Macworld 2008, Macbook Air, Office 2008 for the Mac, Mozy, more CES!
Friday, January 18th, 2008 running time 23:55
Veronica Belmont co-hosts as we breakdown Macworld 2008. From the Macbook Air to Time Capsule to the Apple TV. Also, Displaylink's USB to DVI adapter, Mozy for backups, troubleshooting svhost.exe and more CES!
The fabulous Veronica Belmont of Mahalo Daily joins us to cohost this episode... our beloved Jessica Corbin was unable to join us.
Matter of fact, Jessica has a pretty big announcement for her Tekzilla fans. Three, in fact: first up is her new show The Digg Real. She'll give you the heads up on the other two in the show.
Oh boy... it's Macworld 2008! The MacBook Air, Apple's new ultralight notebook certainly got the most notice, tho Time Capsule (an 802.11n Airport Extreme hub with a 500GB or 1TB hard drive added) and the Apple TV updates (HD-ish movie rentals with Dolby 5.1 and a price drop to $229) certainly got Patrick's attention. (It probably got Vudu's attention, too... the slick standalone set top movie box we showed off in TZ 01.
BTW, Mahalo Daily's The Steve Jobs 90 Minute Keynote (in 60 Seconds) rocks... it's the best way to deal with a keynote, ever.
Chris has an svhost.exe problem... make sure it's not svchost, Chris! The former is a worm, the latter is Windows way of handling system processes exectuted from DLLs... a nasty might masquerade as an svchost process, but it's not guarranteed to be a virus/trojan/worm! Run some antivirus and antispyware tools!
Run a DVI monitor from a USB port? DisplayLink's USB TO VGA/DVI Monitor Adapter runs $129, sends video out to a DVI or VGA monitor via a USB port, and will be sold by licensees such as Kensington, Samsung, Toshiba, IOGear, I-O Data. It works pretty well, tho we had some problems watching Quicktime Video on the display fed by the USB bus, tho DVD movies and flash video worked fine. Beyond that, our only complaint was the mild compression artifacts we could see in full screen video... regular static windows looked perfect.
Ted says some Readyboost certifed flash drives (like the Sandisk Cruzer Titanium) are cheaper than the ones listed as non-Readyboost compatible... if he uses one of the chepaer Readyboost branded ones, will he be giving up any performance or storage space? Not as far as we know, Ted. Readyboost means the drive has hit a number of minimal specs, such as capacity (at least 250MB after formatting), access time (1ms or less), and read speeds. It should work just fine under any OS.
One big surprise for us at Macworld was the release of Microsoft Office for Mac 2008. It's the first update to Microsoft Office on the Mac in four years, and it bears a strong resemblance to Office 2007 for Windows, which was a darn nifty upgrade to the suite. Office for the Mac adds XML formats, nifty interface changes ala Office 2007 on Windows and performance boosts for Intel Mac owners. (Early testers say it runs faster than 2004 on Intel macs, but slower on G5 and earlier boxes.)
Of course, Apple and Microsoft weren't the only vendors at the the show...
The belt and suspenders crowd were all over Intego's booth eyeballing VirusBarrier X5 and NetBarrier X5 for OS X
Xeric Design, EarthDesk 4 is the prettiest live desktop map of the world we've seen yet, right down to the weather updates every three hour, costs a mere $19.95, and runs on Windows, too.
We've shown off USB drive adpaters before, but NewerTech's $29.95 USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter is the first we've seen that supports both SATA, IDE/ATA in 2.5, 3.5 (3.5???) and 5.25 inch sizes... the status connection LEDs are tres' useful, btw.
Our own Roger Chang is obsessed with the LapWorks Futura and Aluminum Desktop Stand.
The folks at BlueLounge have some stylish ideas for stashing those unsightly power cords... including CableBox, The Sanctuary and the Space Station.
Yes, Patrick did pay for the GelaSkins cover on my notebook! (It's Exploding Dog's "Red Robot Leaving The City" ... We had no idea ExplodingDog was a website! Patrick's hooked...
More online backup options! Back on Episode 13 we had Jared's review of Carbonite the online backup service. Jared's girlfriend was having no fun with Mozy, so asked for y'all, his fellow viewers, to give us your opinion on how well Mozy works ... we got quite the response, and most of you give it the big thumbs up, for a wide variety of reasons. (Plus you have fixes for the problem's Jared's SO was having!)
OK... we shot hours of footage for our CES episode and we couldn't fit it all in that show... so we've got a few more items from CES for you: Koss's KC25 headphones, along with Sennheiser's MX W1 wirleless earbuds (which use Kleer's wireless technology: hint, it's not Bluetooth.) Moxi has a new version of Moxi TV for the PC you can download a beta and test it yourself. Eton's FR1000 is a shiny hand cranked AM/FM/NOAA/GMRS radio... finally, Sony's BDU-X10S BD-ROM Drive, promises to be the first Blu-ray drive for you PC to hit the street for under $200. (And it's bundled with Cyberlink's Blu-ray playback software.)
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" remain at Macworld two fascinating to hear out of Martinez cubicles it's rumor has it he's got some -- what's coming up at Macworld 2000 and made being festival Steve Jobs keynote interviews in the products coming up. It's people stuff come on along with that on Tekzilla -- USB adaptor basically turns USB and USB altitude TV guide for a computer monitor. We've -- on -- compatible HD media player latter record hands on the bits yes and bye Chelsea -- your experience of Mozy. And you pretty excited about it and special message from Jessica Corbin. Eight is always want to thank our sponsors domain dot com data robotics and Netflix. For sponsoring this episode of Texas."
