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negi wrote:Is Sharp still in the game their aqueous range used to be pretty good; afaik back in the days when Trinitron used to reign supreme only folks like Sharp, Phillips and Panasonic could compete with them.
I have a Sharp Aquos and it's been a disappointment. Volume is always low and it's had some flickering problems. I would not buy Sharp again.
So far, the best panels have been made by LG up to a certain size. Over 60" and Sharp panels are pretty good. Yes, your Aquos may have problems, but that is Sharp most likely using a cheap quality power supply, but the panel itself is probably still good. They are trying to cut corners to keep prices low to compete with the likes Sammy, LG and Vizio.
Reportedly, AAPL invested +$200 million in Sharp to keep them afloat to develop displays for their iDevices, but then Sammy turned around and bought 3% of Sharp stock. This way Sammy knows what AAPL is up to.
^^^Panasonic uses LG panels IIRC. You actually want no processing if your source is good. Just a high bit rate transmission via the HDMI connection. Under 50" most manufacturers are comparable. Above 50", displays use more current and picking one that will last a long time, that is one with a robust power supply requires some research. Over 60" my preference would be Sharp unless I was convinced otherwise.
If money was no object I would look at Runco or Mitsubishi as these calibrate the grey scale very well, but this doesn't mean much since display technology is always changing.
I need some help. SHQ is new to Bangalore and recently started working which includes lot of travel on Bangalore roads. Is there any app which I can install on her Android so that I can track her GPS location to make sure driver is taking her to correct route. Actualy the driver is also new and not much familier with Bangalore roads. I see there are some apps but they need both phone to be andriod but I am still using old Blackberry
mahadevbhu wrote:^^^ google location + friends etc. google it.
i tried Latitude, it doesnt work very well for me. MOst of the times updates are very old. I was thinking more like an application for family tracker or car tracker. Any feedback on those apps is highly appreciated.
Well. The oNLY fool proof way of doing this is to install a lojack or a gps tracker on your car from a trusted company....there are a few in the NCR area.
mahadevbhu wrote:Well. The oNLY fool proof way of doing this is to install a lojack or a gps tracker on your car from a trusted company....there are a few in the NCR area.
Thank you, I was trying to save few bucks using my wife's phone as gps
Thats why the latitude app does not work. Google does not want to be faced with a barrage of criticism and lawsuits.
As seen in the recent kidnapping of the CEO of Alcatel Lucent, the best way of tracking a vehicle is by a SIM card /GPS. And in his case...he tipped his wife off in code. Imagine if he wasnt able to do that...he would be in kidnappers possession right now.
Thus, having a lojack/gps installed on a car is a seriously good idea.
Singha wrote:japan is going to shift enmasse to a new HDTV ultra std and their cos expect to retain the usual edge in semicon physics , optics, and precision manufacturing and samsung is also a member of their circle now. protos are already showing.
The Japanese seem to be incredibly dumb in this and seem to be singularly unable to learn from their past mistakes. Case in point their play in cellphones. Circa 10 to 15 years ago, theirs was the most sophisticated cellphone (and general consumer electronics) play with services and stuff that was unavailable anywhere else in the world. Today, they are toast in the phone business and their consumer electronics business, with storied companies like sony and panasonic and sharp heading down to Pakistan.
The problem was that theirs was a closed and incredibly inwardly focused ecosystem and couldn't care what the rest of the world did. While it was great in keeping guys like GumBoot out, it got shellacked by the likes of Fruit and Chacha coming from the left field in terms of innovation and orchestrating a wider ecosystem play.
This ""Ultra HDTV" business seems to be a rinse and repeat of the failed Cellphone like play (which the Chinsese seem to be hell bent on copying in terms of business model) and destined to the dung heap in the long term (this seems exactly like the earlier analog based HDTV that japan had and went nowhere).
Don't write off Japanese, what changed their cell phone dominance was the introduction of the capactitative touchscreen by Apple. Ofcourse apart from the app store/itunes success story.
Singha wrote:japan is going to shift enmasse to a new HDTV ultra std and their cos expect to retain the usual edge in semicon physics , optics, and precision manufacturing and samsung is also a member of their circle now. protos are already showing.
The Japanese seem to be incredibly dumb in this and seem to be singularly unable to learn from their past mistakes. Case in point their play in cellphones. Circa 10 to 15 years ago, theirs was the most sophisticated cellphone (and general consumer electronics) play with services and stuff that was unavailable anywhere else in the world. Today, they are toast in the phone business and their consumer electronics business, with storied companies like sony and panasonic and sharp heading down to Pakistan.
The problem was that theirs was a closed and incredibly inwardly focused ecosystem and couldn't care what the rest of the world did. While it was great in keeping guys like GumBoot out, it got shellacked by the likes of Fruit and Chacha coming from the left field in terms of innovation and orchestrating a wider ecosystem play.
This ""Ultra HDTV" business seems to be a rinse and repeat of the failed Cellphone like play (which the Chinsese seem to be hell bent on copying in terms of business model) and destined to the dung heap in the long term (this seems exactly like the earlier analog based HDTV that japan had and went nowhere).
Don't write off Japanese, what changed their cell phone dominance was the introduction of the capactitative touchscreen by Apple. Ofcourse apart from the app store/itunes success story.
and that touchscreen was probably made to spec by a japanese co using japanese machines!
they are very insular when it comes to using open systems, pure software and leveraging the power of the crowd.
forever reduced to supplying picks and shovels while apple smokes a cigar and eats the fatter profits.
Don't think the Japanese had any hand at development of capacitative touch screen. Some info says CERN developed it, and GE built the process to manufacture it.
