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PATA 122 Views / 3 Replies  
I was also thinking about my classic iPod, but I'm pretty sure the iPods use IDE drives instead of these newer SATA ones.
Posted by Salsa, on Apr 5, 2013 at 05:41 PM, in Tech News
Unsubsidized 540 Views / 7 Replies  
That $149 price is unsubsidized. Apple doesn't sell anything that cheap. Maybe you could get a used 3 or 3GS for that price.
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 12, 2013 at 11:58 AM, in Tech News
Apple TV 3 167 Views / 3 Replies  
There still isn't a jailbreak for the Apple TV 3, not even under iOS 5.
Posted by Salsa, on Jan 31, 2013 at 02:06 PM, in Mac News
It's possible that all you had to do wast turn... 2,239 Views / 20 Replies  
It's possible that all you had to do wast turn off LTE. As I wrote in the fifth post in this thread, LTE isn't as fully built-out, so the phone struggles with the weak signal. I wasn't using...
Posted by Salsa, on Oct 21, 2012 at 06:09 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
It also costs more to cover a very large... 50 Views / 4 Replies  
It also costs more to cover a very large geographical area that is sparsely populated. Europe has many more people per cell tower.

Crony capitalism might also be a factor, but the rate of...
Posted by Salsa, on Oct 15, 2012 at 05:38 PM, in Tech News
It is well known that cell phones drain their... 2,239 Views / 20 Replies  
It is well known that cell phones drain their batteries much faster when they have a weak signal. Since LTE isn't well built out well in most places, it will have a weaker signal and drain the...
Posted by Salsa, on Oct 6, 2012 at 07:07 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Coffeetime, the TSA was created by politicians to... 156 Views / 9 Replies  
Coffeetime, the TSA was created by politicians to convert 40,000 jobs into unionized jobs that give money to politicians who support unions. It had nothing to do with safety.
Posted by Salsa, on Sep 28, 2012 at 05:14 AM, in Tech News
Mr. Strat, that link doesn't work. 71 Views / 4 Replies  
Mr. Strat, that link doesn't work.
Posted by Salsa, on Sep 27, 2012 at 05:00 PM, in Mac News
Apple might have decided that Bluetooth is the... 180 Views / 8 Replies  
Apple might have decided that Bluetooth is the way to go for payments. In any case, I'm looking forward to the day when I don't need to carry my wallet around. I always have my phone.
Posted by Salsa, on Sep 7, 2012 at 11:33 AM, in Tech News
I thought The Daily had content that was (very... 80 Views / 3 Replies  
I thought The Daily had content that was (very surprisingly) a notch above USA Today. I wont miss the sports nor the opinions. The problem it had with competing with my traditional newspaper is...
Posted by Salsa, on Jul 31, 2012 at 06:34 PM, in Tech News
BTT also conflicts with VLC. I use it anyway. I... 1,530 Views / 4 Replies  
BTT also conflicts with VLC. I use it anyway. I use a four finger click to close the front window or tab in every app. I use a five finger swipe in Safari to switch to a different tab.

