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" Wow."
" Going to -- Tekzilla -- Burton shares his thoughts on Twitter and online social networking Garnett Lee gives us the lowdown. And GBC 2000 and we got her sudden halt what's -- gonna view this. This. Distract yourself bid and open up the -- is Johnny Tekzilla starts now. This episode of Tekzilla is made possible by. Squarespace. Godaddy.com. And netflix.com. I'm Patrick Norton. Well -- Tekzilla hands -- is the latest tech. Including rockets at a make the most out of here you are Leo."
" That's your beginner at tech support your friends and family you've got a question about digital cameras faster Internet securing yourself -- the secret ingredients that Veronica cocktail."
" We've answered Korea if we don't we'll track somebody who dies."
" You set. It's also ended suddenly and like in the center usually we're way off to the left outward feel very important sitting here who still work in progress of privacy if you were tweaks here and there has to move forward especially the biggest issues that we can't actually enjoy this that while we're working. Luckily piles of -- at Tekzilla. Yeah -- and everything that's so cute guy if you did yourself we got those from the enemy and tactical gear store. Yes bickering geniuses at your I had my that's -- but anyway Rebecca -- our first question comes from up. We had a question about USB chargers."
" Oh wondering I have -- thought of the standard unit beat -- B cable connection. And if I tried using AC adaptor with Avery who you think it will vote next week or so. I'm wondering it for strictly charging purposes. Actually there -- voltage. Than anything you'd be. Thanks for the answers and."
" Well you know unless of some weird voltage converter built into your cell phones cable it uses the same five volts and got 500 millions any of the USB device you says. Except the iPhone of course -- on Apple in the second. It comes with a bad USB power adapter on investment pesticides to try other doctors actually."
" Yeah Amy unless you're -- sort of like the iPhone which requires power to both the five volt power pins the two outside into the USB plug and the date it then the two inside pins that run three point six full. Super annoying because generic USB power adapters. Don't power those pins even if they have that in fact all of these perfectly good I phone chargers from the first generation and iPod charges he's a dock connector also won't. Towards the iPhone three G. It got some good news so if you're hater of the 843. Different ports for powering up yourself don't get -- actually pretty pleased to learn all the how many power adapters have you ever. Like every cell phones like except for some Nokia is I had to use the same power -- hundred million billion. Basically -- mobile world congress and on February the morning of February 17 2009 -- and I'm excited but a stockpile -- cell phone and disagreed on the -- tiny micro USB plug as it is standard for power connectors for -- pretty much before the European Union. Brought down the hammer on them for not having standard -- is that you was pretty annoyed at the 42000 different on the exchange yeah standards. So rim wasn't on that list select number of HPC devices you -- PC devices. There he is the micro USB adapter. LG Nokia Samsung Sony Ericsson AT TP."
" Mobile will roll a lot of companies -- on this. Yeah well. That's because they like their stranglehold on there and users."
" Antenna does strangle motion and it's questions that are particular riled up and sign up that. Questions and that it was so easy to make just recorder question front of the camera no longer even fifteen seconds preferably a clue about -- YouTube and send us an email with video question in the subject line so we can find it. And I can't -- to your shiny happy faces."
" Still to come Veronica -- it just aren't Star Trek -- of -- about the power of online social networking. William Fulbright data DDC 2000 not with what it was very young Garnett Lee. But first."
" Hey -- think it's time now to thank put it today's sponsors stay in here to tell you more about them is when the mastermind behind the mission's three needed greater."
" Hey there it's David Prager co founder Revision 3 I wanted to come on here at Tekzilla -- from the sponsors that makes this show possible and that's sponsors Squarespace we have heard Squarespace. Their web publishing platform as well as a hosting platform what they allow you do is basically create a website. And out and put it on line. And they provide tools that make you able to tools around the look. Like pretty much anything you want as well as all kinds of functionality and expect from an you have taken to on the web you can see all the different things you can do on line from. B Nvidia submitting videos. Having a spot on to say things still images of second feeds from different sites you might have on -- What this allows you do is use their features to drag and drop and Poland things change color palettes and all kinds of design features to really customize it make it look the way you want. It's really cool because it. Because all of this back and voting for you lets you control just -- front end."
