Monthly Archives: April 2012

Better blacks in The Hunger Games

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

Last night I went to see The Hunger Games at my local cinema, Limelight at Tuggeranong. After my disappointing experience a couple of months ago, I was a bit worried that I might not enjoy the movie due to picture … Continue reading →

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Sharpness? No. Distortion? Yes.

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve been umm-ing and ah-ing for ages about upgrading, style-wise, some of the older parts of this site. I may well do so. That will involve turning them into ‘Pages’ within WordPress and organising them under items in the menu … Continue reading →

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Speakers, from the tiny to the tremendous

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve done some more stuff for cnet.com.au. One lot is seven sets of USB speakers for your computer. Tiny little things with a couple of watts of power available, at most. They’re not all up yet, but here are a … Continue reading →

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Hope you like the new look

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

Actually, it’s an old look because it’s the WordPress Twenty Ten template, with my own minimalist graphic. A bit more spread out, and a little bit cleaner.

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Sorry, but it is half vertical resolution

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

A new commenter on an old post claims, quite sharply, that my statement that LG passive 3D TVs are ‘half resolution on 3D’ is not correct. He says: ‘The brain combines the image for full HD def. Anyone with a … Continue reading →

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