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Geotagging Photos, Powerline vs. WiFi, Free Partitioning Tools, Benchmark Your Mac, More!

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 – running time 28:54
Can you stream HD movies over a Powerline Network? GParted, Geotagging Photos: we've got several different ways to do it. Xbench, Will old movies and TV shows look good in Blu-ray?

Wow... CES is really over! We're back home, rarin' to go, and feeling bad for everybody getting laid off with Circuit City closing.

On the upside, we're impossibly stoked about the final half season of Battlestar Galactica... was Sometimes A Great Notion nuts, or what?

Daniel didn't get our excitement over wireless power at CES... we want anywhere thru the air charging, too, but the charging stations (and counters and walls!) are a start!

Free Partitioning Tools... that are non-destructive? Brian, you're going to love GParted, the Gnome Partition Editor. It does non-destructive partitioning, works on just about any drive format you can think off... and has a graphical interface that doesn't cause users to spontaneously burst into tears.

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This week's Freebie Download Pick is Xbench, a spiffy free benchmarking tool for OS X. CPU, memory, disk, graphics... find out how much that new hard drive or RAM makes your Mac!

Kevin's wondering if Ethernet over power lines, aka powerline networking would work better than 802.11g for HD content streaming to a PS3. In theory, it should kick ass over 802.11g. Check out HD Streaming Smackdown: Draft 11n vs. Powerline to see where the real world differs from theory.

BTW, we'd use use 802.11n, not 802.11g.

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Website We Can't Get Enough Of? Veronica's says save yourself some uncomfortable facetime, and use NiceCritic.com, to tell a co-worker or friend something embarrassing or uncomfortable. Things like "The aroma of alcohol on your breath is apparent, or to "Please refrain from picking at your skin when in the company of others."

Ryan saw the cool geotaggingfeatures in iPhoto '09, and he's looking for cameras that include GPS. Answer: there aren't many, tho Veronica found the Nikon Coolpix P6000 has GPS built in for $500, or GE's $200 E1050 (which has a fascinating implementation of GPS ).

For a little bit less money, you can attach a GPS unit to your camera or cable a GPS reciever to your camera to sync coordinates with your pictures.

If you have a GPS device, you can geotag your photos from your track using software like RoboGEO. Or you manually create the data by using Google Earth and Picasaor Geotagger.

Lot's of interesting discussion at the Flickr geotagging group!

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"As more and more older Movies and TV Shows get released on Blu-Ray, are we getting upscaled versions that are better than original but not true HD?" Good question, Andrew, and it all depends on the source material, and the quality of the transfer. Must stuff shot on film, which is just about everything made back 'in the day,' has more than enough 'resolution' to make good use of 1080p on Blu-ray!

And, yes, Corey, you are correct. No matter what Patrick said at CES, AAAA batteries are not new!

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Highlights
Microsoft windows ( 0:08, 5:47, 6:30, 0:08, 5:47, 6:30 ) Bill Murray ( 13:46, 13:46 ) consumer electronic ( 2:22, 2:22 ) open source ( 8:22, 8:29, 8:22, 8:29 ) Microsoft windows ( 0:08, 5:47, 6:30, 0:08, 5:47, 6:30 ) Bill Murray ( 13:46, 13:46 ) consumer electronic ( 2:22, 2:22 ) open source ( 8:22, 8:29, 8:22, 8:29 )

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" And it's always who want to hear your ideas -- secularism three dot com. One thing it was not on our list was watching Circuit City go down. They'll be closing rest of the stores across the United States."

" By the end of march -- little sense that it is kind of a sign of the times but you know. Another huge enormous fan of Circuit City. But it is kind of sad just because they're you know got -- text of 30000 people lost her job to do nothing good about that."

" Now going to do about that at all but you know it a lot more people actually I've seen that the -- electronics association that you twice which is a magazine for retailers and the number one retailer for its electronics best buy. Right followed by Wal-Mart he had seventeen billion dollars in 2007. Followed by a Circuit City followed by its actually amazing how much people buy from target and Costco and still from C years. It's only you are going to be able device."

