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  1. Ah great, consumers getting screwed again! Less platforms to get it on, more of the cost of the console being used to subsidise these deals which means you pay more and get less. Epic, sony and microsoft can shove this behavior right up their backside.
    9 points
  2. Thank you! I take it that means you'd like to see more like this?
    6 points
  3. HDMI cables: What am I looking for?

    It doesn't means you need a special cable though. Just one able to handle the necessary bandwidth. Cheap old cables might not be able to. Old cables were not tested for 2.0 or 2.1 bandwidth as it was not required back then but if it's a good cable it will be able to provide it probably. I mean if you buy a new cable yeah you can buy one certified able to provide the necessary bandwidth but the cable itself is not really special it's certified as able to provide the necessary bandwidth for either 2.0 or 2.1. I would not pay extra for a cable personally. Just buy a brand new one from Monoprice and it will work. I mean if my old cable i bought like i dunno 10 years ago can do 4k60Hz no reason for a brand new cable from a know brand like Monoprice to not be able to do it. HDMI is more about the device than the cable. If you got a 2.1 device (don't know if they are out yet) maybe an ordinary cable wont be able to provide the bandwidth (dunno i've not tested) but for HDMI 2.0 unless your cable is terrible it will work.
    4 points
  4. HDMI cables: What am I looking for?

    Get Monster HDMI cables. They are super expensive, but the price is worth it because they use quantum bitcoin machine learning to give you the best picture quality money can buy.
    4 points
  5. Microsoft Surface Duo renders leak; coming to AT&T

    No worries. I'm sure you'll tout these as "revolutionary" and be first in line to buy them at twice the price when Apple "invents" them in a couple of years...
    4 points
  6. This is reason I will never buy a playstation. I play on PC but I would rather go for xbox if I had to choose.
    3 points
  7. Doesn't matter how many exclusives either Sony or Microsoft try to score, they will not encourage me to purchase either console for their games. Screw both of them
    3 points
  8. Dell XPS 15 (9500) review: A MacBook Pro killer

    I think quite the opposite, that's what's going to make crappy devices like the Macbook 12 much more worth it as it will have excellent performance and battery life.
    3 points
  9. Microsoft Surface Duo renders leak; coming to AT&T

    No worries. I'm sure you'll tout these as "revolutionary" and be first in line to buy them at twice the price when Apple "invents" them in a couple of years... Rude and unwarranted. JHBrown already mentioned his affinity for Microsoft's former days and policies.
    2 points
  10. Actually, since no one needs a Bluray player anymore, I don't see either console as attractive at all.
    2 points
  11. HDMI cables: What am I looking for?

    I never said 'just get this cable'. I gave you a link to a cable after your initial post which included no detailed information whatsoever about what you needed. After I pointed out that it is a low price for a HDMI cable, I also included the specifications you were looking for. I am flabbergasted at your inability to comprehend any of what I shared with you. Besides, if after you did research you determined what the throughput and rating you needed for the cable, why on Earth would you need to post on this forum? Your original posting gave most the impression you needed some clear direction and you didn't have any idea where to start.
    2 points
  12. Nope, don't think so as Sony has NOTHING like Game Pass. Being able to play games on Xbox, PC and the cloud with cross save and cross play in some cases is going to play out in the long term.
    2 points
  13. HDMI cables: What am I looking for?

    If you want to cover future use, then get something like this.. Cost difference is a few bucks.. https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=31231 Says 48Gbps, Dynamic HDR and eArc, etc. I also think your putting too much thought in to what at most $20 purchase? Your not buying a $3k TV
    2 points
  14. HDMI cables: What am I looking for?

    Dude, go buy a damn high speed 4k cable and be done with it. The time you spent arguing in this thread, you could have had one ordered, shipped, and installed. https://www.walmart.com/ip/QualGear-10-High-Speed-HDMI-2-0-Cable-with-Ethernet/46164767 This cheapo cable will cover your 4k HDR needs. Or go to Monoprice: https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=3992 There is way too much thought being put into this.
    2 points
  15. HDMI cables: What am I looking for?

