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SSDs save battery power, right? Wrong. {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2008 5:18PM Everyone who hasn't read the article just read this page instead:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hdd-battery,1955-13.html
Much better graph which shows actual mobilemark bettery runtime results. The graph engadget used is just the specs for power consumption for the drives tested, which is nearly meaningless if you read the article (it explains in detail why).
SSDs save battery power, right? Wrong. {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2008 5:14PM Read the article. It explains it much better than that graph does. Overall, the SSD's they tested drew more power in real-world applications than standard HDD's, mainly because they didn't have effective power saving features which result in them running at peak power nearly all of the time. A standard HDD runs at or near idle power consumption the vast majority of the time. While at peak consumption a HDD uses more power than a SSD, when you put them both in a real computer and test them the SSD draws more on average.
LG to halt production of Super Blu combo players, launch Blu-ray deck this year {Engadget HD}
May 14th 2008 12:57PM It is officially only 1.1 at the moment but it should be able to fully support 2.0 with additonal firmware. It meets every profile 2.0 hardware requirement, assuming that you stick some memory in the USB slot.
And like others have said, I have the player as well and it is great. I initially bought the Samsung BD-UP5000 back in December but sold it since they never made the audio decoding work. At the moment, the BH200 can bitstream both TrueHD and DTS-HD MA and can internally decode TrueHD (no DTS-HD MA yet). This is better than any other combo player, and better than most other current standalone players.
Sealife DC800 underwater camera goes deep, stays dry {Engadget}
Apr 29th 2008 5:42PM Sounds like a decent deal for an entry level setup. I started off shooting a similar (though only 4MP) Olympus with a housing. Now on the other hand, addiction has gripped me and I take my Canon 5D SLR underwater. As the previous poster said, housings for cameras like that run in the thousands. Hell, I don't think there's a single component (camera, lens, housing, strobe) in my current setup, besides maybe a lens port, which is less than the cost of this entire rig. So from that perspective it's a great deal. Slap a strobe of some sort on it and you're in even better shape.
Samsung delays fourth gen BD-P1500 Blu-ray player, adds BD-Live {Engadget}
Apr 23rd 2008 4:13PM Why? There are currently players, or will be within the next couple months, that are much more capable than the PS3 (more robust feature-sets, bitstreaming, analog outs, better scaling, etc...) and at or below its price point. I agree that the PS3 is a great value if you are interested in it as a game console as well, but if you aren't then there are (or soon will be) better/cheaper options out there.
Samsung delays fourth gen BD-P1500 Blu-ray player, adds BD-Live {Engadget}
Apr 23rd 2008 2:56PM The PS3 can't and won't ever be able to bitstream audio to be externally decoded. It also lacks a display, a remote, analog outputs, and is relatively loud. If you're cool with all that then more power to you.
Video: the PS3 Laptop in action {Engadget}
Apr 11th 2008 4:24PM Oops, accidental post via silly credential manager. Please disregard. :)
Video: the PS3 Laptop in action {Engadget}
Apr 11th 2008 4:21PM The answer is because when the screen inevitably gets scratched up, it's much cheaper to replace a $10-40 case or screen film than the actual iPhone screen, or more likely the phone itself.
Ivyskin's Xylo T2 case engulfs your iPhone, doesn't inhibit touchscreen use {Engadget}
Apr 10th 2008 3:57PM The answer is because when the screen inevitably gets scratched up, it's much cheaper to replace a $10-40 case or screen film than the actual iPhone screen, or more likely the phone itself.
Copulare's $2,350 iCoral iPod dock is just as absurd as you think {Engadget}
Apr 7th 2008 11:41PM @GPS
Trust me, reefs are not "preserved" nearly enough. I dive all over the world and many of them are in pretty poor condition (even the ones in marine parks or preservations). Overfishing, coral damage, pollution, and global warming all contribute. The ones in the best shape are simply the ones which are farthest from large numbers of people. Ask anybody that dove 20+ years ago and still dives today and they'll tell you that the conditions of most tropical reefs are not good compared to their condition in the recent past.
