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• Several considerations:
  
  1) 3D on anything less than the largest HDTVs is going to be a disappointment compared to the 3D theater experience.
  
  2) Consumers already feel raped by CEMs who appear to be forcing new formats with ever-increasingly one-sided license agreements.
  
  3) A 3D standard could easily have been implemented from Blu-ray's inception--again, this appears to consumers like yet another money grab--and a major one at that.
  
  4) Within just a few years--just about the time there is any significant 3D content available, the already commercially available 3D sans glasses will likely arrive in the consumer market----and in totally new superior displays like OLED or FED (or even just vastly improved LED).
  
  That bad taste in the mouth of consumers is likely to get much worse UNLESS the Blu-ray Association and the CEMs work very hard to make 3D work with existing equipment AND provide for simulated 3D for already existing 2D content. Period. In reply to: "Three challenges for 3D TV"

  January 4, 2010

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• @BalramRules
  
  The official announcement does NOT promise that current hardware will in any way be compatible. It clearly states there will be 3D equipment that will be backwards compatible. And, one of the reasons for HDMI 1.4 is to handle 3D data. It has an entirely new connector, by the way. In reply to: "3D Blu-ray standard outlined, includes PS3"

  January 2, 2010

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• How many people actually have the time or will to manage, organize and then view and review their pictures--let alone looking at someone else's (yawn)?! And the notion of the ever-ready television slide show is even more frightening than the dreaded vacation slide shows of old!
  
  There are relevant times to take photos and there are photos worth saving and revisiting, but they are rare. When did so many of life's moments become worthy of an eternal digital memorial such that it's now a dilemma what to do with all of them?
  
  Here's a tip: When you go on vacation take a handful of nice photos, then stick your soul stealer in your pocket and enjoy the experience instead of trying to document it. In reply to: "Four reasons to ditch your photo printer"

  January 1, 2010

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• It is UNLIKELY that the current PS3 will be fully compatible with the new 3D standard via a software update because the expectation has been that HDMI 1.4 will be necessary to carry the 3D signal properly. The current PS3 is not compatible with the new HDMI 1.4 standard, so that means new HARDWARE. Same goes for all current blu-ray players. In reply to: "3D Blu-ray standard outlined, includes PS3"

  December 26, 2009

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• WHY would anyone want Google involved in their mobile communications given Google's privacy concerns?
  
  See the most recent concerns raised by the article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation entitled:
  "GOOGLE CEO ERIC SCHMIDT DISMISSES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVACY"
  
  No thanks, Google. In reply to: "Google phone looks 'supersharp'"

  December 15, 2009

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• WHEN IS CNET GOING TO STOP COMPARING EVERY TV TO A DEAD MODEL?
  Besides, the V10 is actually better than the Kuro.
  http://hdguru.com/the-new-king-of-hdtv-displays-panasonics-tc-p54v10-reviewed/458/ In reply to: "Panasonic Make Perfect Plasma TV"

  November 19, 2009

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• Personally, I can walk casually past the wall of TVs in a big box store and easily distinguish the 720p sets of various sizes (including less than 40"). The PQ difference is obvious from reasonable viewing distances; in fact, with 1080p sets nearby the difference is discernible from maximum recommended viewing distances (5 x screen width). In reply to: "Get a 42-inch Panasonic plasma TV for $499"

  November 17, 2009

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• No. Just no. IMO, Google is far too intrusive already.
  For those so eager to turn over their lives to Google, please do yourself a favor and go to Google Watch and other websites that discuss many VERY disturbing issues concerning Google. In reply to: "Google hopes to remake programming with Go"

  November 11, 2009

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• Let's not forget how dependent the Droid is on Google.
  For those concerned about the so-called "creepy factor" with Google's data collection and privacy policies, take a look at Google Watch before allowing Google into your mobile world.

  November 11, 2009

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• Actually, the this was the least fair rating of all. If the call quality is not due to the iPhone, but due to AT&T's service it sways the entire final tally *significantly*.

  November 11, 2009

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