    No not really... You can do 4k at @60hz the bandwidth depends on what is your chroma, what is your color bit depth, etc. Your blanket statement is missing details, etc. So you could do 4k@60hz with a cable that supports less than that. Which is why your original question is missing out on pertinent info to what you you would need to look for in your cable.. Which why I pointed out the different features, and that is what you should look for.. So you should look at the speed group its in, and does it support the features your after HDR, eArc, etc. People are here trying to help - sorry you didn't get the specific X answer you were looking for.. But this is a forum.. Not answer my gawd damn question, with no other comments or questions.. In general what I would say, to find the right cable - what are the specific details.. What devices are in use, what media are you specific going to want to play. If the overall goal is spend least amount of $ to provide xyz features.. If your going to speak in general terms.. All you were saying was 4k tv.. Well you could do 4k with just a cable marked as high speed, or premium.. But depending on the details and features you might need cable listed as Ultra High Speed.
    2 points
  16. HDMI cables: What am I looking for?

    To be honest you prob just want to look at the speed rating.. But if you know what feature you need, and the cable lists a spec number But it might not say 2.1 or 2 on it, etc. But should list a speed that its grouped in Standard, High Speed, Premium High Speed, and Ultra High Speed. If I was in the market for a cable today, I would prob only buy a Ultra or Premium HighSpeed cable.. Say something like this from monoprice https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=31230 16$ for 8ft and lists what it can do.. So it comes down to making sure what features you need for it to do, like arc or eArc, HDR? And getting the cable that is listed to support that.
    2 points
  17. Google Pixel 4a unboxing and first impressions

    Depends on how you look at it. From a functional design point, the slab phone is as relevant as ever, and does the job really well. From a "look at me I have too much money and worry about what others think of me and my boring slab phone" design point, yeh, it's old and the new phones seem to be trying to grab peoples attention again. But being boring is not a flaw with a design, it just shows that the design is really good that it's become universal. Having said that, I am interested in how the foldable phones turn out. Also, the comments above are useless. Go back to YouTube.
    2 points
  18. Such an unexpected article coming from Neowin, but an amazing read nonetheless.
    2 points
  19. HDMI cables: What am I looking for?

    Notice how he tried to help you and you were being rude to him?
    2 points
  20. HDMI cables: What am I looking for?

    I think I had done some research few days ago and made the following notes (for myself): HDMI 1.3 added expanded color profile support HDMI 1.4 added FHD 120 Hz HDMI 2.0 added 4k, 60 Hz, HDR10, static metadata for HDR (e.g. HDR10) HDMI 2.1 added 4K/10K 120 Hz, dynamic metadata (HDR10+) DisplayPort 1.2 added proper color profile support and G-Sync DisplayPort 1.3 added 4K UHD at 120 Hz, Compressed streams support DisplayPort 1.4 added HDR support
    2 points
  21. That kinda sad, put US China conflict aside, Huawei was one of the highest quality phones makers and really put great efforts into the quality and innovation of it's products, now it's all be gone, one major mobile processor producer will be ceased to exist and thats surely can't be good for the competition from client stand point.
    2 points
  22. Microsoft has been against console exclusivity for some time. If MS did something it would be "release this everywhere except for Playstation" Microsoft's problem is they just don't have as many great games that people want to play. I don't want either console manufacturer to lockdown 3rd party games though that is very anti consumer.
    1 point
  23. Microsoft has been against console exclusivity for some time. If MS did something it would be "release this everywhere except for Playstation"
    1 point
  24. Well, Microsoft aren't expecting people to buy an Xbox to play their games, that's why Game Pass exists. Yup. Windows is like Vita for Microsoft. You are still spending money on their service, doesn't mean if it is an Xbox, Android, Windows Store or even Steam.
    1 point
  25. I have a hard time believing MS is going to let Sony outbid them with big name 3rd party publishers if it comes down to it. If they're really going to get into some sorta bidding war for 3rd parties it'll get ugly for sure but let's be real, we know who has the deeper pockets when it's all said and done.
    1 point
  26. With Microsoft there are now very few games that are exclusive to Xbox only, most first party titles are on PC now as well.
    1 point
  27. Well, Microsoft aren't expecting people to buy an Xbox to play their games, that's why Game Pass exists.
    1 point
  28. Microsoft Surface Duo renders leak; coming to AT&T

