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Being at school on time, every day, is critical to students' success! From tags for every month of the year to bracelets, pencils, certificates and more, present students with awards, tools and incentives from Positive Promotions to acknowledge their attendance efforts and accomplishments. Featuring fun themes like Perfect Attendance Is My Superpower and My Attendance Rocks!, our products support your attendance initiatives and inspire students, paving the way for their bright futures!
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A number of museums in northwest Ohio are offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families from the Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.
As part of the Blue Star Museums Program sponsored by Blue Star Families and the National Endowment for the Arts, active-duty service members, their spouses, and children can visit the participating museums at no cost.
Area museums that are participating include Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, the Fulton County Museum in Wauseon, the Wood County Historical Center in Bowling Green, the Merry-Go-Round Museum in Sandusky, the Milan Museum and the Thomas Edison birthplace, both in Milan, Ohio, and the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta.
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A quick look at a great accessory
Though we are a PC hardware and technology website by day, we are also video creators by night (and sometimes day as well). If you don't believe me, check out our PC Perspective video tag or even our very own YouTube channel. See?!?
While we do have a big fancy studio setup for in-house production, sometimes on the road you just need something quick and easy but also high quality for recording. While our collection of DSLR cameras does amazing with video quality, the audio from the in-camera microphones has always sucked and lugging around wireless mic packs seemed unnecessary much of the time.
Enter the RODE VideoMic.
This $170 shotgun, directional microphone is from one of the most well recognized and respected companies in pro-sumer audio. In the short video below I show you what you get in the box (not much) and how much you can improve your audio with this simple add-on.
Overall, I have to say I was very impressed with the RODE VideoMic and anyone looking to improve the quality of their videos with an audio upgrade should give this option a try!
What do they want Origin to be?
GamesIndustry International conducted an interview with EA's Executive Vice President, Andrew Wilson, during this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 2013). Wilson was on the team which originally designed Origin before marketing decided to write off all DOS-era nostalgia they once held with PC gamers through recycling an old web address.
The service, itself, has also changed since the original project.
'"Over the years ... there've been some permutations of that vision that have manifested as part of Origin," Wilson said. "I think what we've done is taken a step back and said 'Wow, we've actually done some really cool things with Origin.' It is by no means perfect, but we've done some pretty cool things. As you say, the plumbing is there. What can we do now to really think about Origin in the next generation?"
Fans of Sim City, who faithfully pre-ordered, will likely argue that Origin does not have enough sewage treatment at the end of their plumbing and the out-flow defecated all over their experience. A good service can be built atop the foundations of Origin; but, I have little confidence in their ability to realize that potential.
Wilson, on the other hand, believes they now "get it".
One assertion deals with customers who purchase more than one game. He argues that multiple update and online services are required and that is a barrier for users who desire a second, third, or hundredth purchase thereafter. The belief is that Origin can create a single experience for users and remove that barrier to inhibit a user's purchase. In practice, Origin ends up being a bigger hurdle than a single-game's service. It washes a bad faith over their entire library and fails to justify itself: games, such as Sim City, update on their own and old titles still have their online services taken offline.
What it comes down to is lack of focus. Wilson believes development of Origin was too focused on the transaction, and that lead to bad faith, presumably because customers would smell the disingenuous salesman. Good Old Games (GOG), on the other hand, successfully focused on the transaction. The difference? GOG gets out of your way immediately after the transaction, leaving you with just the game plus its bonus pack-ins you ordered, not DRM and a redundant social network.
Steam is heavily focused as a service and that is where EA desires Origin to be. The problem? Valve has set a high bar for EA to contend with. Steam has built customer faith consistently, albeit not perfectly, over its life with its user-centric vision. Not only would EA need to be substantially better than Steam, it is fighting with a severe handicap from their history of shutting down gaming servers and threatening to delicense merchandise if their customers upset them.
A successful Origin will need to carefully consider what it wants to be and strive to win at that goal. While possible, they are still content to handicap themselves and, then, not own the results of their decisions.
Apple has seen a healthy boost in computer sales and adoption since the transition to Intel-based platforms in 2006, but the MacBook line has far and away been the biggest benefactor. Apple has come a long way both from an engineering standpoint and consumer satisfaction point since the long retired iBook and PowerBook lines. This is especially evident when you look at their current product lineup, and products like the 11" MacBook Air.
Even though it may not be the most popular opinion around here, I have been a Mac user since 2005 with the original Mac Mini, and I have used a MacBook as my primary computer since 2008. I switched to the 11" MacBook Air when it came out in 2011, and experienced the growing pains of using a low power platform as my main computer.
