"Both devices also boast a 65x optical zoom"

65x optical zoom.......................what is this thing.....Hubble?

I think these companies (the ones having trouble) would stand a better chance of getting market share if they cut out the BS. Denon selling a CAT5 cable for $499.99.......I lost all respect for them the day I saw that, to the extent of maybe not choosing Denon for my next upgrade. This coming from someone with mostly Denon equipment at present and is very happy with its performance.

They are all guilty of it. While it may have washed in the 90's to sell $500/Meter speaker cable, it is now 2009 and we have something called the internet to aid our research. The average consumer today is streets ahead of the average consumer from the 90's and can for the most part see through BS marketing.

Of course there will always be a market for unidirectional SPDIF connections............for those with their heads up their arse.

It is 21Mbps shared among all the users on that cell, in big cities it will be next to useless.

gdgt podcast,
engadget podcast
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast from BBC/PRI/WGBH

All very good

Christmas is no excuse you lazy bums!

Have a good one!

:-)

Be Broadband is UP TO 24Mb, unless you live in the exchange you will never see that speed, the max would be around 16Mb if you lived next door.

The service Virgin is offering is 50Mb, plain and simple. no UP TO bull crap............its not without restrictions however, you can only download at 50Mb in small amounts/night time.

Bloody hell mate! Do you work for Sky or have I just come across the very first Sky Fanboy?

Get a grip will you, Sky were offered and pushed towards going HD/part HD when they changed to Digital on 1st October 1998.....they choose not to take that route because they knew they could sell a standard product for years to come at an inflated price.

As such, with no way of delivering HD content, broadcasters had no reason to produce in HD.

You could argue that its a chicken and egg situation, but you would be wrong. What happened as soon as Sky took the jump (something they did because of the sales of HDTV's were increasing, not because they were bothered about "moving things forward") Yes thats right my friend, broadcasters started producing in H bloody D (HD).

The blame for the UK and Irelands (let us not forget its 99% the same service in ROI) piss poor selection of HD is not that there are only circa 70million people on the two islands, no, its down to Sky milking the customer and not giving a toss (same crappy EPG for the last 10 years is a great example).............and why do they not give a toss? Simple, there is no competition here, Virgin are only now getting their act together (NTL were a joke). FreeView is non HD thus far.

And making the point about not being enough people for the broadcasters is total rubbish, have you seen how much the Premier League gets for their TV rights, the money is up there with any other sport in the world.

By the way if you do work for Sky, please for the love of Homer, sort out your bloody EPG, I am pretty sure I could write a better one at this stage.

Love the colour........


Is that your home Steve?

Would be interesting to see yours and Bens home set up......would help (me at least) to get a picture when the two of you talk about your set ups on the podcasts....

Is it just me or is the guy in front of the camera a little bit creepy? I am sure he is a fine chap but seems like he is getting a little aroused at some points.....

How is 7 "Awesome" ?

I have been having a little play and it doesnt seem that much different to Vista.........

Am I missing something?