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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Youseff » Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:32:30

Anyone have any experience with these wireless HDMI receivers?

http://www.trustedreviews.com/dvdo-air_ ... ons_Page-3

The DVDO one seems to be the best one out there.

The idea is you hook up the small receiver to your TV, and then somewhere less cluttery and conspicuous you can hook up the other end of the receiver to the cablebox, stereo, Xbox, etc. In my case I'm gonna put all of that in a closet. You sync up your remotes with their receiver, and since it's radio frequencies, it can go through walls with out any interference.

Sounds awesome but I'm curious to see how it is in action.
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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby JFLNYC » Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:46:53

Haven't used one, but have read a lot of positive things about them And I'd trust DVDO to make a good product and stand behind it.
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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Bucky » Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:57:18

just ordered my work laptop. chickened out and went with PC instead of mac. I run too many custom windows apps for performance analysis and modeling.

quad core, 32GB, 250GB SSD. It's like a 1998 Cray in my backpack.

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Woody » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:00:34

32 gigs of RAM?

What are you smashing atoms over there or something
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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Bucky » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:04:35

something like that. We take these huge performance files from several huge disk arrays and model them on new hardware.

one of newegg's specials yesterday was 2x8GB sticks for $59. FIFFY NINE DOLLA. unbelievable.

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Houshphandzadeh » Tue Sep 18, 2012 13:08:43

I use the Klink app to use my unlimited data plan to power my PC internet

anyone know if I'll be able to make this same connection with a Google Nexus 7 tablet? I'm worried I won't be able to get the app running on the tablet side

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Houshphandzadeh » Tue Sep 18, 2012 14:34:38

think I'm gonna buy:

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer (TF101-A1) NVIDIA Tegra 2 1.00GHz 10.1" 1GB DDR2 Memory 16GB Flash Tablet

bundled with the keyboard dock for 320

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Bucky » Tue Sep 18, 2012 14:36:48

jealous, actually

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby jamiethekiller » Tue Sep 18, 2012 14:39:58

why not the nexus?

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby jamiethekiller » Tue Sep 18, 2012 14:41:28

http://gizmodo.com/5943858/kindle-fire-hd-or-nexus-7

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Houshphandzadeh » Tue Sep 18, 2012 14:49:04

jamiethekiller wrote:why not the nexus?

didn't realize how small it was. I don't really need it that huge (no way around that one) but 10'' seems a lot better than 7''. I also really like the keyboard dock as I want to be able to write cover letters. also just seems to have generally better specs. price difference between the Nexus (250 for 16GB) and Asus (320) seems worth it for those three things

also, more ports

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Bucky » Tue Sep 18, 2012 14:52:58

targets are great
laptops are great
transformer is both

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby jamiethekiller » Tue Sep 18, 2012 15:17:00

sounds good man

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby JUburton » Tue Sep 18, 2012 15:25:16

Could wait for the surface too. The RT tablet should come in around 300.

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby jamiethekiller » Tue Sep 18, 2012 15:28:21

the surface is gonna be sick. no clue what kind of price they're gonna put on it though. its basically the most portable laptop ever made

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby JUburton » Tue Sep 18, 2012 15:30:02

jamiethekiller wrote:the surface is gonna be sick. no clue what kind of price they're gonna put on it though. its basically the most portable laptop ever made
I think they'd have to aggressively price it to compete with the iPad. 3-400 max for the RT and 700-800 for the Pro. RT will be out with Windows 8 on Oct 26th in theory.

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby jamiethekiller » Tue Sep 18, 2012 15:32:33

JUburton wrote:
jamiethekiller wrote:the surface is gonna be sick. no clue what kind of price they're gonna put on it though. its basically the most portable laptop ever made
I think they'd have to aggressively price it to compete with the iPad. 3-400 max for the RT and 700-800 for the Pro. RT will be out with Windows 8 on Oct 26th in theory.


In an interview with The Seattle Times, Ballmer believes Microsoft has a "very competitive product from the features perspective," with Microsoft Surface, and that "probably $300 to about $700 or $800" is the "sweet spot" for pricing.


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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby Bucky » Tue Sep 18, 2012 15:34:59

from a tablet perspective, It's definitely a wait-and-see if developers adopt a third platform. Else you may end up with a cool tablet that you can't do much with. Just like what happened with Windows Mobile.

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby JUburton » Tue Sep 18, 2012 15:55:35

Bucky wrote:from a tablet perspective, It's definitely a wait-and-see if developers adopt a third platform. Else you may end up with a cool tablet that you can't do much with. Just like what happened with Windows Mobile.
Well given that it's built around windows 8...especially the pro models, I'd think it'll have significant support.

I'm kind of in the market for a tablet and I'm definitely waiting for the iPad Mini and the surface to drop before I make a decision.

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Re: The bitchin' gadgets thread

Postby WheelsFellOff » Tue Sep 18, 2012 15:56:41

JUburton wrote:
Bucky wrote:from a tablet perspective, It's definitely a wait-and-see if developers adopt a third platform. Else you may end up with a cool tablet that you can't do much with. Just like what happened with Windows Mobile.
Well given that it's built around windows 8...especially the pro models, I'd think it'll have significant support.

I'm kind of in the market for a tablet and I'm definitely waiting for the iPad Mini and the surface to drop before I make a decision.

How is an ipad mini not just a farglin iphone
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