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Friday, July 27th, 2007 – running time 23:40
In this lightweight episode of InDigital, Jessica looks in the rearview mirror at her good tech mojo then she takes a look at the new Blackberry Curve. Wil makes a brief appearance with his Atari and Hahn takes you behind the scenes to show you the gear we use to make the show.
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Highlights
Blackberry pearl ( 4:25, 4:33, 4:47, 5:37, 6:03, 4:25, 4:33, 4:47, 5:37, 6:03 ) video games ( 10:13, 12:48, 10:13, 12:48 ) Atari 2600 ( 8:05, 10:24, 10:54, 8:05, 10:24, 10:54 ) high definition ( 17:54, 17:54 ) Blackberry pearl ( 4:25, 4:33, 4:47, 5:37, 6:03, 4:25, 4:33, 4:47, 5:37, 6:03 ) video games ( 10:13, 12:48, 10:13, 12:48 ) Atari 2600 ( 8:05, 10:24, 10:54, 8:05, 10:24, 10:54 ) high definition ( 17:54, 17:54 )

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" This episode -- in digital is brought Cuba I. GoDaddy get reliable and secure web hosting without the long term contract. And get 10% off on your order when entering the promo code digital ones when you check out. Get your piece in the Internet with godaddy."

" Opens in digital I'm just apartment and -- honcho at. And that we still wear on our lives we think that every week will Wheaton is going to be here."

" And he is kinda sort of virtually he is here you'll see him dozens if not physically here here. Yes how confusing that user you'll understand you'll understand this and put it last episode we talked of the Eiffel Tower last minute yes so I mean it was like their rage."

" It was the rage a lot people stood in line for this all the all of them I idea what I might reviews kind of it just skim the surface because I think I use it for long enough I feel like that I should really go really you know hammer on -- and I want to get over the wow factor. The -- the interfaces. Wow. Right credible everyone have you gotten over the wow factor yeah pretty much how long it takes reading you know over the -- We can but I'm. It is yeah that's good yeah I felt like I love it for a lot things especially the email capability I love the fact that you you know he's -- of -- I use Yahoo! mail. Love a lot of things about it the UIs like second yeah yeah all it's brilliant and ready. Battery first -- not interchangeable and now. Two hours into days well I begin with you now I check every fifteen minutes. Which is I guess a lot of."

" Okay that's incredible because I I currently have the pearl. And if I check email every fifteen minutes for two days and to some calls on and there's no way it would."

" Yet and my guess is it okay it is impressive us from your perspective that he is it that blackberries. It actually pushes email to you see you and actually have to check but this thing has to go up and -- somebody's about it more when you surf the web all that. My concern is that back to the battery is not interchangeable so Apple race that he's eighty bucks or something -- it yet so that means a year and a half right. You're still under contract in your phone guy thing extended event take your card out while while lies it's this. Procedure right which is well yeah just to -- that's better than I thought was gonna be I thought you're gonna have to scrap the whole found. Like when it died thank you don't know -- they they are fixing it okay -- yeah but still they -- which I guess is the cost of battery but you lose a phone for any number of days."

" And I've already heard of like the new versions are becoming outlook does -- again next -- is gonna be like the nano yeah nano iPhone. You know and that's gonna come -- fairly quick Abington they're gonna you know keep this model out."

" There it is you know it's expensive and I -- be cheaper it is going to be the other issue I have his headphones the fact is right. Like my regular headphones don't fit because the day recess. That Jack what the hell were they thinking it's ash and does this mean you have to buy proprietary headphones those are the easy ones with -- really small and sell these headphones that you haven't Mike built in so when you still."

" My people go to buy headphones for the act -- What is like the quarter inch stack that they need to be just not that is actually the diameter of the casing around it. Is a problem and do you have like a -- set of headphones you can tell."

" People out there like that I have about one yet to be easy that you have a Mike don't think this is a hands free -- to but for me I don't use -- hands became -- and driving and then I'm not listen to music right so I don't I'm not the person walking down the street talking like if someone calls and I will unplug okay don't hold the phone is always saying this you guys out there hit us up in the forms of you know any. Headphones then work with the iPhone yes so far and we had -- had both silent except for the iPod headphones. Don't work you know that's my other problem and so but it is my biggest thing is that this service plan doesn't work for me eighteen he would let me transfer my plan over so that -- selling it."

