This my rant/response to this Yahoo! Tech article:
As the technology fades, plasma TVs see huge discounts - Yahoo! Tech
Mon Jul 6, 2009 5:08PM EDT
I'm really sick of LCD lobbyist, pretending that LCD's are better than Plasma displays, even high end LCDs have trouble with fast motion and viewing angles. LCD supporters keep touting their just one advantage i.e.: 'power consumption' and the difference is not as big as its marketed to be. LCDs still suck at picture quality where it counts!
Thats why the industry killed CRTs, because they couldn't make high margin profits off them anymore, even though they still have the best picture, and now they're doing it to Plasma displays.
Plasmas can easily handle fast motion like CRTs, for real Blacks (Not LCD's fake Greys), Sports, Games etc, they have very wide viewing angles, unlike LCDs, where even at 10 degrees colors start looking different.
Only thing annoying about Plasma displays is their front glass which is no different than CRT's glass and matters little unless you have a lamp shining directly in front of it. Most of the good Plasma displays are coated with anti-reflective material these days.
Sorry to say people, you pay high dollar for crappy displays when you buy LCDs. Damn the false marketing!
Kudos to Panasonic, Samsung and Hitachi for their good Plasma displays.
Yahoo! Tech people, please don't rehash press releases, but do some research first, like:
Refs:
LCD-Plasma Display Technology Shoot-Out - ExtremeTech.com
Plasma display - Wikipedia
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
VLC media player for Nokia Symbian S60
VLC code porting has begun! Symbian developers please contribute, Symbian OS users Please spread word of this project!
Project : VLC Port For Symbian OS
http://web.mahaserver.com/mahashare.php?id=311
VLC media player for Symbian - Early Alpha files
http://www.4shared.com/dir/17210271/c211d405/sharing.html
Discussion theard at VLC forums
VLC Media Player support for Symbian OS
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=23646&highlight=nokia
Discussion theard at Symbian-Freak.com
http://www.symbian-freak.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26819&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Friday, May 29, 2009
Friday, November 28, 2008
PPTP VPN Clent for (Nokia) Symbian S60 3rd edition
I rather get a free app from Nokia than pay for some thrid party app, which should’ve been part of the package from the start. But I found a PPTP VPN Clent for (Nokia) Symbian S60 (3rd edition).
SymVPN 1.00 for S60 3rd edition
SymVPN - Compatible Devices
SymVPN - FAQ
€29.95 EUR is definitely not a reasonable price for it...
Update : If the app included OpenVPN/SSL support this price and app would be perfect. However that might not happen because OpenVPN is Open Source and SymVPN is not.
SymVPN 1.00 for S60 3rd edition
SymVPN - Compatible Devices
SymVPN - FAQ
€29.95 EUR is definitely not a reasonable price for it...
Update : If the app included OpenVPN/SSL support this price and app would be perfect. However that might not happen because OpenVPN is Open Source and SymVPN is not.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Nokia E71 - Pros & Cons
After using my new Nokia E71 for a few days these are my thoughts...
Pros
Hardware:
1. Superb battery life.
2. Build quality is reference standard, very well designed.
3. Slim balanced form factor, weight/size ratio really helps in one hand typing.
4. WiFi/WLAN, FM, GPS, 3G.
5. Big enough screen.
Software:
1. Very fast OS and fast user interface.
2. Last.FM Mobbler and Nokia Internet Radio apps shine on the E71.
3. Symbian S60 vast apps ecosystem is the key.
Cons
Hardware:
1. No option to buy non-regionalized (keyboard) models. Arabic (in White, easy to see) with English (in Blue, very hard to see) is really killing the expereince for me. Will replace keypad with aftermarket keypad first chance I get.
2. Keyboard keys could've been slightly larger, but this debate will never stop. My opinion Blackberry got the sweet spot right, just copy that!
3. Fingerprints, smudges dirty the entire sharp look of the phone.
4. Loudspeaker should've been louder and stereo. They help in noisy biz situations too.
5. A gig or two of user storage would've been more pratical for a device like this. Memory's already cheap enough.
6. Atleast 384MB or 512MB SDRAM, face it its already a computer.
7. I'm also annoyed by a backlight bleed, between the LCD and top keys. I don't mind the backlight bleed so much, if it was an even bleed, it looks like Nokia got some measurments wrong with the top left key.
Software:
1. Mobile VPN is crappy and useless, doesn't support the two big PPTP or OpenVPN technologies. That means I can't bypass blocks, as all my VoIP is useless because all VoIP SIP, Skype, Fring is actively blocked in the Middle East. Just port OpenVPN to S60 please!
2. S60 browser should be fully functional like desktop browsers.
3. Poor Codec support - Just port VLC media player already!
One big request...
Just port OpenVPN to S60 please! If Nokia supports PPTP, OpenVPN then we'll really save money with VoIP calls using this smartphone. Heck, version 1 iPhone already has this!
Pros
Hardware:
1. Superb battery life.
2. Build quality is reference standard, very well designed.
3. Slim balanced form factor, weight/size ratio really helps in one hand typing.
4. WiFi/WLAN, FM, GPS, 3G.
5. Big enough screen.
Software:
1. Very fast OS and fast user interface.
2. Last.FM Mobbler and Nokia Internet Radio apps shine on the E71.
3. Symbian S60 vast apps ecosystem is the key.
Cons
Hardware:
1. No option to buy non-regionalized (keyboard) models. Arabic (in White, easy to see) with English (in Blue, very hard to see) is really killing the expereince for me. Will replace keypad with aftermarket keypad first chance I get.
2. Keyboard keys could've been slightly larger, but this debate will never stop. My opinion Blackberry got the sweet spot right, just copy that!
3. Fingerprints, smudges dirty the entire sharp look of the phone.
4. Loudspeaker should've been louder and stereo. They help in noisy biz situations too.
5. A gig or two of user storage would've been more pratical for a device like this. Memory's already cheap enough.
6. Atleast 384MB or 512MB SDRAM, face it its already a computer.
7. I'm also annoyed by a backlight bleed, between the LCD and top keys. I don't mind the backlight bleed so much, if it was an even bleed, it looks like Nokia got some measurments wrong with the top left key.
Software:
1. Mobile VPN is crappy and useless, doesn't support the two big PPTP or OpenVPN technologies. That means I can't bypass blocks, as all my VoIP is useless because all VoIP SIP, Skype, Fring is actively blocked in the Middle East. Just port OpenVPN to S60 please!
2. S60 browser should be fully functional like desktop browsers.
3. Poor Codec support - Just port VLC media player already!
One big request...
Just port OpenVPN to S60 please! If Nokia supports PPTP, OpenVPN then we'll really save money with VoIP calls using this smartphone. Heck, version 1 iPhone already has this!
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