These sound really interesting. My only issue is that if I run my optical cable from my xbox to the headphone unit, how will I listen to audio when I want to use my normal 5.1 system? Is there an optical pass-through?
I am very interested in hearing about the Astros -- I have been in the market for a few months for a wireless headphone however I am also quite dumb when it comes to this. I have a 360, HDTV using a Xbox wireless adapter.
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The Astro A40s are still wired, but are quite nice. I've had a pair since they first came out & found them to be very comfortable, plus they put out some great sound. Their customer support group is also quite friendly.
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The headset itself has an option for a 10 ft cable. If you have the mixamp as well, it connects via toslink to the system, so however long of an optical cable you feel like having.
I originally got the a40s for my pc, but since i game more on the 360 now, it lets me play later at night without pulling too much wife aggro. ;)
I bought a set of one of their older wireless models a couple years ago. The sound was OK, but when you tried to use them with Xbox live the things went to shit. I could either hear my teammates or the game, not both. (and no, this was not a settings issue). They were a huge waste of money.
I'm really glad to hear they have gotten better. Are the chat/sound effect issues gone?
So far I've seen the specs, the pictures, the reviews, and the insides. Now all I need is to try one out for myself. If I have a good experience from that, Apple will be getting my money.
:)
The i7 tech looks pretty impressive. I will most likely building a Windows 7 box with i7 as well.
@Razta: you have to push it fast. the faster you push it, the faster it goes. It's like doing the bonus stage in street fighter 2 with E-honda or Chun-li (or Blanka. but nobody picks Blanka.)
@Razta: In a lot of cases, yes. My 286 had a Turbo switch instead of a button, but it would double the speed of the CPU from 8MHz to 16MHz.
Ultimate POWAH!
@dragon: ONE: Even on their dumbphones the interface is horrible, I switched from a Voyager to the Rouge and I couldn't do anything as easily as on the Voyager...good thing I manned up and just got the Droid
Users are finding there's a glitch in the software (1.3.1) that seems to cause the slowness and jitters. The current answer sucks (run the Pixi on 1xRTT only). An emergency update from Palm could likely fix it.
Screwing with the one at the Sprint store, I can say it does bear out. Switching to 1xRTT makes the software snappy, though not the internets. #palmpixireview
What is the Pixi even trying to be? Centro replacement/entry level smartphone, sure, but really the Pre should have knocked down to $100. Bingo. The Pre could be the cheap phone which would open up a hole in the line-up for a more professional model. Throw a webOS phone with the Droid's form factor for $150 into the mix and you now have a line-up to compete with everyone. And thus ends my rant on what Palm's doing wrong this time. #palmpixireview
Ha. At the Sprint Store trying the Pixi and this is the article I find...
Regarding the stutteriness, this came up today on PreCentral forums today. There's something wrong with the radio programming that makes it trip out. Setting to Evdo or 1x only makes it smooth as butter. I just did it to their display model.
Glitches suck and this thing has um. The brightness keeps changing too. Hope Giz revisits after an update. #palmpixireview
@Fractal the Meek: the brightness changing that you're seeing is the ambient light sensor adjusting the display for "proper viewing" a bit annoying on my pre but i deal with it. #palmpixireview
@victorkruger: Naw, there's another 1.3.1 glitch Pixi users were seeing. It was flickering back and forth more than the Pre was and without cause. Sensor needs re-tweaking. #palmpixireview
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The Astro A40s are still wired, but are quite nice. I've had a pair since they first came out & found them to be very comfortable, plus they put out some great sound. Their customer support group is also quite friendly.
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The headset itself has an option for a 10 ft cable. If you have the mixamp as well, it connects via toslink to the system, so however long of an optical cable you feel like having.
I originally got the a40s for my pc, but since i game more on the 360 now, it lets me play later at night without pulling too much wife aggro. ;)
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I'm really glad to hear they have gotten better. Are the chat/sound effect issues gone?
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The i7 tech looks pretty impressive. I will most likely building a Windows 7 box with i7 as well.
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So the new feature is Turbo?
Meh. My old PC had Turbo. It's nice to see that the new iMacs can keep up with a 386/20 with 8MB of RAM.
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Did it actually do a damn thing other than light up a idiot light?
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Ultimate POWAH!
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I'd rather use one of these #samsungbeholdii
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Just like every other Samsung I've had to deal with - a pain in the ass UI making everything more difficult. #samsungbeholdii
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Oh, and 'rugged' my arse, it went through a washing machine and didn't survive. #samsungbeholdii
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#samsungbeholdii
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Users are finding there's a glitch in the software (1.3.1) that seems to cause the slowness and jitters. The current answer sucks (run the Pixi on 1xRTT only). An emergency update from Palm could likely fix it.
Screwing with the one at the Sprint store, I can say it does bear out. Switching to 1xRTT makes the software snappy, though not the internets. #palmpixireview
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Regarding the stutteriness, this came up today on PreCentral forums today. There's something wrong with the radio programming that makes it trip out. Setting to Evdo or 1x only makes it smooth as butter. I just did it to their display model.
Glitches suck and this thing has um. The brightness keeps changing too. Hope Giz revisits after an update. #palmpixireview
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