" Yeah I'm not keeping and it edit it was -- I am left out the form yeah."

" Yes so little personality -- it is listed yet because he got they got it I would love to keep it by the agency's."

" Plans that you plans don't work for me so sad that that it's gone and it's gone higher rank as well I took a look in the Riordan Herat at some hot."

" Blackberry pearl who gets heated sexiness. -- So we backing an episode five we took a look at that rim the Blackberry pearl and highest yes. -- loved it stylish and functional and overall just -- into -- red flag. So when I have my latest cell -- fatality. I knew the exact found that I was gonna by -- myself. Here's a look. The Blackberry pearl in the real news here."

" First let's recap the features the probe came out with all the bells and whistles with consumers in mind there's a one point three megapixel camera. Complete with a tiny flash integrated and he and is there a really cool voice command feature. Bluetooth and even a mapping application. It has expendable memory to wit my -- Of course like all blackberries it's designed for talking emails and text messaging the pro can manage and support up to ten pop three -- I'm not four accounts there's also IM client for AOL. ICQ. And SN and Yahoo!. So I'd have the pearl now for a couple months and here I thought. So I'm hardly a business user for the reason I got the Blackberry pearl was more than email it. Abilities savvy about what has snapped. And the keyboard took me about it. -- to -- still now you can't really do one this. -- typing that would drive you absolutely -- so we -- you reply to emails however. And I want to use it my biggest complaint initially was that the pearl -- sync up my Mac. But then I found the software called pocket Mac pour the Blackberry pearl so no hard griping -- that's it. As for the other features I use the calendar option often missing somebody my hi how much I love. I use the camera and -- now -- again but not so much and the power features including the music player -- GPS software. I really don't use at all but this is the closest thing and I had -- to have portable computer. It allows me to freedom should be completely connected and out of the ballots are not at home shackled to my computer. And that's evolved. I think we'll look -- together."

" He is still happy campers I totally separate buy averages above it. I love -- I mean really it's it's every. I wanted -- It really -- that I I and that you know it it's so easy to use it's so easy to incorporate email account yet it's totally compact. And she'll attack mode though unlike me yeah -- I. Yeah my -- even though I have dropped quite a few times I tell you what it's -- the drop tests is that okay we're sure I'd -- a thing. Quite often and it just pops open and I put back together and -- that so you're happy totally -- I wish I had her purchasing moan don't think that. The next few years will."

" Hey guys I'm sorry that I can't be actually in the studio with you today my son and my money are all going to college in just a couple of weeks so. Spending a lot of time with my family as we prepare to get -- off to school and well my wife planned to surprise vacation without telling me about a minute coincides with exactly the day that we're supposed to tape the show. I was able to get this package for you know. It's all about retro gaming. And Jessica you look hot today. Wow wow. If you grew up like I did it in the seventies and eighties. You they often find yourself nostalgic as I do for retro gaming the classic console gaming that we grew up with. Particularly the Atari 2600. Well you've had your fill the Wii and the Xbox in the complicated games of the band's kids to be like the -- you're gonna wanna pick up one of the the Atari flashback to and because this is a retro gaming review we're gonna go retro style today. And play this on a thirteen inch CRT monitor kids ask your -- The flashback to has forty built in games including Atari classics. Asteroids and on that and pong. Also includes two Activision classics including the world famous pitfall. All of this is just thirty. The console has five buttons for power reset selecting games number of players and difficulty levels and if you really want to flashback. There's a monochrome switch to play your games in black and white. I'm gonna stick with help. If the forty including games are radical in his kitchen enough for you -- eighties kind man do. You can put in a code with a joystick that will unlock. Super breakout and warlords. What's that you say I can't play super breakout and warlords with a joystick. If you have a paddle controller you can plug it didn't."

" And play these games exactly the way they were intended."

" Let's get the code to track."

