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    Giant Patio Heaters With Tiny Media Players Are Finally a Reality

    802.11n Wi-Fi Adapter For Tivo Lands At The FCC

    Why You Don't Need To Spend Extra Money On a 240 Hz LCD TV

    Study Claims Motion Blur Is a Non-Issue In Most Mid-To-High-End LCDs

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    Image of Hobolicious Hobolicious
    11/09/09

    In reply to Giant Patio Heaters With Tiny Media Players Are Finally a Reality
    I love that you have to be 6.5 feet tall to view that tiny screen properly. I can see it now:

    "Honey, why are you standing on a stool in the cold watching the game on that tiny screen?"

    "BECAUSE I CAN WATCH THE GAME AND KEEP MY JUNK TOASTY AT THE SAME TIME!" #poseidon
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    Image of tomsomething tomsomething
    11/09/09

    @Hobolicious: Not necessarily. You could sit really far back. Or you could could tilt the unit down by leaning it against some cardboard boxes or a pile of hay. #poseidon
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/09/09

    In reply to Giant Patio Heaters With Tiny Media Players Are Finally a Reality
    What an unfortunately irrelevant name for what it does.

    They should've put a Google panorama-cam on top of it instead. #poseidon
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/09/09

    In reply to Giant Patio Heaters With Tiny Media Players Are Finally a Reality
    Apparently the tester at Chillchasers is Mephistopheles or they might have thought to put the media player on the other side away from the trap door to Hades. I just hope it has a nice back and forth motion so folks can move from side to side to follow the show they are watching -- great exercise, after all, and the heater makes it an outdoor sauna.

    Um, correct my stupidity here, but isn't a standard plug in the United States in the 110v range, and not a "standard" 220v option (which has multiple plugs available in this country, as I recall)?

    Fortunately the nice green color makes up for all of the other faults.
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    Edited by Monty at 11/09/09 7:02 PM Monty was starred Monty was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/09/09

    @Monty: It looks to be a UK product. #poseidon
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/09/09

    @Shamoononon: Thanks for the tip - should have know it was those damn limey's.

    Hey, the heater on this thing might work for frying the hair off of the legs instead of shaving. Just a thought for you. #poseidon
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/09/09

    @Monty: I'll take that into consideration. #poseidon
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/09/09

    In reply to Giant Patio Heaters With Tiny Media Players Are Finally a Reality
    I dont "get" patio heaters. Put on a frigging sweater or go in the house, dont add your 2 cents to global warming. #poseidon
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/09/09

    @Curves: They create a pleasant sensation, akin to sitting around a fire. I agree that it's not the most energy-efficient way to be warm, though. #poseidon
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    Image of Muzzled Muzzled
    11/09/09

    In reply to Giant Patio Heaters With Tiny Media Players Are Finally a Reality
    I am a LOT more impressed by the floating umbrella #poseidon
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment Muzzled was starred Muzzled was unstarred
    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/09/09

    In reply to Giant Patio Heaters With Tiny Media Players Are Finally a Reality
    Hilariously tiny screen aside, this thing has some major issues. First, from a global carbon footprint point of view it is much more efficient to burn gas to produce heat than coal to produce electricity and electricity to produce heat. (before you jump on the coal thing, look it up, that's where most electricity comes from) Secondly, the design of most patio heaters features a reflector that reflects heat downward instead of letting it drift away. Shouldn't have gotten rid of that. Finally, the shiny green looks great in the renders, probably much less so in meatspace. That brushed steel of most heaters is more classy, imho. #poseidon
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/06/09

    In reply to 802.11n Wi-Fi Adapter For Tivo Lands At The FCC
    I use an N dedicated wireless bridge (shares with a couple of other devices) and find that an HD television show transfers slightly faster than play speed. What is the usual performance with the G adapter? #wifi
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    Image of Accelerata Accelerata
    11/06/09

    @Canoehead: i use a wireless G bridge shared with other devices and i don't have any trouble streaming The Office in HD. admittedly the other devices are not usually active, but the wireless network is running mixed mode and has some active N devices on it too. was thinking about upgrading the N-bridge, but i'd still need a legacy base station for Wii and PS3 :-p #wifi
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    Canoehead promoted this comment Accelerata was starred Accelerata was unstarred
    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/06/09

    @Accelerata: I put in the bridge to feed the Tivo, Popcorn Hour and Wii in the bedroom. It works pretty well, and was a lot cheaper than a proper cable run. #wifi
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/06/09

    In reply to Study Claims Motion Blur Is a Non-Issue In Most Mid-To-High-End LCDs
    Just as there are "super noses" who can detect the slightest variation in a million wines, or people who can tell you exactly which frequency they're hearing, there will be people who can see blur in most LCDs.

