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Lenovo Tech World: Z41/Z51 and ideapad 100 announced
Subject: Mobile, Shows and Expos | May 27, 2015 - 12:27 AM | Ken Addison
Tagged: z51, z41, tech world, r9 m375, r9 m360, Lenovo, ideapad 100, amd
Today at their Tech World event in Beijing, Lenovo is taking the opportunity to announce some new mainstream notebook options.
First off, we have simply the Lenovo Z41 and Z51. The 14-inch Z41 and 15.6-inch Z51 aim to refresh the previous Z40 and Z50 with Broadwell CPUs as well as new AMD discrete GPU options.
Lenovo is using the Broadwell-U class of CPUs here as you would find in ultra books, so don't expect a CPU powerhouse, but for productivity style tasks these machines should hit the sweet spot of Price vs Performance with a starting price of $549 for the base Z51.
Paired with the new AMD R9-M360 (Z41) or M375 (Z51) these notebooks should also be able to play mainstream titles on the integrated 1080p display while coming in just over $800.
The Lenovo Z51 and Z41 are available on Lenovo's site now.
Lenovo also announced a low-cost entry into the ideapad line utilizing Intel's BayTrail-M processors. The ideapad 100 is available in both 14-inch and 15-inch variants and seems to be aimed at the low-cost Chromebook market.
Starting at $249, the ideapad 100 seems like it will be a good option for users looking for a secondary option for basic web browsing and office tasks.
Stay tuned for more from Lenovo's Tech World Event this week!
PCPer Live! Intel SSD Live Stream and Giveaway!
Subject: General Tech, Storage, Shows and Expos | April 2, 2015 - 08:19 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, sdd, live, Intel, giveaway, contest
UPDATE: The secret is out! Today's live stream will focus on the new Intel SSD 750 Series products, which Allyn posted our review of just a few minutes ago. Be sure you read up on that story and prepare your questions for our event that starts in less than three hours!
UPDATE 2: If you missed the live streaming event today, you can find the reply embedded directly below. You can't win any of the prizes at this point (sorry!) but there is a ton of information for you to gleam from the discussion. That includes a history of Intel's SSD technology, how flash works and what the new SSD 750 Series has to offer with PCIe and NVMe. Enjoy!
Earlier this month we spotted a new and potentially very exciting SSD while looking through some PAX East coverage around the web. It appears to be a PCI Express based Intel SSD, likely based on the same technology as the P3700-series of NVMe drives released last June. And today, if you take a look at this Intel promotional landing page you'll see a timer and countdown that ends on April 2nd.
Sounds like something must be up, huh?
Well, in totally unrelated news, PC Perspective and Intel are partnering together for a live stream to discuss "SSD related topics" on April 2nd.
Intel SSD Live Stream and Giveaway
12pm PT / 3pm ET - April 2nd
PC Perspective Live! Page
Need a reminder? Join our live mailing list!
Joining us for the live event will be Intel's Bryn Pilney and Kei Kobayashi, making a follow up appearance after jumping on stage with us at Quakecon 2014. During the event we'll discuss some of the history of Intel's move into the SSD market, how consumers benefit from Intel development and technology and a certain new product that will be making an appearnce on that same day.
And of course, what's a live stream event without some hardware to give away?!? Here's what we have on the docket for those that attend:
- 2 x Intel 180GB 530 Series SSDs
- 2 x Intel 480GB 730 Series SSDs
- 2 x Intel 400GB 750 Series SSDs
Huge thanks to Intel for supporting our viewers and readers with hardware to giveaway!
The event will take place Thursday, April 2nd at 3pm ET / 12pm PT at http://www.pcper.com/live. There you'll be able to catch the live video stream as well as use our chat room to interact with the audience, asking questions for me and Intel to answer live. To win the prizes you will have to be watching the live stream, with exact details of the methodology for handing out the goods coming at the time of the event.
If you have questions, please leave them in the comments below and we'll look through them just before the start of the live stream. Of course you'll be able to tweet us questions @pcper and we'll be keeping an eye on the IRC chat as well for more inquiries. What do you want to know and hear from Intel?
So join us! Set your calendar for this coming Thursday at 3pm ET / 12pm PT and be here at PC Perspective to catch it. If you are a forgetful type of person, sign up for the PC Perspective Live mailing list that we use exclusively to notify users of upcoming live streaming events including these types of specials and our regular live podcast. I promise, no spam will be had!
NVIDIA Announces DIGITS DevBox - 28 TFLOPS, 1300 Watts, $15k
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards, Shows and Expos | March 17, 2015 - 03:44 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: nvidia, DIGITS
At GTC, NVIDIA announced a new device called the DIGITS DevBox:
The DIGITS DevBox is a device that data scientists can purchase and install locally. Plugged into a single electrical outlet, this modified Corsair Air 540 case equipped with quad TITAN X (reviewed here) GPUs can crank out 28 TeraFLOPS of compute power. The installed CPU is a Haswell-E 5930K, and the system is rated to draw 1300W of power. NVIDIA is building these in-house as the expected volume is low, with these units likely going to universities and small compute research firms.
Why would you want such compute power?
DIGITS is a software package available from NVIDIA. Its purpose is to act as a tool for data scientists to manipulate deep learning environments (neural networks). This package, running on a DIGITS DevBox, will give much more compute power capability to scientists who need it for their work. Getting this tech in the hands of more scientists will accelerate this technology and lead to what NVIDIA hopes will be a 'Big Bang' in this emerging GPU-compute-heavy field.
More from GTC is coming soon, as well as an exclusive PC Perspective Live Stream set to start in just a few minutes! Did I mention we will be giving away a Titan X???
Ryan interviewed the lead developer of DIGITS in the video below. This offers a great explanation (and example) of what this deep learning stuff is all about:
Watch NVIDIA Reveal the GTX TITAN X at GTC 2015
Subject: Graphics Cards, Shows and Expos | March 17, 2015 - 10:31 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: nvidia, video, GTC, gtc 2015
NVIDIA is streaming today's keynote from the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) on Ustream, and we have the embed below for you to take part. NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang will reveal the details about the new GeForce GTX TITAN X but there are going to be other announcements as well, including one featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Should be interesting!