" Nothing yeah I was going to cost you know I don't go there very often but my other job would have cost -- cards for like -- the office. And I go and Alex TV isn't cameras and all this stuff like I have no idea they had this kind of consumer electronic -- it here."

" Actually some of the best is -- finally HDTVs. Good deals not great not as a graded on cam border -- great deals and digital cameras they sell memory cards for nothing best deals never seen any CTV announced both might -- TV amounts of articles."

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" I actually to be about the head and neck at that point at all like the plot twists and turns. It and thank."

" Dime per yeah Ellison was -- slightly miffed about our cover wireless charging stations at C yes indeed it Daniel writes the district and about he reviewed did not."

" Me as much as I would hope. -- little disappointed that it was simply a station and not an end there which is man times and distance let me just products so special you guys I would love to hear more in depth review of it."

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" Was not a review it was show until we see yes and frankly were a lot less critical there especially here we're doing like twenty products we've seen for five minutes and 22 minutes of -- time. Second. We feel your pain at the magnetic induction technology we showed off from a couple different companies is yes. Doesn't mean -- all -- and wander around the house on practically charging through the if there is -- all. So you know -- for these technologies from magnetic induction you need PowerPoint to get a desktop or wall like we should do in the live feeds of charging station right. -- basically the have to be near each other comic you know the coils. In a what entered you know to transform regions and power pack. Now we're not sure he saw the video we had apartment skier and action through -- evil devices working on -- countertop like couple blender right pretty cool basically just. You know. I can't wander off the shelf slam it -- use it put it back up there. Is it is -- is wireless through the air she -- on the house now but think about dropping your phone and notebook anything else you need to run on your desk and having it charging without having to play."

" It into the wall socket that would be cool I I still very like the idea just having it in a drawer just having like my gadgets or Connecticut for a everything in the Angus have a -- it would it's -- include these are no problem. B I would love for somebody to work out the physics for -- power through the air without new he has like microwave popcorn -- which would be awesome. You know. The future the technology it's gonna take we have the Anderson president comes in the future you have to take the good with the bad get front look at Michael. There's just this charge true when you're out."

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" Brian wants to know you have any favorites were very free partition manager is I'm thinking in particular for re sizing and give best partitions. In case you're wondering this is partly in relation to the previously mentioned system episode concerning hard drive -- thanks Patrick. Well you should thank Roger for the cheap and easy -- operate episode of system. He was all about upgrading your drives on the cheap and you know what it's actually fun funny equally just calling all you're decently fast you drive."

" Yeah we're going to assume you're looking for a nondestructive partitioning tool O'Brien our favorite is. -- carted AKA gnome partition editor. It does nondestructive partitioning works I'm just not any draft form you can thank -- and has a graphical interface it doesn't -- users who spontaneously. Burst into a fire or be tears so that's really nice -- indeed I tell the people use it -- sit down on -- off of SourceForge and given its track. And it's free and it's free widgets."

" You feel like only ones like open source partition managers and transportation manager at this one's non destructive."

" Yeah you're gonna have to help with some open source and links programs for me -- You're going. I think well I got I got the HP mini 1008 me someone that's running the Atlantic sister. Who ya gonna run XP now so I have to I think -- the living without and it. I hate her and ask them for the -- to send me some of your top choices for you know -- programs that kind of thing. You know I need to do something if I even need a program that runs on the computer I'm pretty much just gonna try to do everything in Google and web based apps kind of thing. Next up is a video email from kids that. Are."

" Streaming high -- content wirelessly but yes because the soldering. Does ethernet over power lines -- anywhere close to megapixel regular ethernet and doesn't work across power circuit."

" Okay that's good when actually ethernet verses 8211 G for HD content streaming to."

" Yeah thanks given the current specs on power -- networking which in case the name doesn't make it obvious uses adapters that plug into the power outlets in your home and use existing power lines to actually send. Ethernet. Over -- had a hosts the past zero trappings -- power lines it's very magical. I -- don't have wiring on your ethernet cables click through holes in the hall and around the corners and and nailing him down to. Beside the -- stuff stapling them it need yeah. Yeah in the minded ones and we don't have tiny ones and I'm Susan because they were lazy. Despite the."