" And be really control what you're doing without really being able to have the technical -- significant chops to -- the back -- stuff and even better Squarespace is put together a special deal to get 10% off your entire order for the lifetime do you Squarespace TV go to the site Squarespace dot com. He's to promote protect you that's Tiki hazy you get 10% off reveal lifetime that you Squarespace. To create your own site -- professional business site anything like that check it out Squarespace. "
" Dot com. -- this week's freebie download pick. Every program that we find useful fun or incredibly interesting this week. -- Better mail store holds this little application backs up emails from multiple email apps and accounts into one single thing here is searchable location. With the use outlook express outlook. But never gotten Gmail you are covered. And what they'll store search function you'll have to worry about remembering what Gmail from who contain the information he. Plus -- store supports Apple back up to see -- dvd entry you always have a copy of email -- where he needed -- deposit box partly your home. So you're looking for -- archive."
" Gilbert covered 2000 and I was in town last week totally register can -- was here to it was a preview of what to expect today we asked a friend of one of executive producer Garnett Lee to stop by. Give us the lowdown on everything happens every single thing happen it was exciting and cool the conference over the next two hours."
" CDC. Just kidding what the biggest things come at a DC 2009. On -- what is it. Will it work DG eight. Did you get -- I absolutely it has played so the whole idea is cloud computing right the big buzz word that's -- are -- talk about the idea here is that instead of having. What you'll phantom console we've -- in a lightweight box with the deliverable that came to you through the Internet. Everything now plays. Through the Internet so all you have in your house. Is a controller interface graft because back and you know where the server farm is that whereas. Magical well that's where your games being played on the latest and greatest hardware so when infidelity with of course was crisis in the Asia crisis because. That's one of those PC games it -- PCs if people go -- you can run crisis you're doing great. They don't do that they also showed real those games both played very well when I played of the devastation correctly. Some burnout paradise I have a -- trouble. So it's interesting ideas basically that cheap piece of hardware controller. A fast Internet connection and you'll be able to play -- being that they have -- living on their servers right so anything -- on the servers you'll be able to connect up to them and play the games. The whole like of the white box is really cool because the box the show was literally the size of bus which you know like a five ports which was about -- Angeles a couple ports on the front -- giant man who knows it partner screaming interference by the Republican up a flash -- chip of some sorts and they're able to -- updates on the road and you can do it only does the sort of when he. That might be that it looks good. At least it's like it's like that that there is -- like it's the last you know gaming device celebrity while people. -- the second Alaska's -- to have any repeat performance absolutely when Anthony."
" New video compression technology because that's the key or right is the game being played some whistles and -- personal as a way of getting the controller and -- from your fingers or wherever. On the controller back to. You know Grand Central station but then they gotta get the video of the game playing. Back -- you efficiently server power and especially server power powerful enough to forage. Like the graphics for crisis Patrick they have secret sauce they have special hardware that so. It all is there there a lot of students are and that's -- not have a spelling your skepticism about -- skepticism is this I think that the idea was great I feel like this was -- PR -- to get what's on the costs of being able to be done. From the people who could you know -- and think the next level -- Because I think that's what they need you know they need -- following historical somebody with a Brazilian absolutely have it has -- access development and that they mention how -- what kind of two."
" It was connection you're gonna need I guess they actually did so for forty. You're gonna need one point five down. Which pretty much everybody has one point five down I guess at least until it gets throttled and well that's a whole other subject and then for 725. Down. Five may find out -- can take a sustain five need to sustain five down so I guess my other concern about this is. If they need that that means that saturating it right if they're saturating it and you're playing games -- politically games -- a couple three -- tonight. How quickly or refuted I if he's gonna come after you so this goes back to that even bigger question please be -- for all digital distribution which is how we get effective. Digital highest keen you know distributors working -- biased piece community band with and have it all paperwork you can at duke -- amateur band with campus 50 it's -- to you. You could knock it down like crazy right. It's -- really was funny was when I was playing burnout paradise and it was struggling. They talked about how old maybe it's because of PC version doesn't play that great little whole idea this was that would play those games on the monster computer that would solve everything so. I think it's a great idea it's a little ahead of its its not shipping yet they've got they're going beta this they're they're quite bitter and -- public beta the summer and -- actually watch -- That's moving fast when. I we wait with beating -- theater revealed on slide absolutely. What are the -- the big slinky release announcement stories previews the big thing of course was there's a new legend of Zelda coming -- a spirit tracks for the."