GDC 15: Valve's GDC VR "Aperture Science" Demo
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | March 14, 2015 - 07:30 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: vive vr, vive, valve, re vive, Portal 2, Portal, mwc 15, MWC, htc, gdc 15, GDC
At the recent Game Developer Conference and Mobile World Congress events, Valve had a demo for HTC's Vive VR system that was based in the Portal universe. The headset is combined with two controllers, one for each hand, which sound like a cross between Valve's Steam Controller and the Razer Hydra.
When HTC briefed journalists about the technology, they brought a few examples for use with their prototype. C|Net described three: a little demo where you could paint with the controllers in a virtual space, an aquarium where you stand on a sunken pirate ship and can look at a gigantic blue whale float overhead, and a Portal-based demo that is embedded above. I also found "The Gallery" demo online, but I am not sure where it was presented (if anywhere).
Beyond VR, the Source 2 engine, which powers the Portal experience, looks good. The devices looked very intricate and full of detail. Granted, it is a lot easier to control performance when you are dealing with tight corridors or isolated rooms. The lighting also seems spot on, although it is hard to tell whether this capability is dynamic or precomputed.
The HTC Vive developer kit is coming soon, before a consumer launch in the Autumn.
GDC 15: Imagination Technologies Shows Vulkan Driver
Subject: Graphics Cards, Mobile, Shows and Expos | March 7, 2015 - 07:00 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: vulkan, PowerVR, Khronos, Imagination Technologies, gdc 15, GDC
Possibly the most important feature of upcoming graphics APIs, albeit the least interesting for enthusiasts, is how much easier driver development will become. So many decisions and tasks that once laid on the shoulders of AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and the rest will now be given to game developers or made obsolete. Of course, you might think that game developers would oppose this burden, but (from what I understand) it is a weight they already bear, just when dealing with the symptoms instead of the root problem.
This also helps other hardware vendors become competitive. Imagination Technologies is definitely not new to the field. Their graphics powers the PlayStation Vita, many earlier Intel graphics processors, and the last couple of iPhones. Despite how abrupt the API came about, they have a proof of concept driver that was present at GDC. The unfinished driver was running an OpenGL ES 3.0 demo that was converted to the Vulkan API.
A screenshot of the CPU usage was also provided, which is admittedly heavily cropped and hard to read. The one on the left claims 1.2% CPU load, with a fairly flat curve, while the one on the right claims 5% and seems to waggle more. Granted, the wobble could be partially explained by differences in the time they chose to profile.
According to Tom's Hardware, source code will be released "in the near future".
Maybe GDC 15? Third-Party Unreal Engine 4 Forest Demo
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | March 6, 2015 - 06:08 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: unreal engine 4, gdc 15, GDC
I am not quite sure if the Game Developers Conference led to this video being released, or if it was just a coincidence. This is the sole work of Alexander Dracott, a visual effects, lighting, and shader artist who has been employed at Sucker Punch and Sony Online Entertainment. He works for a studio in Bellevue, Washington, USA doing VR demos, which sounds like Valve but is probably someone else entirely.
Unreal 4 Lighting Study: Forest Day from Alexander Dracott on Vimeo.
Basically, it is a forest scene that is rendered in Unreal Engine 4. It is convincing, despite a little macroblocking from Vimeo compression (or its source). Even the falling leaves cast appropriate shadows. Granted, he never mentions his computer's specifications, which could make a difference in how many features he could get away with enabling. Either way, the art would even be amazing in a non-realtime scene, let alone Unreal Engine 4.
A couple of days later, he posted pictures of the same scene in an autumn time frame (same link). I guess that I should keep coming back to this thread, just in case it gets a Winter update or something. Awesome work!
GDC 15: Microsoft Announces Wireless Xbox Dongle for PC. Controller Refresh Rumored for E3?
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | March 6, 2015 - 03:57 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: xbox one, xbox, microsoft, gdc 15, GDC, controller
During his keynote speech, Phil Spencer of Microsoft announced a wireless adapter for PC. It can apparently be used to connect any wireless Xbox One peripheral on Windows 10. If you watch the presentation, the statement occurred at about 36 minutes and 30 seconds in. It was just a brief acknowledgement of its existence this year.
A similar device existed for the Xbox 360, pictured above, and I used it heavily with controller-friendly games (until the adapter died abruptly). I was not a fan of the directional pad, of course, but the rest of the controller suited the games that I play without a mouse and keyboard. I also used the adapter with the Xbox 360 wireless headset, which was surprisingly good (especially at removing speaker noise).
On the same day, Neowin acquired a leak that claims the company is looking to create a new Xbox One controller. They expect that, if the project doesn't get killed internally, we will see the new controller at E3 2015 in June. The design is supposed to focus on first person shooters and driving titles, but nothing else is known about it. We'll see.
GDC 15: Source 2 Is Free But Must Be Available on Steam
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | March 5, 2015 - 10:40 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: valve, source engine, Source 2, gdc 15, GDC
At the Game Developers Conference, Valve has formally announced the Source 2 engine and that it would be free for content developers. At the same time, they committed to releasing a version of it that is compatible with Vulkan, the graphics API from the Khronos Group that we have been talking about a lot over the last couple of days. Of course though, free can mean many things. As it turns out, there is one string attached: the game must be made available on Steam at launch. It can be available elsewhere too, but Steam must be one of the launch retailers.
I do wonder what will happen if someone makes a title that Steam refuses to publish. Of course, the natural thought is "What if Valve refuses to publish for content reasons?" That is an interesting thought, and maturity is one area that many other engines (like Unreal) do not restrict, but it is not the only concern (and Gabe Newell is quite laissez-faire with his -- albeit loosely defined -- content guidelines). What if your content simply does not make it on Steam? For instance, with is someone creates a title in Source 2 and has a failed attempt at Greenlight because it was unpopular? Are you then unable to publish your content through alternative channels, too? This seems like something that Valve will need to provide a little clarification on.
Try as I might, I could not find a release date for Source 2, however. It will arrive when it does.