" It it would seem obvious that."

" It anyway and -- theoretical max of current powerline adapters is 200 megabytes per second time that should -- H two dot eleven G is 54 megabit per second though right I mean that's kind of how I mean a map makes sense to. Especially since you only need to clean twenty megabytes per second or so to stream HD of your home network and we should quad -- 720. TV you're the other downloadable each -- so yeah circuits so I mean most houses have links there fourth circuit threatening the powerhouses are going to be some kind of all there will lose your medical. There's no physical law. Car radio physical all."

" Discuss the obvious powerline networking he's got."

" And eight zillion times better -- service that inserted that it was a screaming -- right but you have to you have your adapters have to be on the same circuit. And and really important and now they suffer from interference issues like big time. Wait what kind of interference like what truly are your plans or television or have being dimmer switches gamers -- protectors."

" Protectors are important because it will not work a surge protectors unless they actually have it plugged that is specifically for power line. Up networking thing. So some of the Mandela had made I think it's a home -- right right on the adaptor there and that one should be safer using that otherwise you do not want to plug into a surge protector network."

" Yet is basically where did they do a lot of really sophisticated manipulation of frequency hopping try to. Figure out the best possible connection inside your house an old. Before I forget -- were two competing technologies for home wind power -- for for basically for powerline networking. That do not interact home plug TV and DST UPA."

" you want let me do that. Two competing technologies that don't work together -- and -- that I heard of that ever worked. If it doesn't it's frustrating. There's a chance Carolina or -- your home but make sure. The devices -- return will if they don't 8211 and is probably better -- and ethernet is still the king. There's a really great read actually it's small builder dot com HD streaming smackdown draft eleven and versus power line where the author actually sat down and -- the -- amazing if you look at the powerline networking tasks to different parts of his house. It was amazing how radically different that Drupal this."

" So the interesting thing too is while there are two different kinds of powerline networking. Two different I guess what was your savings competing standards on you can use adapters from different companies. It differently in your house of -- you have like one you're living room and one in your office they don't have to -- the same brand right to work to get -- they work if they have the same -- they have the same specs you -- you can switch around and use different ones depending on the crisis that you find online if you want to find it after the change have a -- one featuring."

" It's where if this is that those areas are if you can -- benchmarks on these should read them because different chip sisters post were better than others it's just. Ethernet still Roxio to eleven and I think he's your next step into it and she yes as you notice it doesn't work so with. Big -- wouldn't exactly."

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" let's take an email from Ryan South Dakota he writes since -- other cool do you take features an iPhoto and nine other looking around for cameras that include cheap yes. For Sony point and shoots but also like -- and calcium however can't seem to find many options with these brands. Can you highlight some cameras a feature geo tagging site and be ready for iPhoto only nine when it ships. Thanks from Brian in Brookings South Dakota. Well you're exactly right there aren't yet that many cameras out there that automatically geo tech out of the box and icon cool XP 6000 does have GPS built in. That already about 500 dollars or for 200 dollars you can grab the GE yes and I do you mean GE 1050 was also has a receiver. But I expect that Apple has built the places feature into iPhoto. More manufacturers are probably going to jump on that path bandwagon and hasten to release products with GPS built -- and like for example. The phone with optical and has -- almost has so we're prophetic. Some years it's almost it's very creepy that they somehow we're like hey we should you tag your photos automatically could someday we may release some kind of survey is built into whatever the products -- be that allows us our videos and photos by geo -- location business the better camera. Yeah seriously seriously guys but hey with a little less money you can attach it GPS unit your camera which postings accordance with your pictures on about dot com actually which we keep going -- they've got critics of the stuff. They integrate with the camera specific units for doing this all of which are in the 75 to 125 range and yes."

" They'll ship and -- devices that about dot com sometimes it's stuff that hasn't been children's older via. Here's a promise here I think it's probably get -- from -- here last year. 2008 because that's the -- out. There also cables available outlook connector camera to your GPS units have to snipe hunts and see 35 chief yes cable -- and -- immediately instead of during upload to the PC like the other attachment devices. If you want to get really fancy with an icon DSL -- make magazine has a great catch you on building and you tech device for your camera. That's a little more excellent work and don't with the cables don't worry too much about -- because each camera probably has their own GPS two camera. -- So they just haven't really -- that in -- end."

