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So which is it? Is abbreviated, punctuation-less communication hurting the written language, or is it just another method by which kids can easily communicate with one other? It's probably a bit of both.
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Brought to you by the makers of Kazaa and Skype, Joost (pronounced 'Juiced') is a interactive program for distributing TV shows over the internet using P2P technology.
The program is based on P2PTV technology and is expected to deliver near-TV resolution images. It turns your PC into an instant on-demand TV without any need for additional set top box. News updates, discussion forums, show ratings, and multi-user chat sessions (often linked to the active stream/channel) are made possible through the use of semi-transparent widget overlays.
Therefore if you want to help Beta test Joost, all you have to do is let me know you read this. Three invites remaining, so you'll want to hurry.
Also, I've started to hate Blogger and it's templates. So hopefully, I'll be moving my act here. And another thing, why does Sony choose to limit customers purchasing games from the PS Store only if they reside in select countries. What about people living in the other half of the world? There is an alternative method (Playstation cards) but nobody knows where to get one of them.
Resistance : Fall of Man is an amazingly well-done game. Set in a frightening, alternate 20th century reality, it delivers a unique blend of harrowing military action and unnerving horror. I started playing the Campaign mode after a couple of games online (Japanese R:FOM gamers are pretty tough). The graphics are just simply awesome! The glass breaking effects, and the glass itself in the game has to be the most realistic looking glass ever!
The story is progressive and events fit nicely; It doesn't seem like they took place for your convenience. I feel the storyline is actually going somewhere, and a sequel could very well be in place. As always, the weapons are trademark Insomniac material. Each weapon has a primary fire and secondary fire mode.
The best feature this game offers is the online multiplayer. Two words can only describe it : flawlessly brilliant. I've played countless games and not once have I experienced any lag. At all.
In the meantime stay tuned for some information on the CBEA (Cell Broadband Engine Architecture), I might be doing a small interview with some knowledgable cell-enthusiasts.
The story is progressive and events fit nicely; It doesn't seem like they took place for your convenience. I feel the storyline is actually going somewhere, and a sequel could very well be in place. As always, the weapons are trademark Insomniac material. Each weapon has a primary fire and secondary fire mode.
The best feature this game offers is the online multiplayer. Two words can only describe it : flawlessly brilliant. I've played countless games and not once have I experienced any lag. At all.
In the meantime stay tuned for some information on the CBEA (Cell Broadband Engine Architecture), I might be doing a small interview with some knowledgable cell-enthusiasts.
My Sony Playstation 3 60gb along with Resistance : Fall of Man arrived yesterday from Hong Kong Play-Asia.com I highly recommend this website -- It shipped in just 2 days and the ordering process was very straightforward.
The PS3 is currently sitting at the SL Customs which sucks because I thought It would be delivered to my doorstep.
I'll be going now to clear the console and bring it home, I hope this goes smoothly; the Customs here are anything but efficient.
Stay tuned for impressions, pictures and videos.
Things on my to-do list:
Install Yellow Dog Linux, play around with PSP-PS3 connectivity, hook it up to the internet, start R:FOM.
EDIT : What a coincidence. 10 Minutes after I blogged this, UPS came over with the PS3!
Uboxed it 2 minutes ago.. All I can say is : Wow.
This thing is a black shiny sexy beast. It's plugged in and I'm downloading the Firmware Update as we speak. Such a sleek looking console, Sony, Excellent Job.
Pics coming as soon as my camera feels like charging itself (grr)
Thanks for the comment , Maail. Yeah I just couldn't wait so I brought it down. Metal Gear Solid 4, Army of 2 , Oblivion, Lair. Tonnes of good games coming out this month. The system cost 599$, shipping was 125$ and Resistance:Fall of Man was 64$. It was worth every dollar.
Add me to the Playstation Network, my ID is n0uhad. It'll be cool to see more Maldivian gamers on the PSN
I'm loving the PS3!
The PS3 is currently sitting at the SL Customs which sucks because I thought It would be delivered to my doorstep.
I'll be going now to clear the console and bring it home, I hope this goes smoothly; the Customs here are anything but efficient.
Stay tuned for impressions, pictures and videos.
Things on my to-do list:
Install Yellow Dog Linux, play around with PSP-PS3 connectivity, hook it up to the internet, start R:FOM.
EDIT : What a coincidence. 10 Minutes after I blogged this, UPS came over with the PS3!
Uboxed it 2 minutes ago.. All I can say is : Wow.
This thing is a black shiny sexy beast. It's plugged in and I'm downloading the Firmware Update as we speak. Such a sleek looking console, Sony, Excellent Job.
Pics coming as soon as my camera feels like charging itself (grr)
Thanks for the comment , Maail. Yeah I just couldn't wait so I brought it down. Metal Gear Solid 4, Army of 2 , Oblivion, Lair. Tonnes of good games coming out this month. The system cost 599$, shipping was 125$ and Resistance:Fall of Man was 64$. It was worth every dollar.
Add me to the Playstation Network, my ID is n0uhad. It'll be cool to see more Maldivian gamers on the PSN
I'm loving the PS3!