What...
Posted by Salsa, on Aug 2, 2011 at 05:13 PM, in Applications
Toast 471 Views / 4 Replies  
I wonder why nobody mentioned Toast. It is the most common burner software for Mac for at least 15 years.
Posted by Salsa, on Dec 20, 2010 at 09:11 PM, in Applications
I found another glitch. The DviX/Xvid files that... 2,211 Views / 18 Replies  
I found another glitch. The DviX/Xvid files that played fine in VLC on the iPad didn't play when on the TV when I connected it with the Apple cable. The iTunes videos played fine on the TV though.
Posted by Salsa, on Oct 14, 2010 at 09:31 PM, in iPhone Apps
It worked fine for my .avi DviX/Xvid videos but... 2,211 Views / 18 Replies  
It worked fine for my .avi DviX/Xvid videos but not for the Adobe Flash and WMV files that play on the desktop version of VLC. I hope they add more codec support in the near future. Meanwhile, I'm...
Posted by Salsa, on Sep 21, 2010 at 09:41 PM, in iPhone Apps
Yeah, those are two totally different groups. ... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
Yeah, those are two totally different groups. People who have kids don't have any time for porn. ;-)
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 24, 2007 at 05:57 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I can't speak for Windows, but I'll say that... 3,687 Views / 22 Replies  
I can't speak for Windows, but I'll say that there isn't any HD tuner available for Mac with built-in hardware compression. Furthermore, even if such a beast exists for Windows (the card you...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 23, 2007 at 05:42 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
We're talking about high definition (at least... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
We're talking about high definition (at least 720p) videos. I doubt you can play those on a G4. By the way, does the G4 Mini have a video card?
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 23, 2007 at 03:40 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
It depends on what settings you use in encoding... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
It depends on what settings you use in encoding the video. HD movie trailers play fine on my dual G5 too, but I tried one video I encoded myself and many others that I downloaded from file sharing...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 23, 2007 at 03:38 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
The problem with the Mini is that it doesn't have... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
The problem with the Mini is that it doesn't have a video card and lacks the power for HD h264 (unless you run Windows MCE). I hope the next revision of the Mini brings us better video playback.
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 23, 2007 at 01:32 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I beginning to think that there are enough iTunes... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
I beginning to think that there are enough iTunes users for Apple to sell around a million Apple TV units primarily for music. These buyers will probably throw in some DVD's that the kids watch...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 23, 2007 at 01:28 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Do you know of any HD tuners for Mac that have... 3,687 Views / 22 Replies  
Do you know of any HD tuners for Mac that have hardware mp4 encoding? I'm pretty sure that none exist.
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 23, 2007 at 01:05 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Yes, it does. 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
Yes, it does.
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 22, 2007 at 08:52 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I'm coming around to you on this. These aren't... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
I'm coming around to you on this. These aren't true audiophiles, since Apple TV doesn't support the common lossless codecs. The market is really technophobes who love music and have plenty of...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 21, 2007 at 09:49 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I read the specs on Apple TV from a rumor site. ... 3,687 Views / 22 Replies  
I read the specs on Apple TV from a rumor site. They say it's an embedded version of the old Pentium M and it's been clocked down. This does not meet the minimum requirements of EyeTV for HD. Once...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 20, 2007 at 10:04 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I agree with you that the existing media players... 2,149 Views / 29 Replies  
I agree with you that the existing media players have a very clunky interface. Most of them are based on the same chip from Sigma Designs that the D-Link used, although the newer version is a little...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 13, 2007 at 05:50 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I think you would at least have to take it out of... 413 Views / 2 Replies  
I think you would at least have to take it out of your pocket to authorize access to the phones contents.
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 12, 2007 at 04:15 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
It looks like there is an "Apple TV" that does... 2,149 Views / 29 Replies  
It looks like there is an "Apple TV" that does support VOB, DivX, WMV, etc, along with MP4 and AAC. It's actually made by Galaxy and it only costs $175 including shipping. It's called IPTV DMG. ...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 12, 2007 at 04:12 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
The Apple TV does not support external hard... 3,687 Views / 22 Replies  
The Apple TV does not support external hard drives, but Galaxy offers media players that do. The Tvisto is a hard drive case, so you can put in a 500gig drive loaded with media files, or plug it...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 12, 2007 at 04:05 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
All I can say is that I have an Elgato EyeTV 500.... 2,149 Views / 29 Replies  
All I can say is that I have an Elgato EyeTV 500. It is an ATSC tuner and my G5/2x2 slows down to a crawl when I try to record anything. If I try to compress it in h.264, my Mac is tied up for days.
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 12, 2007 at 09:43 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Doesn't the Apple TV at least have a wired... 3,687 Views / 22 Replies  
Doesn't the Apple TV at least have a wired Ethernet port so you could attach a NAS drive?
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 11, 2007 at 05:00 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
The reason that the HD Tivo is so expensive isn't... 2,149 Views / 29 Replies  
The reason that the HD Tivo is so expensive isn't because it has an elegant user interface, the cost comes because compressing live HDTV streams requires a lot of CPU horsepower, especially two...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 9, 2007 at 06:07 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
That's a good point. Apple likes to lock down... 2,149 Views / 29 Replies  
That's a good point. Apple likes to lock down the hardware of consumer electronics devices to keep them simple and reliable and to slow down piracy.
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 9, 2007 at 05:27 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
The big problem is that you need a lot of CPU... 3,687 Views / 22 Replies  
The big problem is that you need a lot of CPU horsepower to capture HD video. If you want an HD Tivo, you can buy an HD Tivo. It costs around $1,000 because it has a powerful computer inside. Most...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 7, 2007 at 10:50 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Do you have any specific information on those two... 2,149 Views / 29 Replies  
Do you have any specific information on those two points, or are you just making an (educated) guess? VOB (well, actually video_ts including the ifo), DivX, and Xvid are very important to me.