" I must do they mean you know it's not working or is his GPS is Morgan doors it's it just such a funny thing like an exact location import my photos -- wild flowers -- tactical application stuff. At a critic and editor it's invisible this technology words like parties like this is so cool parties like. This is so goofy anyhow if you haven't camera GPS device you can actually you tag your photos from your track on your GPS device that it's running car something. -- like robo GO that we off buying -- stuff. Or can we get really manual you can actually dropped you tag information in your exit or your file itself by using Google -- and Picasa or. You tanker -- said in an easy matter discussion on this the Flickr geo tagging group Flickr dot com slash groups last year tagging it is out of the world people are really excited about this except you know people pulled into Google earth life to as time goes on. Have to turn them off sometimes especially for San Francisco."

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" Okay. Brace yourself because it all depends on the source material. And the transfer from the source material most -- on film which is just about everything made back in the day and it hasn't been enough resolution to make good -- 1080 Blu-ray. That doesn't mean it won't look like crap because what we transfer or something I haven't seen yet but I can see happening because it cheap production house takes a dvd master and just blows it up to an eighty. Because they're cheap yeah. And -- if you're big fan of like you -- great movies you've seen really bad transfers on dvds. They'll all movies standard Def TV they're gonna require pillar of course to watch in the original format assuming that production company doesn't. Crop the top and bottom from the original frame make it sort of a mock widescreen which sucks because it ruins the original tension and basically ruins the original intentions of the cinema photographer I don't want to see citizen -- in a widescreen version because somebody didn't like Craig told worker effect if people were the four by three. And -- the source material I either condition of the -- giving digitized and turned into the digital video you're watching your -- varies. A lot. Some of the earliest Blu-ray Lucas looked awful because there was an issue -- technology. But the -- were made for some pretty awful source material with scratches and dirt and maybe wasn't color regular was cool faded or who knows what they work. Now here's a crazy but -- A lot of super accurate transfers on 1080. Filled green is part of film and most folks are used to seeing it movies and also like to sit in the front rule of movie theaters with excellent projectors now and it's never thought about before. It's crazy when you look at some stuff when you look at some films. You really get transferred any -- really good screen it is unbelievable how much it looks like being in theater. And it's also unbelievable how much texture that. Film and we artifacts you know I mean just kinda -- both it's not really artifact is just it's -- it's gotten little particles of colors just. And if you watch movies most the time on you know cable TV your dvd should probably used to seeing that so."

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" Me as much as I would hope. -- little disappointed that it was simply a station and not an end there which is man times and distance let me just products so special you guys I would love to hear more in depth review of it."

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" Was not a review it was show until we see yes and frankly were a lot less critical there especially here we're doing like twenty products we've seen for five minutes and 22 minutes of -- time. Second. We feel your pain at the magnetic induction technology we showed off from a couple different companies is yes. Doesn't mean -- all -- and wander around the house on practically charging through the if there is -- all. So you know -- for these technologies from magnetic induction you need PowerPoint to get a desktop or wall like we should do in the live feeds of charging station right. -- basically the have to be near each other comic you know the coils. In a what entered you know to transform regions and power pack. Now we're not sure he saw the video we had apartment skier and action through -- evil devices working on -- countertop like couple blender right pretty cool basically just. You know. I can't wander off the shelf slam it -- use it put it back up there. Is it is -- is wireless through the air she -- on the house now but think about dropping your phone and notebook anything else you need to run on your desk and having it charging without having to play."

" It into the wall socket that would be cool I I still very like the idea just having it in a drawer just having like my gadgets or Connecticut for a everything in the Angus have a -- it would it's -- include these are no problem. B I would love for somebody to work out the physics for -- power through the air without new he has like microwave popcorn -- which would be awesome. You know. The future the technology it's gonna take we have the Anderson president comes in the future you have to take the good with the bad get front look at Michael. There's just this charge true when you're out."