" Up every -- what is that still a joy yes the that was right at Belmont right here in front of Macworld talk about."
" Macworld announcements -- stuff maxed out it's not people use my."
" Thing I've heard I used a Mac user magazine to put us in the minority."
" I don't."
" Very big there's -- laptop market at least it's a scary time now actually we also use PC easier on textile but I think that the biggest one laptop -- gigabytes. MacBook Air."
" Pretty fantastic looking. It's pretty light which is nice recounts."
" And that thirteen point three inch screen pretty much full keyboard the battery life publicity in the real world yet I think five hours let you know that never take into account. Putting it to sleep waking up all the programs -- running -- same time what -- they did say is that that was five hours with the Wi-Fi enabled so would you most excited about I gotta say as an Apple TV -- the movie -- in the Apple TV. Was kind of strange but the idea is we -- prices do do which is stated. Like every other online movie rentals is -- the prices sockets when I -- for old movies to and I mean movies. By Apple to get of that with a few people outside the really great remote control interface. They now have slowed to a 29 dollars the price cut it's gonna be incredibly competitive products yeah."
" I was expecting -- movie rentals I was a little surprised they go in the waving Apple T the F I was just gonna be strictly tied because I was kind of dying a slow. Plus I painful death -- going quietly into the night on but yeah bring it back and it's actually a pretty interesting product."
" Now I collected. You don't have to use iTunes -- is that you have Norton if you. You can download so big so they basically a time that. You know believe that this feature in the living room you have no one -- remote control and that's I think going to be like the B is the interface going to be manageable can write and I search through a gazillion movies like."
" You know I've had a great time I'm searching for YouTube content on the Apple TV eliminate can be a pain in the fun. But hopefully they'll figure that part out on how we it HD them that's plus true."
" the other question is like what they defining anything nobody wants to answer that question. It's experience HD quality 87 -- yeah. Hi hey you know for eight suspected link 480."
" Time capsule for interesting. Sprint instinct I mean manager of so I -- It doesn't it it is but this time I mean it's gone right Zune three Apple interface in -- I haven't tried it out yet I have seen."
" Having nobody seen it is what prices too bad for five here today podcast ever five terabyte model I have higher. One terabyte of 500. So that's going to be interesting to see basically performance and that should be pretty did that needed to eleven and buildings it's essentially in airports and airport extreme and the hard drive up in doing. It's worth a thousand dollar question it is backing up is it's a single hard drive -- it is like him using apartment it was a failure -- well. But -- have any good or bad experiences with machines are I have not I've not made the move to the -- But even talking to him."
" This I'm out of here."
" Apple might have the biggest -- in the big headlines at Macworld the only votes you know or my big surprise at least for us. Microsoft office for -- 1008. The first office update an -- war years went on sale this week focuses on the classic yet accessible very -- office 2000 and windows and flexible file formats early stage right after that you or Intel Macs but he's by earlier processors. Might not be happy with the performance well developed suspect they're -- were all over he goes -- I've only security software like buyer's barrier five years by upper hand. Lot of viruses. Trojans out there and the -- there aren't and quick to point out that it only takes one -- accurate your whole day we also found that backup. Software. If you're anchored her desktop and -- after the world right and the location of the sun earth yet -- some new apps that -- an easy and an excellent weather update every three hours. And we should not USB drive yet. For that you were text USB would have universal drive adapter the first fifteen or so that I didn't hear me hey point 53 point five point five private -- sizes. They're at school for the price partner Roger Chang of the test lab works featured guest. Which -- by typing -- balls. That into a portable packet we wait till the mouse people work out if you Apple's aluminum desktop packed him smaller and has a built in 360 degree swivel. On the cleaning up your power cable -- to blew out cable box -- stylus basis that power -- and a power strip to plug into all the without sanctuary has a built in power supply in twelve connectors built into charge I have dozens of vendors 1500 plus devices in total could be charged that -- just in time. The Buddha space station's port built in USB hub charger -- before devices that are designed to prop up your notebook. Bracelet on the weird speaker -- who has the FB dragon ones. Well sounded half as good as they look."
" Well thank Veronica Belmont take time for the holiday would come back here helped start but what's going on Macworld show. There badly is due to deal and it just incorporate it when -- where she's been she's got announcement -- about some pretty big things coming up. With her life on media. -- got this -- adapter USB -- to monitor doesn't work as some people wanted for years 129 dollars we're gonna show you work. Artwork put about 1080. We'll be right back. What -- what -- sponsors of this week's episode Tekzilla that would be Netflix Netflix dot com that place you get online dvd rentals and you know what's. You get HD dvds and Blu-ray is just your house now. When get a free trial check out Netflix dot com forward slash Tekzilla we want to thank them all the rest of our sponsors for helping us bring to show you. Says."
" Some of the -- and 81 brain -- why haven't been on Tekzilla lately and it is for good reason. I'm gonna be moving on to editing Revision 3 one is called the Digg Reel and I'm very excited about it. And the other can't tell you that it just yet and -- a look at. But that does not mean that I have it in appreciated it enjoyed my time here so much. Patrick I love you man -- that. And that -- and that we really appreciate your your constant Ewing and the big growing up at all. And that this -- here and keep on our hands right there. People look out I don't see you guys."
" We got a few more CF products for you couldn't cram in CS you know including a couple pair of headphones one in the high end. That uses something other than Bluetooth bring wireless connectivity from your portable device you're years. And low cost to check this out."