While I still have a desktop for the occasional video that I edit at home, or game I manage to find time to play, the majority of my day involves being portable. Both in class and at the office, and I quickly grew to appreciate the 11" form factor, as well as the portability it offers. However, I was quite dissatisfied with the performance and battery life that my ageing ultraportable offered. Desperate for improvements, I decided to see what two generations worth of Intel engineering afforded, and picked up the new Haswell-based 11" MacBook Air.
Since the redesign of the MacBook Air in 2010, the overall look and feel has stayed virtually the same. While the Mini DisplayPort connector on the side became a Thunderbolt connector in 2011, things are still pretty much the same.
In this way, the 2013 MacBook Air should provide no surprises. The one visual difference I can notice involves upgrading the microphone on the left side to a stereo array, causing there to be two grilles this time, instead of one. However, the faults I found in the past with the MacBook Air have nothing to do with the aesthetics or build quality of the device, so I am not too disappointed by the design stagnation.
From an industrial design perspective, everything about this notebook feels familiar to me, which is a positive. I still believe that Apple's trackpad implementation is the best I've used, and the backlit chiclet keyboard they have been using for years is a good compromise between thickness and key travel.
OpenCL Support in a Meaningful Way
Adobe had OpenCL support since last year. You would never benefit from its inclusion unless you ran one of two AMD mobility chips under Mac OSX Lion, but it was there. Creative Cloud, predictably, furthers this trend with additional GPGPU support for applications like Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
This leads to some interesting points:
- How OpenCL is changing the landscape between Intel and AMD
- What GPU support is curiously absent from Adobe CC for one reason or another
- Which GPUs are supported despite not... existing, officially.
This should be very big news for our readers who do production work whether professional or for a hobby. If not, how about a little information about certain GPUs that are designed to compete with the GeForce 700-series?
An new era for computing? Or, just a bit of catching up?
Early Tuesday, at 2am for viewers in eastern North America, Intel performed their Computex 2013 keynote to officially kick off Haswell. Unlike ASUS from the night prior, Intel did not announce a barrage of new products; the purpose is to promote future technologies and the new products of their OEM and ODM partners. In all, there was a pretty wide variety of discussed topics.
Intel carried on with the computational era analogy: the 80's was dominated by mainframes; the 90's were predominantly client-server; and the 2000's brought the internet to the forefront. While true, they did not explicitly mention how each era never actually died but rather just bled through: we still use mainframes, especially with cloud infrastructure; we still use client-server; and just about no-one would argue that the internet has been displaced, despite its struggle against semi-native apps.
Intel believes that we are currently in the two-in-one era, which they probably mean "multiple-in-one" due to devices such as the ASUS Transformer Book Trio. They created a tagline, almost a mantra, illustrating their vision:
"It's a laptop when you need it; it's a tablet when you want it."
But before elaborating, they wanted to discuss their position in the mobile market. They believe they are becoming a major player in the mobile market with key design wins and outperforming some incumbent system on a chips (SoCs). The upcoming Silvermont architecture pines to be fill in the gaps below Haswell, driving smartphones and tablets and stretching upward to include entry-level notebooks and all-in-one PCs. The architecture promises to scale between offering three-fold more performance than its past generation, or a fifth of the power for equivalent performance.
Ryan discussed Silvermont last month, be sure to give his thoughts a browse for more depth.
Also, click to read on after the break for my thoughts on the Intel keynote.
Our first thoughts and impressions
Since first hearing about the Kickstarter project that raised nearly 2.5 million dollars from over 9,500 contributors, I have eagerly been awaiting the arrival of my Oculus Rift development kit. Not because I plan on quitting the hardware review business to start working on a new 3D, VR-ready gaming project but just because as a technology enthusiast I need to see the new, fun gadgets and what they might mean for the future of gaming.
I have read other user's accounts of their time with the Oculus Rift, including a great write up in a Q&A form Ben Kuchera over at Penny Arcade Report, but I needed my own hands-on time with the consumer-oriented VR (virtual reality) product. Having tried it for very short periods of time at both Quakecon 2012 and CES 2013 (less than 5 minutes) I wanted to see how it performed and more importantly, how my body reacted to it.
I don't consider myself a person that gets motion sick. Really, I don't. I fly all the time, sit in the back of busses, ride roller coasters, watch 3D movies and play fast-paced PC games on large screens. The only instances I tend to get any kind of unease with motion is on what I call "roundy-round" rides, the kind that simply go in circles over and over. Think about something like this, The Scrambler, or the Teacups at Disney World. How would I react to time with the Oculus Rift, this was my biggest fear...
