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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    "the Wrap 310 also features true 16x9 widescreen, twin high resolution displays"

    HOW high resolution?

    "428 x 240"

    EDIT: apparently they're 640x480. it's still:

    a bunch of horse shit.

    i've mentioned it before, i've got prototype glasses by inviso (formerly siliscape) from 2001 running 800 x 600 that were set to retail for $250. in 2002. 1024x768 was a mere 6 months to a year of R&D away. you can guess why the money got pulled out. 2001. ahem. you can run Windows through them and not have any problems seeing what you're doing. colors are great, no flicker, great contrast.

    so why? why, 8 years later, why the f*$% hasn't the technology been matched? what's the holdup?
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    Edited by nutbastard at 09/15/09 7:54 PM nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred
    Image of jdale jdale
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    "The Wrap 310 will feature twin high-resolution video displays, project a 55-inch screen and include removable noise isolating earphones."

    Obviously it doesn't "project" anything and the display isn't "55-inch". I'm not sure why they can get away with saying that when what they mean is just that the display is equivalent in size or angular extent to a 55 inch display viewed at a distance of... what exactly? 55 inches at ten feet would not be very impressive.
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    Image of Forsakenchild Forsakenchild
    09/15/09

    @jdale: So say you are sitting on an airplane. Pull out these glasses and start watching a movie from your ipod whatever. The screen appears equivalent to a 55" screen from ten feet away. So its not impressive to get that experience sitting on a plane of all places? Now replace that with sitting in a car, or train, or where ever. Sure it may not seem that impressive if you are sitting at home, but for a personal viewing in places that it is not logical to have a 55" screen... its pretty damn impressive to me.
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    Image of jdale jdale
    09/15/09

    @Forsakenchild: My point is really that it is a meaningless measurement. If it feels better imagine I said 55" at 100 feet. Would you pay for that? No, it would be worthless. You'd be better off watching video on the tiny screen of your iPod Nano. But since they haven't specified a distance in their press release who knows?

    55" at 10' is about 22 degrees of view. At 5' it would be 43 degrees of awesome, at 15' it would be 15 degrees of lame.
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    nutbastard promoted this comment jdale was starred jdale was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    09/15/09

    meh.
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    Edited by nutbastard at 09/15/09 7:53 PM nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred
    Image of XuanDawkins XuanDawkins
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    I hate how they always lie and say "high resolution". High resolution for what? An alarm clock? (640x480)
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    FrankenPC promoted this comment XuanDawkins was starred XuanDawkins was unstarred
    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    09/15/09

    @XuanDawkins: LOL@640x480. That's LAME. Why even bother.
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    Image of madog madog
    09/15/09

    @XuanDawkins: Any screen looks huge when it's a quarter of an inch away from your eyeballs.
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    09/15/09

    @madog: Size ≠ Resolution. It's going to look like 55-inch screen at a resolution of 640x480. Big, yes, but not pretty.

    I'd be interested in something like this if they could get the resolution up to at least 720p, though.
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    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    These would be great to relieve the boredom of driving. Would they keep the sun out of my eyes at the same time?
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    whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII promoted this comment PaddyDugan was starred PaddyDugan was unstarred
    Image of slater slater
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    They still look like the sunglasses my grandpa wears over his normal glasses.
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    Barry99705 promoted this comment slater was starred slater was unstarred
    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    09/15/09

    @slater: That's better than the competition. At least these don't go with the star trek uniform in the closet...
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    09/15/09

    @Barry99705: and the problem with our Star Trek uniform is what ....exactly? Don't make us go all Vulcan-nerve pinch on your ass!
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    Edited by RainyDayInterns at 09/15/09 4:58 PM RainyDayInterns was starred RainyDayInterns was unstarred
    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    09/08/09

    In reply to Dr. Dre Beats Solo Headphones Bring The Same Big Sound In a Smaller, Cheaper Package
    Why get these when you could get the new PX-100 IIs from Sennheiser which will definitely be cheaper and probably have as good or better sound.
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    d_r_e promoted this comment Edited by The5thElephant at 09/08/09 3:03 PM The5thElephant was starred The5thElephant was unstarred
    Image of anoteoftruth anoteoftruth
    09/08/09

    In reply to Dr. Dre Beats Solo Headphones Bring The Same Big Sound In a Smaller, Cheaper Package
    What audiophiles were you talking to? These things are'nt worth a quarter of what they are asking.
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    Nahir promoted this comment anoteoftruth was starred anoteoftruth was unstarred
    Image of Nahir Nahir
    09/08/09