" Gee that sounds it's Tekzilla response -- our votes it's who left cheek -- we dropped in the latest case. This -- frequency response. That -- bad for -- dollars should be on the street. High -- on the real complaint was how hard it is to figure out which side besides right yeah. Exercises and XW one wireless at those types or high end. Designed for mobile applications the threat is wireless technology offer a much better -- experience. It for so far. The downside to keep it on. Your portable device because yeah. There's no built in Leipzig this effort it's. Express -- like -- here. That in your 600 dollar mister. He's been bluegrass ES for years this year did you presented the data -- the -- You get a TV tuner card you can run boxes and interfaces are. Better than the windows media center download the beta for free market decide yourself. We're not obsessed with a radius but we're real close ups of the rainbow array of radios that's on irresistible. -- our 1000 voice like really car in Bethlehem and away whether hand crank power and Wiki MRIs built in us that's what she did and as a flashlight -- and -- If Warner Bros. defection from me springs and -- the forefront that can hide it distribution Sony's -- TUX and -- rom drive the TV wade. Even the cells in the street for its MS RP 300 dollars it'll still be as ray drive out there and it's about it the cyber X ray playback software. So this."
" The product that I have been waiting for and I know you've been waiting for it to. It's the new DivX connected player from dealing here's how it works it's actually an HD media player this is the box right here. It hooks up to your PC and actually -- content off of your PC wired or wirelessly streams it over. But take a look at this interface a couple of things to really like about it first off. It works with plug ins and you're gonna like them of these plug and look at all of your favorite. Online videos here. Including yes indeed we ever envisioned three plugin. Politically get there and now through this you can watch -- all of your favorite Revision 3 programs except. Wait a minute. Text those great. We've got to get on the we'll get that -- we'll get that fixed. They'll ship and of the first quarter per 10250. Dollars the idea that you can watch HD versions of our shows right here. Take a look at Diggnation home by look at that. -- all the different episodes you can watch the episodes you can take a look at -- you can play it. Load them off your PC. This is a really cool device that -- another thing that I really like -- well let me just go back here for a minute but -- a problem with all -- connected media players. Is that they try to place photos even though they're hooked up to 67 they do this with a 720. They take the photos really doubt that -- that's 4040 they'll look terrible well that's not the case with this player. Watch this want to go over to photos and click on it and other resumed demo. And here we've got some panoramic pictures of the look at this latest from the Getty center now that looks pretty good. -- they ten point one megapixel image and it's million pretty well but I can zoom in on it really quickly. Pretty good -- go really far in closeup look at that happens a lot of the problems I've had the dealings connected players in the past the interface been blocked. Very hard to work with the buggy did not work. This interface on the other hand looks really good they -- done something right -- interface designers to work with. It's been selling in Europe in the UK it's been working pretty well. I cannot wait to get my hands on this and I promised by the time that we do get this US. They'll actually have all of our shows on it. Under the -- that the dollars the product to buy from CS."
" This here. What are the most interesting things besides the yes was an adapter that goes from USB twenty yeah I -- VG input for monitor were talking about from USB's from a company called -- and it's interesting idea -- actually have a software virtual GPU he's your processor basically compress your video and send it out over the USB bus and then -- like hardware rendering engine -- the chip inside this little box here. The compresses it and send data over the pay T -- or VGA output this is a pretty slick concept now -- you know we've got a Big Blue screen here no big deal between regular windows actually it's pretty so we're gonna go over here we -- penny arcade going to slighted over there you can hear your monitor you extend your monitor were using standing -- right now. As placing -- says it'll work with a six monitors but we only have a single box to test right now and that's probably pretty typical application. A lot of things worked really well one thing that didn't was actually quicktime video is is that -- Web -- right here. Which is not working out so well those working perfectly fine over regular GPU. And look at that we actually span it's looking okay this is -- over the the second monitor even if we started here. We've got some issues on that that's the only place you really found video issues splash actually works perfectly fine. And oddly enough dvds. Which you'd expect me most problematic ones on there. Actually worked okay so that's how are you running here which had a few other applications. And -- haven't actually new problem displaying media. Now in terms of we have products in the play button. But the video scales up pretty fine you can see if you go to full screen and huge monitor like this revenue like. Sixteen point. Resolution like this you are gonna see some of the compression or -- has remember it's essentially compressing. The display is the all the information would normally go out over. The guy next -- USB which is significantly lower bandwidth available to it. So going to close that video out if you're doing stuff like regular desktops. You're gonna have absolutely no problem dealing with this the controls are pretty easy to earth orbit carrying around with windows -- topic today -- you."
" But the controls basically you install the USB driver. On the device and and tiny control panel for your -- who shows up allows you to downgrade the color quality you want you sixteen -- 32 bit. And it's at the screen resolution anywhere -- any of you in this case to detect and monitor properly it's a sixteen by 1050. Work shockingly well they claim thirty frames per second he can watch movies Vista supports. Your modes. XP video -- of -- probably in the quicktime video. Now flash work fine even with rebooting re installing and seeing quicktime problems one other small probably have a one dvd is -- application. DOC actually the mouth disappear around the media player. Okay it's a twitch of an early adopters product right out and actually work shocking well would be about technically sophisticated -- to render out -- video stream including aero on Vista. And actually bang it right over to a second monitor the USB bus. Works closely to graphics card driver of the folks display -- recommend you update the latest drivers for your card than for the display link. And it's a little early asked me -- a backup your data just in case is traumatic failure. Now this is fine really for regular applications and probably actress ports here's three -- me. You may notice the compression for goes over the USB sometimes and is that video if you look closely especially on high resolution monitor one that you might notice. It does qualities of the process in the USB bus. But it will soak up all the processor needs to use their compression 32 bit operating systems only 2000 XP Vista does support aero drivers right now. Mac drivers that tells going to be coming shortly now who's going to be selling Kennedys -- Toshiba I have your idea. And a whole bunch of others it's pretty slick we've actually have a lot of questions over the years like can I use my USB you're gonna use my card thus. To output to a second monitor in the past the answer was no -- adverse second monitor set up don't feel like updating graphics adapter or -- you -- to -- multiple monitors this could be a very cool way to do it split it dot com is the website. What -- theater robotics."
