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    2010 Firmware Update Will Bring 3D TV Support to All PS3 Games

    Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits

    LG Preparing to Reveal Largest Retail OLED TV Next Month
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    Image of soulfinger soulfinger
    09/04/09

    In reply to 2010 Firmware Update Will Bring 3D TV Support to All PS3 Games
    Great, another lengthy PS3 update I'll have to sit through before I can play my game.
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    Rabid Penguin promoted this comment soulfinger was starred soulfinger was unstarred
    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    09/04/09

    @soulfinger: With the latest patch (3.0) new patches will now download in the background. So... nothing to worry about.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to 2010 Firmware Update Will Bring 3D TV Support to All PS3 Games
    i'm sorry, i don't want to be the douchebag inside wearing 3d glasses.

    maybe i just don't get this new "everything in 3d" thing.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment the_amazing_doug was starred the_amazing_doug was unstarred
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    09/04/09

    @the_amazing_doug: Oh yeah? Wanna fight about it??
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    09/03/09

    In reply to Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits
    hate to point out the obvious, but you could just get a laptop that won't cook your nads.
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    09/03/09

    In reply to Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits
    It needs a handle.
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    09/03/09

    In reply to Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits
    I see leotard-inside-pants are the next big thing.
    Also, cute and bulky sleeve.
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    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    09/03/09

    In reply to Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits
    Because everyone knows nothing is sexier than a headless woman. Hey ad guys - why not just a giant nipple to sell products?
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    Curves promoted this comment PaddyDugan was starred PaddyDugan was unstarred
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    09/03/09

    @PaddyDugan: As a wise man once said (on Gizmodo) "There isnt ANYTHiNG that cant be improved by breasts or gravy".

    (Ok, so he didnt say breasts, I cleaned it up, but the spirit is the same.)
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    09/03/09

    @Curves: What kind of gravy?
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    09/03/09

    @PaddyDugan: Hey, the armless thing has been working for Venus de Milo all these years so they're just taking it a step further...
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    09/03/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: White Sausage Gravy
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    09/03/09

    In reply to Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits
    it looks so big and hard. i don't know if it will fit.
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    SigmundTheSeaMonster promoted this comment windupbird81 was starred windupbird81 was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    09/03/09

    @windupbird81: I bet you never heard those words before, huh? ;)
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    09/03/09

    @windupbird81: I don't think you'll have any trouble fitting your laptop/notebook/netbook into that sleeve..
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    09/03/09

    @Curves: only from your mom.
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    09/03/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: it will be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway.
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    Image of KaneBaker KaneBaker
    09/03/09

    In reply to Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits
    sweet, my wife decided to give her desk up yesterday as she likes to switch rooms while working, so i was going to start looking for this. Now does any one in Toronto have any idea where i could find this ?
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    IN THE FACE! promoted this comment KaneBaker was starred KaneBaker was unstarred
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    09/03/09

    @KaneBaker: I do, but sadly I'm not in Toronto...
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    09/03/09

    In reply to Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits
    I note the following interesting contents in your post:

    clusterfuck ... pretty ... it's hardened ... Sounds good to me and to my private parts ... a rubberized zip
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    09/03/09

    In reply to Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits
    Samus?
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    Jesus Diaz promoted this comment Bryan_ was starred Bryan_ was unstarred
    Image of SenorDoucheoisie SenorDoucheoisie
    09/03/09

    In reply to Philips Notebook Sleeve Will Save Your Computer and Naughty Bits
    Jesus, can a woman even bend like that? Seriously, that's a picture Rob Liefeld would be proud of.
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    Jesus Diaz promoted this comment SenorDoucheoisie was starred SenorDoucheoisie was unstarred
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    09/03/09

    @SenorDoucheoisie: I don't know. Her hand is visible. He has trouble with those...

    and feet...

    and basic anatomy...

    oh, I could go on but why bother..
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    08/30/09

    In reply to LG Preparing to Reveal Largest Retail OLED TV Next Month
    I thought the whole point of OLED was that they was going to be so much better and cheaper to make. Do I have this confused with something else or was there some unforeseen expense in making these that they didn't know about ahead of time?
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    08/30/09

    @maven2k: No one said they would be cheaper initially. The reason they are important is because they are the future of television which means they will eventually get cheaper. Currently, they are extremely expensive but have amazing picture quality.
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    08/30/09

    In reply to LG Preparing to Reveal Largest Retail OLED TV Next Month
    I must be far behind the group but why are this OLED Tv's so hard to produce in big sizes. I mean, certinly price and public interest isn't so high outside the techie comunity, but if there's market for a 150" TV certainly there is for a 40 incher OLED tv
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    met2art promoted this comment MyNameIsTooAwesome was starred MyNameIsTooAwesome was unstarred
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    08/30/09

    @MyNameIsTooAwesome: It's not so much that making larger sizes is inherently difficult, it's that production yield varies greatly, thus increasing the cost exponentially as you attempt to create larger substrates for larger screens.

    Additionally, the organic compounds that produce color in OLED screens have different lifetimes, with the blue-producing organics having shorter lives by a factor of 10. While this may be acceptable for smallter devices that have quicker turnovers, such as cellphones and PMPs, people expect TVs to have longer lives without dramatic shifts in color saturation and purity.
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    08/30/09

    @MyNameIsTooAwesome:

    Then you are forgetting how long it took for LCD screens to take over the market (even though they are vastly superior). New technology like this takes at least 4 years to become decently cheap and then another 4 years before it wipes all other competitors off the map. You can't rush innovation.

    So I'll probably be picking up a 46" OLED TV for $1800 in the year 2015 or so.
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    Image of derilium derilium
    08/30/09

    @MyNameIsTooAwesome: I don't think that was one of the advantages. The advantages are extremely fast activation time, space saving (thin), and can be built to be curved (think about a surround 360 theater in the not-so-distant future). They've also made bendable OLED screens (featured on Giz, actually) Another problem is the lifespan... OLED can die fast.
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    32ndnote promoted this comment Edited by derilium at 08/30/09 2:10 PM derilium was starred derilium was unstarred
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    08/30/09

    @dagamer34: Cost was not the initial limiting factor in the adoption of LCD screens. The cost was already low due to the widespread use in laptops and other portable devices. Limitations of LCD for use in TVs and desktop monitors included abysmal refresh (or more properly defined as response time), poor dynamic contrast and backlighting issues that effect black levels.
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    Image of Coulterboy Coulterboy
    08/30/09

    @derilium: Why in hell would I want a 360 degree theatre???!!! So I could always be missing something? Your facts are correct, but no, just no on that fantasy
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    met2art promoted this comment Danny Allen approved this comment Coulterboy was starred Coulterboy was unstarred
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    08/31/09

    @Coulterboy: So, implementations such as planetariums, flight and driving simulators, and battlefield simulators that test situational awareness... all that has to go? You do know these things already exist, yes? They just currently use rear-projection more often than not. As a result they suffer from spherical distortion that is difficult to overcome when projecting onto a non-planar surface.

    While perhaps not practical for home theater, 360 degree screens have many practical uses, as well as entertainment uses. Virtual reality "rides" being one of them, with a moving cab/platform and a 360 screen.
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