GDC 15: PhysX Is Now Shared Source to UE4 Developers
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards, Shows and Expos | March 4, 2015 - 05:52 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: GDC, gdc 15, nvidia, epic games, ue4, unreal engine 4, PhysX, apex
NVIDIA and Epic Games have just announced that Unreal Engine 4 developers can view and modify the source of PhysX. This also includes the source for APEX, which is NVIDIA's cloth and destruction library. It does not include any of the other libraries that are under the GameWorks banner, but Unreal Engine 4 does not use them anyway.
This might even mean that good developers can write their own support for third-party platforms, like OpenCL. That would probably be a painful process, but it should be possible now. Of course, that support would only extend to their personal title, and anyone who they share their branch with.
If you are having trouble finding it, you will need to switch to a branch that has been updated to PhysX 3.3.3 with source, which is currently just "Master". "Promoted" and earlier seem to be back at PhysX 3.3.2, which is still binary-only. It will probably take a few months to trickle down to an official release. If you are still unable to find it, even though you are on the "Master" branch, the path to NVIDIA's source code is: "Unreal Engine/Engine/Source/ThirdParty/PhysX/". From there you can check out the various subdirectories for PhysX and APEX.
NVIDIA will be monitoring pull requests sent to that area of Unreal Engine. Enhancements might make it back upstream to PhysX proper, which would then be included in future versions of Unreal Engine and anywhere else that PhysX is used.
In other news, Unreal Engine 4 is now free of its subscription. The only time Epic will ask for money is when you ship a game and royalties are due. This is currently 5% of gross revenue, with the first $3000 (per product, per calendar quarter) exempt. This means that you can make legitimately free (no price, no ads, no subscription, no microtransactions, no Skylander figurines, etc.) game in UE4 for free now!
GDC 15: Khronos Acknowledges Mantle's Start of Vulkan
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards, Shows and Expos | March 3, 2015 - 03:37 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: vulkan, Mantle, Khronos, glnext, gdc 15, GDC, amd
Neil Trevett, the current president of Khronos Group and a vice president at NVIDIA, made an on-the-record statement to acknowledge the start of the Vulkan API. The quote came to me via Ryan, but I think it is a copy-paste of an email, so it should be verbatim.
Many companies have made great contributions to Vulkan, including AMD who contributed Mantle. Being able to start with the Mantle design definitely helped us get rolling quickly – but there has been a lot of design iteration, not the least making sure that Vulkan can run across many different GPU architectures. Vulkan is definitely a working group design now.
So in short, the Vulkan API was definitely started with Mantle and grew from there as more stakeholders added their opinion. Vulkan is obviously different than Mantle in significant ways now, such as its use of SPIR-V for its shading language (rather than HLSL). To see a bit more information, check out our article on the announcement.
Update: AMD has released a statement independently, but related to Mantle's role in Vulkan
MWC 15: HP Spectre x360 Has Broadwell Core i5 and i7
Subject: General Tech, Systems, Shows and Expos | March 1, 2015 - 11:07 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: spectre x360, spectre, mwc 15, MWC, hp, Broadwell
HP announced their updated Spectre x360 at Mobile World Congress. Like the Lenovo Yoga, it has a hinge that flips the entire way around, allowing the laptop to function as a 13.3-inch tablet with a 1080p, IPS display. There are two stages between "tablet" and "laptop", which are "stand" and "tent". They are basically ways to prop up the touch screen while hiding the keyboard behind (or under) the unit. The stand mode is better for hands-free operation because it has a flat contact surface to rest upon, while the tent mode is probably more sturdy for touch (albeit rests on two rims). The chassis is entirely milled aluminum, except the screen and things like that of course.
The real story is the introduction of Core i-level Broadwell. The 12.5-hour battery listing in a relatively thin form-factor can be attributed to the low power requirements of the CPU and GPU, as well as its SSD (128GB, 256GB, or 512GB). RAM comes in two sizes, 4GB or 8GB, which will depend slightly on the chosen processor SKU.
Prices start at $899 and most variants are available now at HP's website.
MWC 15: LG Demos WebOS Smartwatch ("Urbane LTE")
Subject: General Tech, Mobile, Shows and Expos | March 1, 2015 - 09:46 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: webOS, smartwatch, mwc 15, MWC, LG
A while ago, LG licensed WebOS from HP for use in their smart TVs and, as we found out during CES, smart watches.
The LG Urbane LTE is one such device, and we can finally see it in action. It is based around (literally) a circular P-OLED display (320 x 320, 1.3-inches, 245 ppi). Swirling your finger around the face scrolls through the elements like a wheel, which should be significantly more comfortable to search through a large list of applications than a linear list of elements -- a lot like an iPod (excluding the Touch and the Shuffle). That said, I have only seen other people use it.
The SoC is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, clocked at 1.2 GHz. It supports LTE, Wireless-N, Bluetooth 4.0LE, and NFC. It has 1 GB of RAM, which is quite a bit, and 4GB of permanent storage, which is not. It also has a bunch of sensors, from accelerometers and gyros to heart rate monitors and a barometer. It has a speaker and a microphone, but no camera. LG flaunts a 700 mAh battery, which they claim is "the category's largest", but they do not link that to an actual amount of usage time (only that it "go[es] for days in standby mode").
Video credit: The Verge
Pricing has not yet been announced, but it should hit the US and Europe before May arrives.
HTC Announces Vive VR Headset in Partnership with Valve
Subject: General Tech, Mobile, Shows and Expos | March 1, 2015 - 05:16 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: MWC, mwc 15, GDC, gdc 15, htc, valve, vive, vive vr, Oculus
Mobile World Congress (MWC) and Game Developers Conference (GDC) severely overlap this year, and not just in dates apparently. HTC just announced the Vive VR headset at MWC, which was developed alongside Valve. The developer edition will contain two 1200x1080 displays with a 90Hz refresh rate, and it will launch this spring. The consumer edition will launch this holiday. They made sure to underline 2015, so you know they're serious. Want more information? Well that will be for Valve to discuss at GDC.
The confusing part: why is this not partnered with Oculus? When Michael Abrash left Valve to go there, I assumed that it was Valve shedding its research to Facebook's subsidiary and letting them take the hit. Now, honestly, it seems like Facebook just poached Abrash, Valve said "oh well", and the two companies kept to their respective research. Who knows? Maybe that is not the case. We might find out more at GDC, but you would expect that Oculus would be mentioned if they had any involvement at all.