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" Brian wants to know you have any favorites were very free partition manager is I'm thinking in particular for re sizing and give best partitions. In case you're wondering this is partly in relation to the previously mentioned system episode concerning hard drive -- thanks Patrick. Well you should thank Roger for the cheap and easy -- operate episode of system. He was all about upgrading your drives on the cheap and you know what it's actually fun funny equally just calling all you're decently fast you drive."

" Yeah we're going to assume you're looking for a nondestructive partitioning tool O'Brien our favorite is. -- carted AKA gnome partition editor. It does nondestructive partitioning works I'm just not any draft form you can thank -- and has a graphical interface it doesn't -- users who spontaneously. Burst into a fire or be tears so that's really nice -- indeed I tell the people use it -- sit down on -- off of SourceForge and given its track. And it's free and it's free widgets."

" You feel like only ones like open source partition managers and transportation manager at this one's non destructive."

" Yeah you're gonna have to help with some open source and links programs for me -- You're going. I think well I got I got the HP mini 1008 me someone that's running the Atlantic sister. Who ya gonna run XP now so I have to I think -- the living without and it. I hate her and ask them for the -- to send me some of your top choices for you know -- programs that kind of thing. You know I need to do something if I even need a program that runs on the computer I'm pretty much just gonna try to do everything in Google and web based apps kind of thing. Next up is a video email from kids that. Are."

" Streaming high -- content wirelessly but yes because the soldering. Does ethernet over power lines -- anywhere close to megapixel regular ethernet and doesn't work across power circuit."

" Okay that's good when actually ethernet verses 8211 G for HD content streaming to."

" Yeah thanks given the current specs on power -- networking which in case the name doesn't make it obvious uses adapters that plug into the power outlets in your home and use existing power lines to actually send. Ethernet. Over -- had a hosts the past zero trappings -- power lines it's very magical. I -- don't have wiring on your ethernet cables click through holes in the hall and around the corners and and nailing him down to. Beside the -- stuff stapling them it need yeah. Yeah in the minded ones and we don't have tiny ones and I'm Susan because they were lazy. Despite the."

" It it would seem obvious that."

" It anyway and -- theoretical max of current powerline adapters is 200 megabytes per second time that should -- H two dot eleven G is 54 megabit per second though right I mean that's kind of how I mean a map makes sense to. Especially since you only need to clean twenty megabytes per second or so to stream HD of your home network and we should quad -- 720. TV you're the other downloadable each -- so yeah circuits so I mean most houses have links there fourth circuit threatening the powerhouses are going to be some kind of all there will lose your medical. There's no physical law. Car radio physical all."

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" And eight zillion times better -- service that inserted that it was a screaming -- right but you have to you have your adapters have to be on the same circuit. And and really important and now they suffer from interference issues like big time. Wait what kind of interference like what truly are your plans or television or have being dimmer switches gamers -- protectors."

" Protectors are important because it will not work a surge protectors unless they actually have it plugged that is specifically for power line. Up networking thing. So some of the Mandela had made I think it's a home -- right right on the adaptor there and that one should be safer using that otherwise you do not want to plug into a surge protector network."

" Yet is basically where did they do a lot of really sophisticated manipulation of frequency hopping try to. Figure out the best possible connection inside your house an old. Before I forget -- were two competing technologies for home wind power -- for for basically for powerline networking. That do not interact home plug TV and DST UPA."

" you want let me do that. Two competing technologies that don't work together -- and -- that I heard of that ever worked. If it doesn't it's frustrating. There's a chance Carolina or -- your home but make sure. The devices -- return will if they don't 8211 and is probably better -- and ethernet is still the king. There's a really great read actually it's small builder dot com HD streaming smackdown draft eleven and versus power line where the author actually sat down and -- the -- amazing if you look at the powerline networking tasks to different parts of his house. It was amazing how radically different that Drupal this."

" So the interesting thing too is while there are two different kinds of powerline networking. Two different I guess what was your savings competing standards on you can use adapters from different companies. It differently in your house of -- you have like one you're living room and one in your office they don't have to -- the same brand right to work to get -- they work if they have the same -- they have the same specs you -- you can switch around and use different ones depending on the crisis that you find online if you want to find it after the change have a -- one featuring."

