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Comment on What’s Going on with HP Printers? by SNoble

SNoble — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:13:00 +0000

I have an OKI C5650 and couldn’t be happier with it.

Great colour printing 22ppm and it is a networked printer which allows use in my small office.

Comment on The Day the DVR Died by Gene

Gene — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:17:16 +0000

Hi Lloyd,

I saw you today on Tekzilla (a show I have been meaning to watch more regularly, but all I had was one downloaded hi-def episode way back when Windows 7 came out.) In any event regarding your post, here some clarification on the Dish/TiVo lawsuit– it’s over, see, e.g.:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2008/10/out-of-options-dish-finally-pays-tivo-104-million-judgment.ars

BTW, your website text input box is very strange inasmuch as I am dictating directly into it using Windows 7/Firefox/Nuance Dragon Version 10 and it is inserting the text one letter at a time very fast instead of pasting it in multi-word segments with each utterance as it normally does. Naturally, I’m curious, but do I have time to look into this? I’m betting no.

Comment on Wednesday at CES by Markeyse J. Mundy

Markeyse J. Mundy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:47:09 +0000

Also how did the GF100 really look? Was it that “Next big thing” that NVidia is trying to tell us? Is it worth the wait for Content creators?

Comment on Wednesday at CES by Markeyse J. Mundy

Markeyse J. Mundy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:44:15 +0000

I just got done reading them. Little hard to sort your post out but I found it. I do want to see more SSD using the SATA III, however, as well as prices falling (it would be nice to get a gig a buck, would it not?). Looks like some good tech though. One thing that caught my eye was the Shuttle showcase, that will open up the possibility of a COMPLETE DIY notebook. I have been wanting to see this happen, and it seems like it won’t be long until it does.

Comment on The Day the DVR Died by Bill Butler

Bill Butler — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:09:04 +0000

I always cringe when I have to use an “idiot-proof” wizard interface. Sure it is nice to have in there but at least give the more tech-savy user an option to go “advanced.”

I agree with your assessment on how the CE world is not learning from the PC world when it comes to interface complexity. It is nice to have all the options and features but most CE just don’t do the interfaces right. Everything seems to take too many “clicks” or just doesn’t work quite right.

I don’t see how most people would put so as much work into making this work. But then again, for me anyways, that is part of the fun of tech as much as it gives me a headache. I am glad you got everything up and running again. It would have driven me bananas until it all worked.

Comment on Off to CES by Markeyse J. Mundy

Markeyse J. Mundy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:53:35 +0000

Sweet! Since I can’t go I’ll definitely will be looking for your post. Have Fun!

Comment on The Day the DVR Died by Markeyse J. Mundy

Markeyse J. Mundy — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:32:43 +0000

At least you are back up and running.

Comment on The Day the DVR Died by Alejandro Hernandez

Alejandro Hernandez — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:20:24 +0000

WoW, well as a tech savvy I dont get too frustrated but I get the point… other ppl wil do have problems with that stuff.

Well we also know that is more common that children nowdays are more tech savvy than the previews generations, so lets hope in the future all those technical learning pay off. So they dont have those commun problems.

Comment on Ignorance and Analysts by Brandon Champion

Brandon Champion — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:59:43 +0000

Suck it, PS3. I have Arma 2.

Comment on Ignorance and Analysts by Eric

Eric — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:44:36 +0000

He didn’t even make a weak attempt to be accurate; then again, who watches this show?