I...
Posted by Salsa, on Mar 7, 2007 at 10:31 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Handbrake Somebody mentioned that it's... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
Handbrake

Somebody mentioned that it's possible to rip DVDs into an AppleTV supported format with Handbrake. That's probably true. But, even if some of those people have actually used the exact...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 05:22 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
In those days ripping your own music was for the... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
In those days ripping your own music was for the ubber geeks. It was very slow and tedious. It was much easier to just download songs that already had id tags or at least descriptive file names. ...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 04:58 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Yeah, but you don't believe that music and photos... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
Yeah, but you don't believe that music and photos are going to be the main driving forces in the sales of Apple TV. It will be something else. Nobody has come up with anything yet though.
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 04:47 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Yes, the first buyers are the early adopters. ... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
Yes, the first buyers are the early adopters.



Right, and those weren't the people shopping for an MP3 player. Apple had to sell to early adopters first. They already had MP3s. It was easier...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 04:40 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Well, just because Congress passes a law (DMCA),... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
Well, just because Congress passes a law (DMCA), doesn't mean that the law will pass judicial review. Has the Supreme Court ruled on this yet? I think the argument is that once people buy content,...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 04:17 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
OK, then we agree that the product (as we know... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
OK, then we agree that the product (as we know it) isn't competitive. The difference is that I think Apple is smart enough that they know this and they have something else up their sleeve. I'm...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 04:00 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
You have good points, but the iPod supported MP3... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
You have good points, but the iPod supported MP3 even though at that time most of that was from illegal file sharing.

Also, Apple can still legally sell the Apple TV with support for DivX,...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 03:39 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
The Initial User Base Does everybody agree... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
The Initial User Base

Does everybody agree on the importance of the initial user base? The first people who bought iPods were already shopping for an MP3 player. Most people still didn't even...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 03:08 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
iCruise, it looks like you and I agree that Apple... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
iCruise, it looks like you and I agree that Apple TV is all about selling HD video. We agree that the competition is the set-top box and game console that are already attached to the TV. Now, how...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 02:02 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
OK, maybe I underestimate the importance of... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
OK, maybe I underestimate the importance of music, but I still don't believe that music is the driving force behind Apple TV, and that video is only secondary. Apple spent a lot of money to optimize...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 23, 2007 at 01:37 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Let me clarify, I don't think Apple is stupid. I... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
Let me clarify, I don't think Apple is stupid. I think they are very smart and know something that we don't know. They are obviously not trying to compete against other media players. They see...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 22, 2007 at 11:30 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
How many MP3's did your dad have when the iPod... 14,366 Views / 180 Replies  
How many MP3's did your dad have when the iPod came out six and a half years ago? Most people had never heard of MP3 and didn't have broadband. The people who bought iPods already had large...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 22, 2007 at 10:20 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Ok, I like here in the U.S.A. and I've never seen... 3,799 Views / 68 Replies  
Ok, I like here in the U.S.A. and I've never seen anybody with a Zune either. I go to the gym and see iPods everywhere.
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 22, 2007 at 09:18 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
For some reason, the movie trailers I downloaded... 2,777 Views / 30 Replies  
For some reason, the movie trailers I downloaded also played more smoothly on my system than the h.264 content I encoded myself or received from friends. I think they must tweak the settings to make...
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 22, 2007 at 09:17 AM, in Mac Desktops
I think he was being sarcastic. 3,580 Views / 43 Replies  
I think he was being sarcastic.
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 22, 2007 at 09:12 AM, in Mac Desktops
Apple chose the larger screen size for the kids... 3,580 Views / 43 Replies  
Apple chose the larger screen size for the kids who use it as a TV in their bedroom or dorm and the old folks with bad eyes.
Posted by Salsa, on Feb 22, 2007 at 12:40 AM, in Mac Desktops
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