    Personally I haven't seen LCD blur since around 12-15ms response times became the norm. I see MPEG artifacting and trailing, and even dim afterimages in HDMI signals on PS3 and 360, but motion is not an issue. #motionblur
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    11/06/09

    In reply to 802.11n Wi-Fi Adapter For Tivo Lands At The FCC
    The Wifi speed for the Tivo ain't the real problem with Tivo. They really need to address the other shortcomings. #wifi
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    11/06/09

    In reply to 802.11n Wi-Fi Adapter For Tivo Lands At The FCC
    You give me this and an iPhone that uses N, and I won't have to use my dual band anymore. #wifi
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    Image of Meantux Meantux
    11/05/09

    In reply to Why You Don't Need To Spend Extra Money On a 240 Hz LCD TV
    To illustrate this effect we either need something filmed by a hd-high-speed camera or at least some high res snapshots of the difformed result, not with some low-res 15fps that adds its own artefacts and clunkyness. #refreshrates
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    d_r_e promoted this comment Meantux was starred Meantux was unstarred
    Image of HIcycles HIcycles
    11/05/09

    @Meantux: Right? I couldn't tell the difference. #refreshrates
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    d_r_e promoted this comment HIcycles was starred HIcycles was unstarred
    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    11/05/09

    @HIcycles: Same here. I couldn't tell the difference either. #refreshrates
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/06/09

    @Meantux:
    I'm glad I'm not the only person who got absolutely nothing other then confusion out of that video. #refreshrates
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    Image of TheClap TheClap
    11/05/09

    In reply to Why You Don't Need To Spend Extra Money On a 240 Hz LCD TV
    I um....cant tell the difference.... What is this soap opera effect? We have a Sony Bravia that has the 120Hz thing but I dont notice a soap opera effect. #refreshrates
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    Image of Geekfox Geekfox
    11/05/09

    @TheClap: Taking a 24 frame per second film and recreating frames (usually doubling frame rates or more) to life-like motion is what some called "soap opera" effect, as some TV shows like soap operas can broadcast a life-like motion of 60 frames per second while other shows or films or animated cartoons broadcast at 24 or 30 frames per second.

    Personally, I hate calling the effect "soap opera", as I don't watch soap operas -- but I think it's a critic's term to define life-like motions for motion interpolation features on HDTV sets. #refreshrates
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    Image of Norm the Alligator Norm the Alligator
    11/05/09

    In reply to Why You Don't Need To Spend Extra Money On a 240 Hz LCD TV
    My set does 120 Hz, but I keep it off. I don't like watching high budget movies that result in looking like they're made for TV. My BluRay player gives me the option of 24p which is what I keep on instead. #refreshrates
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    psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland approved this comment Norm the Alligator was starred Norm the Alligator was unstarred
    Image of JayD16 JayD16
    11/05/09

    @Keith Noordzy: Isn't that more nostalgia than picture quality? #refreshrates
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    Image of Daniel Wong Daniel Wong
    11/05/09

    @JayD16: no its actually more accurate and has a better PQ. movies are made to be seen in 24hz #refreshrates
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    ripfire promoted this comment Daniel Wong was starred Daniel Wong was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/05/09

    @Daniel Wong: Actually, while the film runs on 24hz, movie theater projectors flash the frames twice or three times the rate to reduce flicker. #refreshrates
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/06/09

    @Norm the Alligator:
    Is this why bluray movies shown on new 240hz screens look like absolute surreal crap? The worst for this was animated movies like Wall*E, which reminded of those old school animations that came out of the first CGI college classes back in the early to mid 90's. You all know the ones I'm talking about. #refreshrates
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/06/09

    @ripfire:
    Why would they do this? Flicker is a good thing, as it keeps the audience in a semi-trance, and glued to the movie screen. I just watched a program on Discovery HD that talked about how Sony had to spend millions getting their HD theater projectors to perform more like traditional film projectors, while keeping the higher resolution and cleaner image. #refreshrates
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    Image of aniteshj aniteshj
    11/05/09

    In reply to Why You Don't Need To Spend Extra Money On a 240 Hz LCD TV
    In the same way WHAT content is natively rendered at 120Hz, or 240Hz?

