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REPORT: Subaru considering using more CVTs {Autoblog}
Sep 8th 2009 9:28PM the appearance is bad, but what's ugly is with the CVT.
from the spec from subaru
6speed manual: CONTINUOUS all wheel drive
CVT: ACTIVE all wheel drive
Beyond Redline dissects Hyundai Genesis Coupe's new 2.0T motor {Autoblog}
Mar 10th 2009 12:29AM actually, the basic engine design was done by hyundai, and the design was licensed to the GEMA; however, head design, intake port, valve timing, oil pan, manifold, oil pump were designed (or localized) by each three companies.
the whole story of GEMA was that mitsu had a financial problems and DMX refused to fund mitsu further; mitsu used its old connections in hyundai to accelerate the development. that's when hyundai's i4's basic design was chose to be the basis for the design.
engines from all three are different enough to be their own; however, calling the block sourced from mitsu is pushing it as the blocks were almost entirely designed by hyundai
Purported Dell 23-inch SP2309 LCD monitor leaked, tasty specs and all {Engadget}
Nov 9th 2008 6:36PM you got it right according to the Candian dell website; not sure where engadget got the 80k:1 contrast ratio & 98% NTSC color specs...
Image Contrast Ratio 1000:1 (dynamic)
Image Max H-View Angle 160
Image Max V-View Angle 160
it i were you, i would get a samsung (for me having a webcam without a cover is a big negative; think about the security issues..)
Multi-finger MacBook trackpad gestures demonstrated on video {Engadget}
Oct 15th 2008 10:55AM one to four finger gestures from apple? i thought one way to do it makes simpler & intuitive just like one button mouse from apple.
perhaps apple should make one button laptop...from a to z to make it simpler & no confusion...one click=>a two clicks=>b etc
Sigma's DP2 compact with DSLR-sized sensor gets even better {Engadget}
Sep 23rd 2008 7:39AM the problem of dp1 was the ultra slow auto focus even in sunny so-cal day time & even worse raw processing. dp1 practically shut itself down while writing raw to sd card.
if sigma improved the auto focus's reliability & speed to near the other dslr & raw writing speed, i might consider it again.
even with a big lens, it's noise was there...a lot more than it should have
WD and Fujitsu could offer 1TB 2.5-inch HDDs in 2010, sun could rise tomorrow {Engadget}
Sep 12th 2008 5:58PM samsung might be the first one to release in 9.5mm 5400rpm format if recent fall of CEO is not affecting them much. other than samsung, hdd makers better be working hard to improve the capacity as ssds are coming to replace them.
Sony delivers the first 240Hz LCDs November 10 {Engadget HD}
Aug 29th 2008 1:08AM samsung is not switching pva to ips; pva has its own advantage over ips in terms of contrast ratio (black is blacker than ips, too) & response time (i am not talking about lags though; lag & response time are two different things) (other than TN, CPA which Sharp is using is the worst of all...pron to backlight leak & poor contrast ratio & angle compare to pva & ips)
your dlp example in lcd world is called color filterless lcd which only samsung demonstrated before, but it was not perfect. it can make panel processing simpler & brighter (as not much are blocked), but this is still working progress. of course, led backlight would be needed.
back to samsung's 240hz lcd technology which utilize so called blue phase lcd; a special case of lcd phase that is more stable than more common single axial lcd; because this structure is far more stable, it can switch in phases far faster than a sigle axial lcd. thus, it can provide faster response time in brutal force.
so why do we want to have 240hz motion estimation other than bragging rights? well, if there are faster motions in scenes, without motion estimation engine that can insert missing scenes in between two key frames (recorded), motion artifacts will be introduced. with well designed motion estimations, artifacts might be reduced considerably that the perceived video quality could be better even though eyes might not be able to follow frames faster than 60hz.
will i pay extra for this feature...probably not....however, this motion estimation can also introduce artifacts....this would probably work better with 240hz blue phase mode lcd panels.
as long as sony & sammy are in love, we will likely to see bluMotionFlow240 in 2011
so far, i think oled will not replace lcd in a big screen tv market anytime soon
Sony unveils world's thinnest LCD HDTV - 9.9mm KDL-40ZX1 {Engadget}
Aug 29th 2008 12:35AM chris4, you need to get the fact right
s-lcd was, indeed, a joint venture between samsung and sony, but sony was only investing in samsung to get lcd panel supplied in sony's spec; all the developments & manufacturing were done by samsung. if you open up most of sony lcd tvs (especially high end models), it will say samsung rather than s-lcd. whether the panels were branded as s-lcd or samsung; they are samsung panels. you just don't image samsung panels in sony tvs
of course, the lcd panel isn't everything about tv...just an important part of tv; that's all.
Sony delivers the first 240Hz LCDs November 10 {Engadget HD}
Aug 28th 2008 6:26AM it appears engadget hired less than competent writers; samsung's 240hz lcd was the lcd panel that can respond in 240hz manner (true 4ms response NOT gray to gray 4ms overdriven lcd panels)
what this is the motion estimation technology that generates two in-between frames to make motions appear smoother NOT lcd capable of running at truly 240hz; no current production lcd technology can really running that fast.
Sony unveils world's thinnest LCD HDTV - 9.9mm KDL-40ZX1 {Engadget}
Aug 28th 2008 6:20AM since 40" lcd is made only by samsung, will we see thin lcd tv announcement from samsung, too?
i wonder this tv's stand includes electronics like sony's oled tv