Valve will host an event on the second official day of GDC, March 3rd at 3pm. In other words, Valve will make an announcement on 3/3 @ 3. Could it involve Left 4 Dead 3? Portal 3? Will they pull a Crytek and name their engine Source 3? Are they just trolling absolutely everyone? Will it have something to do with NVIDIA's March 3rd announcement? Do you honestly think I have any non-speculative information about this? No. No I don't. There, I answered one of those questions.
QuakeCon 2015 Registration Dates Announced
Subject: Shows and Expos | February 24, 2015 - 11:14 PM | Morry Teitelman
Tagged: QuakeCon 2015, quakecon, id software
Courtesy of ZeniMax Media
The yearly gaming mecca known as QuakeCon, featuring the biggest BYOC (bring your own computer) LAN in the great state of Texas, is set to kick-off starting July 23 through the 26. What you didn't know is that the QuakeCon team announced the registration dates for the event. Like last year, all pre-registration spots in the BYOC will be pay-for only with no First-Come-First-Served spots available.
This year, there will be a total of five registration rounds offered:
- BYOC Select-a-Seat with UAC Command Center Seating
- 32 packages, $500 per package
- Wednesday, March 4 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
- BYOC Select-a-Seat with QuakeCon done Quick
- 300 packages, $175 per package
- Wednesday, March 11 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
- BYOC Select-a-Seat + Swag Pack
- 500 packages, $170 per package
- Wednesday, March 18 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
- BYOC Select-a-Seat
- 1600 packages, $55 per package
- Wednesday, March 25 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
- Swag Pack
- 50 packages, $125 per package
- Wednesday, April 1 at 7pm CST / 8PM EST
If you a familiar with the QuakeCon pay-for packaging strategies, most of the packages look familiar. The newest package offering is the UAC Command Center Seating package, featuring a VIP seat in the NOC with direct access for your system to the backbone and guaranteeing you the fastest network access at the event.
Package details after the break.
Google I/O 2015 Dated. Also: Sharks Left Eggs?
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | February 11, 2015 - 08:26 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: google io 2015, google io, google
Or is that Left Shark Eggs? Yup, pay attention near the end of the post for an Easter Egg.
Every year, Google hosts their I/O developer conference, which often involves the launching of new hardware and services. This year, it will take place on May 28th and May 29th. Registration to register will open on March 17th at noon ET and it will end on the 19th. If you do not get in, many keynotes and sessions will be broadcast over the internet... because it's Google.
Note how I said "Registration to register"? That was not a typo. You are putting your name into a randomizer that will select candidates to actually register and purchase their tickets. Last year, tickets sold out in less than an hour. Apparently Google believes that it is better for the tickets to go to the luckiest individuals, rather than the best F5ers.
I hope this made your day as bright as mine. Basically, I HOPE I RUINED YOUR DAY TOO!
NVIDIA Event on March 3rd. Why?
Subject: Graphics Cards, Mobile, Shows and Expos | February 11, 2015 - 03:25 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Tegra X1, nvidia, mwc 15, MWC, gdc 2015, GDC, DirectX 12
On March 3rd, NVIDIA will host an event called "Made to Game". Invitations have gone out to numerous outlets, including Android Police, who published a censored screenshot of it. This suggests that it will have something to do with the Tegra X1, especially since the date is the day after Mobile World Congress starts. Despite all of this, I think it is for something else entirely.
Image Credit: Android Police
Allow me to highlight two points. First, Tech Report claims that the event is taking place in San Francisco, which is about as far away from Barcelona, Spain as you can get. It is close to GDC however, which takes also starts on March 2nd. If this was going to align with Mobile World Congress, you ideally would not want attendees to take 14-hour flight for a day trip.
Second, the invitation specifically says: "More than 5 years in the making, what I want to share with you will redefine the future of gaming." Compare that to the DirectX 12 announcement blog post on March 20th of last year (2014): "Our work with Microsoft on DirectX 12 began more than four years ago with discussions about reducing resource overhead. For the past year, NVIDIA has been working closely with the DirectX team to deliver a working design and implementation of DX12 at GDC ((2014))."
So yeah, while it might involve the Tegra X1 processor for Windows 10 on mobile devices, which is the only reason I can think of that they would want Android Police there apart from "We're inviting everyone everywhere", I expect that this event is for DirectX 12. I assume that Microsoft would host their own event that involves many partners, but I could see NVIDIA having a desire to save a bit for something of their own. What would that be? No idea.
glNext Initiative Unveiled at GDC 2015
Subject: Graphics Cards, Shows and Expos | February 4, 2015 - 03:33 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: OpenGL Next, opengl, glnext, gdc 2015, GDC
The first next-gen, released graphics API was Mantle, which launched a little while after Battlefield 4, but the SDK is still invite-only. The DirectX 12 API quietly launched with the recent Windows 10 Technical Preview, but no drivers, SDK, or software (that we know about) are available to the public yet. The Khronos Group has announced their project, and that's about it currently.
According to Develop Magazine, the GDC event listing, and participants, the next OpenGL (currently called "glNext initiative") will be unveiled at GDC 2015. The talk will be presented by Valve, but it will also include Epic Games, who was closely involved in DirectX 12 with Unreal Engine, Oxide Games and EA/DICE, who were early partners with AMD on Mantle, and Unity, who recently announced support for DirectX 12 when it launches with Windows 10. Basically, this GDC talk includes almost every software developer that came out in early support of either DirectX 12 or Mantle, plus Valve. Off the top of my head, I can only think of FutureMark as unlisted. On the other hand, while they will obviously have driver support from at least one graphics vendor, none are listed. Will we see NVIDIA? Intel? AMD? All of the above? We don't know.
When I last discussed the next OpenGL initiative, it was attempting to parse the naming survey to figure out bits of the technology itself. As it turns out, the talk claims to go deep into the API, with demos, examples, and "real-world applications running on glNext drivers and hardware". If this information makes it out (and some talks remain private unfortunately although this one looks public) then we should know more about it than what we know about any competing API today. Personally, I am hoping that they spent a lot of effort on the GPGPU side of things, sort-of building graphics atop it rather than having them be two separate entities. This would be especially good if it could be sandboxed for web applications.
