The bandwidth issue with optical is definately a problem with trying to do HD Audio.
I know that whenever you're working with LightPipe, you can multiplex up to eight channels over a single optical cable. The only problem is that once you start upping the bit depth and sample rate on the audio streams, you have to drop down the number of channels you're sending over the fiber.
For example, you can run eight channels of CD audio quality audio (16bit, 44.1Khz). B...
This kind of news is like the big news when scientists finished mapping the human genome... Didn't mean diddly squat to your average person, but the news had HUGE potential...
The fact that this IBM rendering toolkit is able to work in a distributed manner like this could lead to some really cool breakthroughs. Using a combination of this rendering software, and something like SGI's OpenGL VizServer to stream the output to consoles in people's living rooms could be huge...
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Paying $99 for a 20GB hard drive is nothing short of highway robbery... So, if you're already cool with getting ripped off on the 20GB drive, I guess the 120GB does look like a deal... ;-)
I wonder what Microsoft would do if somebody figured out how to put ANY 2.5" SATA hard drive in their enclosure? I only paid $140 for a 160GB 2.5" SATA hard drive, and that was almost six months ago...
C'mon Team Xecuter... I know you guys are working on this! ;-) And where's the 360 modchips already... XBox Media Center would be beyond awesome if ported to the 360's hardware...
Ahh... that would give a new meaning to the term Wiitard.. Here's your helmet... ;-)
"Microsoft (is like a drunk uncle, he`s fun to hang with, but he`s no one to look up to, he`s only concerned about fun in the moment, and if your not careful he might try to take advantage of ya)"
LOL, ROFL!!! Ahhh man... they don't "take advantage" of ya, they give you the "choice" to pay more for their system to get similar functionality to their competitor's offering... ;-)
Sony systems have ALWAYS had a slow start, only to end up turning out amazing games. The first year of ANY of Sony's systems has historically been slow. When the PS2 initially came out, it didn't have any games that were a "must have" for the system. Yet it still went on to sell over 100 million units. The PS2 received a good bit of bad press over failing hardware, yet it still ended up being one of the most successful consoles EVER.
Now with the PS3... It has ad...
"Blu Ray is not that big of a factor here. The PC games have far surpassed the console world and they still use DVD9's."
Yes, PC games are just recently getting to DVD9 discs... For the install media. Take a look at the size of the game once it's decompressed and installed... Not so tiny anymore...
"I’m not dissing the PS3 or Sony fans but all members of N4G know the facts behind the PS3 marketing and how untrue it has been to our hobby." ...
With Sony already manufacturing the Cell CPU's on a 65nm die process (and working on shrinking it down to a 45nm die process), they will achieve pretty significant component price drops. Also, the smaller chips require less power and less cooling than the original 90nm chips, which means even more components can be eliminated in the power supply and the cooling system. And if Sony can make the software backwards compatibility work out, then that's another cost reduction.
I ha...
Also, keep in mind that older movies on Blu-Ray will NOT show off what the format is capable of. The majority of the blu-ray re-releases were upscaled to fill out a 1080p display, which means that it will not look any better than playing a DVD on a GOOD upscaling DVD player. (Just like how some of the early DVD's didn't look that much better than the same movie on a GOOD VHS VCR)
Now newer movies? Absolutely no comparison between DVD and Blu-Ray on a 1080p display. Crank is...
DRM doesn't work... DRM protected music can STILL be pirated, DRM protected movies are STILL available on P2P networks. DRM has FAILED in doing the one thing that it was designed to do... Protect digital media...
Instead, all it really does is to make using digital media a serious pain in the a$$ for the end user. Just take a look into the types of issues that people run into with iPod's and other MP3 players trying to get things working...
I think that if th...
GameStop is offering $100 off a PS3 if you trade in the following:
WORKING PS2 console
Extra dualshock controller
8MB memory card.
This will give even more incentive for PS2 owners to step up to the PS3. I just wish they would carry more 20GB models in stock to bring down the price of entry for gamers...
If you had your choice between an Xbox 360 Deluxe for $400, or a PS3 20GB for $400. Or for that matter, a 360 Elite for $480, or a...
Be prepared to learn what the term "Guitar Hero Hand" is talking about... ;-)
Awesome game. I would definitely recommend checking it out.
A faster refresh screen (to get rid of the nasty ghosting you see in PSP games)
A better analog stick (at least something that feels more like the pointer nubs on laptops)
BETTER BATTERY LIFE (shrink the die size on the chips, go with a dual-core MIPS R4400 instead of two physical chips, go with an Organic Electro-Luminescent screen, or LED backlight for the LCD... SOMETHING to help with the battery life)
Faster UMD drive (UMD is now a two year ol...
October is going to be a great time to be a gamer... =)
GTA in HD... Mmmmmmmmm
The Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona Spain is doing something similar called ReacTable... Same concept, but the pucks control an analog synth...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
I want one SOOOOOO bad... ;-)
The only question is when broadcast technology (or bandwidth to stream over IP) will catch up with that kind of resolution...
I would LOVE to have one of those for a PC monitor though... ;-)
But definately, DEFINATELY applies to EA...
I don't think it would be fair to say this about Epic, ID Software, or Valve Software...
Personally, other than Tiger Woods and Burnout, I would not miss EA one BIT if they fell off the face of the planet... They LOVE shovelware...
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"Now if only we could get Joe Developer to put something on it worth getting linux for."
As far as gaming, I would agree... There's only a handful of commercial games that have Linux native versions...
But as far as being a workstation... You've got Maya for Linux, as well as a BOATLOAD of development tools, music production tools (SuperCollider... 'Nuff said), and much more...
Not to mention, you've got Beryl, which ...
One problem with that... In order to work with the largest number of audio receivers, the signal has to comply with the Optical S/PDIF specification.
Even assuming that you're using a premium TOSLINK cable (quartz crystal fiber with really good cladding to minimize beam scatter), you're still working with only 10Mhz of bandwidth. Not to mention, you're still using red laser technology.
Keep in mind that when you're talking about faster fiber technologies like 8...