1080i, 420p, 720p -- What's this all about you say? Let’s start with the basics – Progressive vs Interlaced
Interlaced - Interlaced scanning was invented back in the 1920s as a way to broadcast TV signals within a narrow bandwidth. It can cause flicker and various kinds of distortion. Interlace is still used for most standard definition TVs, The technology available during the time it was invented didn’t allow for sending a full image over the air at the necessary rate to create a smooth sense of motion at the viewer’s end. This method consists splits each image into its odd and even horizontal lines in order send each group separately. The image will later be reconstructed at the destination by putting together the two groups at a quick enough rate to fool the eye from noticing the split. For a nice animated example in Wikipedia, click here.
Progressive - In contrast, progressive (or non-interlaced) scanning manages to display the entire image at one time.
If you are to enjoy your new next-gen console in all it’s HD glory, I suggest you get yourself a decent 720p HDTV (arguably better than a 1080i HDTV, see why here)
So what does this all mean?
Interlaced - Interlaced scanning was invented back in the 1920s as a way to broadcast TV signals within a narrow bandwidth. It can cause flicker and various kinds of distortion. Interlace is still used for most standard definition TVs, The technology available during the time it was invented didn’t allow for sending a full image over the air at the necessary rate to create a smooth sense of motion at the viewer’s end. This method consists splits each image into its odd and even horizontal lines in order send each group separately. The image will later be reconstructed at the destination by putting together the two groups at a quick enough rate to fool the eye from noticing the split. For a nice animated example in Wikipedia, click here.
Progressive - In contrast, progressive (or non-interlaced) scanning manages to display the entire image at one time.
If you are to enjoy your new next-gen console in all it’s HD glory, I suggest you get yourself a decent 720p HDTV (arguably better than a 1080i HDTV, see why here)
So what does this all mean?
During the broadcast of an image using progressive scan, it is displayed on your Television screen line by line from top to bottom. On the other hand, interlace scanning displays the same image, but only for every other line; it then fills in the missing rows.
Frame is the term used to describe the entire image when it is not split into odd and even lines. Field is the term used to describe the half-an-image groups made of odd or even lines. These two words therefore allow us to refer to the display rate as either frames per second or fields per second.
The different formats are defined upon three aspects:
Normal TV’s (or at least the ancient one I have) have a 480i display rate. This means it uses interlaced scanning and has a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines. It also has an aspect ratio of 4:3 as opposed 16:9 ratio seen in most HDTV’s.
The aspect ratio of an image is its displayed width divided by its height (usually expressed as "x:y"). For instance, the aspect ratio of a traditional television screen, like the one I have is 4:3.
High Definition Television sets allow broadcasting with a significantly higher resolution than traditional formats, such as the one my TV uses.
HDTV’s contain different formats for broadcasting, they can be identified by :
1 . The number of lines in the vertical display resolution.
2 . Whether progressive frames (p) or interlaced fields (i) are used.
3 . The number of frames or fields per second.
As I said earlier, Frames denote the display rate where Progressive scanning is used as it refers to the ‘entire image, when it is not split into odd and even lines’. Fields, however, denotes the half-image groups made of odd or even lines.
Information for this post was gathered from Wikipedia and here.
The different formats are defined upon three aspects:
- Number of lines: 480, 720 and 1080.
- Display Method: progressive or interlaced.
- Display Rate: frames or fields per second.
Normal TV’s (or at least the ancient one I have) have a 480i display rate. This means it uses interlaced scanning and has a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines. It also has an aspect ratio of 4:3 as opposed 16:9 ratio seen in most HDTV’s.
The aspect ratio of an image is its displayed width divided by its height (usually expressed as "x:y"). For instance, the aspect ratio of a traditional television screen, like the one I have is 4:3.
High Definition Television sets allow broadcasting with a significantly higher resolution than traditional formats, such as the one my TV uses.
HDTV’s contain different formats for broadcasting, they can be identified by :
1 . The number of lines in the vertical display resolution.
2 . Whether progressive frames (p) or interlaced fields (i) are used.
3 . The number of frames or fields per second.
As I said earlier, Frames denote the display rate where Progressive scanning is used as it refers to the ‘entire image, when it is not split into odd and even lines’. Fields, however, denotes the half-image groups made of odd or even lines.
The frame rate in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter p (such as 1080p30, meaning 30 frames per second).
For example, the format 720p60 is 1280 × 720 pixels, progressive encoding with 60 frames per second (60 Hz). 720p assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, and a horizontal resolution of 1280 pixels for a total of about 0.92 million pixels. The frame rate (in this case equal to the field rate) can be either implied by the context or specified in hertz after the letter p.
The format 1080i50 is 1920 × 1080 pixels, interlaced encoding with 50 fields (25 frames) per second. Usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal (display) resolution of 1920 dots across and a frame resolution of 1920 × 1080 or about 2.07 million pixels.
For example, the format 720p60 is 1280 × 720 pixels, progressive encoding with 60 frames per second (60 Hz). 720p assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, and a horizontal resolution of 1280 pixels for a total of about 0.92 million pixels. The frame rate (in this case equal to the field rate) can be either implied by the context or specified in hertz after the letter p.
The format 1080i50 is 1920 × 1080 pixels, interlaced encoding with 50 fields (25 frames) per second. Usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal (display) resolution of 1920 dots across and a frame resolution of 1920 × 1080 or about 2.07 million pixels.
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