Comments on: Upgraded memory to 2GB http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:30:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Make You Go Hmm: » By 2014 color TVs will be as good as our eyes http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-291950 Make You Go Hmm: » By 2014 color TVs will be as good as our eyes Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:20:20 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-291950 [...] Last week when I checked out that sweet picture on a 42″ Samsung LCD monitor with Blu-Ray movie, it sure seemed as if I was seeing all possible colors. [...] […] Last week when I checked out that sweet picture on a 42″ Samsung LCD monitor with Blu-Ray movie, it sure seemed as if I was seeing all possible colors. […]

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289706 TDavid Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:39:10 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289706 Although it wasn't <i>exactly</i> the same of course. Used the Toshiba HD-DVD vs. the Samsung Blu-Ray player, both used HDMI and same cabling. Same 42" Samsung LCD at 1080p, 6,000:1 contrast ratio. We also stuck in a DVD into each. The regularly DVD looked better on the HD-DVD player than it did on the Blu-Ray, but the movie in blu-ray format looked markedly better than the movie in HD-DVD playing through the toshiba. There weren't a lot of LCD TVs with 1080p at the local Best Buy. The guys were working hard to get me out of the store with a new setup but they were denied. Although it wasn’t exactly the same of course. Used the Toshiba HD-DVD vs. the Samsung Blu-Ray player, both used HDMI and same cabling. Same 42″ Samsung LCD at 1080p, 6,000:1 contrast ratio. We also stuck in a DVD into each. The regularly DVD looked better on the HD-DVD player than it did on the Blu-Ray, but the movie in blu-ray format looked markedly better than the movie in HD-DVD playing through the toshiba.

There weren’t a lot of LCD TVs with 1080p at the local Best Buy. The guys were working hard to get me out of the store with a new setup but they were denied.

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289705 TDavid Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289705 That's exactly what we did on the TV in the store, Kiltak. That’s exactly what we did on the TV in the store, Kiltak.

]]> By: Kiltak http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289704 Kiltak Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:32:53 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289704 Earlier I checked out Blu-Ray on a 42″ Samsung LCD. A gorgeous picture. Comparing to HD-DVD inside Best Buy I think Blu-Ray gets the edge visually. Now I find myself looking more forward to the PS3 for the Blu-Ray component. We’ll need one of those big flat LCD TVs though. Ouch, my wallet hurts already. You can't really base yourself on what you see inside a store to evaluate the quality of the 2 formats.. to REALLY see if one is superior to the other, you would have to play content of both technologies on the exact same setup, using the same TVs, wiring, etc... Earlier I checked out Blu-Ray on a 42″ Samsung LCD. A gorgeous picture. Comparing to HD-DVD inside Best Buy I think Blu-Ray gets the edge visually. Now I find myself looking more forward to the PS3 for the Blu-Ray component. We’ll need one of those big flat LCD TVs though. Ouch, my wallet hurts already.

You can’t really base yourself on what you see inside a store to evaluate the quality of the 2 formats.. to REALLY see if one is superior to the other, you would have to play content of both technologies on the exact same setup, using the same TVs, wiring, etc…

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289601 TDavid Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:34:34 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289601 Yeah, it's common knowledge for regular readers I'm sure, Bob, but there are folks that read this blog who ask very non-geeky questions. Perhaps it will help some of them. The computer I upgraded had 756 MB RAM already and it was way too sluggish. It used 128 MB of swap memory so the screenshot above shows as 640MB but it actually had 756MB. I've gone from 512MB to 1GB and not seen a performance increase like this before, hence my surprise. It's all relative. We buy cheap hardware for the most part because we roll in and out of them every 12-18 months. This system will be replaced within a year when Vista comes out and hopefully I'll be able to use the RAM there unless DDR2 RAM is in the system. Yeah, it’s common knowledge for regular readers I’m sure, Bob, but there are folks that read this blog who ask very non-geeky questions. Perhaps it will help some of them. The computer I upgraded had 756 MB RAM already and it was way too sluggish. It used 128 MB of swap memory so the screenshot above shows as 640MB but it actually had 756MB. I’ve gone from 512MB to 1GB and not seen a performance increase like this before, hence my surprise. It’s all relative. We buy cheap hardware for the most part because we roll in and out of them every 12-18 months. This system will be replaced within a year when Vista comes out and hopefully I’ll be able to use the RAM there unless DDR2 RAM is in the system.

]]> By: Bob http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289598 Bob Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:11:03 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3708/#comment-289598 This definitely made me go hmmm.... I thought that it was common knowledge in the computer industry that it takes at least 512mb to run XP, 1gb for it to be useable, and more to actually run nicely. Is it just me, or should this article have been posted 4 years ago? This definitely made me go hmmm…. I thought that it was common knowledge in the computer industry that it takes at least 512mb to run XP, 1gb for it to be useable, and more to actually run nicely. Is it just me, or should this article have been posted 4 years ago?

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