For now I don't want to get into the politics of the Rift, how John Carmack was initially a huge proponent of the project then backed off on how close we might be the higher-quality consumer version of the device. We'll cover those aspects in a future story. For now I only had time for some first impressions.
Watch the video above for a walk through of the development kit as well as some of the demos, as best can be demonstrated in a 2D plane!
Continue on to the full story for some photos and my final FIRST impressions of the Oculus Rift!
Gaming on your Couch
Sometimes really unique products come across our door step and we just love to tell our readers about things that might normally fall outside the PC hardware field. The COUCHMASTER, essentially a piece of furniture made for gaming, is one of those items.
The COUCHMASTER, produced by a German company called Nerdytec, is a device built to help gamers use a mouse and keyboard while sitting on a couch and gaming in large screen environments. It has a pair of foam-stuffed side block that hold up a wood-constructed center panel that puts your mouse and keyboard at a comfortable angle.
Cable routing is made simple with Velcro removable panels under the keyboard and mouse and some versions of COUCHMASTER include a 4-port USB hub for connecting input devices, audio headsets, etc. The only that didn't work in our testing were external hard drives - just not enough power coming from the USB 3.0 connection through the include extension cable.
I played the entirety of Bioshock Infinite with the COUCHMASTER, and other than getting some odd looks from my wife, couldn't think of a more impressive and comfortable way to play PC games from a distance and without a standard desk setup.
I would love to see some changes like the addition of recessed drink holders on the sides, but otherwise, the only drawback to Nerdytec's COUCHMASTER is the price; it starts at $170 or so USD.
Check out the full video review posted below!!
UPDATE: The CouchMaster is now for sale in the US now!
The Ice Storm Test
Love it or hate it, 3DMark has a unique place in the world of PC gaming and enthusiasts. Since 3DMark99 was released...in 1998...with a target on DirectX 6, Futuremark has been developing benchmarks on a regular basis in time with major API changes and also major harware changes. The most recent release of 3DMark11 has been out since late in 2010 and has been a regular part of our many graphics card reviews on PC Perspective.
Today Futuremark is not only releasing a new version of the benchmark but is also taking fundamentally different approach to performance testing and platforms. The new 3DMark, just called "3DMark", will not only target high-end gaming PCs but integrated graphics platforms and even tablets and smartphones.
We interviewed the President of Futuremark, Oliver Baltuch, over the weekend and asked some questions about this new direction for 3DMark, how mobile devices were going to affect benchmarks going forward and asked about the new results patterns, stuttering and more. Check out the video below!
Make no bones about it, this is a synthetic benchmark and if you have had issues with that in the past because it is not a "real world" gaming test, you will continue to have those complaints. Personally I see the information that 3DMark provides to be very informative though it definitely shouldn't be depended on as the ONLY graphics performance metric.
Continue reading our story on the new 3DMark benchmark and the first performance results!!
CPU, Motherboard, GPU
If you want to take yourself seriously in the business, you HAVE to have an award show. PC Perspective is no different and this week we held the first annual "Best Hardware of the Year" edition of the PC Perspective Podcast in which we discussed, debated and selected the best hardware components and trends of the past 12 months. Sometimes we even went into 2011 and sometimes we were talking about the future...don't worry it will all make sense.
If you want to get the full experience of HOW we selected these products you should definitely check out episode #232 of the PC Perspective Podcast or just watch the video embedded right below. Watch as our editors throw each other under the bus as we collectively declare winners and runners up. We did not have nearly enough Christmas cheer to come to solid conclusions in every category, but we did our best. Next year, next year...
The categories we will award "Best Of" accolades on include CPU, Motherboard, GPU, Storage, Case, Price Drop and Upcoming Technology. We left some things out like power supplies, coolers, etc simply due to time but perhaps if there is demand we can address it for 2013. Each of the winners will be given our "Editor's Choice" award regardless of what award it may or may not have received from us before hand, or even if it was reviewed officially at all.
It is also important to note that these are awards are not simply for the best performing or the best price/performance products in the category. As ambiguous as it sounds, we wanted to try to find the "best" in whatever way that means. Cost, performance, marketability, effect on the ecosystem, etc. For a full break down of what our thought process was the best place to start is that video link above.
Continue reading our selection for the Best Hardware of 2012!!