" So you can also hack the flashback you see you can run vintage 2600 cartridges. It's surprisingly easy it's even printed on the circuit board inside the device so you know where to make your -- connection. Just do a Google search and you'll find all kinds of forums discussing how to crack it open and running even more classic games. They've included some games like -- which were originally intended for paddle controllers and playing it with a joystick. Is a little funky and feels a bit awkward but if you happen to have original -- controller with when he 600. You could plug them and and it works perfectly. Unlike many of the plug and play TV video games no batteries are required the flashback to just uses an AC adapter. While it's undeniable that gaming technology has advanced substantially. Since the Atari 2600 was state of the art. I think there's more ram and a cell phone and there wasn't a classic Atari console. There's still something really charming and really wonderful about these games. If you're tired of games that are so complicated and so difficult that they require walk throughs -- one of those official cheap manuals to finish."

" Free one I'd just -- live a simpler times where. Limited graphics and limited software meant that you had to use your imagination to fill in the gaps."

" The Atari 2600. As evidenced by the flash back to here is a really really great options. Also if you have little kids these games are so much fun there's a reason we love people we were kids. Yes it was incredibly advanced and it felt like you were driving a spaceship for real."

" But it really did let you use your imagination fill in the gaps and that's something that's really missing from today's games."

" For only thirty bucks."

" Forty games."

" Eminently hackable. Hidden Easter eggs. The Atari flashback to do is going to be a perfect addition to any wood paneled shag carpeted basement --"

" I will in this case closed at two gamer you think the classic game that I mean that classic nostalgic."

" Guy."

" Yes we love he loves it he does and that ya. I don't know why I prefer though more graphical thing but that I did play the games that he did you didn't now I get really you today that my parents have invested in it yet allowed of this machine and it has."

" Yeah most definitely did and so my dad I remembered story my father. He went out and bought an Atari right after him and my mom got married on a credit card and today's date my mom resents and Franken put them in debt. You Nike had been added yeah it's electric charges that date it was big in my -- we'll lose big in my family. And those last time that you you -- product that they actually want you to hack it they dare you to hacking it."

" I know it's also -- they're instructions inside that tell you what pins that connect that you want to put in cartridges right. Which is pretty cool and I just you know of course are -- they let everyone -- things we would be."

" Have a huge pile of broken things yes so this but I think I think that next time we actually need to give will something where he's not playing."

" Yeah and get really -- because this is -- he gets to play video games yet and we do all the work I don't always. What we do all the work."

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" So by now we on the that I'm a big fan pro because of its delicate design and his kids software. The guys as good honest or sometimes you don't want to look like a delicate flower so what's your option. -- With the size becomes a big screen the full QWERTY keyboard for those crackberry addicts and the new interface is about so new these will be some acclamation and which features it's not all business there's a music player and 388 C and W me formats among others. A video player for mpeg four H dive to 63 and WMD though we didn't have much success getting WNV's play. And there's the applications that bond between a basic html browser that gives you a mere fraction of the Internet. And a very cool and useful mapping application that'll work real time with a Bluetooth GPS antenna. There's 64 megabytes of memory built in but that's hardly enough for all the media see you can expand up to two gigs with micro SD. Unfortunately though it's very under the battery. Speaking of battery rim claims of four hours of talk time -- sitting eighteen days in standby. They -- pipe dream. So this album fun features. It's still feels really corporate I mean look at it so had a boxy design and they sterile look and and a keyboard that's screen using email which is essentially as his strength. Ten that's a number of email accounts you can access everywhere you've got that includes Yahoo! and Gmail online accounts. But unlike Apple's iPhone you won't see the folders and set up so he can't fully manage your email but just read and post a reply. For corporate users it's a server in a closet somewhere that really makes the curve and useful -- allowing things like remote calendar management. For the rest of us it's the old fashioned thinking when I get home. Our guys so let's button this up but the -- the pearl Metallica scooter. -- ride but you don't frenzy want it where it -- this is more like hardly bigger beef here looks federal tax."

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" What you -- is this feels like but that. Messaging that's that's four and that's what's got that so that's what fuels like it doesn't feel like a -- Right even though it does have all the other capabilities that pearl feels more like a -- that happens to you email the question is how fast you type on it. You do you Leicester respond to lot of emails and I know you get like tons of phone calls and I."