Singha wrote:per rumor on gizmodo , panasonic will exit the plasma TV business by 2014.
Plasma technology is expensive and power hungry, plus high-end LCD panels have now become quite good. Not as good as the best plasma sets, but good enough for decent black levels.
Pioneer Electronics left plasma a few years back and I think only Fujitsu and Samsung are left as the main plasma panel makers.
Singha wrote:per rumor on gizmodo , panasonic will exit the plasma TV business by 2014.
Plasma technology is expensive and power hungry, plus high-end LCD panels have now become quite good. Not as good as the best plasma sets, but good enough for decent black levels.
Pioneer Electronics left plasma a few years back and I think only Fujitsu and Samsung are left as the main plasma panel makers.
The power-hungry factoid is a myth.. I have a Panny ST50 and it doesn't raise the electricity bill more than 100-150 rupees on a total of 8-9k for the house over my former Philips 42" LCD.
DIdn't like the Air - SHQ has an rMBP, I can't stand OSX.. my entire workflow is Windows. Bootcamp is still not mature enough for me in terms of battery life in Windows.
Anybody ordered LeapMotion yet ? I saw it's demo video on interwebs and pre-ordered it. :-s
It'll start shipping in May. First time, I pre-ordered something.
jamwal wrote:Anybody ordered LeapMotion yet ? I saw it's demo video on interwebs and pre-ordered it. :-s
It'll start shipping in May. First time, I pre-ordered something.
If you have a touch screen laptop, why would you want one? Would it be precise enough for photo editing compared to something like a Wacom Interactive pen in the same price range?
jamwal wrote:Anybody ordered LeapMotion yet ? I saw it's demo video on interwebs and pre-ordered it. :-s
It'll start shipping in May. First time, I pre-ordered something.
Yeah I had a free one for a while since I consulted for them in a prior life. That broke so I have given it back and pre-ordered one from their site (though in my case they have nicely offered to pay the $80.- odd bucks ). I see a lot of use for this in automotive. Currently the company is in enabler/licensing mode but to really make impact they will need to do some exemplary verticals too.
Mort Walker wrote:
jamwal wrote:Anybody ordered LeapMotion yet ? I saw it's demo video on interwebs and pre-ordered it. :-s
It'll start shipping in May. First time, I pre-ordered something.
If you have a touch screen laptop, why would you want one? Would it be precise enough for photo editing compared to something like a Wacom Interactive pen in the same price range?
Leap Motion is for gestures (think Kinect for close-in interactions), its not meant to replace touch or pen both of which are fundamentally different input modalities.
I don't like laptops. Bought it for PC, probably a bit of gaming and the x-factor It'll be a great tool for designers though.
RB:
The commercial shipment models will be a bit different than what you had. According to those guys, a lot of developers are working to create new applications, drivers etc.
The HW is probably the same - its amazing how fast those got that up and running well. They did 1-2 rounds of shipping to devs 2H of last year so I am expecting some neat stuff beyond the cut the rope or fruit ninja stuff.
But Samsung's event wasn't strictly about Broadway-caliber entertainment — the goal was to launch the GS4 and show off its features, and much of the content was driven directly by the company's Korean headquarters. "This was very micromanaged," said Calhoun. "There wasn't a pair of socks worn that wasn't photographed, sent to Korea, and approved." And there was only a single complete walkthrough of the final show, as the final script wasn't completed until just before the event — Menchell wrote a new draft almost every day. "Ivan had the hardest job," said Calhoun. "Literally every day he had to turn in a completely new script."
I can just imagine.....a bunch of Korean old farts in suits sitting around a board room trying to re-write the script to be edgy and sexy.
What's with Sony selling prime real estate in NY and Tokyo and then leasing it back? I can understand a cash strapped company doing that, but Sony has 15-20 billion cash over and above its debut and payables. And it has pared down its losses considerably and it should be profitable soon.
^^^It just illustrates the control freak 'all decisions-handed-down-from-Korea' culture of Sammy. Doesn't work well when those making the decisions are bean counting suits.
Mort Walker wrote:^^^Your former LCD was CCFL which no one uses anymore. On LCD panels it's edge or full LED lighting. Take a look at its actual power supply rating.
Thank you for the link. More recent plasmas do use power more efficiently. That said, the Panny ST-50 has a 390 W rated power supply and a comparable 50" Panny LED lit LCD TV has 99 W rated power supply. When both are properly calibrated for color temperature, contrast (grey scale), and brightness, the plasma will use more power. I don't doubt the fantastic picture quality (especially the annoying lack of motion artifacts), but when you have device that uses more power, the power supply should have decent capacitors and it's design becomes important and if cheaply made will fail earlier.
Electricity cost increase = Rs. 150/month
Electricity unit cost = Rs. 10/KWHr
Electricity usage = 15 KWHr/month = 500 WHr/day
Assuming TV is on 4 hours each day = 125 W extra power.
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The Samsung Galaxy S 4 is twice as fast as the Samsung Galaxy S 3. Given that the Samsung Galaxy S 3 is less than a year old, that's a remarkable achievement. I am amazed at how quickly smartphone technology is improving.
^^^Benchmark is all fine and good but does it translate to buttery smooth UX or is it still the herky-jerky TouchWiz. My GSIIIs stutter quite a bit every now and then - feels like I am back in S60v3 land.
). I see a lot of use for this in automotive. Currently the company is in enabler/licensing mode but to really make impact they will need to do some exemplary verticals too.
It'll be a great tool for designers though.
And there was only a single complete walkthrough of the final show, as the final script wasn't completed until just before the event — Menchell wrote a new draft almost every day. "Ivan had the hardest job," said Calhoun. "Literally every day he had to turn in a completely new script."
