* Posts by jib

5 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Dec 2013

T-Mobile US finally lets websites escape Binge On's web vid crusher

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Re: Mixed messages from the Chocolate factory

If you are watching on a 5.5 inch 1440p screen strapped to your face with a GearVR or similar, 480P is going to look like your watching the world with a MindCraft filter on.

Dolby Atmos is coming home and it sounds amazing

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It Can

It can, http://www.qsound.com/demos/binaural-audio.htm

but I guess most people don't wand to have to wear headphones when they are watching their home theatre.

The Binaural barber shop demo makes my neck tickle when he is using the clippers, weird.

Peak thumb drive is coming in 2016

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Yeah, The other day I was downloading Bluray movies from the internet quicker then I could copy them to my 16GB usb Thumb drive/Memory Stick/UFD. Crazy how fast a good internet connection has gotten vs usb 2. Defo need to get myself a usb3 one.

Ghosts of Christmas Past: Ten tech treats from yesteryear

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LaserVision

LaserVision! I used to love watching flight of Dragons on this baby.

A VHS copy would definitely have worn out the amount of times we watched it but good old LaserVision was as clear as day.

My family was the only one I ever knew who own one (becasue my was one of the earliest geeks) it is no wonder it never took off it was well before its time.

Lightning strikes USB bosses: Next-gen jacks will be REVERSIBLE

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FAIL

"Lightning is much improved" if you mean it is smaller and reversable yes,but it is still using USB 2 a 12 year old connection technology!

Why o why not use USB 3 which is 10x faster and has been out since 2008 :(