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First thing I thought of, "Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?"
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"But this has 2 screens."
@madog: there are advantages specific to two monitors.
the ease of being able to have multiple applications full screened. Desktop management, being able to view more data easier. it also gives you tons of geek cred!
@Bruce Hawkins: I don't. I think the future will be flexible displays that you can make as large or as small as you want ( like, by rolling them out or something ). I don't see the point of making a laptop so effing big....
@RedEyeNinja: That's Japanese, isn't it ? YES to you too :)
I am going to put smiley faces on all my posts from now on following advice on a previous thread where I sounded pedantic. It stops people hating me. :):):):):)
We have two horizontal ears, and yet hear vertical sound due to timing differences and other biological features. This suggests a vertical sound component could be simulated with regular 5.1 or 7.1 systems. Is this just an effort to create the next AV fad and drive purchases?
@bandit: Technically speaking, two speakers is all you should ever need given the fact that we only have two ears. That said, for a variety of reasons (room layout, various blocking issues, etc), when doing a stereo system in a home, you need far more than two speakers.
And let me tell you, there have been at least three times I have watched movies that I thought "wow, it sure would be great if this stereo had a vertical dimension". So, now I can go spend a few hundred times for the fourth time I think that in a couple of years. Or -- not.
HP Touchsmart for the win. I have one and I love it. All that and a bag of chips for far less money (for the 22.5 screen) and a bit less money (for the 25.5 screen).
AND you can touch the screen - keyboard/mouse not required for simple tasks. It makes a great kitchen computer / tv / media player.
@Marc Plante: still wouldn't get you a cableCARD tuner that could tune encrypted QAM channels, unless you put in a LOT of extra work/money/complexity.
But then again the only HTPCs that have that now are a few HP/Sony ones, and the REALLY high end ones that even put Apple to shame in the realm of over-charging.
@Xeno: I believe so, I have haven't been able to find a computer with the option to add the ATI digital cable tuners on Dell's site for a number of months, I'm thinking about buying a package HTPC right now and if Dell still had them they would likely be my top choice, the Sonys are over priced for the specs, and the specs of the HPs kind of suck...
I know that you can buy both external and internal versions of a similar cableCARD tuner by themselves from some of the high end HTPC dealers (for ~$300 a-la-carte), but you have to have a certified mobo (with the certified bios) for them to work, the only possible workaround for that that I have heard of is running the HTPC as a virtual machine and loading a copy of the certified bios, I haven't tried it since I still haven't even sprung for a cableCARD tuner to test, and I am not overly familiar with virtual machines.
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the ease of being able to have multiple applications full screened. Desktop management, being able to view more data easier. it also gives you tons of geek cred!
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The only advantage is the smaller footprint. Instead I think it would be better advertised as a "foldable" or expandable screen, as opposed to two.
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I am going to put smiley faces on all my posts from now on following advice on a previous thread where I sounded pedantic. It stops people hating me. :):):):):)
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:)
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And let me tell you, there have been at least three times I have watched movies that I thought "wow, it sure would be great if this stereo had a vertical dimension". So, now I can go spend a few hundred times for the fourth time I think that in a couple of years. Or -- not.
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AND you can touch the screen - keyboard/mouse not required for simple tasks. It makes a great kitchen computer / tv / media player.
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(and what TV service do you have? Sat/Digi-Cable/IPTV/Etc.)
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But then again the only HTPCs that have that now are a few HP/Sony ones, and the REALLY high end ones that even put Apple to shame in the realm of over-charging.
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I know that you can buy both external and internal versions of a similar cableCARD tuner by themselves from some of the high end HTPC dealers (for ~$300 a-la-carte), but you have to have a certified mobo (with the certified bios) for them to work, the only possible workaround for that that I have heard of is running the HTPC as a virtual machine and loading a copy of the certified bios, I haven't tried it since I still haven't even sprung for a cableCARD tuner to test, and I am not overly familiar with virtual machines.
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It would also set the price over the top with Apple tax.
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they innovate :)
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*cough* bullshit *cough*
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Im sorry, you eat what for breakfast?
[www.instantrimshot.com]
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...like an iMac made from...
...hemp.
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