Since the Apple transition to Intel processors and mostly off-the-shelf PC hardware in 2006, people have been attempting to run OS X on home built computers originally destined for Windows. While running a different operating system on similar hardware may seem like a trivial thing, my historical experience with building a so called "Hackintosh" has been arduous at times. However, since it has been a few years since my last attempt, I decided to give installing OS X on modern PC hardware another try.
Otellini will never live that one down...
One of the big stepping stones for OS X on PC based motherboards was the widespread adoption of EFI instead of the standard BIOS environment. Official Intel Macs have always used EFI, which meant until a few years ago, emulating the EFI environment on third party motherboards to build a Hackintosh. That has changed recently and with the release of Sandy Bridge, we have seen full EFI support across all motherboard vendors.
The premiere source for information about Hackintosh builds is the tonymacx86 site and forums. The forums on tonymac is an extremely useful resource for learning about the current state of the Hackintosh scene and the experiences of people with similar hardware to what we will be using.
Tony publishes a yearly Buyer's Guide article with components of all price ranges that will work with OS X with minimal hassle. He provides many different options in different price ranges in the 2012 guide, including H77, Z77, and even X79 based parts.
While it is technically possible to use AMD processors and graphics cards in a Hackintosh build, Apple officially supports Intel CPUs and NVIDIA Kepler GPUs, so they require much less work to ensure the operating system can fully utilize these components.
Continue reading our article on building your own Hackintosh PC!!
Windows Media Center Add-ons and Plugins – Page 1
Missed any installments of our Cutting the Cord Series? Catch up on them here:
- Cutting the Cord Part 1: The Assessment
- Cutting the Cord Part 2: Building your HTPC – The Hardware
- Cutting the Cord Part 3: Building your HTPC – OS Install and Tuning
- Cutting the Cord Part 4: Building your HTPC – Installing and Configuring Windows Media Center
- Cutting the Cord Part 5: Wrap up - Media Center Add-ons and Options
Now that we have our Windows Media Center up and running, we can investigate a few additional add-ons and plugins that can further improve upon the experience you can get from your Media Center. In addition to discussing some great add-ons, I'm going to discuss how well our HTPC build has done with our power efficiency goals, so without further ado let's jump right into it!
My Experience: The add-ons and plug-ins that I'm going to walk through are by no means all that's out there. There are tons of add-ons that will add anything from Local Weather to full overlays for your movie collection. One thing to keep in mind is that any add-on or plugin can completely bork up your Media Center. Always test the add-on on another box first, or even better, do a full image/backup of your Media Center before you try any new add-on or plugin. You do have a full image of your brand new Media Center build on another machine that you can re-image yourHTPC with right? (Check out Clonezilla or Acronis True Image if not…)
Windows Media Center Add-ons and Plugins
Windows Media Center is excellent right out of the box, but there are a few add-ons and plugins I like to add to our Media Center to give us some additional functionality and increased usability. By a wide margin, the one we use the most is Netflix.
Back when Netflix was a scrappy newcomer, trying to get subscribers, they were putting their client on every device and platform that would talk to them. They worked out a deal with Microsoft to have the Netflix client pre-installed right into Windows Media Center menu.
My Experience: The built in application was apparently a joint project between Microsoft and Netflix, which may seem great, but has actually turned out to be a quagmire of finger pointing. Since it was originally released, the application has not been updated since and both companies have washed their hands of it and point to the other as being responsible for the application. The UI badly needs a facelift, in particular with the way you navigate through titles that have multiple seasons. While all seasons of the title will show up as a single entry in your Instant Queue, there is no way to easily jump from season to season and the only way to navigate episodes is to pull up episode lists that starts at Season 1, Episode 1, every time you open up the episode list. While this may not seem like a big deal, if you watch a show with a lot of episodes (like Cheers with 11 Seasons and 275 episodes) you have to scroll past every single prior episode to get to the next one you want to watch. Clicking the down arrow on your remote over 200 times to get to the next episode you want to watch not only gets old real fast, but eats batteries like mad.
Episode list problems aside, we still use Netflix on a daily basis and it's relatively easy to setup. First, scroll up to the "Movies" line and select the Netflix tile.
You'll be greeted with a full Netflix splash screen. Put a check in the "I have read and understand the Terms of Service and Privacy Statement" checkbox which will then activate the "Install" button. Click on Install and off we go.
Read on to see more add-ons that you can add to your Media Center!
Ryan Shrouts Picks
December is upon us, and that means the holidays are just around the corner! In the following pages, the PC Perspective editors have outlined their top picks for gifts that they would like to receive or that would make great gifts for others.
