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plasma tvs pwn lcd tvs in displaymate’s tests, but displaymate also pwns tv makers

plasmatv-vs-lcdtv

New Hampshire-based DisplayMate Technologies, maker of “video calibration, evaluation, and diagnostic products”, conducted a thorough comparison on the display quality of plasma TVs and LCD TVs, resulting in a long, jargon-riddled but ultimately revealing article that declares the plasma TVs as winners.

The author of the article, DisplayMate president Dr. Raymond Soneira, singled-out the lack…

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July 14th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: home entertainment technology video

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

pac-man pain assessment chart: maybe you’d feel better if you ate some cherries and pretzels?

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Pac-Man pain assessment gauge, spotted on Flickr. Currently, I feel a little Woopop myself.

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February 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: quickpix retro video games

rhombus dress shirt hides binary code

Rhombus Binary Shirt

At first glance this just looks like a nice, stylish button-down dress shirt. But upon further examination, you’ll notice that its shading isn’t just some sort of abstract pattern. It’s actually comprised of tens of thousands of little 0’s and 1’s.

Rhombus’ James and Boris dress shirts are just perfect for the computer geek with…

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June 28th, 2008 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun

halo 3 beta start date official

Halo 3 Box Art

Bungie.net has revealed the dates for the official Halo 3 Beta test. The Beta will run for just under a month from May 16 through June 6, 2007. Since the Beta will be over in June and the game isn’t expected to be released until September, we’ll be going through at least two months of…

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April 10th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: video games