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    Image of Michai Michai
    12/05/09

    In reply to The 5 Best HDTV Deals Under $1000
    I picked up a 40" Sony Bravia S-series for $598, and I love it. There is a slight trail but hardly noticeable, you have to really try to look for it. I was surprised because this was suppose to be the chief complaint about the TV. It is offers great video and audio customization in the built in Menu system. The contrast is only 30,000:1 but after playing with settings is better then I had anticipated. This TV is bright, with the backlight cranked up you could watch this outside on a sunny day (no joke). The sound quality on this TV is without equal in its price range. I have an older model Sony amp and so I run all my audio into TV out into the Amp. (Another Sony bonus, tons of input ports). I probably could have spent an additional few hundred for a new 7.1 sound system, but like I said the quality now is already great. So Sony has its ups and downs, but if you are looking for a beautiful TV to pair with your PS3 and don't have an entire grand to slap down - the Bravia is a good bet.
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    12/04/09

    In reply to Kodak's Slow Fade: Inventor of OLED Sells OLED Business
    Wow...most unfortunate. This was the technology that Kodak was banking on to help them get back in the game.

    At least, that was what they were telling the troops (me included) when I worked for them.
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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    12/04/09

    In reply to Kodak's Slow Fade: Inventor of OLED Sells OLED Business
    I was an Eastman Kodak employee from 1980 to 1999. It's been sad to see this once mighty company implode.

    For those not in Rochester, EK is headquartered there. EK's employment in Rochester peak in 1983 with about 68,500 people. It now has less than 8,000 there.

    IMHO, EK's downfall is the result of denial. EK demonstrated the first digital camera concept, built the first DSLR for the US military and NASA, and designed the Apple QuickTake 100, the first consumer digital camera. Unfortunately, senior management in the 90's adamently denied that digital photography was going to overtake film as quickly as it did. I remember being told that it would be about 2010 before digital would overtake film.

    In the 90's, they brought in George Fisher, their first and still only outside CEO. George came over from Motorola, in a time when Motorola ruled the cellphone industry. Unfortunately, George's efforts to quickly turn the 100+ year old behemoth was, IMHO, sabotaged from within. His division managers kept their heads in the sand and denied that EK needed to change quickly.

    I had high hopes that EK would be able to use OLED to recover -- or at least stabilize -- but that's now impossible. Someday soon, I completely expect to read that Kodak is being bought-up by an investment group and liquidated piece-by-piece.

    Can anyone think of any other company which has suck so far so quickly?
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    12/04/09

    @Dacker: Only financial firms, like Lehman Brothers (established in 1850), come to mind.
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    Image of fuzz54 fuzz54
    12/04/09

    @Dacker: When I was at Kodak I always felt like the good 'ol boy network got in the way. A lot of the higher ups were just trying to scratch each other's back and this discouraged risk taking. My bosses were mostly thinking about how much they could make now instead of 10 years down the road.
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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    12/04/09

    @fuzz54: I have no doubt that the "good 'ol boy" network contributed to EK's situation. EK has been a very insular company with a massive political machine inside.

    Given the approximate time you were there, I'd bet there was a lot of pressure to cater to Wall Street's myopic, "make this quarter look good" mentality and not the long term survival of the company. It's unfortunate that this is much too common.

    On that, I have to admire the Japanese mentality of driving toward 5-, 10-, or even 20-year goals rather than just this quarter's or this year's results.
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    Image of Tommy Five Tommy Five
    12/04/09

    @Dacker: I'm at a design school in Rochester, and the Kodak Think-Tank has been a running joke for some time now.
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    Image of Dacker Dacker
    12/04/09

    @Tommy Five: Yep, I'm pretty sure EK is mostly thinking of survival and less so on innovation.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    12/04/09

    In reply to Kodak's Slow Fade: Inventor of OLED Sells OLED Business
    What a sad development! There are many negatives to this story, and few positives. I thought they'd have a shot at recovery if they framed their business properly, but sadly they're just shuttering one branch of their company after another. It's easy to judge through the lens of hindsight, but they should have been faster on digital. Now they're just alone in a dark room, overexposed to debt and waiting to be hung out to dry. #puncraft
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    Image of Segador Segador
    12/03/09

    In reply to Some Friendly Texting Advice From James Lipton's Beard
    If he's really 83, he looks pretty damn good.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/03/09

    In reply to Some Friendly Texting Advice From James Lipton's Beard
    I don't know what a James Lipton is but that is freaking hilarious.

