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Kal
Member Since Mar 4th, 2006

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LCD price drops could be ending soon

Aug 2nd 2006 12:20AM on Engadget HD

I dont quite follow..

There's a huge glut of panels but the prices will not be coming down as much as they used to.. whats the causal connection?

thanks

$500 PS3 to lack HDMI, WiFi, card reader

May 9th 2006 4:30AM on Engadget

For those saying that non-HDMI (thus non-HDCP) means no HD movies, that is wrong.

No HDMI means that you cannot watch HD over Digital connections, but you can still watch HD over component.

Its ICT that causes downrez to SD. For now, BD movies dont have ICT turned on. If and when ICT is used by studios, then worry about it.

If you are watching a movie over a digital connection w/o HDCP, you get a blank screen.

The Real Reason Behind Apple's Boot Camp

Apr 5th 2006 9:52PM on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

"If you look at it aright, this basically forces a day-by-day eval of OS X vs. Windows."

Good point, dude.

Can boot-camp (theoretically) support Vista eventually when it comes out? Cos Leopard and Vista are gonna be released fairly close to each other..

Eurotech WWPC for wrist-top computing

Mar 15th 2006 1:44AM on Engadget

Their website doesnt claim it to be a concept, its LinuxDevices' misreading of the pdf file on their site.

It seems to be fully functional..

cheers

New Macs connecting to HDTVs: they just work

Mar 7th 2006 6:12AM on Engadget HD

I see, Ben. In that case, well done Apple.

i understand now why you so appreciate the ease of use. For a CRT, its a boon.

New Macs connecting to HDTVs: they just work

Mar 6th 2006 8:57PM on Engadget HD

One more thing, my HDTV accepts 480p, 720p and 1080i, but I run it at 1280 by 768 (native rez). And it just worked, like I said earlier.

My point is that I did not use any of the supported resolutions. As long as an HDTV has a digital display, XP + DVI seems to easily adapt to the Native rez of the panel.

May I ask whether your Mac works if you use the native rez of your panel, assuming again that it has one.

New Macs connecting to HDTVs: they just work

Mar 6th 2006 8:53PM on Engadget HD

I see your point now, didnt read the bit about the tv being only 1080i. If i try that, will let you know. Glad for you that Apple took appropriate care of HTPC users.

One question, does the image seem "solid"? As in typically progressive?

How does a desktop get converted to interlaced and then converted back to progressive since i am guessing your HDTV display is non-crt.

New Macs connecting to HDTVs: they just work

Mar 4th 2006 11:59PM on Engadget HD

I have connected (prev) a Dell XP laptop and presently a HP MCE to my LCD (via DVI) and in both cases, the Windows resolution panel offered me the 1280 by 768 option which is the TV's native resolution.

Note that this option is not normally available in the laptop (and I am guessing, neither in the HP). So, yes there is some communication from display to PC.

Thus, it works quite painlessly in the Windows world too (when dealing with DVI).

As an aside, nothing like a massive desktop =)

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

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