" It's where if this is that those areas are if you can -- benchmarks on these should read them because different chip sisters post were better than others it's just. Ethernet still Roxio to eleven and I think he's your next step into it and she yes as you notice it doesn't work so with. Big -- wouldn't exactly."

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" let's take an email from Ryan South Dakota he writes since -- other cool do you take features an iPhoto and nine other looking around for cameras that include cheap yes. For Sony point and shoots but also like -- and calcium however can't seem to find many options with these brands. Can you highlight some cameras a feature geo tagging site and be ready for iPhoto only nine when it ships. Thanks from Brian in Brookings South Dakota. Well you're exactly right there aren't yet that many cameras out there that automatically geo tech out of the box and icon cool XP 6000 does have GPS built in. That already about 500 dollars or for 200 dollars you can grab the GE yes and I do you mean GE 1050 was also has a receiver. But I expect that Apple has built the places feature into iPhoto. More manufacturers are probably going to jump on that path bandwagon and hasten to release products with GPS built -- and like for example. The phone with optical and has -- almost has so we're prophetic. Some years it's almost it's very creepy that they somehow we're like hey we should you tag your photos automatically could someday we may release some kind of survey is built into whatever the products -- be that allows us our videos and photos by geo -- location business the better camera. Yeah seriously seriously guys but hey with a little less money you can attach it GPS unit your camera which postings accordance with your pictures on about dot com actually which we keep going -- they've got critics of the stuff. They integrate with the camera specific units for doing this all of which are in the 75 to 125 range and yes."

" They'll ship and -- devices that about dot com sometimes it's stuff that hasn't been children's older via. Here's a promise here I think it's probably get -- from -- here last year. 2008 because that's the -- out. There also cables available outlook connector camera to your GPS units have to snipe hunts and see 35 chief yes cable -- and -- immediately instead of during upload to the PC like the other attachment devices. If you want to get really fancy with an icon DSL -- make magazine has a great catch you on building and you tech device for your camera. That's a little more excellent work and don't with the cables don't worry too much about -- because each camera probably has their own GPS two camera. -- So they just haven't really -- that in -- end."

" I must do they mean you know it's not working or is his GPS is Morgan doors it's it just such a funny thing like an exact location import my photos -- wild flowers -- tactical application stuff. At a critic and editor it's invisible this technology words like parties like this is so cool parties like. This is so goofy anyhow if you haven't camera GPS device you can actually you tag your photos from your track on your GPS device that it's running car something. -- like robo GO that we off buying -- stuff. Or can we get really manual you can actually dropped you tag information in your exit or your file itself by using Google -- and Picasa or. You tanker -- said in an easy matter discussion on this the Flickr geo tagging group Flickr dot com slash groups last year tagging it is out of the world people are really excited about this except you know people pulled into Google earth life to as time goes on. Have to turn them off sometimes especially for San Francisco."

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" Andy's got a question about high Def media soared since. As more and more older movies and TV shows get released some Blu-ray are -- skilled person listener better than the original but not true HD can -- say -- a -- much what's the story regards from Andrew. We have."

" Okay. Brace yourself because it all depends on the source material. And the transfer from the source material most -- on film which is just about everything made back in the day and it hasn't been enough resolution to make good -- 1080 Blu-ray. That doesn't mean it won't look like crap because what we transfer or something I haven't seen yet but I can see happening because it cheap production house takes a dvd master and just blows it up to an eighty. Because they're cheap yeah. And -- if you're big fan of like you -- great movies you've seen really bad transfers on dvds. They'll all movies standard Def TV they're gonna require pillar of course to watch in the original format assuming that production company doesn't. Crop the top and bottom from the original frame make it sort of a mock widescreen which sucks because it ruins the original tension and basically ruins the original intentions of the cinema photographer I don't want to see citizen -- in a widescreen version because somebody didn't like Craig told worker effect if people were the four by three. And -- the source material I either condition of the -- giving digitized and turned into the digital video you're watching your -- varies. A lot. Some of the earliest Blu-ray Lucas looked awful because there was an issue -- technology. But the -- were made for some pretty awful source material with scratches and dirt and maybe wasn't color regular was cool faded or who knows what they work. Now here's a crazy but -- A lot of super accurate transfers on 1080. Filled green is part of film and most folks are used to seeing it movies and also like to sit in the front rule of movie theaters with excellent projectors now and it's never thought about before. It's crazy when you look at some stuff when you look at some films. You really get transferred any -- really good screen it is unbelievable how much it looks like being in theater. And it's also unbelievable how much texture that. Film and we artifacts you know I mean just kinda -- both it's not really artifact is just it's -- it's gotten little particles of colors just. And if you watch movies most the time on you know cable TV your dvd should probably used to seeing that so."

