CES 2006 - Day 3: Playstation 3, Quarter-size Hard Drives, SED and lots of TVs
by Anand Lal Shimpi & Manveer Wasson on January 9, 2006 1:25 AM EST- Posted in
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A Truly Wireless Tablet PC
A great idea in concept (and in science fiction TV shows/movies), the Tablet PC has just never taken off. A major cause is that the hardware has been too bulky to be used as a true paper tablet replacement, but thankfully some companies still haven't given up on the platform.
Toshiba demonstrated a notebook that allowed you to physically detach the monitor and carry it around with you, effectively using it as the tablet. The tablet received all screen data wirelessly over 802.11g from the base of the system (where the keyboard, CPU and HDD are located). The demonstration obviously worked, but we didn't get a feel for whether or not there was any perceivable lag when using the tablet.
The idea of a detachable monitor tablet makes a lot of sense as it addresses the form factor issue of tablet PCs.
Similar to the Seagate demo we saw earlier on at CES, Toshiba also had a Wireless USB/Ultra Wideband demo at their booth. The demo this time around was of a DV camera plugged into a base station rigged with a WUSB antenna. The DV camera then wirelessly streamed the video on its DV tape to a Toshiba notebook, also outfitted with a WUSB antenna.
Once again we have no idea what transfer rate was being achieved and although WUSB has a theoretical maximum of 480Mbps we would expect the real world transfer rate to be far slower in this case since it is streaming off of a DV tape.
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Clauzii - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link
Also here - to me it actually looks at it started happening after the last WindowsUpdate I had (4days ago - WMF-Fix?)Also IE6+XP SP2
BladeVenom - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link
Screw Blue-ray discs, Sony can keep their DRM, and rootkits. I think I'll get Samsung's "Hyper DVD." Then I'll just wait till HD-DVD is cracked before I switch to a new format.GTMan - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link
There is a 0.85" drive with a nearly identically sized drive beside it that is 1.8". Number must be wrong. Also one is 4 GB and the other is 80 GB. Maybe that should have been 8 GB.Tanclearas - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link
Ok. What exactly is so great about the iPod interface? I have used it, and many other MP3 players, and fail to see how the iPod interface is so much better than most other players on the market. In fact, I have never understood why people believe the iPod is so different or so much better than a lot of its competitors. It wasn't the first, nor do I think it is "the best". I don't think I've seen any player that I could classify as "the best". Most seem to have all of the appropriate capabilities, with buttons/controls laid out in an effective way.The only thing I can say is that I have indeed used some players that had poor designs or build quality. In that regard, the iPod is better than some players out there, but is Apple building some sort of brand loyalty by secretly including some narcotic drug that gets delivered via the ear buds?
Questar - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link
Define "best".I define best as easiest to use, no manual reading required.
Tanclearas - Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - link
So buttons labelled with the standard icons for Play, Pause, Stop, Skip Forward, Skip Back, Rewind, Fast Forward, and a jog dial or D-Pad for menu navigation are too complicated for you? I've seen several designs like that. Others try to "copy" Apple's circular layout, and that is where many of the poor models that I mentioned fail. In some of those "copies", they use poor quality buttons, or the buttons are just too small.Come to think of it, Apple's touch-sensitive circle is more annoying than helpful.
AnnihilatorX - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link
SED, LED LCD, OLED, PlasmaNot mentioning glassesless 3D displays. Too much is going on
Typo in Last bit:
"some piece of mind to those still holding on to their older analog sets."
piece -> peace
Aquila76 - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link
Rmember when buying a TV was solely size based?'I'd like a 32" TV please.'
'OK, here are some by Samsung, Toshiba, etc.'
Now it's like trying to choose regular, free-range, organic, etc. at the grocery.
I JUST WANT TV AND STEAK PEOPLE!!!!
oneils - Thursday, January 12, 2006 - link
Lol! Since I'm the youngest guy in the office, I inevitably get asked all sorts of techie questions. One of my colleagues asked for advice on purchasing an HDTV. I looked at cnet.com's guide to HDTV and was blown away. Where have a I been these past two-three years? I had no idea how many options there were: plasma; edtv; lcd; crt rear projection; lcd rear projection...and probably a couple I am missing.I had no idea what to tell him, other than to stick to major brands (sony, samsung, panasonic etc...). I no my way around computers (I build my own rigs), but I only have a 36" CRT SDTV and was completely lost when I ventured into HDTV territory.
Aquila76 - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link
Anybody able to use the forums today? I was able to log in, but when I try to go to any forums I've commented in, I get this (both Firefox and IE):Server Error in '/' Application.
Column 'vchlicensekey' does not belong to table qGetLicenses.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.ArgumentException: Column 'vchlicensekey' does not belong to table qGetLicenses.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[ArgumentException: Column 'vchlicensekey' does not belong to table qGetLicenses.]
System.Data.DataRow.get_Item(String columnName) +121
FuseTalk.API.InitialiseKeys() +324
FuseTalk.API..ctor(String c) +237
FuseTalkNet.Forum.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +351
System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e) +0
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +67
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +750
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032