" I -- yeah and I and I absolutely am and you use this button so I'm fine I'm fine but again this is this I think these -- the user. So similar yup and in the insides and the outside is what difference it yet and I'm wondering front. A very manly man perspective if I -- point with my theory. That this is a man's phone that movement yeah. Death so would you prefer that over this. That's a tough one to I do like the smallest I heard a questioning. -- announcement yeah."

" resizing and took us. Take it I think it's small enough and the messaging to -- full keyboard is useful enough that I would use this more. Your voice distract you answered back you know it. If you get it I do think this is too. Yeah it's it's is I never really got used to the keyboard I think you can get used with I think it's pretty cool but it's still I couldn't get used to it and I like the idea of a full QWERTY keyboard and and that's why. Same with the iPhone -- like that software keyboard I'd like the full hardware buttons. And yes I well I think the curve has more now Miley at all mean question. That's okay at you know KOK you're gonna. Okay US fit here's the answer that here we used to make this show take a look."

" Wow wow wow."

" Many of our viewers have been wondering what it takes to get in vigil on line and we'll be original plan was to show you the people that sat there all the -- that we use. But the people refuse to have their faces on camera so aside from the still pose a massive -- you probably not to be able see them. And the sat well we want take away from the magic of conditional. So here's all the gear that we use and there's lots of it let's stop for the cameras that's prime the most important part. Our camera guy board director of photography is it likes because came child uses his own Sony Z one you. It's a great high definition -- or that she's a mini DV. But of course we should be standard definition and there's two Panasonic DVX 100 what is it -- series which is the latest model and our producer throws it has a series in the mix as well and that's probably why you know so the colors are a little bit different across all three cameras yeah it's freezing prosumer type cameras we use some more expensive tapes as well he in the Panasonic we use -- PQ series. Because Panasonic uses a driving vacation and heads are really designed for that -- The manufacturer recommends it so that's exactly what we did you should keep the camera steady in the hands move the Wii is a man -- tripod with a fluid head. Art director of photography he brings his own tripod which."

" Is a lot lighter than the man's problem and for the third camera we use achieve targets tripod for the Fries and finally some big box and doesn't have very well but it. Holds a camera steady. Lights it's very very important we use -- for -- two point 500 dollar army light -- that we are from our friend Microsoft. And that's why you see is -- a special thanks section the credits and every single episode. From the kid we used to 650 -- lights and 300 watt light for a little color in the background there's also 1000 watt light in -- but we try and stay away from it since it could -- refuses. And our nemesis the audio. For the microphones we actually used -- wireless Anheuser PW 100 G tube mics because they're wireless every down again you'll knows -- hit in the audio and there's three of them for each of our hosts. And went all three of us on camera we actually makes it to assure FP Ford had been telling makes mixer and it's and now discontinued version but it does the job yeah. It's not just cameras mikes and lights that make this show there's actually a few other things. First there's -- that's the thing that you put on the lights that'll they'll color to the background. And they're held onto the lights we'll see forty sevens which are actually who's a fancy word for clothes pins. And there is paved lots of tape to hide microphones on wheels fancy teachers or somebody just gets more of interesting outfits. And to kill somebody audio we use a basic thing called version blankets. That's just a production -- stop everything to get it on tape now with some post production and that's where the real stressful magic happens. We login digitize all the tapes using a Sony DC RT RV 950. Manufactures don't recommend you digitize it on the -- and heads and have prosumer camera. So we use it cheaper camera for that big -- station isn't under powered Mac mini G 41 point 25 gigahertz. But that's not where the headings down the editing is done without more powerful."

" MacBook pro -- latest Intel processors. Our -- uses final cut pro studio two and that's where the entire show comes together. And once -- show's assembled its ftp to San Francisco where Jeff and -- are cracking coding teen. Six and a roomful of computers to make the show ready for you watch."

" That's really the equipment doesn't even replace the peoples and it is all the people -- even cool."

" Yes we did you have a lot of friends and and co workers at chip and whenever they can get -- hot and I here on no."

