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    Mysterious Cowon W2 Is an Atom-Equipped Something or Other

    Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap

    Lisse Q10: A PMP With Style

    What Would Happen If We Tried to "Play" This NES Emulator Cartridge Casemod?

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    Image of Scratic Scratic
    11/01/09

    In reply to Mysterious Cowon W2 Is an Atom-Equipped Something or Other
    What is this, Cowanmodo? It seems every story is speculation about what Cowan may or may not be working on for the future. I know you have a lot of Cowan fan-boys to appease, and I'm sure that Lam is on Cowan's payroll with free access to any unreleased Cowan products in exchange for plugging any leaks before they happen, but this is ridiculous. Just once I want to go to my favorite gadget site and read some real tech news. What is Kevin Rose wearing? Where does Walt Mossberg eat lunch? What is Coleco up to? These are questions I want answered. #tablets
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    Image of Carnality666 Carnality666
    11/01/09

    In reply to Mysterious Cowon W2 Is an Atom-Equipped Something or Other
    hopefully it has a line out dock, I have the Cowon S9 and I find the headphone out lacking... #tablets
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    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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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Kakkoii was starred Kakkoii was unstarred
    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
    Image of telepheedian telepheedian
    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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    Image of mac404 mac404
    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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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    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
    Image of shalegac shalegac
    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
    Image of myfriendtheZebra myfriendtheZebra
    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
    Image of Woozle Wozzle Woozle Wozzle
    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 Margatron Margatron
    10/13/09

    In reply to What Would Happen If We Tried to "Play" This NES Emulator Cartridge Casemod?
    Did anyone else notice the SMB music was playing too fast? It's like he has ten seconds left in the level but he's right at the begining. That emulator is whack.

    Still, I'd want one.
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    Image of qbxk qbxk
    10/12/09

    In reply to What Would Happen If We Tried to "Play" This NES Emulator Cartridge Casemod?
    it also sports a feature where every couple times you start it up, it flashes blue and you have to blow into and smack it a few times to get it going
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment qbxk was starred qbxk was unstarred
    Image of yungjerry703 yungjerry703
    10/11/09

    In reply to What Would Happen If We Tried to "Play" This NES Emulator Cartridge Casemod?
    at first it was cool. than someone pointed it out and i suspicious. now i'm starting to think its a full blown conspiracy. why does every nes mod video have the person playing the first mario bros.?
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    HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment yungjerry703 was starred yungjerry703 was unstarred
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    10/12/09

    @yungjerry703: If I say "NES", what's the first game you think of?

    For most people, it's Super Mario Bros.
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    HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was starred HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of appletoad appletoad
    10/11/09

    In reply to What Would Happen If We Tried to "Play" This NES Emulator Cartridge Casemod?
    Holy overclocked processor/incorrect fps rate.

    Better too fast than too slow, though.

    Weird, tetris is normal speed. Perhaps he used wrong region ROM for SMB, maybe PAL instead of NTSC?
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Edited by appletoad at 10/11/09 7:09 PM appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of Volvonaut Volvonaut
    10/11/09

    @appletoad: It does say (E) next to the rom, so it seems to be PAL. Is that really the only issue?
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Volvonaut was starred Volvonaut was unstarred
    Image of appletoad appletoad
    10/11/09

    @Volvonaut: I think so. PAL/NTSC play at different speeds, and I think playing a euro cart on a US system/emu results in it being faster. But most emulators let you pick which region of the console to emulate.

    Ah, this has put me in the mood for some Kaizo Mario World.
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    Image of JYJ705 JYJ705
    10/11/09

    In reply to What Would Happen If We Tried to "Play" This NES Emulator Cartridge Casemod?
    i hate case modes that don't use original controllers because i hate the feeling of anything but the real thing in my hand. If i'm playing nes, i want an nes controller, not some 3rd party thing or some homemade thing no matter how well its made.

    if you were to blind fold me, and give me an NES controller and the absolutly best knock off NES controller(or snes! for that matter)... i mean it could be within 1% exact of a real thing, and i could still tell which one is fake... i guess i spent that many hours with those two controllers in my hands... i kinda miss the feeling, i think i'm gonna go hold one for a few minutes.
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment JYJ705 was starred JYJ705 was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/11/09

    In reply to What Would Happen If We Tried to "Play" This NES Emulator Cartridge Casemod?
    All that and they didn't include a laser or a blow-up-the-earth button?

    Color me unimpressed.
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    Image of teamlouish teamlouish
    10/11/09

    In reply to What Would Happen If We Tried to "Play" This NES Emulator Cartridge Casemod?
    Its shocking to see someone play Super Mario Bros without holding down the run button. He kept backing up to get enough speed to jump over the holes or the pipes, its like he hasn't played the game much and doesn't even know you can run.
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    chauncy that billups promoted this comment teamlouish was starred teamlouish was unstarred
    Image of Log1c Log1c
    10/07/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet Reviewed: Disappoints With Lack of 3G, Apps
    I caught this after I purchased my Zune HD and got a little buyers remorse about it. But it looks like missing the app store for Android really drags it down.
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    Image of jeepingeek jeepingeek
    10/07/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet Reviewed: Disappoints With Lack of 3G, Apps
    So Android phones are always going to have cameras? Damn I hate being a business user sometimes. Why is Blackberry the only one to make a camera-less smartphone?!
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    Image of zer0zen zer0zen
    10/07/09

    @jeepingeek: You can always, uh, not use the camera?

    Unless you're using the thing in places where cameras are prohibited, I can't think of a reason a camera is a problem.
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    Duckspwn promoted this comment zer0zen was starred zer0zen was unstarred
    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    10/07/09

    @zer0zen: I was under the impression that if you get a company phone it couldn't have a camera (usually).
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    Image of jeepingeek jeepingeek
    10/07/09

    @zer0zen: many of the places i go for work I would have to leave my phone in the car, not exactly convenient!
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