This could get interesting.
CES 2015: Monoprice Announcements
Subject: General Tech, Displays, Shows and Expos | January 16, 2015 - 06:59 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: CES, ces 2015, monoprice, ips, 4k, 120hz, mechanical keyboard, touch screen, drawing
So CES has ended over a week ago, but somehow we missed Monoprice. While they are known for cheap cables that are also good and reliable, the retailer has been pushing out some interesting, self-branded products. At this year's CES, they advertised a multi-touch pen display, a cheap 4K 60Hz monitor, a 30-inch IPS panel that is guaranteed to work at 120Hz 1600p (16:10), and an RGB-backlit mechanical keyboard.
First up is their 22-inch multi-touch pen display. Not too long ago, I noticed that they had a 22-inch pen display without a touch screen, similar to my Wacom Cintiq 22HD, for under $600. Of course, this got me looking at its product page because that is significantly cheaper than what I paid for mine -- like, several times cheaper. In that page was a warning that it was not suitable for multi-monitor setups, and suggested that users clone it (rather than extending their desktop). Yikes. Okay. That's problematic.
Well now it no longer has that warning, and neither does their new, higher-end version with built-in multi-touch. Hopefully this means that they sorted out their driver (or configuration) issues under Windows.
The display itself is a 22-inch, 1080p, IPS panel with 16.7 million colors (so not 10-bit). It has a 5ms response time, which is good for IPS, but no listing of sRGB or AdobeRGB coverage. This could be problematic for someone looking to use it for professional applications, but being an IPS display it might be okay.
The current price is $550 for the pen-input monitor, and $750 for the pen or 10-point touch model. Both are also compatible with 75mm x 75mm VESA wall mounts, because the writing's on the wall or some pun like that.
Also launched is a 28-inch 4K display for $449. They do not state the panel technology, but with a reduced vertical viewing angle, which is bad, and a 1ms response time, which is good, it pretty much must be TN. It is a bit sad that it is not IPS, IGZO, PLS, or another high-end panel type, but it is also $449.
Image Credit: Anandtech
Keeping on the topic of displays, Anandtech was shown a 30-inch, 1600p panel that is guaranteed to run at 120Hz. While we are starting to see a few high refresh rate IPS panels pop up this year, it was the domain of display overclockers before then. Enthusiasts would purchase monitors that were shipped directly from smaller South Korean manufacturers (who typically purchase lesser-binned panels from LG, and so forth) and cross their fingers when they give it a higher refresh rate. This one is guaranteed by Monoprice to run at 120Hz, but it does not yet have pricing and availability.
Image Credit: Anandtech
Lastly, Anandtech also saw a mechanical keyboard with programmable RGB backlighting. It uses Kailh RGB switches, which are based on the Cherry MX design after the patents expired. Again, no pricing or availability on this one.
CES 2015: Crucial launches new MX200, BX100 SSDs, intros Storage Executive
Subject: Storage, Shows and Expos | January 9, 2015 - 03:21 PM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: Storage Executive, SM2246EN, MX200, Dynamic Write Acceleration, DWA, crucial, CES 2014, CES, BX100
At CES, I took a trip to the LVCC to be briefed us on a pair of new Crucial SSD models:
The new MX200 is an evolution of the previous MX100 line, with the most notable addition being Dynamic Write Acceleration. DWA can flip dies between SLC and MLC mode on-the-fly, and is detailed in our previous write-up of the Crucial M600 SSD. While the performance was a bit inconsistent in our M600 review, there have likely been improvements if Crucial is putting this feature into their mainstream consumer line. Also interesting is how Crucial intends to package this product in mSATA and M.2 form factors - these have historically been reserved for their higher end M550 line and were not available in the MX100.
Another addition is the BX100. For this drive, Crucial has decided on the Silicon Motion 2246EN, which should be able to let them get the costs lower than what is possible with the Marvell controller. As a budget targeted model, this one will only be available in the 2.5" SATA form factor. Below are the briefed specs from these two products;
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Ballarat and Sovereign Hill Day Tour with Optional Wildlife Park from Melbourne
- Discover Ballarat and Sovereign Hill on this full-day tour from Melbourne
- Step back in time to the 1850's to the re-created goldmining settlement of Sovereign Hill
- Try your luck panning for gold
- Visit the gold museum
- See native animals at the Ballarat Wildlife Park (option to be selected at time of booking)
- Plenty of photo opportunities
- Informative and friendly guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
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Upgrade your tour to include a visit to the Ballarat Wildlife Park. Discover the unique creatures of the Australian bush. Share the Parkers families passion, the family has been involved in caring for Australian wildlife for over four decades. Get as close as you dare to a crocodile at a feeding session, see Tasmanian devils, wallabies, giant turtles, emus and poisonous snakes. Also touch a cuddly koala, encounter kangaroos and meet Patrick, the wombat.
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June 2015
Great trip will do it again
April 2015
Ballarat is a beautiful city! Had a great time in Sovereign Hill and experiencing the 1850s. Thank you to the Driver Guide and AAT King for a fantastic time!
April 2015
We found our coach driver Con very impressive .The day was great.
April 2015
The trip was great, bus driver hilarious, gave good info.
Sovereign Hill worth the visit, very well re enacted, would have liked to see more period related crafts for women but that's just me
January 2015
Excellent tour. Thoroughly recommended.
December 2014
The trip was very enjoyable. The coach was comfortable and the driver was friendly and interacted with the group. We had a couple of stops along the way and a tour around Ballarat which was very interesting. Sovereign Hill was great, a wonderful look back in time, we had a ball and would recommend the tour to everyone.
December 2014
Its A-Must-Visit place. The tour company team members are friendly. Very informative and knowledgeable coach driver. Price is reasonable from Viator as we travelled using coach bus with bathroom.
December 2014
interesting place to visit, the gold mine tour was amazing, love it so much... food and shopping choices were sufficient... some great role plays too, entertainers walking around the village entertaining visitors... too bad I couldn't find any gold though... cheers...