" There's a lot of people behind the scenes you know Michael tried and Kevin how health helps out when in their free time and then you -- and Cisco Joey Glen David yes. They chip and when they can't yet so that's -- Leo it's been fun in it -- to in this."

" That's -- acting -- music doesn't really upset about not been pushing it for quite some time. It is people where opening up the show to you even more meaty we're gonna give you -- sixty seconds to give us your favorite product review or even. You're but can't yes the -- the hands essentially that's gonna send us your product reviews sixty seconds in length. And Margaret yeah."

" Yes just like email me yet I bought it at individual online dot com and just a young brief description of what it your gonna talk about. And I will say do ftp information he can upload it we haven't -- public great system -- so in the meantime this'll have to do. We know we can learn from you guys just yes there for us so really bring it I would love to hear what everyone has to say and especially if you got bad technology elect me. But he's got great technology like Jessica bit."

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" Opens in digital I'm just apartment and -- honcho at. And that we still wear on our lives we think that every week will Wheaton is going to be here."

" And he is kinda sort of virtually he is here you'll see him dozens if not physically here here. Yes how confusing that user you'll understand you'll understand this and put it last episode we talked of the Eiffel Tower last minute yes so I mean it was like their rage."

" It was the rage a lot people stood in line for this all the all of them I idea what I might reviews kind of it just skim the surface because I think I use it for long enough I feel like that I should really go really you know hammer on -- and I want to get over the wow factor. The -- the interfaces. Wow. Right credible everyone have you gotten over the wow factor yeah pretty much how long it takes reading you know over the -- We can but I'm. It is yeah that's good yeah I felt like I love it for a lot things especially the email capability I love the fact that you you know he's -- of -- I use Yahoo! mail. Love a lot of things about it the UIs like second yeah yeah all it's brilliant and ready. Battery first -- not interchangeable and now. Two hours into days well I begin with you now I check every fifteen minutes. Which is I guess a lot of."

" Okay that's incredible because I I currently have the pearl. And if I check email every fifteen minutes for two days and to some calls on and there's no way it would."

" Yet and my guess is it okay it is impressive us from your perspective that he is it that blackberries. It actually pushes email to you see you and actually have to check but this thing has to go up and -- somebody's about it more when you surf the web all that. My concern is that back to the battery is not interchangeable so Apple race that he's eighty bucks or something -- it yet so that means a year and a half right. You're still under contract in your phone guy thing extended event take your card out while while lies it's this. Procedure right which is well yeah just to -- that's better than I thought was gonna be I thought you're gonna have to scrap the whole found. Like when it died thank you don't know -- they they are fixing it okay -- yeah but still they -- which I guess is the cost of battery but you lose a phone for any number of days."

" And I've already heard of like the new versions are becoming outlook does -- again next -- is gonna be like the nano yeah nano iPhone. You know and that's gonna come -- fairly quick Abington they're gonna you know keep this model out."

" There it is you know it's expensive and I -- be cheaper it is going to be the other issue I have his headphones the fact is right. Like my regular headphones don't fit because the day recess. That Jack what the hell were they thinking it's ash and does this mean you have to buy proprietary headphones those are the easy ones with -- really small and sell these headphones that you haven't Mike built in so when you still."

" My people go to buy headphones for the act -- What is like the quarter inch stack that they need to be just not that is actually the diameter of the casing around it. Is a problem and do you have like a -- set of headphones you can tell."

" People out there like that I have about one yet to be easy that you have a Mike don't think this is a hands free -- to but for me I don't use -- hands became -- and driving and then I'm not listen to music right so I don't I'm not the person walking down the street talking like if someone calls and I will unplug okay don't hold the phone is always saying this you guys out there hit us up in the forms of you know any. Headphones then work with the iPhone yes so far and we had -- had both silent except for the iPod headphones. Don't work you know that's my other problem and so but it is my biggest thing is that this service plan doesn't work for me eighteen he would let me transfer my plan over so that -- selling it."

" Yeah I'm not keeping and it edit it was -- I am left out the form yeah."

" Yes so little personality -- it is listed yet because he got they got it I would love to keep it by the agency's."