    Of course I ignored your attempt to move the goalposts in order to deflect away from my point, which was in response to someone else, not you. Why wouldn't I? In this case I would strongly suggest to improve your reading capabilities: check the quoted period you replied to, it is my one.
    1 point
  29. To be honest Trump may have done a good thing, i can now buy a smartphone with Android that don't have Google all over it, there are still ways to get apps onto these phone. Let me guess, you don’t like Google because of the spyware/tracking etc but you’re happy to have a Huawei phone and be China’s bitch? You are not very good at guessing. if there was proof that Huawei had anything worse than what google has, then I would be worried, but there is proof what so ever they have, also there is no proof that Huawei is doing what Trump think they are doing, again none what so ever. i would love to have a smartphone that used a linux Os and sent nothing back to anywhere unless it really had to, but then I would like a computer like that as well and be able to run the software I need, but sadly Microsoft seems to think they need a ton of data from us
    1 point
  30. Exactly. U.S. lost me when they put pressure on the UK to remove Huawei from UK networks, it's now likely that costs will be passed to customers. Things are already expensive enough as it is. Except it's not just the US which is where you lose me, when Hong Kong holds protests of 800K+ against Chinese control. Taiwan has complained on numerous fronts, but just this week that China's government is stealing trade secrets from them as well. This is far beyond just Poland catching what they alleged to be a Chinese spy, who happened to be a "former" Huawei employee. You don't have to like America, most Americans don't either, but that has little to do with the complaints lodged with China, on numerous fronts right down to abusing human rights in very much Nazi Germany fashion. Arguing that you don't get your phone for as cheap as you might like because you're not importing goods from a known country abusing their people seems rather ridiculous. We know what china is doing, but to be honest how many other countries have not done the same thing over the years and maybe still doing it? What the hell happened to "never again" then? I'm sorry man, I don't want to get into it with you, it's just an article, but I don't think we're going to see eye to eye on this one if that's really how you feel. But it does happen again, time and time again. That doesn't mean we should look at it with indifference though, no matter how jaded we might become. Let's at least agree to disagree, since we're at least on the same page regarding human rights. Cheers man
    1 point
  31. Thank you! I take it that means you'd like to see more like this? Thanks Fezmid I am an avid reader on tech stacks subjects (as I do work with them). But I don't know if I speak for the majority for investing in these kinds of articles. I would definitely read them. There's always too much going on
    1 point
  32. China has hit Australian exporters with huge tariffs simply because our government called for an inquiry into the origin of coronavirus. In addition, they continually try and hack our IT systems and then blatantly lie about it. If that doesn’t show you how dodgy China is, nothing will.
    1 point
  33. Do you have to ground/earth shielded CAT6 cable?

    Hello, Wouldn't you just use shielded Cat6a connectors? From watching this video it seems like a fairly straightforward process. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    1 point
  34. Newbie Question on Processors...

    Hello, Here are the types of questions I like to ask to help people zero in on a new computer purchase: What do you need the computer to do? (i.e., primary, secondary and tertiary uses of the computer, if any) What software are you going to use to accomplish that? What is your budget for the initial purchase outlay, and how much do you want to spend per annum in upgrades until you replace the computer in its entirety? I find it better to try and figure those out first, otherwise, you may end up spending a great deal of money on a computer and not making use of the extra features you paid for, or the computer may be expensive, but perform poorly for the intended use because that required some other type of hardware, and so forth. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
    1 point
  35. My Fujitsu Esprimo Q920 Mini PC turned off and doesn't boot now

    Look on YT, there are over 100 tuts on "how to resolder power plug laptop" And there's several ways to do it. Your mini-pc is no different than a laptop. This for example:
    1 point
  36. Kodi 19 “Matrix” gets its first alpha release

    work begins? they been working on 19 for over a year now
    1 point
  37. Microsoft Surface Duo renders leak; coming to AT&T