September 2014
We thoroughly enjoyed this trip. The coach was very comfortable and Mike our coach driver was very nice and gave the most informative commentary on the various sites along the way not to mention the wonderful tour through Ballarat and the history he told of the place, and hints on how to make the most of our day. We did not take the option of the Wildlife Park and we are glad we did that as although we believe the park was excellent we found we needed every bit of time we could get at Sovereign Hill to look at everything that was on offer there. We panned for gold and found some! We went down into the underground gold mine and loved every minute of that experience, although if you don't like confined spaces then don't go down as one lady had to be taken back up again. There was plenty of room to move around down there. We saw the wheelwright doing his work and the blacksmith working on some tools and we bought an old horse shoe from him for $5 to take home as a souvenir, we got to buy the best ever sausage rolls at the Bakery store..yummo were they good and they had cakes and pastries to chose from as well, there was a restaurant there and coffee shop for anyone wanting to eat, we did the horse drawn wagon ride around the town and loved that too, there was a display by one of the 'policemen' of an old 2ring shotgun and later the 'soldier boys' marched through the street and gave a display of shooting the 3ring shotguns. The whole day was wonderful and one we will treasure always. We would highly recommend booking through Viator as we found it easy and we could ring to answer some questions we had the staff on the phone were so curtious and helpful. One of the highlights of our Melbourne trip and we are telling everyone about it. Loved it.
September 2014
We had a fantastic day. From the moment we were picked up, till the we were dropped of. The driver was fantastic. Kept us informed. Gave us plenty of time and info on the tour. I would highly recommend this tour to all, locals, Australians and definitely the overseas tourist. And the bus was sooo comfortable quiet and smooth. Highly recommended


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Our 'VIP' ride to Sam Neau
After a few days in the beautiful, but slightly expensive city of Luang Prubang, we decided to venture out east. Our destination was the town of Sam Neua (known locally as Xam Neua), close to the Vietnam border, allowing easy access to the nearby town of Vieng Xai.
Before we left the UK, we were perusing one of our many copies of 'Wanderlust' magazine, and had both been fascinated when we read about Vieng Xai. Vieng Xai is a small town, dwarfed by huge, limestone karsts, which incorporate extensive cave networks. During the Secret War, 23000 people lived inside these caves for nine years, whilst the Americans bombed the hell out of them. In the early 1960s US military chiefs reportedly threatened to bomb Laos and Vietnamese communist strongholds along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, "back to the stone-age". In a phenomenal and sustained bombardment, over two million tonnes of ordinance was dropped on Laos over a nine year period - more bombs than were dropped on Europe during the Second World War. This equates to one planeload of bombs every eight minutes, for nine years! Today it's possible to visit the caves, many named after the leaders
One of the villages that we passed on the way
that lived in them, and see the remnants of what was once a long, dark and confined existence.
We didn't really know much about Sam Neua though, just that it was a sixteen-hour winding bus journey east, up and down numerous mountainsides and past some of the Blue Hmong villages. The scenery was spectacular, only marred by our mild starvation! Eventually, twelve hours into the journey, the driver found a little cafe (probably owned by a family member), where we managed to buy some noodles. When we stopped, we realised how cold it had become in the mountains, and quickly layered up with all the clothes we had in our day packs!
Eventually, at about midnight, we arrived at Sam Neua bus station, situated on a hill about 2km above the town. A lone tuk-tuk driver wanted to rip us off, so we set off down the hill on foot, with Ian, a fellow traveller from New York. Just in case anyone reading this is contemplating this journey, the bus station is NOT in the centre of town, as per the 2007 edition of the Lonely Planet! We walked for about fifteen minutes and eventually saw what looked
Sam Neau centre
like guesthouses. Unfortunately they were all boarded up, and the town was well and truly shut for the night. Luckily we managed to wake up one guy at Shuliyo Guesthouse, and get a much needed bed for the night. The room was nice, it had a duvet, a blanket, hot water, and cable TV, but even if it had been a dive, we weren't about to argue!
Due to our late arrival, we chose to have a chilled day on Thursday and check out Sam Neua itself. It's a funny little town, it's like stepping back a few decades. There's no discernible tourism, nobody speaks any English, and we got stared at much more than we'd noticed anywhere else. The town is mainly centred around it's bustling riverside market, selling all sorts of things to eat. The river is used for bathing and, while we were passing, a group of guys were also washing a freshly killed pig in it.
We wandered back to our guesthouse and stopped at a little cafe next door, where we enjoyed some green tea and a Beer Lao. We then bumped into Ian, and shortly after met another two backpackers from Sweden.
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They had just made the arduous journey to the Vietnam border, only to be turned away due to a lack of pre-arranged visas. They were going to take the 24-hour bus back to Vientiane, but had just missed it, so joined us for a beer instead. The five of us (the total foreign population of Sam Neua on that particular evening!) sat around, and ate some fried rice and noodles.
By 6pm, the town was shutting down, and the temperature was dropping, so we were delighted when a group of locals, sat on the opposite side of the road, invited us to join them around their fire. We all took shots of 'Lao Lao', the local rice whisky (aka moonshine) to keep warm and enjoyed their company, even with no common language, whilst Ross tried to tune one of the guys guitars with a pair of pliers. They then invited us to a party, and took us in a pick-up truck to one of their homes, to celebrate Chinese New Year. In a small wooden shack with a mud floor, they had a lap-top set up with Laos karaoke on the go. As the 'Lao Lao' flowed, we all
Some of the local delicacies available at the market
had a sing song, but reading the lyrics was a bit of a challenge for us foreigners.
We said our farewells, and stumbled home, not realising until the next day the true potency of their local brew! A 6.30am trip to Vieng Xai was out of the question, so we slept for Britain, and watched a few classics on cable TV.
On Saturday morning we got up at 6am and caught a sawngthaew to yet another bus station, a 15-minute ride out of town. From there we caught another truck to Vieng Xai. On the journey we met Jenny, from Montreal, and together the three of us explored the town and it's caves. We found the Visitors Centre, and arranged a bicycle tour of the caves with local guide, Siphon. Although they offered bike tours, I don't think it was a regular option - there was some serious bike maintenance required before we set off, with Siphon insistent on tightening everyone's chain and double checking all the brakes.