    I like my plasma because it doesn't pull the "soap opera effect" on everything I watch, and please don't say you can turn it off. The feature should exist to complement and add to the experiance. Not soap opera everything.

    Well everything I am saying is a moot point, I don't care what LCD has going for it.

    I have a Kuro. :P #refreshrates
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    11/05/09

    @aniteshj: I do believe that effect is caused by Digital Natural Motion, which is a form of software processing, not by the 120/240Hz refresh rates themselves. Those refresh rates(at least this is the effect for me) actually make the frame rates of both film(for blu-ray disks, 24Hz) and HDTV(60Hz) go in evenly, which removes the need for nasty effects such as 3:2 pulldown. #refreshrates
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    ripfire promoted this comment MarcusMaximus was starred MarcusMaximus was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/05/09

    @MarcusMaximus: Read the article. #refreshrates
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    ripfire was starred ripfire was unstarred
    Image of cbstryker cbstryker
    11/05/09

    @ripfire: MarcusMaximus is right. It's the software (or algorithms) that causes the issue. And the main benefit of a 240Hz TV is to be able to watch 3D content at 120Hz (per eye that is). For everything else 120Hz is just fine. Actually it's perfect. #refreshrates
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    ripfire promoted this comment cbstryker was starred cbstryker was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/06/09

    @cbstryker: I'm not saying he's wrong. I'm just saying read the article because it explains everything. #refreshrates
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    Image of Mike Mike
    11/05/09

    In reply to Why You Don't Need To Spend Extra Money On a 240 Hz LCD TV
    Does this affect LCDs with LED backlighting? I'm thinking of buying the Samsung LED TV but the 240 Hz is so much more expensive than the 120 Hz.
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    Nick promoted this comment Edited by Mike at 11/05/09 6:05 PM Mike was starred Mike was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    11/05/09

    @Mike: i don't think it is an issue that stems from the light source, but the processor. i believe it starts to incorporate frame interpolation with higher refresh rates and what not which ain't everyone's cup-o-noodle. #refreshrates
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    Image of mlvds mlvds
    11/05/09

    @Mike: Just buy a Panasonic Plasma anything about S1 series...you can't go wrong...

    I have a 2006 600series and I been more then happy with it..

    There will be huge deal after Black Friday! #refreshrates
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    dingus promoted this comment mlvds was starred mlvds was unstarred
    Image of NeerajSV NeerajSV
    11/05/09

    @Nick: Its not the processor.. its the response time of the pixels to change state. Liquid crystals are, after all, physical entities that twist and bend to change the color of light passing though them. It take time to go from one state to anther. #refreshrates
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    Nick promoted this comment NeerajSV was starred NeerajSV was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    11/05/09

    @NeerajSV: your comment disagrees with what the original article seems to be alluding to. #refreshrates
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    Image of Mike Mike
    11/05/09

    @mlvds: The room has a huge glass sliding door facing the sun. Plasmas are better for darker rooms. #refreshrates
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    Image of John Duffin John Duffin
    11/05/09

    @Nick: The issue with lcd is the response time as Nick says, generally around 6 - 8ms on LCD, however Plasma has much less time <1ms therefore less motionblur. The 120HZ and 240HZ interpolate extra frames to smooth out the picture. This can have a video effect on film based content, however i believe this to be far less so than the first chips that came out. The pro versions now input extra blank frames to further smooth the motion and give a more realistic effect. Response time is falling on LCD and however for now if you buy a good set with higher quality interpolation, the effect can be excellent especially on video content. #refreshrates
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    dingus promoted this comment John Duffin was starred John Duffin was unstarred
    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    11/06/09

    @mlvds: Why would you do this, when you can buy a mirror that size for a hundred bucks, and get the same amount of enjoyment out of the fancy plasma you're talking up?

    Plasma's might be great in a totally dark room, but they are fucking worthless in the average living room. #refreshrates
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