" Plans that you plans don't work for me so sad that that it's gone and it's gone higher rank as well I took a look in the Riordan Herat at some hot."

" Blackberry pearl who gets heated sexiness. -- So we backing an episode five we took a look at that rim the Blackberry pearl and highest yes. -- loved it stylish and functional and overall just -- into -- red flag. So when I have my latest cell -- fatality. I knew the exact found that I was gonna by -- myself. Here's a look. The Blackberry pearl in the real news here."

" First let's recap the features the probe came out with all the bells and whistles with consumers in mind there's a one point three megapixel camera. Complete with a tiny flash integrated and he and is there a really cool voice command feature. Bluetooth and even a mapping application. It has expendable memory to wit my -- Of course like all blackberries it's designed for talking emails and text messaging the pro can manage and support up to ten pop three -- I'm not four accounts there's also IM client for AOL. ICQ. And SN and Yahoo!. So I'd have the pearl now for a couple months and here I thought. So I'm hardly a business user for the reason I got the Blackberry pearl was more than email it. Abilities savvy about what has snapped. And the keyboard took me about it. -- to -- still now you can't really do one this. -- typing that would drive you absolutely -- so we -- you reply to emails however. And I want to use it my biggest complaint initially was that the pearl -- sync up my Mac. But then I found the software called pocket Mac pour the Blackberry pearl so no hard griping -- that's it. As for the other features I use the calendar option often missing somebody my hi how much I love. I use the camera and -- now -- again but not so much and the power features including the music player -- GPS software. I really don't use at all but this is the closest thing and I had -- to have portable computer. It allows me to freedom should be completely connected and out of the ballots are not at home shackled to my computer. And that's evolved. I think we'll look -- together."

" He is still happy campers I totally separate buy averages above it. I love -- I mean really it's it's every. I wanted -- It really -- that I I and that you know it it's so easy to use it's so easy to incorporate email account yet it's totally compact. And she'll attack mode though unlike me yeah -- I. Yeah my -- even though I have dropped quite a few times I tell you what it's -- the drop tests is that okay we're sure I'd -- a thing. Quite often and it just pops open and I put back together and -- that so you're happy totally -- I wish I had her purchasing moan don't think that. The next few years will."

" Hey guys I'm sorry that I can't be actually in the studio with you today my son and my money are all going to college in just a couple of weeks so. Spending a lot of time with my family as we prepare to get -- off to school and well my wife planned to surprise vacation without telling me about a minute coincides with exactly the day that we're supposed to tape the show. I was able to get this package for you know. It's all about retro gaming. And Jessica you look hot today. Wow wow. If you grew up like I did it in the seventies and eighties. You they often find yourself nostalgic as I do for retro gaming the classic console gaming that we grew up with. Particularly the Atari 2600. Well you've had your fill the Wii and the Xbox in the complicated games of the band's kids to be like the -- you're gonna wanna pick up one of the the Atari flashback to and because this is a retro gaming review we're gonna go retro style today. And play this on a thirteen inch CRT monitor kids ask your -- The flashback to has forty built in games including Atari classics. Asteroids and on that and pong. Also includes two Activision classics including the world famous pitfall. All of this is just thirty. The console has five buttons for power reset selecting games number of players and difficulty levels and if you really want to flashback. There's a monochrome switch to play your games in black and white. I'm gonna stick with help. If the forty including games are radical in his kitchen enough for you -- eighties kind man do. You can put in a code with a joystick that will unlock. Super breakout and warlords. What's that you say I can't play super breakout and warlords with a joystick. If you have a paddle controller you can plug it didn't."

" And play these games exactly the way they were intended."

" Let's get the code to track."

" So you can also hack the flashback you see you can run vintage 2600 cartridges. It's surprisingly easy it's even printed on the circuit board inside the device so you know where to make your -- connection. Just do a Google search and you'll find all kinds of forums discussing how to crack it open and running even more classic games. They've included some games like -- which were originally intended for paddle controllers and playing it with a joystick. Is a little funky and feels a bit awkward but if you happen to have original -- controller with when he 600. You could plug them and and it works perfectly. Unlike many of the plug and play TV video games no batteries are required the flashback to just uses an AC adapter. While it's undeniable that gaming technology has advanced substantially. Since the Atari 2600 was state of the art. I think there's more ram and a cell phone and there wasn't a classic Atari console. There's still something really charming and really wonderful about these games. If you're tired of games that are so complicated and so difficult that they require walk throughs -- one of those official cheap manuals to finish."

