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    Dealzmodo: Best Buy Black Friday Ad Features Pre-Loaded Nintendo DSi

    SNEGENES P Combo Mod Comes with Plenty of Junk in the Trunk

    Mysterious Cowon W2 Is an Atom-Equipped Something or Other

    Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap

    Yet Another PSPGo Mod Blinds You With LEDs

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    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    11/16/09

    In reply to Dealzmodo: Best Buy Black Friday Ad Features Pre-Loaded Nintendo DSi
    I'm sorry, but "preloaded" would be an R4i with a full 16GB microSDHC card from Canal Street. Whoops, did I just say that out loud? #nintendodsi
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/09/09

    In reply to SNEGENES P Combo Mod Comes with Plenty of Junk in the Trunk
    In these days of cheap emulators all you need is any sort of modern electronic portable. A PSP is capable of doing all three easily. This sort of thing is just for people who can't give up their cartridges. #mods
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/08/09

    In reply to SNEGENES P Combo Mod Comes with Plenty of Junk in the Trunk
    "I hope you have a big trunk... because I'm puttin' Paperboy in it." #mods
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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 njdevil njdevil
    11/01/09

    In reply to Pocket Light Concept Provides Portable Wallet-Sized Illumination
    Other pocket-sized protection? I don't see what's so romantic about a pocketknife. #concepts
     Reply
    spannu promoted this comment njdevil was starred njdevil was unstarred
    Image of esserdk esserdk
    11/01/09

    @njdevil: Well done sir. #concepts
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment esserdk was starred esserdk was unstarred
    Image of spannu spannu
    11/01/09


    @njdevil: The first thing I thought of was a little less useful. #concepts
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/01/09

    @spannu: 36 inches?! Hot damn. #concepts
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    11/01/09

    @njdevil: It's not the size of your lanyard! It's how you use it! #concepts
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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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    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 CoHPhasor CoHPhasor
    10/11/09

    In reply to Yet Another PSPGo Mod Blinds You With LEDs
    When are noobs going to stop throwing LEDs into shit?
    They're the script-kiddies of modding.
    Go online -
    Pester people about the amount of power in device -
    pester more people about the brightest LEDs -
    find LED power calculator -
    Brag incessantly about your nigh unusable device.
    *sigh*
     Reply
    dingus promoted this comment CoHPhasor was starred CoHPhasor was unstarred
    Image of twilight-arc twilight-arc
    10/04/09

    In reply to Simple PSPGo Mod Hides High Price, Screen Behind Blindingly Bright Bank of LEDs
    Ars Technica didn't have much to say about the PSPGo:

    [arstechnica.com]

    Some of the issues there are really incredible. For example, 1GB game downloads, but only a 802.11b wireless connection!?
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    Image of LittleJon LittleJon
    10/04/09

    In reply to Simple PSPGo Mod Hides High Price, Screen Behind Blindingly Bright Bank of LEDs
    This is probably the worst mod I've ever seen. Completely pointless!

    If someone has gone to the trouble (and voided the warranty) of opening the thing up, it would seem worthwhile doing a little more than just wiring up some LEDs!

    It qualifies as a mod about as much as sticking rhinestones to the case.
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment LittleJon was starred LittleJon was unstarred
    Image of Z Naught Z Naught
    10/04/09

    @LittleJon: You obviously don't understand the point of modding do you? It's not always about function or practicality, but about having fun and feeling proud of what you created/modded.

    You say its not much more of a mod than putting rhinestones? Well I think you voided your own argument in the paragraph prior to that one. He actually had to wire the LEDs up, find room for them, cut holes in the damn thing.
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    danger the pirate approved this comment Z Naught was starred Z Naught was unstarred
    Image of LittleJon LittleJon
    10/04/09

    @Z Naught: As an electronics engineer, I can tell you that wiring up a few LEDs is no big deal. It's a bit like saying that you did some home improvement because you changed the toilet roll!
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    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    10/04/09

    In reply to Simple PSPGo Mod Hides High Price, Screen Behind Blindingly Bright Bank of LEDs
    What the shit is the point of that?
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    05/31/09

    In reply to PSP Go Leaked: Slider With 16GB of Flash Storage and Bluetooth
    seems small and convenient. no one seemed to bitch when nintendo came out with a smaler DS
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