DL.TV

episode 67 (1x67)

: 06, 2006

News: * FBI/AG Wants ISPs to Keep Your Web Usage Records for Two Years! (AOL, Microsoft, Google, Verizon, Comcast and more!) * Viewer Question: Is BellSouth blocking MySpace and YouTube? HowTo/Product Help: * Thinking about buying a new PC? You might want to wait till July. * Intel's new Core2Duo and Core2Extreme chips promise to wipe the floor with anything you can buy today. * ExtremeTech's Loyd Case has done the benchmarking and has some buying advice! Viewer Questions: * Tim from San Jose, CA asks "What happend to the pictures, or better yet, videos of Robert Heron's infamous HD lab? What kind of PLASMA, DLP, LCD, or SED (yes SED) displays, is Robert playing 5th Element on? * Brian says "My dad is asking me for advice on a good 50" plasma for a new home we are building. I'd like 1008P support. What's best deal out there in the $2k to $4k range? * Bill asks "When I plug my new HDTV into the computer, I only get 800x600 or 1024x768. Are there drivers I can download to get a 16:9 resolution? I hate the stretched video I'm getting now!" * Jon from Oceanside, CA says "I saw your recent episode where a user posed a question about the life of span of CD's. We use archive grade CD's with a gold reflective layer that have an estimated life expectancy of 300 years. Check out MAM Archive Grade CD-R and DVD-R media. * Paul from Toronto, Canada wonders if we "know of any good bluetooth gamepads that will work with my PowerBook? I'm looking for something that looks nice and is comfortable." This is the only one we've seen, it'd designed to wrap around a cell phone. Anybody have a better option? * Michael was "wondering why Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose on Diggnation talk openly about software piracy and hacking, and while you guys seem almost scared to talk about it. Both of you have sponsors, what/s the deal?" Truth is, neither DL.TV or Diggnation is gonna tell you how to crack copy protected material!