" Free one I'd just -- live a simpler times where. Limited graphics and limited software meant that you had to use your imagination to fill in the gaps."

" The Atari 2600. As evidenced by the flash back to here is a really really great options. Also if you have little kids these games are so much fun there's a reason we love people we were kids. Yes it was incredibly advanced and it felt like you were driving a spaceship for real."

" But it really did let you use your imagination fill in the gaps and that's something that's really missing from today's games."

" For only thirty bucks."

" Forty games."

" Eminently hackable. Hidden Easter eggs. The Atari flashback to do is going to be a perfect addition to any wood paneled shag carpeted basement --"

" I will in this case closed at two gamer you think the classic game that I mean that classic nostalgic."

" Guy."

" Yes we love he loves it he does and that ya. I don't know why I prefer though more graphical thing but that I did play the games that he did you didn't now I get really you today that my parents have invested in it yet allowed of this machine and it has."

" Yeah most definitely did and so my dad I remembered story my father. He went out and bought an Atari right after him and my mom got married on a credit card and today's date my mom resents and Franken put them in debt. You Nike had been added yeah it's electric charges that date it was big in my -- we'll lose big in my family. And those last time that you you -- product that they actually want you to hack it they dare you to hacking it."

" I know it's also -- they're instructions inside that tell you what pins that connect that you want to put in cartridges right. Which is pretty cool and I just you know of course are -- they let everyone -- things we would be."

" Have a huge pile of broken things yes so this but I think I think that next time we actually need to give will something where he's not playing."

" Yeah and get really -- because this is -- he gets to play video games yet and we do all the work I don't always. What we do all the work."

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" So by now we on the that I'm a big fan pro because of its delicate design and his kids software. The guys as good honest or sometimes you don't want to look like a delicate flower so what's your option. -- With the size becomes a big screen the full QWERTY keyboard for those crackberry addicts and the new interface is about so new these will be some acclamation and which features it's not all business there's a music player and 388 C and W me formats among others. A video player for mpeg four H dive to 63 and WMD though we didn't have much success getting WNV's play. And there's the applications that bond between a basic html browser that gives you a mere fraction of the Internet. And a very cool and useful mapping application that'll work real time with a Bluetooth GPS antenna. There's 64 megabytes of memory built in but that's hardly enough for all the media see you can expand up to two gigs with micro SD. Unfortunately though it's very under the battery. Speaking of battery rim claims of four hours of talk time -- sitting eighteen days in standby. They -- pipe dream. So this album fun features. It's still feels really corporate I mean look at it so had a boxy design and they sterile look and and a keyboard that's screen using email which is essentially as his strength. Ten that's a number of email accounts you can access everywhere you've got that includes Yahoo! and Gmail online accounts. But unlike Apple's iPhone you won't see the folders and set up so he can't fully manage your email but just read and post a reply. For corporate users it's a server in a closet somewhere that really makes the curve and useful -- allowing things like remote calendar management. For the rest of us it's the old fashioned thinking when I get home. Our guys so let's button this up but the -- the pearl Metallica scooter. -- ride but you don't frenzy want it where it -- this is more like hardly bigger beef here looks federal tax."

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" I -- yeah and I and I absolutely am and you use this button so I'm fine I'm fine but again this is this I think these -- the user. So similar yup and in the insides and the outside is what difference it yet and I'm wondering front. A very manly man perspective if I -- point with my theory. That this is a man's phone that movement yeah. Death so would you prefer that over this. That's a tough one to I do like the smallest I heard a questioning. -- announcement yeah."

