DL.TV

episode 82 (1x82)

Air date: Aug 01, 2006

Stuff: * Ageia's PhysX physics accelerator for gaming. Worth the $300, or spend you gaming dollar elsewhere? * Belkin's Wireless G Travel Router: a palm full o' 802.11g routery goodness (The Linksys WTR54GS Wireless-G Travel Router with SpeedBooster is pretty sweet, too. * Yes, Adam, the US gets a lot of the cool cell phones well after they've hit the streets in the UK or Japan... and 550 (US $1040) sounds steep to us for a PS3 pre-order. * And for everybody that's emailing... yup, November 17th is the US release date for the PS3. We forgot. 802.11n: * "Should I buy a wireless router now or wait for the real 802.11n?" asks Hal from Sioux Falls, SD. * The answer depends on whether it's for a business that needs industry standards, or if it's for use just in your home... and, yes, there is a performance difference between Pre-n and Draft-n& and both smoke 802.11g. Questions for the DL.TV Crew: * No HyperTerminal in Vista? Mark's looking for a "good open source terminal emulator" to replace it when connecting to the console ports on routers and switches. * Know a good open source/ad-free utility for printing PDF files? email Robert! News: * E3 Downsizing: The biggest party in gaming is going small. * Dell Investigates Second Laptop Fire * Hi-Def Add-On Coming for iPod: why? * Animaniacs Vol 1 on DV.... woot! Iceland: * Baldwin from Iceland was miffed, but we're cool now He thought we were mocking Iceland's broadband penetration in episode 81. * No way. We love Iceland! We were mocking US broadband penetration!(Tho wiring a country of 300,000 is easier than wiring a country of 300,000,000!) * Iceland's EVE isn't quite #2 behind WoW in popularity: check out MMOGCHART to find out just how many folks are playing your favorite massively multiplayer online game