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" Got you weeks ago an episode thirteen we had -- of your fellow viewers -- Give us his Colin -- night online backup and asked if anybody in the Tekzilla crew had an opinion on Mozy. And boy did we get some responses to it says here president -- but the problem seemed to be from not just the settings inside of those. The nagging reminders to a setting that you can turn off either automatically back up or remind you every set number of days since your last back out. Gives as the highly recommend the service he's been using it for awhile. Erickson RT consulting firm recommends and all Mozy pro for me clients. They even use it on their own servers in the office they haven't had any major issues that were mentioned certain -- performance. Compared to other back up clients it tried out it works great and it will continue to recommend for sensitive and -- off site backups. Eric Wright -- free version of mosey on his Mac and quote heeded it. He says and made up system resources and when he uninstalled the demon was still on its machine quote activities and terminal work always -- sign of bad product yet it all off. That was the only negative response we got Dan he's vote -- carb -- private encryption and -- He says the guys that Mozy can't see your data it'll have the key course if you lose the password they can't see view. Second he's still that Mozy keeps all previous versions of a file for thirty days while car but I when he used it only -- the most recent version. Having older versions of the back of -- gamble is iTunes collection got corrupted. He's running those mostly on Vista and he hasn't had any performance issues. -- running -- on the Mac has any problems and the problem with mom running -- either to wrap it up Kevin Danube -- the -- all of those big thumbs up -- thank everybody for contributing. To Italy and those session on -- We come back. With -- whole stack of your questions."
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" Thus bring Tekzilla that you yeah once again the lovely the fabulous. Pharaonic of -- lines. There's a story actually just to show the still the -- who where did you find the bear suit."
" That's add on this that's great near the Revision 3 studios at beyond. It here tech gear yet techtag here -- here tad tad here."
" They sell like stuff for special forces people. And and bear costumes it's pretty should be. So right to bear arms exactly joke. The right to bear arms and the right for animals use arms in defense of their skins label like save the rare animals campaign I love interest in a banana. -- will go down their later on any out your questions."
" Yes yes we do have some viewer questions Chris asks. What is SB host IE XE and why do we have so many up and running look at the test manager. Why are you laughing some nightly."
" While it's escudos can be kind of like what a few things is SBC host maybe you missed the C. Which is kind of like a process it's called from DLL inside of windows and it's like a generic -- BC host any XE. The other opportunities SB host being part of that as the he had to the W 32 might doom virus which is to say your machine is infested. So any spyware activity favored any spyware on -- Mac thank you. I think it's. I think at about says at all the app basically you need do it to you need to download. Some serious basically pay money person's eye removal tools or you're gonna be going through a long -- or needs. Registry hack to remove that your systems are running any spyware now because your investigate."
" And then ten from mean asks I know set some class drive like the SanDisk mr. titanium. Have both ready as compatible versions and one that's not listed as being -- is compatible but the judges usually cheaper. If I upturn ready this drive be -- with a Mac am I going to be giving up any performance of the drive or storage."
" absolutely not actually what's kind of weird is one it's it's a flash drive it's you know its its compact last going to work on anything what's funny is the ready this stuff was probably package after. The original stuff breaks -- the big ready boost local one of her Windows Vista. And as a result the memory probably cost them less to make physically ready this is just as a set of specs like at least 250 megabytes after four batting you know. And at throughput speed in other than that its its compact flash on the -- nice fast compact flash drive but."
" You know my favorite part about coming to conventions like this getting all the press kits on the little USB flash drive -- can men you know what cleaning use for yourself. Of course I read your Prescott you."
" Well we certainly getting the analogy that CS like forty to have basically. It's about like ten -- even 32 megabytes no. Outs 32 megabytes just enough for -- term paper."
" Actually -- the NBC universal Booth on did give believed to gigabyte flash drives. Some really really big and might have been -- Gator today. Was it like an episode of something on there are putting stuff on there that you that you could take with you and watch it yeah yeah are you who offense. I'm I I you know I'm is -- Hulu or Hulu you. Who do I use I got ticket in the free version the free version that you don't need the beta invite to get into him so I haven't really otherwise haven't gotten in yet."
" Actually sort of even though I can't remember the -- Hulu think it actually is linked on my desktop. And I have been watching thirty rock episodes -- equality sometimes."
" Yeah it looks really nice. Just as long they keep making new thirty rock episodes and actually."
