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Minutes spent missing Facebook since quitting 4 days ago: 0. Minutes spent missing how easy it is to keep in touch with everybody: more. But so far it feels worth it. Still waiting for you, Diaspora.
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HDMI hmm
I’ve been saying for ages that Monster cables exist only to part retards from their money, but even I have to admit I didn’t know much about HDMI. Here’s the HDGuru with more.
Inside the HDMI cable scam
Choosing the HDTV that’s right for you
For example, HDMI cables, no matter what the box says, only push 60Hz. For someone who fights nausea staring at a 60Hz CRT monitor for too long, that’s a revelation. The important distinction is that there’s none of the brain-melting flicker of CRTs in LCD technology, so a 60Hz pipe is apparently fine for anything all the way up to 1080p 3D.
That said, TVs abound with Hz ranges from 60 all the way up to 480. I don’t pretend to follow how these two technologies play together, but I do know that moving objects (or a panning perspective) look better on higher speed (Hz = refresh rate) screens. Or do they? Consider this:
For the best LCD picture, either traditional or LED backlit, choose one with either a 120Hz or 240Hz refresh rate. However, all 1080p plasma sets produce artifact free, full 1080 line motion resolution. Panasonic’s V and Z series plasmas offer a 96Hz refresh rate that produces images free of the judder found in all 60 Hz panels (plasma and LCD) without the artifacts associated with 120/240Hz LED/LCDs.
(from Choosing the HDTV that’s right for you)
Fascinating.
how did I miss this revolution?
Apparently back at the end of July, when I was travelling hither and yon, the Library of Congress gave the ok to jailbreaking iPhones. This doesn’t mean Apple has to make it easy, and it still might brick your phone (backups, people!), but it does mean a certain legitimization for the underground heroes at Dev Team.
Jailbreaking used to be a hair-raising adventure, requiring some delicate fiddling, and there was just no way to know what would happen to your baby. Now, it’s a swipe gesture and you’re done.
There can still be speedbumps, like losing your Facetime functionality, but the Dev Team has always moved pretty fast, and sure enough, it’s never long before they fix a thing… or improve on the original, such as making Facetime available over 3G. Hot. Then again, That’s what Fring does, multi-platform and no jailbreak required. So I’m still left with the one shining reason to jailbreak – ditching AT&T.
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