    @anoteoftruth: Exactly Gizmodo. WTF? Which audiophiles are you referring to? LAst I checked everyone on head-fi was laughing their asses off at anyone who spent money on these pieces of crap.
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    Image of G.O.B.: Come on! G.O.B.: Come on!
    09/08/09

    @Nahir: Yeah, I was hoping that first line was sarcastic but it appears to be serious.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    09/08/09

    @anoteoftruth:

    Indeed. These pieces of shit have nothing on my AKG K701's.
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    d_r_e was starred d_r_e was unstarred
    Image of roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony
    09/08/09

    @anoteoftruth:
    The same kind that buys monster cables.
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    fuchikoma promoted this comment roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony was starred roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony was unstarred
    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    09/08/09

    @roflwaffles is terribly unfunny:
    Precisely. Monster is a scam... I wouldn't expect these to be much better than Skullcandy.
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    fuchikoma was starred fuchikoma was unstarred
    Image of SEDAGIVE?! SEDAGIVE?!
    09/08/09

    In reply to Dr. Dre Beats Solo Headphones Bring The Same Big Sound In a Smaller, Cheaper Package
    I can't in any way trust electronic equipment with Dr. Dre. Last time I saw him, I was DJing at a pretty high-brow party, and outa nowhere, dude comes up, moves me out of the way, and puts a cold Dr. Pepper can on my turn-table. Got condensation all over it and shorted it out.

    Bastard.
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    Scotland promoted this comment Edited by Sean Fallon at 09/08/09 2:45 PM Sean Fallon approved this comment SEDAGIVE?! was starred SEDAGIVE?! was unstarred
    Image of Scotland Scotland
    09/08/09

    @SEDAGIVE?!:
    Scotland: "Ah, wait, no way, you're kidding,
    he didn't do what you say he did, did he?"
    And Dr. Dre said?

    SEDAGIVE: Nothing you idiot!
    Dr. Dre's dead, he's locked in my basement! (Ha-ha!)

    [*vocal turntable: chigga chigga chigga*]
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    Scotland was starred Scotland was unstarred
    Image of brianesser76 brianesser76
    09/08/09

    In reply to Dr. Dre Beats Solo Headphones Bring The Same Big Sound In a Smaller, Cheaper Package
    Yay, same crap, smaller packaging.

    *watches the suckers line up*
     Reply
    Nahir promoted this comment brianesser76 was starred brianesser76 was unstarred
    Image of JimmyJames1 JimmyJames1
    09/08/09

    In reply to Dr. Dre Beats Solo Headphones Bring The Same Big Sound In a Smaller, Cheaper Package
    Trust him, he's a Dr.
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    MrBlahBlah promoted this comment JimmyJames1 was starred JimmyJames1 was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    09/08/09

    In reply to Dr. Dre Beats Solo Headphones Bring The Same Big Sound In a Smaller, Cheaper Package
    hmmm, it sounds like Monster is trying to venture into the 23 flavor realm. i got my eye on you, monster.

    - dr. p
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    Edited by Nick at 09/08/09 2:30 PM Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of gadam07 gadam07
    09/08/09

    In reply to Dr. Dre Beats Solo Headphones Bring The Same Big Sound In a Smaller, Cheaper Package
    I had thought the consensus was that the Dr Dre headphones were a complete ripoff and that no one was raving anything about that. Regardless, who wants to give a company like Monster any of their money, even if Dr Dre is involved?
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    d_r_e promoted this comment gadam07 was starred gadam07 was unstarred
    Image of infmom infmom
    08/22/09

    In reply to How Many iPods/Non-iPods Have You Owned?
    My first player was a Creative MuVo, which I still have. It's got a good FM radio in it. I've never bought a new iPod--my 1st gen nano was refurbished and the others I bought "broken" on eBay and fixed.
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    infmom was starred infmom was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/22/09

    In reply to How Many iPods/Non-iPods Have You Owned?

    My very first MP3 player was a... Diammond Rio/Nike mix up... 16Mb MMC card or something included. It's previous to the iPod.

    It was one of the first versions of the one pictured above. Pretty nice actually.

    But after I bought my first Sony Ericsson phone, I never had to buy mp3 players again...
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    08/21/09

    In reply to How Many iPods/Non-iPods Have You Owned?
    I had the two iPods I've ever owned stolen. I had a shitty RCA Lyra years back, it developed a bug where it can't switch off of radio mode back to MP3 mode. My Sansa e260 is hands down the best player I've ever owned.
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