Super Parked » Eric Franklin http://www.superparked.com The latest new from around the world! Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:56:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Inside CNET Labs 27: Year of the Ox http://www.superparked.com/2009/01/26/inside-cnet-labs-27-year-of-the-ox/ http://www.superparked.com/2009/01/26/inside-cnet-labs-27-year-of-the-ox/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:02:00 +0000 Eric Franklin http://www.cnet.com/8301-17914_1-10150166-89.html

Happy New Year (again)!

Dong and I waste no time getting right to some serious business by tackling San Francisco's homeless problem, or more our problem with the homeless--not all homeless, of course. Well, just check it out. It's very un-PC, although maybe not in the way you'...

Originally posted at Inside CNET Labs Podcast

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In it, a guy dressed in a white lab coat takes out his frustrations on a Vissumo touch-screen monitor using a 9mm. There are days I wish ...

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As good as the setting looks I'm much more excited about how new and creative the level design will hopefully be.

(Credit: U.S. Army)

I haven't seriously played America's Army in about three years. By "seriously" i mean I was obsessed and played as much ...

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See, business users will enjoy this monitor. How do I know? No. How could I not know? Look at all the charts and graphs and stuff. That proves it!

(Credit: Westinghouse)

Westinghouse seems to have completely moved into the same 16:9 spacious flat that most other monitor vendors have ...

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(Credit: Sony)

So it looks like the Playstation 3 is about a couple years away from becoming self-aware, taking over the world, and making us all its human slaves--if a few of us aren't already.

Sony announced on Tuesday that an upcoming firmware update (v2.60) for the PS3 ...

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Like Amazo, we cannot be stopped.

(Credit: Warner Bros.)

OK, that was kind of a longer break than we expected. Sorry about the whole no warning thing. We're back on at least a weekly schedule now and to because we've been away so long we're giving you ...

Originally posted at Inside CNET Labs Podcast

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(Credit: Acer)

Hot on the heels of the announcement of their B Series of displays, on Monday Acer introduced another 23-incher. The H233H bmid.

As is becoming common with PC monitors this year, the Acer H233H has a 16:9 aspect ratio, as apposed to 16:10 that most widescreen ...

]]> http://www.superparked.com/2009/01/19/another-day-another-169-monitor-from-acer/feed/ 0 The buzz on Acer’s business monitors http://www.superparked.com/2009/01/17/the-buzz-on-acers-business-monitors/ http://www.superparked.com/2009/01/17/the-buzz-on-acers-business-monitors/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:26:00 +0000 Eric Franklin http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10145047-1.html The 16:9 monitor revolution (or is that resolution? ha ha...ahem!) has begun. I reported last week that most monitor vendors were moving their lines from a 16:10 aspect ratio to 16:9, since 16:9 is what HDTVs use and monitor vendors would like HD content to ...

]]> http://www.superparked.com/2009/01/17/the-buzz-on-acers-business-monitors/feed/ 0 Philips to make your movies fit once and for all! http://www.superparked.com/2009/01/16/philips-to-make-your-movies-fit-once-and-for-all/ http://www.superparked.com/2009/01/16/philips-to-make-your-movies-fit-once-and-for-all/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:30:00 +0000 Eric Franklin http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10143938-1.html
(Credit: Philips)

Many people may just now be getting used to the idea of the 16:9 aspect ratio HDTVs have. The whole black bars at the top and bottom just kinda throws people off I guess.

Personally, I've never had a problem with this. I just never understood ...

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Samsung's LED-based 2370L is more than a little easy on the eyes.

(Credit: Eric Franklin/CBS Interactive)

Yes, Full ...

Originally posted at CES 2009

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