" And -- tracks has linked drug industry -- electric to have been driving attorney. Click on it -- click -- a train a little Canon shot little balls -- into the environment. And then the other thing that I was gonna and I -- it's sensible people pick up on this is. It's particularly touched me capability -- your tracing tracks on the screen and you have an AI component that we -- the world -- people -- of kind of a double -- it's pretty different directions from. I'm not I but I they'll they'll -- right into actual play but -- repertory -- 42 versions themselves well you don't actually a lot of but the show was very iconography iconic scores all the stuff you have to have the classic music. He had some dungeon exploration that would like a lot of those but it's just that ultimately -- I think that. It's accurate to say that it's very much like -- like the boat was in when later that night of the train him. -- to the entire game said Katrina the -- know I think it's gonna be -- locomotion device in the game and then. It'll also probably plan -- which pieces of what many games -- the but it ended the super -- out. Well actually. Flash back twenty years ago right after I did the flat spec is twenty years ago if you played super punch out twenty years ago you really you -- immediately noticed the exact same time to put it. Which is one of yeah that was important. All right so you're of the holiest sites thousands and it -- to have to have -- exactly thing. And I think it's gonna be great for a new generation of people to have that experience is very simply get into -- fun because punch with the revote which I was kind of I think you're there -- with --"
" What's -- on the -- side. We'll finally be here on April 7 and the big announcements of course senator on the cartridges so right now you've got an in this enormous base of DS users right. It's going to be two cartridges after the BS -- comes -- give you one cartridge that'll work on the old units but has enhanced features would be aside. And then one only works on the new machine so you know that doesn't mean you're gonna Wheeling round filing that yes. Olson -- BS is gonna be really interesting examples. You know Nintendo has always been able to do these incremental upgrades much like Apple they've been really successful at doing that and -- and isn't -- incremental upgrade you mean taking a beloved gaming platform -- basically forcing her -- user base moved to do it that's very cynical about it Patrick book and we like you know like it it's it's time for us to upgrade the hardware. So -- they've been able to migrate the Nintendo base along especially in -- else. Especially handle to you throughout the entire game -- generation in small incremental."
" Wow."
" Going to -- Tekzilla -- Burton shares his thoughts on Twitter and online social networking Garnett Lee gives us the lowdown. And GBC 2000 and we got her sudden halt what's -- gonna view this. This. Distract yourself bid and open up the -- is Johnny Tekzilla starts now. This episode of Tekzilla is made possible by. Squarespace. Godaddy.com. And netflix.com. I'm Patrick Norton. Well -- Tekzilla hands -- is the latest tech. Including rockets at a make the most out of here you are Leo."
" That's your beginner at tech support your friends and family you've got a question about digital cameras faster Internet securing yourself -- the secret ingredients that Veronica cocktail."
" We've answered Korea if we don't we'll track somebody who dies."
" You set. It's also ended suddenly and like in the center usually we're way off to the left outward feel very important sitting here who still work in progress of privacy if you were tweaks here and there has to move forward especially the biggest issues that we can't actually enjoy this that while we're working. Luckily piles of -- at Tekzilla. Yeah -- and everything that's so cute guy if you did yourself we got those from the enemy and tactical gear store. Yes bickering geniuses at your I had my that's -- but anyway Rebecca -- our first question comes from up. We had a question about USB chargers."
" Oh wondering I have -- thought of the standard unit beat -- B cable connection. And if I tried using AC adaptor with Avery who you think it will vote next week or so. I'm wondering it for strictly charging purposes. Actually there -- voltage. Than anything you'd be. Thanks for the answers and."
" Well you know unless of some weird voltage converter built into your cell phones cable it uses the same five volts and got 500 millions any of the USB device you says. Except the iPhone of course -- on Apple in the second. It comes with a bad USB power adapter on investment pesticides to try other doctors actually."
" Yeah Amy unless you're -- sort of like the iPhone which requires power to both the five volt power pins the two outside into the USB plug and the date it then the two inside pins that run three point six full. Super annoying because generic USB power adapters. Don't power those pins even if they have that in fact all of these perfectly good I phone chargers from the first generation and iPod charges he's a dock connector also won't. Towards the iPhone three G. It got some good news so if you're hater of the 843. Different ports for powering up yourself don't get -- actually pretty pleased to learn all the how many power adapters have you ever. Like every cell phones like except for some Nokia is I had to use the same power -- hundred million billion. Basically -- mobile world congress and on February the morning of February 17 2009 -- and I'm excited but a stockpile -- cell phone and disagreed on the -- tiny micro USB plug as it is standard for power connectors for -- pretty much before the European Union. Brought down the hammer on them for not having standard -- is that you was pretty annoyed at the 42000 different on the exchange yeah standards. So rim wasn't on that list select number of HPC devices you -- PC devices. There he is the micro USB adapter. LG Nokia Samsung Sony Ericsson AT TP."
" Mobile will roll a lot of companies -- on this. Yeah well. That's because they like their stranglehold on there and users."