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Episode 72 - Geotagging Photos, Powerline vs. WiFi, Free Partitioning Tools, Benchmark Your Mac, More! [Discussion]

Can you stream HD movies over a Powerline Network? GParted, Geotagging Photos: we've got several different ways to do it. Xbench, Will old movies and TV shows look good in Blu-ray?

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boldfire
10 months ago
Tekzilla seems to be getting better, more newsy bits and the promise of more hands-on reviews... loving it!

Anybody else thing the studio felt 'warmer' today? I'm not a fan of the bricks (eeeew!) but today they were really nicely lit.

Good job TZ Crew, I'm really glad you're taking on our feedback :D
Fee
10 months ago
I agree, Great episode. I like the info on the geotagging cameras, ever since I got my iphone i wanted a real camera that did geotagging.



Also cool Fable 2 impressions Veronica, ;)
fishtoprecords
10 months ago
I'd love to join your gotomeeting, but the vendor won't make a product that works on my computers operating system.

Where is the Linux version? Let alone *bsd?

A tech show really shouldn't cut out the tech viewers.
veronicazilla
10 months ago
In reply to Fee:
I agree, Great episode. I like the info on the geotagging cameras, ever since I got my iphone i wanted a real camera that did geotagging.



Also cool Fable 2 impressions Veronica, ;)


Hehe, not Fable 2... LBP!
Fee
10 months ago
Oh my bad! I though you was doing the Fable 2 :) I still need to get to LBP
bulkhedd
10 months ago
Great episode, as usual. I was wondering why you didn't mention the Eye-fi Explore card for Geotagging. I know it doesn't use real GPS but it still seems pretty cool. I just got one but haven't had much time to test it out.
computoman
10 months ago
It is a shame that CC finally learned how to treat customers but it was too little too late. The local CC had prices even with the discount that were higher than most other places selling at regular price. Even in dissoution they could not get customers. The place was pretty much empty, but there was lots of stock. Maybe they did not learn a lesson.

Powerline networking is awesome and there is nothing to configure. True plug and play. I bought two units (one connections worth) for twenty five dollars each at Fry's. Great investment not to have to mess with wifi settings and remembering passwords. Most internet is only 10mbit vs near 100mbit for the eop.

I agree with the others, in that this show was more pro than usual.

Photography is certainly getting more technical.

The induction charging does not seem to be very conserving of power. But it is neat none the less. Maybe we can hook up a clothes line with a bunch of transformers near the outside powerlines and get free electricty from induction..
veronicazilla
10 months ago
In reply to bulkhedd:
Great episode, as usual. I was wondering why you didn't mention the Eye-fi Explore card for Geotagging. I know it doesn't use real GPS but it still seems pretty cool. I just got one but haven't had much time to test it out.


We actually did talk about Eye-Fi, but we took it out of the final show because we disagreed on some technical specs. We'll go back to it on this weeks show!
davmoo
10 months ago
My big gripe with Circuity S**ty was, at least in my area, they favored online sales and treated the local stores like the proverbial red-headed step children. I almost always do a search to see what is available before I go buy something at the local store and make sure what I want is in stock. If I had a dollar for every time I found a product that would be *perfect* but also was "available online only" or "not available in stores" I could have bought the damned chain and bailed them out. I wanted to make a local and instant purchase. If I wanted to go mail order, I certainly wouldn't be doing it from Circuit City where I'd be charged at least 50 percent more than anywhere else.
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