    I don't get it, what's the point of a nettop?
    You can buy a duel core desktop for about $400-$500, with a screen.
    I guess they're good for use as a HTPC, but besides that, I don't know what else they could be used for.
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    Mozoltov, motherfucker promoted this comment Colonel Jack O'Neill was starred Colonel Jack O'Neill was unstarred
    Image of jswilson64 jswilson64
    09/27/09

    @Colonel Jack O'Neill: Duel core? I thought they worked together?
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    deanbmmv promoted this comment jswilson64 was starred jswilson64 was unstarred
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    09/27/09

    @Colonel Jack O'Neill: Places where having a high powered PC on the desktop is not important. At my job we have PC's like these all over the warehouse, they cost little, take up little power and deskspace, and are easy to maintain.

    Also people who just use the web, watch shit on youtube and organize pictures of the grandkids, I know a couple exactly like that, they still used WebTV till I set them up with a really cheap PC, now they are on Facebook and Youtube.
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    Image of amandizzle amandizzle
    09/27/09

    I have a nettop. I didn't need a desktop with a large footprint or a lot of power just to do a little word processing and printing. That's what I use it for (though I do have plans to use it as a HTPC in the future). I already have a more powerful laptop that covers my daily needs and allows me to travel, but I found it necessary to have some kind of desktop.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/27/09

    @Colonel Jack O'Neill: $200 < $400.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    09/23/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    I must issue a warning. If this is what you can experience with 720p, can you picture what he would look like in 1080p?
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyReq...:

    VURRRP!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    09/23/09

    @DustyButt™: For fun, count how many times he says "folks" and "720p". I won't know if anyone is correct, BTW, because I have never made it all the way through this video.
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    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyReq...: All that work to develop internet 2.0. And this is our reward. I'm beginning to think 2012 really is the end of all existence.
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    GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired promoted this comment Edited by Knowitallguytherevenge at 09/23/09 8:39 AM Knowitallguytherevenge was starred Knowitallguytherevenge was unstarred
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    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyReq...: My one and only question is how did you find this video to post so quickly?
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    GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired promoted this comment Phong was starred Phong was unstarred
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    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyReq...: Look out Facebook...
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    GitEmSteveDave_SomeAssemblyRequired promoted this comment Jessehayes was starred Jessehayes was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    09/23/09

    @Mess Yo Self!: A podcast I listen to, Distorted View, plays audio from the Fat Man occasionally, and this was one of the videos. He apparently is trying to lose weight, again, but he hit a stumbling block when he realized the nutritional value listed on a Marie Callender pot pie was for one serving, not the two servings the pie is. So he was eating double the calories he thought he was.
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    09/23/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    I would totally install 4 of these to replace the current generation of JerseyCam's I have set up in my house currently, which can be viewed at [GitEmSteveDave.com] .
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    09/23/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    All this impressive technology and we only got a 6 second clip and only half of it was in focus? Were you not allowed to film it or something?
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    Image of Hack Handyman Hack Handyman
    09/23/09

    @macpatrick: so you expect you'd be impressed with a 1920x1080 uncompressed video stream at 60fps... shown in a scaled down heavily compressed youtube flash video?

    Assuming you were to download the actual video, assume 1920 x 1080 x 3 bytes per pixel x 60 fps x 6 seconds = 2.2GB.
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    macpatrick promoted this comment Hack Handyman was starred Hack Handyman was unstarred
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    09/23/09

    @Hack Handyman: Yes. I am extremely impressed with this technology. But this video isn't even long enough to even get an idea of whats going. And yes, it sounds ridiculous, but you can judge image quality from a youtube video.
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    09/23/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    And thus, FireWire has become dead in the water.... :'(

    WAAAAAAHH!!!! /≥__≤\
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    09/23/09

    @(Starman) AnalysisDialysis: Though I do have to say, the speed at which this records won't make a damn difference if the internet DL speed on the other end is as slow as molasses...
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    09/22/09

    In reply to World's First USB 3.0 Webcam Streams Uncompressed 1080p Video
    Nice. I'd hit it.
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