" About that writer's strike kids know writer's strike here. All right one more thing before we go to paraphrase mr. jobs check out of a holiday that going to put a link up Korea it's actually -- 62 version of the ninety minute keynotes. Speech that jobs is here at Macworld it's amazing it's everything you need in sixty asked adorable little seconds right down to the black turtleneck and the pacing across the states would take for -- episode Tekzilla I'm Patrick Norton Tekzilla -- revision3.com as the Veronica Belmont. Titular Revision 3 I can't I just can't stay -- am sorry. She's so cool she's so nice and you know what she's actually trained audio engineer she's really really good the whole audience -- I'm battling she's got to shoot people my -- daily mister -- soldiers killed and thanks for watching episode next week Koppel multiple. Basically beginning the ultimate home theater drove -- share and well you know what's more stuff -- to it and find out I'm Patrick Norton."
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" remain at Macworld two fascinating to hear out of Martinez cubicles it's rumor has it he's got some -- what's coming up at Macworld 2000 and made being festival Steve Jobs keynote interviews in the products coming up. It's people stuff come on along with that on Tekzilla -- USB adaptor basically turns USB and USB altitude TV guide for a computer monitor. We've -- on -- compatible HD media player latter record hands on the bits yes and bye Chelsea -- your experience of Mozy. And you pretty excited about it and special message from Jessica Corbin. Eight is always want to thank our sponsors domain dot com data robotics and Netflix. For sponsoring this episode of Texas."
" Up every -- what is that still a joy yes the that was right at Belmont right here in front of Macworld talk about."
" Macworld announcements -- stuff maxed out it's not people use my."
" Thing I've heard I used a Mac user magazine to put us in the minority."
" I don't."
" Very big there's -- laptop market at least it's a scary time now actually we also use PC easier on textile but I think that the biggest one laptop -- gigabytes. MacBook Air."
" Pretty fantastic looking. It's pretty light which is nice recounts."
" And that thirteen point three inch screen pretty much full keyboard the battery life publicity in the real world yet I think five hours let you know that never take into account. Putting it to sleep waking up all the programs -- running -- same time what -- they did say is that that was five hours with the Wi-Fi enabled so would you most excited about I gotta say as an Apple TV -- the movie -- in the Apple TV. Was kind of strange but the idea is we -- prices do do which is stated. Like every other online movie rentals is -- the prices sockets when I -- for old movies to and I mean movies. By Apple to get of that with a few people outside the really great remote control interface. They now have slowed to a 29 dollars the price cut it's gonna be incredibly competitive products yeah."
" I was expecting -- movie rentals I was a little surprised they go in the waving Apple T the F I was just gonna be strictly tied because I was kind of dying a slow. Plus I painful death -- going quietly into the night on but yeah bring it back and it's actually a pretty interesting product."
" Now I collected. You don't have to use iTunes -- is that you have Norton if you. You can download so big so they basically a time that. You know believe that this feature in the living room you have no one -- remote control and that's I think going to be like the B is the interface going to be manageable can write and I search through a gazillion movies like."
" You know I've had a great time I'm searching for YouTube content on the Apple TV eliminate can be a pain in the fun. But hopefully they'll figure that part out on how we it HD them that's plus true."
" the other question is like what they defining anything nobody wants to answer that question. It's experience HD quality 87 -- yeah. Hi hey you know for eight suspected link 480."
" Time capsule for interesting. Sprint instinct I mean manager of so I -- It doesn't it it is but this time I mean it's gone right Zune three Apple interface in -- I haven't tried it out yet I have seen."
" Having nobody seen it is what prices too bad for five here today podcast ever five terabyte model I have higher. One terabyte of 500. So that's going to be interesting to see basically performance and that should be pretty did that needed to eleven and buildings it's essentially in airports and airport extreme and the hard drive up in doing. It's worth a thousand dollar question it is backing up is it's a single hard drive -- it is like him using apartment it was a failure -- well. But -- have any good or bad experiences with machines are I have not I've not made the move to the -- But even talking to him."
" This I'm out of here."
" Apple might have the biggest -- in the big headlines at Macworld the only votes you know or my big surprise at least for us. Microsoft office for -- 1008. The first office update an -- war years went on sale this week focuses on the classic yet accessible very -- office 2000 and windows and flexible file formats early stage right after that you or Intel Macs but he's by earlier processors. Might not be happy with the performance well developed suspect they're -- were all over he goes -- I've only security software like buyer's barrier five years by upper hand. Lot of viruses. Trojans out there and the -- there aren't and quick to point out that it only takes one -- accurate your whole day we also found that backup. Software. If you're anchored her desktop and -- after the world right and the location of the sun earth yet -- some new apps that -- an easy and an excellent weather update every three hours. And we should not USB drive yet. For that you were text USB would have universal drive adapter the first fifteen or so that I didn't hear me hey point 53 point five point five private -- sizes. They're at school for the price partner Roger Chang of the test lab works featured guest. Which -- by typing -- balls. That into a portable packet we wait till the mouse people work out if you Apple's aluminum desktop packed him smaller and has a built in 360 degree swivel. On the cleaning up your power cable -- to blew out cable box -- stylus basis that power -- and a power strip to plug into all the without sanctuary has a built in power supply in twelve connectors built into charge I have dozens of vendors 1500 plus devices in total could be charged that -- just in time. The Buddha space station's port built in USB hub charger -- before devices that are designed to prop up your notebook. Bracelet on the weird speaker -- who has the FB dragon ones. Well sounded half as good as they look."
" Well thank Veronica Belmont take time for the holiday would come back here helped start but what's going on Macworld show. There badly is due to deal and it just incorporate it when -- where she's been she's got announcement -- about some pretty big things coming up. With her life on media. -- got this -- adapter USB -- to monitor doesn't work as some people wanted for years 129 dollars we're gonna show you work. Artwork put about 1080. We'll be right back. What -- what -- sponsors of this week's episode Tekzilla that would be Netflix Netflix dot com that place you get online dvd rentals and you know what's. You get HD dvds and Blu-ray is just your house now. When get a free trial check out Netflix dot com forward slash Tekzilla we want to thank them all the rest of our sponsors for helping us bring to show you. Says."