First we cycled to Kaysone Phomvihane's cave, home of the General-Secretary of the Laos Communist Party. This cave was the central meeting area for the Politburo. Here the leaders
More of the market
of the revolution discussed political, military and ideological planning for the future Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR). Mr Kaysone's wife and children spent some time in Vieng Xai during the war years. When the leaders lived in these caves, they were lit by oil lamps and candles, but fortunately we had the advantage of some electricity and light bulbs to guide our way.
This, and all the other caves that we visited looked like nothing from the outside, and the entrances were concealed by rocks, trees or, more often than, not huge blast walls. Inside, they had constructed rooms, corridors and even 'emergency rooms' containing Russian oxygen equipment and explosion-proof doors.
Next we visited Nouhak Phoumsavan's cave. As Minister of Finance and the Economy in the Pathet Lao government, Nouhak Phoumsavan went on to become President of the Lao PDR. A Soviet jeep is still parked in his garage, and outside you can see one of the large bomb craters.
The third cave we cycled to was Prince Souphannouvong's cave. Trained as a civil engineer, the prince designed his home, which was built outside the cave in 1973. In the tree-filled garden is a monument to his
Even more of the market
son, who was assassinated by an anti-Pathet Lao agent in 1967, as well as a concrete-lined bomb crater which served as his swimming pool. It was also possible to spot the circular holes left by misdirected rockets in the limestone cliffs that towered above the gardens.
A short bike ride down the road took us to Phoumi Vongvichid's cave. He was the Minister of Education and Public Health in the revolutionary government. In the same lump of rock is the cave of Sithon Kommadan, representative of the Lao Theung people, who was believed to be immune to bullets!
We then visited Khamtay Siphandone's cave and military headquarters. Khamtay Siphandone was a Politburo member, responsible for the military and defence, and later became President of the Lao PDR. His cave connects to other military caves, including one of the main caves used for army administration. This large cave complex was also used as a military barracks during the bombing raids.
The penultimate cave that we visited was the artillery cave, which was a military installation. Heavy artillery and anti-aircraft guns were manned by communist soldiers day and night to protect the area from the US bombing raids. There
Ross in the main shopping street
is a 180-degree panoramic view of the surrounding countryside from the cave, which can be seen after a steep climb up steps built into the cliff side. From this vantage point it was possible to see more bomb craters and the site of a wrecked US bomber.
Finally we were taken to a huge cave, where not only did they conduct large meetings, but entertainment was put on to keep the troops' spirits up. Ross, Jenny and I were treated to a special performance from Siphon of a traditional Laos lament, including elaborate dance moves.
It was only as we were leaving this last cave, and our tour was ending, that we saw another tourist. It amazes me that this place is still so untravelled. It was an incredible experience, and well worth the journey.
We had some lunch with Jenny by a lake before heading back to Sam Neua. We were travelling back west to Phonsavan the next day, so needed to get back and pack up our belongings before the off in the morning.
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I just got some absolutely beautiful shirting fabric from EOS and want to find a pattern that will work for my daughter (plus size). I went to search the reviews and the only place to look is under tops (or plus). Unfortunately Tops includes everything from jackets, t-shirts, knit tops, blouses, etc. Plus will give you EVERYTHING for plus sizes that has been reviewed. You can specify pattern maker if you want.
I would love to see Tops broken down to blouses, knit tops, sweaters, light jackets, or something that makes it easier than going through 40-80 pages of reviews. There are probably more categories that I am not thinking of and I am sure Tops is not the only area that could use some help. We have thousands of reviews now and maybe we can make it easier to look for things.
Many times I am not so concerned about the pattern manufacturer as I am about what everyone says about certain patterns for a specific item. I know I am lazy sometimes but it is just too many to go through. Am I wrong here and I should just suck it up and keep looking through everything?
Great ideas. Perhaps in the next revision we could request reviewers to choose from sub categories like t-shirts, blouse, tunic etc when they are reviewing a top.
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Amen! I never bother looking up anything under "tops" for this very reason.
I too would love to see blouses, knit tops, & sweaters/cardigans as sub-categories.. Coats & jackets I would love being in a separate category altogether.
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Being me, I'd love to see the generic "costumes" broken up into at least mens, womens, and kids ... then again I have an impression collection of costume patterns and organize my personal stash by time period in addition to mens and womens.
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Oh, I like this. Maybe my rant was not so crazy after all.
I agree about the category of tops - definitely would be great to have separate categories for blouses and tops as well as jackets and coats.
Should we come up with a list then?
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There is crying in basketball: Gophers players emotional after close loss
Every loss hurts, but Saturday's especially stung for the Gophers against Northwestern.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Mo Walker was inconsolable.
Just minutes after the Gophers lost 55-54 to Northwestern, Minnesota's big man sat at his locker with his No. 15 jersey over his head and his hands over his face as he tried to muffle the sobbing. After escaping briefly to the shower, he returned and again sat in disbelief. This time a blue towel hid the tears.
Senior Austin Hollins walked across the locker room and patted Walker on the head but didn't say a word, unable to fully shake his teammate from the pain of defeat.
Every loss hurts, but this one seemed to sting the Gophers more than the rest.
"Certainly, it's good when they care," said first-year coach Richard Pitino. "You've got guys crying in the locker room. You never want your guys to cry, but certainly it's great when they care. There was a lot of them, so they care about winning. That's the first step towards building a winning program."
Point guard DeAndre Mathieu was also frustrated moments after the final buzzer sounded at Williams Arena. His layup with just seconds remaining fell short, and Walker's putback attempt also missed. The Gophers had two golden opportunities to steal a win from the pesky Wildcats, but the ball simply didn't bounce their way.
Many of the 12,744 Gophers fans voiced their opinion as they felt that Mathieu was fouled on his layup attempt. Pitino seemed to agree as he barked at officials, imploring them for a whistle. After the game, however, neither the players nor their coach commented on the referees.
The Gophers' final play was set up after Northwestern guard Tre Demps airballed a shot with 11.9 seconds remaining and the Wildcats leading by a point. Minnesota wanted to get the ball into the lane, and that's exactly what Mathieu did.
