I've been testing an HD projector here at the house and, in its initial, out-of-the-box setting we found that the picture was ridiculously "sharp." The picture, I suppose, looked like an old Dr. Who episode where the action on screen is smoother than the background, creating a jarring disparity when watching movies with lots of movement. It's sometimes called the "Soap Opera Effect." We decided to do a little digging to figure out why.
Most film is recorded at 24 frames per second, but your LCD TV probably either displays at 60 fps or 120 hz (hertz ...
Help Key: Why 120Hz Video Looks “Weirdâ€
Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:56Posted in category Uncategorized
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I've been testing an HD projector here at the house and, in its initial, out-of-the-box setting we found that the picture was ridiculously "sharp." The picture, I suppose, looked like an old Dr. Who episode where the action on screen is smoother than the background, creating a jarring disparity when watching movies with lots of movement. It's sometimes called the "Soap Opera Effect." We decided to do a little digging to figure out why.
Most film is recorded at 24 frames per second, but your LCD TV probably either displays at 60 fps or 120 hz (hertz ...
Hissing, Shattering iPhone Injures Teen’s Eye
Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:42Posted in category Uncategorized
Less than two weeks after another hot issue (pun intended) regarding exploding devices, Apple is back in the news again. In this case, unlike the prior incident, where the owner was unhurt, the victim suffered eye injuries.The incident occurred in Aix-en-Provence in southern France. According to the victim's mother, the iPhone began "hissing" and the screen suddenly broke, sending shards flying. Marie-Dominique Kolega, who contacted Apple over the incident, said:
"My son was frightened but he did not lose an eye."What's ...
In A Tight Economy, Outsourced Developers On oDesk Work 100,000 Hours A Week
Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:26Posted in category Uncategorized
The economy may still be trying to pick itself up, but one beneficiary of tighter budgets is outsourcing marketplace oDesk. Web developers and software engineers looking for project work can find jobs on oDesk, and employers can post jobs. Workers download PC-monitoring software which lets employers keep track of exactly how long they are on the job, even if it is in their pajamas at 3 AM.
As a result, oDesk publishes aggregate data on the "oConomy" and how many collective hours a week are being billed through its service. In July, ...
DreamIt Releases Ten Startups Into The Wild
Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:00Posted in category Uncategorized
Philadelphia based DreamIt Ventures, a pre-seed stage venture firm and incubator founded in 2007 by David Bookspan, Michael Levinson, and Steve Welch, has just announced the most recent batch of startups to complete its second annual 12 week program.
In a similar vein as Y Combinator, TechStars, Launchbox, and other incubators, DreamIt Ventures provides up to $30,000 in seed funding and twelve weeks of tutelage to local startups in exchange for equity. Below is a description of each company in DreamIt's class of 2009, as provided by DreamIt ...