Recent content by Draven35

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    iMac Retina 5K Display Hands-on: Jaw-Dropping Screen

    Yes,except a 'pro' is more likely to use a separate 4k IPS display with better color quality, and have their preview window on *just* that display. Especially if w doing real 'pro' work, its going to be something like a calibrated 30-bit display, not a TFT display.
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    iMac Retina 5K Display Hands-on: Jaw-Dropping Screen

    so here's my score for the display: 5K +5 points still TFT - 10 points
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    Beam Telepresence Robots Can Foster Long-Distance Relationships

    Been sing units similar to this wandering around SIGGRAPH for years. They are odd to interact with and not very instinctive to use. You glance around more than you think you do. And you can't hot an elevator button with them.
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    The Sims 4: What You Need To Know

    Going to work or school with sims was only available with DLC in Sims 3, otherwise you stared at the outside of the building while they went in and worked.
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    Nikon D810 DSLR Promises Finer Detail in Stills and Video

    It can't actually record video other than h.264 so the 'finer detail video' will never be seen by most end users...
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    How to Use Avast's Ransomware Removal App

    I need an article called "How to make Avast stop seeing every workstation application as a potential threat"
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    Good laptop for 3Ds Max and Unity 3D

    that one is basically just slightly up from an Ultrabook, and has the lowest-end mobile GeForce 7 The 2 core CPU will impact things like texture baking, which is basically a rendering process, and the GPU in it will hurt your Unity performance. With its clock speed and 96 CUDA cores, it will...
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    3D for Designers - Maya vs 3DS Max vs Blender

    Stick with mental ray if you're just learning with Max or Maya. You won't need to move to another renderer for awhile.
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    Multiple Manufacturers May Confuse Steam Machine Buyers

    News from 30 years ago: "Multiple Manufacturers may confuse PC Buyers" "Multiple Manufacturers may confuse VCR Buyers" News from 28 years ago: "Multiple manufacturers may confuse CD player buyers" News From 20 years ago: multiple manufacturers may confuse DVD player buyers" News from 5 years...
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    4 Reasons Not to Get a 4K TV — Yet (Archive)

    Sean: re:color: most recorded output formats including the proposed 4K blu-ray, are 8-bit. re: reduced frame rate: the source material for most of the above rmentioned recorded formats is 24 p, not 60p. so the frame rate isn't being cut in half at all. 3:2 pulldown is being added by the TV. no...
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    Bill Gates Pooh-poohs Google's Internet Balloons

    Want to know what they used to do to help kids from getting malaria in the first place? Sprayed DDT.
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    How to Shoot Great Video

    Don't try to shoot video at a trade show. I don't know why I keep trying.
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    Oculus Names John Carmack As New CTO

    Maybe someday they will start showing a version actually designed to fit over glasses.