" Some of the -- and 81 brain -- why haven't been on Tekzilla lately and it is for good reason. I'm gonna be moving on to editing Revision 3 one is called the Digg Reel and I'm very excited about it. And the other can't tell you that it just yet and -- a look at. But that does not mean that I have it in appreciated it enjoyed my time here so much. Patrick I love you man -- that. And that -- and that we really appreciate your your constant Ewing and the big growing up at all. And that this -- here and keep on our hands right there. People look out I don't see you guys."
" We got a few more CF products for you couldn't cram in CS you know including a couple pair of headphones one in the high end. That uses something other than Bluetooth bring wireless connectivity from your portable device you're years. And low cost to check this out."
" Gee that sounds it's Tekzilla response -- our votes it's who left cheek -- we dropped in the latest case. This -- frequency response. That -- bad for -- dollars should be on the street. High -- on the real complaint was how hard it is to figure out which side besides right yeah. Exercises and XW one wireless at those types or high end. Designed for mobile applications the threat is wireless technology offer a much better -- experience. It for so far. The downside to keep it on. Your portable device because yeah. There's no built in Leipzig this effort it's. Express -- like -- here. That in your 600 dollar mister. He's been bluegrass ES for years this year did you presented the data -- the -- You get a TV tuner card you can run boxes and interfaces are. Better than the windows media center download the beta for free market decide yourself. We're not obsessed with a radius but we're real close ups of the rainbow array of radios that's on irresistible. -- our 1000 voice like really car in Bethlehem and away whether hand crank power and Wiki MRIs built in us that's what she did and as a flashlight -- and -- If Warner Bros. defection from me springs and -- the forefront that can hide it distribution Sony's -- TUX and -- rom drive the TV wade. Even the cells in the street for its MS RP 300 dollars it'll still be as ray drive out there and it's about it the cyber X ray playback software. So this."
" The product that I have been waiting for and I know you've been waiting for it to. It's the new DivX connected player from dealing here's how it works it's actually an HD media player this is the box right here. It hooks up to your PC and actually -- content off of your PC wired or wirelessly streams it over. But take a look at this interface a couple of things to really like about it first off. It works with plug ins and you're gonna like them of these plug and look at all of your favorite. Online videos here. Including yes indeed we ever envisioned three plugin. Politically get there and now through this you can watch -- all of your favorite Revision 3 programs except. Wait a minute. Text those great. We've got to get on the we'll get that -- we'll get that fixed. They'll ship and of the first quarter per 10250. Dollars the idea that you can watch HD versions of our shows right here. Take a look at Diggnation home by look at that. -- all the different episodes you can watch the episodes you can take a look at -- you can play it. Load them off your PC. This is a really cool device that -- another thing that I really like -- well let me just go back here for a minute but -- a problem with all -- connected media players. Is that they try to place photos even though they're hooked up to 67 they do this with a 720. They take the photos really doubt that -- that's 4040 they'll look terrible well that's not the case with this player. Watch this want to go over to photos and click on it and other resumed demo. And here we've got some panoramic pictures of the look at this latest from the Getty center now that looks pretty good. -- they ten point one megapixel image and it's million pretty well but I can zoom in on it really quickly. Pretty good -- go really far in closeup look at that happens a lot of the problems I've had the dealings connected players in the past the interface been blocked. Very hard to work with the buggy did not work. This interface on the other hand looks really good they -- done something right -- interface designers to work with. It's been selling in Europe in the UK it's been working pretty well. I cannot wait to get my hands on this and I promised by the time that we do get this US. They'll actually have all of our shows on it. Under the -- that the dollars the product to buy from CS."
" This here. What are the most interesting things besides the yes was an adapter that goes from USB twenty yeah I -- VG input for monitor were talking about from USB's from a company called -- and it's interesting idea -- actually have a software virtual GPU he's your processor basically compress your video and send it out over the USB bus and then -- like hardware rendering engine -- the chip inside this little box here. The compresses it and send data over the pay T -- or VGA output this is a pretty slick concept now -- you know we've got a Big Blue screen here no big deal between regular windows actually it's pretty so we're gonna go over here we -- penny arcade going to slighted over there you can hear your monitor you extend your monitor were using standing -- right now. As placing -- says it'll work with a six monitors but we only have a single box to test right now and that's probably pretty typical application. A lot of things worked really well one thing that didn't was actually quicktime video is is that -- Web -- right here. Which is not working out so well those working perfectly fine over regular GPU. And look at that we actually span it's looking okay this is -- over the the second monitor even if we started here. We've got some issues on that that's the only place you really found video issues splash actually works perfectly fine. And oddly enough dvds. Which you'd expect me most problematic ones on there. Actually worked okay so that's how are you running here which had a few other applications. And -- haven't actually new problem displaying media. Now in terms of we have products in the play button. But the video scales up pretty fine you can see if you go to full screen and huge monitor like this revenue like. Sixteen point. Resolution like this you are gonna see some of the compression or -- has remember it's essentially compressing. The display is the all the information would normally go out over. The guy next -- USB which is significantly lower bandwidth available to it. So going to close that video out if you're doing stuff like regular desktops. You're gonna have absolutely no problem dealing with this the controls are pretty easy to earth orbit carrying around with windows -- topic today -- you."