" Antenna does strangle motion and it's questions that are particular riled up and sign up that. Questions and that it was so easy to make just recorder question front of the camera no longer even fifteen seconds preferably a clue about -- YouTube and send us an email with video question in the subject line so we can find it. And I can't -- to your shiny happy faces."
" Still to come Veronica -- it just aren't Star Trek -- of -- about the power of online social networking. William Fulbright data DDC 2000 not with what it was very young Garnett Lee. But first."
" Hey -- think it's time now to thank put it today's sponsors stay in here to tell you more about them is when the mastermind behind the mission's three needed greater."
" Hey there it's David Prager co founder Revision 3 I wanted to come on here at Tekzilla -- from the sponsors that makes this show possible and that's sponsors Squarespace we have heard Squarespace. Their web publishing platform as well as a hosting platform what they allow you do is basically create a website. And out and put it on line. And they provide tools that make you able to tools around the look. Like pretty much anything you want as well as all kinds of functionality and expect from an you have taken to on the web you can see all the different things you can do on line from. B Nvidia submitting videos. Having a spot on to say things still images of second feeds from different sites you might have on -- What this allows you do is use their features to drag and drop and Poland things change color palettes and all kinds of design features to really customize it make it look the way you want. It's really cool because it. Because all of this back and voting for you lets you control just -- front end."
" And be really control what you're doing without really being able to have the technical -- significant chops to -- the back -- stuff and even better Squarespace is put together a special deal to get 10% off your entire order for the lifetime do you Squarespace TV go to the site Squarespace dot com. He's to promote protect you that's Tiki hazy you get 10% off reveal lifetime that you Squarespace. To create your own site -- professional business site anything like that check it out Squarespace. "
" Dot com. -- this week's freebie download pick. Every program that we find useful fun or incredibly interesting this week. -- Better mail store holds this little application backs up emails from multiple email apps and accounts into one single thing here is searchable location. With the use outlook express outlook. But never gotten Gmail you are covered. And what they'll store search function you'll have to worry about remembering what Gmail from who contain the information he. Plus -- store supports Apple back up to see -- dvd entry you always have a copy of email -- where he needed -- deposit box partly your home. So you're looking for -- archive."
" Gilbert covered 2000 and I was in town last week totally register can -- was here to it was a preview of what to expect today we asked a friend of one of executive producer Garnett Lee to stop by. Give us the lowdown on everything happens every single thing happen it was exciting and cool the conference over the next two hours."
" CDC. Just kidding what the biggest things come at a DC 2009. On -- what is it. Will it work DG eight. Did you get -- I absolutely it has played so the whole idea is cloud computing right the big buzz word that's -- are -- talk about the idea here is that instead of having. What you'll phantom console we've -- in a lightweight box with the deliverable that came to you through the Internet. Everything now plays. Through the Internet so all you have in your house. Is a controller interface graft because back and you know where the server farm is that whereas. Magical well that's where your games being played on the latest and greatest hardware so when infidelity with of course was crisis in the Asia crisis because. That's one of those PC games it -- PCs if people go -- you can run crisis you're doing great. They don't do that they also showed real those games both played very well when I played of the devastation correctly. Some burnout paradise I have a -- trouble. So it's interesting ideas basically that cheap piece of hardware controller. A fast Internet connection and you'll be able to play -- being that they have -- living on their servers right so anything -- on the servers you'll be able to connect up to them and play the games. The whole like of the white box is really cool because the box the show was literally the size of bus which you know like a five ports which was about -- Angeles a couple ports on the front -- giant man who knows it partner screaming interference by the Republican up a flash -- chip of some sorts and they're able to -- updates on the road and you can do it only does the sort of when he. That might be that it looks good. At least it's like it's like that that there is -- like it's the last you know gaming device celebrity while people. -- the second Alaska's -- to have any repeat performance absolutely when Anthony."
" New video compression technology because that's the key or right is the game being played some whistles and -- personal as a way of getting the controller and -- from your fingers or wherever. On the controller back to. You know Grand Central station but then they gotta get the video of the game playing. Back -- you efficiently server power and especially server power powerful enough to forage. Like the graphics for crisis Patrick they have secret sauce they have special hardware that so. It all is there there a lot of students are and that's -- not have a spelling your skepticism about -- skepticism is this I think that the idea was great I feel like this was -- PR -- to get what's on the costs of being able to be done. From the people who could you know -- and think the next level -- Because I think that's what they need you know they need -- following historical somebody with a Brazilian absolutely have it has -- access development and that they mention how -- what kind of two."