    "She will never know the deliciousness of an almond or walnut."

    Edit: Oh James Lipton...
    I don't know why I needed a google to refresh my memory but it did. The Actors Studio guy.

    Looking at his wiki entry I see we went to the same high school. Just not in the same city or state.
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    Image of spannu spannu
    12/03/09

    @tande04: Also, the schools had different names. Other than that, exactly the same, right?
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/03/09

    @spannu: No, they had the same name.

    The joke being I'm sure there is a "Central High School" in almost state if not one in almost every city in every state.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/03/09

    In reply to Some Friendly Texting Advice From James Lipton's Beard
    No no...keep it on...

    *shudder*
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    12/03/09

    In reply to Some Friendly Texting Advice From James Lipton's Beard
    it's almost funny. Almost. Also James Lipton just looks wrong without the beard.
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    Image of Digo Digo
    12/03/09

    In reply to LG Guzzling the Soju After Releasing World's First Commercial Full HD 3D Monitor
    LG 3D HD LCD TV
    That's about 2 digit's from being a serial number.
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    Image of malcs malcs
    12/03/09

    @Digo: the guy from the uk tv show phonejacker would have so much fun with that.
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    Image of Digo Digo
    12/03/09

    @malcs: hehe, do you have a loog threed hud lickd toov

    #tips
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    12/01/09

    In reply to LG Arena Max With 12-Megapixel Camera to Launch Soon?
    Put Android on it, and I'll think about it. I'd love a phone with a good camera, but I'm not interested in dead-end mobile OSes.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/01/09

    In reply to LG Arena Max With 12-Megapixel Camera to Launch Soon?
    The HTC HD2 has a 4.3" screen, now this phone will have a 5" screen. How much bigger can they go with this one-upmanship and still call it a phone, not a tablet?
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/01/09

    In reply to LG Arena Max With 12-Megapixel Camera to Launch Soon?
    I'm sorry, but a 12 megapixel camera on a cellphone is like 12GB of memory on the computer you mainly use for Hulu and YouTube: there for nothing but the bragging rights.

    You tell me that phone has a sensor worthy of accepting 12 megapixels worth of light, then you might have my attention.
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    Image of veronykah veronykah
    12/01/09

    @OCEntertainment: Its also about the crappy quality of the LENS on the cellphone.
    As long as your lens is plastic, exposed to the elements 24/7 and lives in your pocket/purse with no cover I wouldn't wager, no matter how many megapixels, you photos are going to be any better.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/01/09

    In reply to LG Arena Max With 12-Megapixel Camera to Launch Soon?
    What's with the Compiz-like placeholder image? If it doesn't do that cube window switching smoothly, it might as well not do it at all.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: If it becomes bricked, it should turn into a fully functional Rubik's cube.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/01/09

    @BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: The battery would be depleted several times before I can ever solve it.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I believe it actually does have some UI element that resembles a cube. See also: [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    11/30/09

    In reply to LG Expo: It's Got a Pico Projector Bolted to the Back, Of Course
    I've said this before but this is just the beginning of the pico projector on cell phones. Soon it will become a fairly standard feature on phones.

    Remember when only a couple cell phones had a detachable camera feature?

    BTW, can I just ask that for now on pico projectors be referred to as PPs?

    So in the near future, someone will ask if your new phone has a PP and if so, what size.
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    11/30/09

    In reply to LG Expo: It's Got a Pico Projector Bolted to the Back, Of Course
    1GHz and a projector? that battery must be godly
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