" But the controls basically you install the USB driver. On the device and and tiny control panel for your -- who shows up allows you to downgrade the color quality you want you sixteen -- 32 bit. And it's at the screen resolution anywhere -- any of you in this case to detect and monitor properly it's a sixteen by 1050. Work shockingly well they claim thirty frames per second he can watch movies Vista supports. Your modes. XP video -- of -- probably in the quicktime video. Now flash work fine even with rebooting re installing and seeing quicktime problems one other small probably have a one dvd is -- application. DOC actually the mouth disappear around the media player. Okay it's a twitch of an early adopters product right out and actually work shocking well would be about technically sophisticated -- to render out -- video stream including aero on Vista. And actually bang it right over to a second monitor the USB bus. Works closely to graphics card driver of the folks display -- recommend you update the latest drivers for your card than for the display link. And it's a little early asked me -- a backup your data just in case is traumatic failure. Now this is fine really for regular applications and probably actress ports here's three -- me. You may notice the compression for goes over the USB sometimes and is that video if you look closely especially on high resolution monitor one that you might notice. It does qualities of the process in the USB bus. But it will soak up all the processor needs to use their compression 32 bit operating systems only 2000 XP Vista does support aero drivers right now. Mac drivers that tells going to be coming shortly now who's going to be selling Kennedys -- Toshiba I have your idea. And a whole bunch of others it's pretty slick we've actually have a lot of questions over the years like can I use my USB you're gonna use my card thus. To output to a second monitor in the past the answer was no -- adverse second monitor set up don't feel like updating graphics adapter or -- you -- to -- multiple monitors this could be a very cool way to do it split it dot com is the website. What -- theater robotics."
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" Got you weeks ago an episode thirteen we had -- of your fellow viewers -- Give us his Colin -- night online backup and asked if anybody in the Tekzilla crew had an opinion on Mozy. And boy did we get some responses to it says here president -- but the problem seemed to be from not just the settings inside of those. The nagging reminders to a setting that you can turn off either automatically back up or remind you every set number of days since your last back out. Gives as the highly recommend the service he's been using it for awhile. Erickson RT consulting firm recommends and all Mozy pro for me clients. They even use it on their own servers in the office they haven't had any major issues that were mentioned certain -- performance. Compared to other back up clients it tried out it works great and it will continue to recommend for sensitive and -- off site backups. Eric Wright -- free version of mosey on his Mac and quote heeded it. He says and made up system resources and when he uninstalled the demon was still on its machine quote activities and terminal work always -- sign of bad product yet it all off. That was the only negative response we got Dan he's vote -- carb -- private encryption and -- He says the guys that Mozy can't see your data it'll have the key course if you lose the password they can't see view. Second he's still that Mozy keeps all previous versions of a file for thirty days while car but I when he used it only -- the most recent version. Having older versions of the back of -- gamble is iTunes collection got corrupted. He's running those mostly on Vista and he hasn't had any performance issues. -- running -- on the Mac has any problems and the problem with mom running -- either to wrap it up Kevin Danube -- the -- all of those big thumbs up -- thank everybody for contributing. To Italy and those session on -- We come back. With -- whole stack of your questions."
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" Thus bring Tekzilla that you yeah once again the lovely the fabulous. Pharaonic of -- lines. There's a story actually just to show the still the -- who where did you find the bear suit."
" That's add on this that's great near the Revision 3 studios at beyond. It here tech gear yet techtag here -- here tad tad here."
" They sell like stuff for special forces people. And and bear costumes it's pretty should be. So right to bear arms exactly joke. The right to bear arms and the right for animals use arms in defense of their skins label like save the rare animals campaign I love interest in a banana. -- will go down their later on any out your questions."
" Yes yes we do have some viewer questions Chris asks. What is SB host IE XE and why do we have so many up and running look at the test manager. Why are you laughing some nightly."
" While it's escudos can be kind of like what a few things is SBC host maybe you missed the C. Which is kind of like a process it's called from DLL inside of windows and it's like a generic -- BC host any XE. The other opportunities SB host being part of that as the he had to the W 32 might doom virus which is to say your machine is infested. So any spyware activity favored any spyware on -- Mac thank you. I think it's. I think at about says at all the app basically you need do it to you need to download. Some serious basically pay money person's eye removal tools or you're gonna be going through a long -- or needs. Registry hack to remove that your systems are running any spyware now because your investigate."
" And then ten from mean asks I know set some class drive like the SanDisk mr. titanium. Have both ready as compatible versions and one that's not listed as being -- is compatible but the judges usually cheaper. If I upturn ready this drive be -- with a Mac am I going to be giving up any performance of the drive or storage."
" absolutely not actually what's kind of weird is one it's it's a flash drive it's you know its its compact last going to work on anything what's funny is the ready this stuff was probably package after. The original stuff breaks -- the big ready boost local one of her Windows Vista. And as a result the memory probably cost them less to make physically ready this is just as a set of specs like at least 250 megabytes after four batting you know. And at throughput speed in other than that its its compact flash on the -- nice fast compact flash drive but."
" You know my favorite part about coming to conventions like this getting all the press kits on the little USB flash drive -- can men you know what cleaning use for yourself. Of course I read your Prescott you."
" Well we certainly getting the analogy that CS like forty to have basically. It's about like ten -- even 32 megabytes no. Outs 32 megabytes just enough for -- term paper."