" It was connection you're gonna need I guess they actually did so for forty. You're gonna need one point five down. Which pretty much everybody has one point five down I guess at least until it gets throttled and well that's a whole other subject and then for 725. Down. Five may find out -- can take a sustain five need to sustain five down so I guess my other concern about this is. If they need that that means that saturating it right if they're saturating it and you're playing games -- politically games -- a couple three -- tonight. How quickly or refuted I if he's gonna come after you so this goes back to that even bigger question please be -- for all digital distribution which is how we get effective. Digital highest keen you know distributors working -- biased piece community band with and have it all paperwork you can at duke -- amateur band with campus 50 it's -- to you. You could knock it down like crazy right. It's -- really was funny was when I was playing burnout paradise and it was struggling. They talked about how old maybe it's because of PC version doesn't play that great little whole idea this was that would play those games on the monster computer that would solve everything so. I think it's a great idea it's a little ahead of its its not shipping yet they've got they're going beta this they're they're quite bitter and -- public beta the summer and -- actually watch -- That's moving fast when. I we wait with beating -- theater revealed on slide absolutely. What are the -- the big slinky release announcement stories previews the big thing of course was there's a new legend of Zelda coming -- a spirit tracks for the."
" And -- tracks has linked drug industry -- electric to have been driving attorney. Click on it -- click -- a train a little Canon shot little balls -- into the environment. And then the other thing that I was gonna and I -- it's sensible people pick up on this is. It's particularly touched me capability -- your tracing tracks on the screen and you have an AI component that we -- the world -- people -- of kind of a double -- it's pretty different directions from. I'm not I but I they'll they'll -- right into actual play but -- repertory -- 42 versions themselves well you don't actually a lot of but the show was very iconography iconic scores all the stuff you have to have the classic music. He had some dungeon exploration that would like a lot of those but it's just that ultimately -- I think that. It's accurate to say that it's very much like -- like the boat was in when later that night of the train him. -- to the entire game said Katrina the -- know I think it's gonna be -- locomotion device in the game and then. It'll also probably plan -- which pieces of what many games -- the but it ended the super -- out. Well actually. Flash back twenty years ago right after I did the flat spec is twenty years ago if you played super punch out twenty years ago you really you -- immediately noticed the exact same time to put it. Which is one of yeah that was important. All right so you're of the holiest sites thousands and it -- to have to have -- exactly thing. And I think it's gonna be great for a new generation of people to have that experience is very simply get into -- fun because punch with the revote which I was kind of I think you're there -- with --"
" What's -- on the -- side. We'll finally be here on April 7 and the big announcements of course senator on the cartridges so right now you've got an in this enormous base of DS users right. It's going to be two cartridges after the BS -- comes -- give you one cartridge that'll work on the old units but has enhanced features would be aside. And then one only works on the new machine so you know that doesn't mean you're gonna Wheeling round filing that yes. Olson -- BS is gonna be really interesting examples. You know Nintendo has always been able to do these incremental upgrades much like Apple they've been really successful at doing that and -- and isn't -- incremental upgrade you mean taking a beloved gaming platform -- basically forcing her -- user base moved to do it that's very cynical about it Patrick book and we like you know like it it's it's time for us to upgrade the hardware. So -- they've been able to migrate the Nintendo base along especially in -- else. Especially handle to you throughout the entire game -- generation in small incremental."
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Started discussion: April 2, 2009 @ 3:48pm GMT
Episode 82 - LeVar Burton, iPhone Audio Hell, GDC 09, OnLive, USB Power [Discussion]
LeVar Burton Loves Twitter! GDC 2009: Garnett Lee wraps it up. USB Charger Help, Wireless N Speed Woes, and more!
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Murphy1d
8 months ago
Calling out the forum lurkers and trolls (that work at revision3).
Show yourselves!
Show yourselves!
CodeFire
8 months ago
I really enjoy the new set. [B]Great[/B] show as always, but I do have two small nit picks. I wish the city buildings in the background looked a little more like city buildings instead of just gray cutouts of buildings (maybe that is just me), and it seems like both Patrick and Belmont seem to be too close to the wall. Anyways, keep up the great work, love the show.














If studio space allows for it, it would be nice to see patrick and veronica move away from the wall a bit. Two minor criticisms is that the window doesn't look like a window, maybe put some clear perspex or something in to add a little bit of a glass effect.
The other is the metal table looks pretty out of place on this new set, I think a wooden table would look great with the cream walls, and in the 'v' of the table put a monitor with a tekzilla logo to add a bit of depth to it, like in this picture below.
Other than that it is a really, really nice change and very welcome - great job!