    If a line of devices does not sell OEMs will not follow; less than ever with something like smartphones and MS less than stellar track records. I guess you missed the part where these new devices can run the Android ecosystem... No, I did not as well as I did not miss the fact that even the OS is Android. I am afraid that you are the one that missed, or intentionally ignored, the fact that there are plenty of example of Ms products quickly abandoned after not achieving an immediate success.
    1 point
  38. People had the same mentality for years around VMs. There was this stupid attitude that just because something was a VM then security wasn't so important because it was somehow easier to rebuild.
    1 point
  39. Exactly. U.S. lost me when they put pressure on the UK to remove Huawei from UK networks, it's now likely that costs will be passed to customers. Things are already expensive enough as it is. Except it's not just the US which is where you lose me, when Hong Kong holds protests of 800K+ against Chinese control. Taiwan has complained on numerous fronts, but just this week that China's government is stealing trade secrets from them as well. This is far beyond just Poland catching what they alleged to be a Chinese spy, who happened to be a "former" Huawei employee. You don't have to like America, most Americans don't either, but that has little to do with the complaints lodged with China, on numerous fronts right down to abusing human rights in very much Nazi Germany fashion. Arguing that you don't get your phone for as cheap as you might like because you're not importing goods from a known country abusing their people seems rather ridiculous. We know what china is doing, but to be honest how many other countries have not done the same thing over the years and maybe still doing it? The U.S. have spies, the U.K have spies, so what make us any different in that regard? You have no idea like any of us on here how much technology our countries have stolen from others. My problem with China is the way they treat their own citizens and the lack of democracy, but they are not the only country like it. We don't hate Americans or America , I do think the U.S. have tried to be the police of the world and pushed their agendas to other countries and sadly the U.K. have followed them like puppy dogs. i also think that we in the U.K. have become too Americanised and what identity we have got is starting to fade, the e.u took a lot of it. even my spelling checker is trying to spell Americanised with a Z and it is supposed to be British English. I have heard people saying ZEE instead of ZED. The U.S. is a big country and one of the reason why they are high in technology, but don't forget that country never belonged to you in the first place. As for cheap phones, he was not on about cheap phones, he was on about the network, so cheap broadband or cheaper broadband. It is not cheap in this country, a lot of people are paying about £25-£20 or more a month for home broadband, try it is unlimited, but still a bit expensive, certainly for people who don't have much money. Mobile is worse, i may only pay £7 for mine phone package, but I only get 2GB for that, plus talk time and unlimited text. the mobile provider I use offers an unlimited data service for £20 a month, but that is sim free and you still got to buy a phone and they are one of the cheaper ones. Nothing is different in essence between US and China but the gullible folks from both of these countries see them as infallible as the Pope( o_O ). In China You have state discrimination over minorities and political views, in US You have deeply rooted systemic racism and a farcical political system. The only thing that truly differs is that China is not playing World Police while US have been terrorizing the rest of the world under the umbrella of Human Rights for more than 50 years. This trade war with China is just one more in the line of endless moves to secure domination. This I must say though. US has moved to oppression beyond its capabilities. It is how empires act before the fall. I usually appreciate your posts, but there's too many flaws in here to count. I'm unsure how you can use the term "systemic racism" applying it to the US but not China. China is literally, and according to them, legally detaining people who subscribe to the wrong belief system. They are very much against outsiders too for that matter, which isn't unexpected as even Japan's been known for xenophobia. Also, China very much IS playing world police, as they use and abuse their relationships with other nations by applying pressure to get their way, along with applying direct pressure in territories like Hong Kong to further their influence and power in places where they are very much undesired. Honestly, I'm not forgiving anything the US has done in the past, but look at the president of the United States: what the hell do you expect us to do? Why do you think people are rioting here? Just like those in Hong Kong, we do not agree with the system. I don't know where people start believing the Donald J. Trump of all people is going to somehow fix the US... he's not. But if he, along with other nations as we see with India, decide to take their business elsewhere, then so be it. I'm not about to shed tears for the Chinese government.
    1 point
  40. Microsoft Surface Duo renders leak; coming to AT&T

    Not really. It’s designed to fold in half when opened. What will be awkward is the size. And in order to check who is calling and eventually amswer or to check appointments etc., you will need to use two hands to open the device... Even more ironic is that this is coming from the same company that created Sideshow.
    1 point
  41. so trump had to help his beloved apple
    1 point
  42. It’s leftist cesspool where centrist and even slightly right wing ideas/posts are deleted and posters banned. That is why you see these kinda hacks. r/india is another s******e which actually bans you if you post something Pro-India. Never seem to be able to get anyone to share an example of one of these "right wing ideas" that seem to get censored all over the internet. Because you ignore them on purpose? You want an example? Here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw14phHI1CA&t=220s" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw14phHI1CA&t=220s Dope, so I got two "examples" that weren't examples. Seriously. Just type a right-leaning platform or idea -- words -- that would get you censored or banned somewhere. Not a link to something. Not a reference to some place something happened. Not a vapid statement of how it's "obvious" or "everybody knows" or "what are you, blind" or any other veiled insult. This shouldn't be hard. Unless, that is, insults are the right-wing ideas being censored. Feel free to confirm.
    1 point
  43. Microsoft Surface Duo renders leak; coming to AT&T