" resizing and took us. Take it I think it's small enough and the messaging to -- full keyboard is useful enough that I would use this more. Your voice distract you answered back you know it. If you get it I do think this is too. Yeah it's it's is I never really got used to the keyboard I think you can get used with I think it's pretty cool but it's still I couldn't get used to it and I like the idea of a full QWERTY keyboard and and that's why. Same with the iPhone -- like that software keyboard I'd like the full hardware buttons. And yes I well I think the curve has more now Miley at all mean question. That's okay at you know KOK you're gonna. Okay US fit here's the answer that here we used to make this show take a look."

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" Many of our viewers have been wondering what it takes to get in vigil on line and we'll be original plan was to show you the people that sat there all the -- that we use. But the people refuse to have their faces on camera so aside from the still pose a massive -- you probably not to be able see them. And the sat well we want take away from the magic of conditional. So here's all the gear that we use and there's lots of it let's stop for the cameras that's prime the most important part. Our camera guy board director of photography is it likes because came child uses his own Sony Z one you. It's a great high definition -- or that she's a mini DV. But of course we should be standard definition and there's two Panasonic DVX 100 what is it -- series which is the latest model and our producer throws it has a series in the mix as well and that's probably why you know so the colors are a little bit different across all three cameras yeah it's freezing prosumer type cameras we use some more expensive tapes as well he in the Panasonic we use -- PQ series. Because Panasonic uses a driving vacation and heads are really designed for that -- The manufacturer recommends it so that's exactly what we did you should keep the camera steady in the hands move the Wii is a man -- tripod with a fluid head. Art director of photography he brings his own tripod which."

" Is a lot lighter than the man's problem and for the third camera we use achieve targets tripod for the Fries and finally some big box and doesn't have very well but it. Holds a camera steady. Lights it's very very important we use -- for -- two point 500 dollar army light -- that we are from our friend Microsoft. And that's why you see is -- a special thanks section the credits and every single episode. From the kid we used to 650 -- lights and 300 watt light for a little color in the background there's also 1000 watt light in -- but we try and stay away from it since it could -- refuses. And our nemesis the audio. For the microphones we actually used -- wireless Anheuser PW 100 G tube mics because they're wireless every down again you'll knows -- hit in the audio and there's three of them for each of our hosts. And went all three of us on camera we actually makes it to assure FP Ford had been telling makes mixer and it's and now discontinued version but it does the job yeah. It's not just cameras mikes and lights that make this show there's actually a few other things. First there's -- that's the thing that you put on the lights that'll they'll color to the background. And they're held onto the lights we'll see forty sevens which are actually who's a fancy word for clothes pins. And there is paved lots of tape to hide microphones on wheels fancy teachers or somebody just gets more of interesting outfits. And to kill somebody audio we use a basic thing called version blankets. That's just a production -- stop everything to get it on tape now with some post production and that's where the real stressful magic happens. We login digitize all the tapes using a Sony DC RT RV 950. Manufactures don't recommend you digitize it on the -- and heads and have prosumer camera. So we use it cheaper camera for that big -- station isn't under powered Mac mini G 41 point 25 gigahertz. But that's not where the headings down the editing is done without more powerful."

" MacBook pro -- latest Intel processors. Our -- uses final cut pro studio two and that's where the entire show comes together. And once -- show's assembled its ftp to San Francisco where Jeff and -- are cracking coding teen. Six and a roomful of computers to make the show ready for you watch."

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" There's a lot of people behind the scenes you know Michael tried and Kevin how health helps out when in their free time and then you -- and Cisco Joey Glen David yes. They chip and when they can't yet so that's -- Leo it's been fun in it -- to in this."

" That's -- acting -- music doesn't really upset about not been pushing it for quite some time. It is people where opening up the show to you even more meaty we're gonna give you -- sixty seconds to give us your favorite product review or even. You're but can't yes the -- the hands essentially that's gonna send us your product reviews sixty seconds in length. And Margaret yeah."

" Yes just like email me yet I bought it at individual online dot com and just a young brief description of what it your gonna talk about. And I will say do ftp information he can upload it we haven't -- public great system -- so in the meantime this'll have to do. We know we can learn from you guys just yes there for us so really bring it I would love to hear what everyone has to say and especially if you got bad technology elect me. But he's got great technology like Jessica bit."

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