Yet, after some contact in the paint by Northwestern's Nikola Cerina, Mathieus' shot was short of the rim. Though Walker was able to corral the rebound with two seconds remaining, he also couldn't capitalize as his layup went over the rim and fell into a scrum of players from both sides before the clock hit 0:00.
As his Gophers teammates lined up to shake hands, Mathieu stayed behind, crouching on the court as he struggled to comprehend the crazy finish that just took place.
"Mo did a good job grabbing the rebound. After that, I don't know what happened. I was on the ground," Mathieu said. "Coach said no comment on the refs, so I really don't have much to say about that. It can be on you guys if you think it was a foul or not, but I have no say in it."
The loss dropped the Gophers to 4-5 in the wide-open Big Ten. A win would have kept Minnesota in fourth place in the conference after Wisconsin lost earlier in the day to Ohio State. Instead, it's the Wildcats who sit ahead of the Badgers, Buckeyes and Gophers in the standings.
Saturday marked Minnesota's second straight loss by four points or less, and the third such defeat in the Big Ten this year. While some of the Gophers players insisted after this loss that each one hurts just as much, the emotion in the locker room said otherwise.
"Close ones always hurt," said center Elliott Eliason. "Especially since it's at home, that's never fun to lose. We've got more games to play, but we put ourselves in a bad position now."
A slow start didn't help Minnesota's case Saturday, as Northwestern jumped out to an early 19-9 lead thanks to some hot shooting from 3-point range. Yet the Gophers battled back and cut the deficit to three points at halftime, led by 12 first-half points from Walker.
Neither team ran away with things in the second half -- the biggest second-half lead for either side was three points -- and the game looked destined to go down to the wire. Sure enough, that's exactly how Saturday's contest played out as Northwestern escaped.
In a close game like this one, the Gophers certainly could have used junior guard Andre Hollins. Instead, Minnesota's leading scorer watched from the bench as he continues to recover from an ankle injury he suffered two games earlier against the Badgers. Pitino said Hollins could realistically return for Minnesota's game against Indiana, but he knows the Gophers could use him on the court as soon as possible.
"We need him back," Pitino said. "He's one of the better guards in the league. It's silly for us to think it's going to be easy to replace a guy who's scored 1,000 points and could be one of the all-time leading scorers in school history."
Even without Hollins in the lineup, Minnesota had plenty of chances to win this one. Going 5-for-9 from the free throw line in a one-point loss certainly didn't help. Neither did giving up eight 3-pointers -- or hitting on just 3-of-14 shots from downtown on offense.
In the end, Saturday's loss counts just the same as any other in the standings. Knowing what could have been, though, made it especially tough for the Gophers to stomach.
"We move on. It's only worth one," Pitino said. "We've just got to continue to get healthy and learn from these mistakes."
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Phuket Mining Museum
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Phuket's fortunes are now made in tourism but in the past it was home to a thriving tin mining industry. The Phuket Mining Museum, found in a rather remote area of Kathu district, tells the story of the island's tin-powered history.
Set by a lagoon on sprawling grounds in a large pink Sino-Portuguese style building, the museum opened in 2008. Inside are a series of halls that show the development of the industry in stages, starting with a space-themed room with dangling planets that takes you back to the time of the formation of the sun and earth.
From here, there's a tunnel with illustrations of prehistoric creatures, leading you to some ratty-looking stone-age people complete with spears in hand. As for how this relates to tin mining, there's little in the way of explanation at this stage but we're guessing it's meant to show that cavepeople figured out some way to extract and use metals for weaponry and such.
And here we must pause to mention that like other museums in Phuket and elsewhere in Thailand, there's no shortage of eccentricities and kitschy oddities to be found.
The next hall houses the museum's most elaborate displays: dioramas of an open-pit tin mining operation.
Back in the day, many Phuket beaches were staging grounds for tin-mine activity, including Bang Tao beach. During the tin-mining days Bang Tao had a barren, industrial moonscape with all the tropical foliage scraped away. It's now home to the huge, leafy-green luxury Laguna Phuket resort complex, which opened in the early 1990s after resort owners spent years cleaning up and restoring the beach and lagoons.
The most detailed scene shows hundreds of miniature workers toiling away on the mine, while others have mannequins engaged in different jobs. These are quite life-like and well done – you can even see the sweat forming on their skin.
Further along is a nautical themed hall with planks wending between two wooden ship models. These show the arrival of Chinese workers by sea. If you peek inside the boats you'll find more mannequins including one lazy man sleeping on the deck. This leads to the Chinese culture hall with more displays of the heady time during the big influx of migrant labourers in the 1800s, including a scene of an opium-smoking layabout.
Other displays both inside and outside show mining and smelting techniques in more detail, plus old artifacts and photos of the mines and the life of the people who lived in Phuket during that time.
Overall the Phuket Mining Museum is an interesting place but, again like other museums here, it falls a bit short of being truly informative. Some displays have signs in English that give details and historical context, but many don't. For visitors who know little about Phuket's past, the displays on their own might not shed much more light on it. We recommend reading up on Phuket's history before going, otherwise it might be a bewildering visit.
The museum takes between one and two hours to explore. With an entry fee of only 100 baht for adults and 50 baht for children, it's a good-value spot to visit — perhaps on a rainy day.
More detailsMoo 5, Kathu-Na Koh Road (Route 3013), Kathu; about 3.5 kilometres west of British International School on the way to Loch Palm golf club
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 09:00-16:00
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The Rider's International Supreme Plus Heavyweight Turnout Blanket is both tough and warm. This heavy winter horse blanket boasts a high neck cut for extra protection from the elements.
Durable, waterproof and breathable turnout blanket is perfect for colder weather. This Rider's International heavy weight turnout blanket has a 640 denier ripstop outer shell and 340 grams of fill.
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The Weatherbeeta Freestyle 1200D Detach-A-Neck Heavy Weight Turnout Blanket gives you the flexibility to cover your horse from poll to tail for protection against tough winter weather. This horse turnout blanket is waterproof, features a high denier triple weave shell, a 210 denier oxford cloth lining and 220 grams of poly fill for insulation.