    No worries. I'm sure you'll tout these as "revolutionary" and be first in line to buy them at twice the price when Apple "invents" them in a couple of years... I mean, going off Microsoft's past mobile efforts, and seeing how the consumer interested has never really been there, I don't think he's wrong. His opinion must have stuck a nerve because you went after him with a tactic that's more dated than the design of the Surface Duo. There's been enough consumer interest in Surface devices to keep an entire division going at Microsoft for quite a while. It even has its own entry in their quarterly results. Surface is a big umbrella covering multiple devices; some selling quite well, some not well at all.
    1 point
  44. Microsoft Surface Duo renders leak; coming to AT&T

    I kind of like the bezels.
    1 point
  45. Exactly. U.S. lost me when they put pressure on the UK to remove Huawei from UK networks, it's now likely that costs will be passed to customers. Things are already expensive enough as it is. Except it's not just the US which is where you lose me, when Hong Kong holds protests of 800K+ against Chinese control. Taiwan has complained on numerous fronts, but just this week that China's government is stealing trade secrets from them as well. This is far beyond just Poland catching what they alleged to be a Chinese spy, who happened to be a "former" Huawei employee. You don't have to like America, most Americans don't either, but that has little to do with the complaints lodged with China, on numerous fronts right down to abusing human rights in very much Nazi Germany fashion. Arguing that you don't get your phone for as cheap as you might like because you're not importing goods from a known country abusing their people seems rather ridiculous. We know what china is doing, but to be honest how many other countries have not done the same thing over the years and maybe still doing it? The U.S. have spies, the U.K have spies, so what make us any different in that regard? You have no idea like any of us on here how much technology our countries have stolen from others. My problem with China is the way they treat their own citizens and the lack of democracy, but they are not the only country like it. We don't hate Americans or America , I do think the U.S. have tried to be the police of the world and pushed their agendas to other countries and sadly the U.K. have followed them like puppy dogs. i also think that we in the U.K. have become too Americanised and what identity we have got is starting to fade, the e.u took a lot of it. even my spelling checker is trying to spell Americanised with a Z and it is supposed to be British English. I have heard people saying ZEE instead of ZED. The U.S. is a big country and one of the reason why they are high in technology, but don't forget that country never belonged to you in the first place. As for cheap phones, he was not on about cheap phones, he was on about the network, so cheap broadband or cheaper broadband. It is not cheap in this country, a lot of people are paying about £25-£20 or more a month for home broadband, try it is unlimited, but still a bit expensive, certainly for people who don't have much money. Mobile is worse, i may only pay £7 for mine phone package, but I only get 2GB for that, plus talk time and unlimited text. the mobile provider I use offers an unlimited data service for £20 a month, but that is sim free and you still got to buy a phone and they are one of the cheaper ones. Nothing is different in essence between US and China but the gullible folks from both of these countries see them as infallible as the Pope( o_O ). In China You have state discrimination over minorities and political views, in US You have deeply rooted systemic racism and a farcical political system. The only thing that truly differs is that China is not playing World Police while US have been terrorizing the rest of the world under the umbrella of Human Rights for more than 50 years. This trade war with China is just one more in the line of endless moves to secure domination. This I must say though. US has moved to oppression beyond its capabilities. It is how empires act before the fall.
    1 point
  46. ###### Google. Use Microsoft to build your own: https://flow.microsoft.com/en-...ors/shared_youtube/youtube/ https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/
    1 point
  47. Google launches new audio ad features for Ad Manager

    You're thinking of video ads that play sound while browsing the web, this article refers to ads in internet radio and podcasts.
    1 point
  48. Desktops Thread: 3Q 2020

    Mint Linux on the following: Dell Preciscion T3600 Intel Xeon E5-2650 @ 2.2Ghz (8C/16T) // 32GB ECC RAM// EVGA Nvidia GTX 650 Ti SSC 1GB//2TB Samsung 860 SSD//2TB WD Black//Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection Yes I ditched windows. Tired of its crap.... Loving linux way more... and Timeshift FTW. Yes that's my album I made playing as well
    1 point
  49. Not an Insider? Here's how you can get the new Start Menu on Windows 10 version 2004

    And... for those that don't like it, and want to go back. Put a - sign in front of the HKEY in the registry entry you made and run it again. So this: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ Looks like this: [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ That will remove the entry. Restart the system to make the changes.
    1 point
  50. 2 x ThunderBolt 3 & micro-SD only. That's fine. I wouldn't expect premium notebooks to have old crappy USB type A ports anymore in 2020. not having any USB A is a poor decision IMO; no flash drives and no mice with a USB cord/dongle
    1 point