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episode 190 (1x190)
Udgivelsesdato: Aug 09, 2007
STUFF
• Shacknews posted a story about Microsoft announcing a price drop for the premium edition of the Xbox 360 to $350 from its original price of $400. Also mentioned was the inclusion of an HDMI port on the newly re-priced premium models going forward. So if you¹re hunting for an HDMI Xbox 360 this weekend check the box before you buy it and double check the inclusion of HDMI.
• Leander from North Carolina sent some great pictures of LAN event hosted by the Appalachian State University Gaming Club. Lots of people, PCs and pizza.
• A bunch of you send emails about last week's question on using PDAs in lieu of a laptop to take notes in college classes. Many were, surprisingly, in favor of using them and a few recommending SmartPhones as another alternative.
• ExtremeTech's, Jason Cross, came on to dispel the FUD surround the recent SIGGRAPH announcement by Microsoft about DirectX 10.1 and its incompatibility with current DirectX 10 hardware.
• San Jose is known for many things including inspiring a Dionne Warwick song and Silicon Valley but car racing!? That's right the San Jose Gran Prix was in town and we sent a crew down to cover the event.
• Another installment of Scott's 3 games in 3 minutes, with titles that you'll either love, hate or like in a purely plutonic sense: First is PicrossDS, second is Threadspace Hyperbol and last is Alien Syndrome for the Wii. Which do you think was the one that sucked?!
• Make use of your DV camera as a data storage device. That's right thanks the coding work found in Firestreamer and DV Backup you can backup data to a DV, DVCAM or MiniDV tape.
• Anthony liked the THX certification that Robert discussed in last week's show that it was wondering what other HDTV technical certifications he should consider getting. Robert gave several options including Home Acoustics Alliance, Imaging Science and of course the THX Training course.
• Bart and Walter were the first to point out that the latest version of
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