" Actually -- the NBC universal Booth on did give believed to gigabyte flash drives. Some really really big and might have been -- Gator today. Was it like an episode of something on there are putting stuff on there that you that you could take with you and watch it yeah yeah are you who offense. I'm I I you know I'm is -- Hulu or Hulu you. Who do I use I got ticket in the free version the free version that you don't need the beta invite to get into him so I haven't really otherwise haven't gotten in yet."
" Actually sort of even though I can't remember the -- Hulu think it actually is linked on my desktop. And I have been watching thirty rock episodes -- equality sometimes."
" Yeah it looks really nice. Just as long they keep making new thirty rock episodes and actually."
" About that writer's strike kids know writer's strike here. All right one more thing before we go to paraphrase mr. jobs check out of a holiday that going to put a link up Korea it's actually -- 62 version of the ninety minute keynotes. Speech that jobs is here at Macworld it's amazing it's everything you need in sixty asked adorable little seconds right down to the black turtleneck and the pacing across the states would take for -- episode Tekzilla I'm Patrick Norton Tekzilla -- revision3.com as the Veronica Belmont. Titular Revision 3 I can't I just can't stay -- am sorry. She's so cool she's so nice and you know what she's actually trained audio engineer she's really really good the whole audience -- I'm battling she's got to shoot people my -- daily mister -- soldiers killed and thanks for watching episode next week Koppel multiple. Basically beginning the ultimate home theater drove -- share and well you know what's more stuff -- to it and find out I'm Patrick Norton."
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Started discussion: January 18, 2008 @ 9:53am GMT
Episode 16 - Macworld 2008 [Discussion]
Veronica Belmont co-hosts as we breakdown the news and coverage of Macworld 2008. From the Macbook Air to Time Capsule to the Apple TV rentals. Also, Displaylink's USB to DVI adapter, troubleshooting svhost.exe, e Mozy for backups and more CES!
MrPopular
about 1 year ago
Great Episode.
I'll MISS JESSICA!!!!!!!!!! at least I'll see her on the Digg Reel & _______
I'll MISS JESSICA!!!!!!!!!! at least I'll see her on the Digg Reel & _______
eminemdrdre00
about 1 year ago
In reply to Top_Shelf:
Great episode - I love the coverage of Macworld and CES!
Isn't 480p classified as ETV or Enhanced TV and not HD? HD would have to be anything more than 720 horizontal lines, right?
Jeff
Isn't 480p classified as ETV or Enhanced TV and not HD? HD would have to be anything more than 720 horizontal lines, right?
Jeff
Yeah thats what I thought too. I'm not sure why Patrick called 480p HD...regular DVDs are 480p!
Ryudo
about 1 year ago
In reply to eminemdrdre00:
Yeah thats what I thought too. I'm not sure why Patrick called 480p HD...regular DVDs are 480p!
[COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]He had a mental hicup thinking it was 2001 and 480P was considered HD haha ..hell even on Xbox 1 games it said in HD and you look at the back of the box and said HD 480P support.[/COLOR]:p
[COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]On a separate note great episode and does this mean Neha(sp?) is the new co-host?[/COLOR]
methos101
about 1 year ago
I did not know jessica was leaving tekzilla. I would not mind if veronica belmont would co host the show. She does a good job.
eponymous_bosch
about 1 year ago
Macbook Air? I just don't get it.
First, I love Apple laptops. Now that my 4 year old pc laptop has finally given up the ghost after much hard use I'm saving for a Macbook.That being said I wish someone over at rev3 (*cough* Patrick *cough*) would have said a few words about what the attraction of the Air is. I read the specs. I saw the price. I saw the upgrade price. After I was revived with smelling salts; I was still in a bit of a daze. I know that Apple does a lot of niche products, but this is the nichiest of niche. This is a total yuppie purchase--I'm 38 so I know of what I speak when it comes to yuppies.
I can't help thinking that the Macbook Air is to laptops what the Segway is to transportation devices.
I really think Apple needs to go through a bit of a paradigm shift. They really needed a sub $1000 dollar notebook in their lineup and to concentrate on more modularity in both laptop and desktop products. But hey, that's just me and it's not my company so...good luck with the UMPC niche, I guess.
Cheers,
Simon
Shinku
about 1 year ago
Wasn't a bad episode, nice to have a change of scene from the studio for a bit.
Nothing personal but I'm kinda glad Jessica's going to be elsewhere rather than Tekzilla, I was getting a little bored of the "my job here is to stand next to Patrick and look like a pretty airhead". She has her place I'm sure, I just don't think Tekzilla was it.
Patrick mentioned the ultimate home theatre thing at the end for next episode... Are we to see a little of the ghost of InDigital rising from the dead? We'll see, I guess...
Nothing personal but I'm kinda glad Jessica's going to be elsewhere rather than Tekzilla, I was getting a little bored of the "my job here is to stand next to Patrick and look like a pretty airhead". She has her place I'm sure, I just don't think Tekzilla was it.
Patrick mentioned the ultimate home theatre thing at the end for next episode... Are we to see a little of the ghost of InDigital rising from the dead? We'll see, I guess...












Isn't 480p classified as ETV or Enhanced TV and not HD? HD would have to be anything more than 720 horizontal lines, right?
Tech Specs on Apple.com/appletv say the following:
Video formats supported
* H.264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): Up to 5 Mbps, Progressive Main Profile (CAVLC) with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps (maximum resolution: 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps, 960 by 540 pixels at 30 fps) in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
To me this means that the HD files they'll deliver will be H.264 compressed 720p...
Jeff