Once you have read through the guide, feel free to share your picks in the comments below. Everyone at PC Perspective would like to wish you a safe and joyous holiday! Thank you for continuing to support the site.
Ryan Shrout's Picks
There comes a time in every tech nerds life when you just don't have the tool for the job and you sit and stare at your trusted Philips screwdriver and curse. That happened to me while I was taking apart the Nintendo Wii U recently, and I don't want it to happen YOU. So picking up this kit ahead of time will save you a lot of frustration for not a lot of money.
Inside the packages you'll find a 54-bit driver kit with unique pieces like tri-wing and triangles and...stuff. Several shapes of tweezers, suction cups, spudgers (prying tools) and even an anti-static wrist strap are included! For the low, low price of just $59.95.
Yes, there are faster processors out there, but that's not the point here. AMD's Trinity APUs make great for starting your own HTPC, as detailed over the past couple of weeks by our own Chris Barbere's HTPC guide. For just about $115 you get a quad-core processor that runs as high as 4.2 GHz with an integrated GPU that can handle some 720p and 1080p game at modest quality settings, all for under 100 watts of TDP.
Be sure to check out Josh's review of the processor as well.
See more holiday tech picks from our staff in the full article!!
Running Windows Media Center for the First Time
Missed any installments of our Cutting the Cord Series? Catch up on them here:
- Cutting the Cord Part 1: The Assessment
- Cutting the Cord Part 2: Building your HTPC – The Hardware
- Cutting the Cord Part 3: Building your HTPC – OS Install and Tuning
- Cutting the Cord Part 4: Building your HTPC – Installing and Configuring Windows Media Center
- Cutting the Cord Part 5: Wrap up - Media Center Add-ons and Options
We've finished tweaking our Windows 7 Home Premium installation in preparation for Media Center in our previous installment and now it's time to get down to the core of our project and finally roll our sleeves up and dive into Media Center itself. Windows Media Center is an excellent product with an extremely passionate group of fans and one simply needs to check out the Green Button forums or the DTVUSA Forums to find like-minded Cord Cutters. Considering how well thought out and excellent Media Center is for most 'set top box' type tasks, I never understood why Microsoft didn't put more effort behind pushing it and yet they worked double time to try and push projects like Clippy and the Kin. Unfortunately, not only has Microsoft not supported Media Center, some of their actions with Windows 8 make it feel like they're actively working to kill it off.
Regardless, Windows Media Center is still the product to beat for an all in one Cord Cutting solution in my opinion. While I'm building my media center in Windows 7 Home Premium, if you are building a Windows 8 Media Center, many of the steps will be very similar, if not the same, to what I'm doing here. Many of the setup screens are mirror images between the two versions of Windows and you should be able to follow along with this guide for Windows 8 as well. Unless you just absolutely must use Windows 8 for some reason, I highly suggest using Windows 7 for your Media Center as Microsoft has decided to leave some key features out of the Windows 8 version that makes Windows 7 superior in my opinion.
My Experience: Working through the Windows Media Center setup is much easier to do on a computer monitor as opposed to trying to do it while hooked up to your Television. We'll hook our HTPC up to a television when we're wrapping things up, but in the meantime, save yourself some hassle and just do everything on a monitor.
Continue reading Cutting the Cord Part 4 to "Get Started" with Windows Media Center!
Installing Windows and Preparing for Media Center
Missed any installments of our Cutting the Cord Series? Catch up on them here:
- Cutting the Cord Part 1: The Assessment
- Cutting the Cord Part 2: Building your HTPC – The Hardware
- Cutting the Cord Part 3: Building your HTPC – OS Install and Tuning
- Cutting the Cord Part 4: Building your HTPC – Installing and Configuring Windows Media Center
- Cutting the Cord Part 5: Wrap up - Media Center Add-ons and Options
Now that we've walked through installing all our hardware in our previous article, we're ready to install our operating system and configure it to get the most out of Media Center. As I mentioned before, I originally was planning to do this build with Windows 8 Professional and the Windows 8 Media Center pack, but there's a few things that Microsoft has removed from Media Center in the new version that make using it for a Media Center a non-starter in my opinion. Not being able to boot directly into Media Center and having to boot into Metro and then launch Media Center is a deal breaker for me so I fell back to what's been working great for me these past few years, Windows 7 Home Premium.
Before we even start with our Operating System install, there are a few settings you are going to want to configure in your BIOS/UEFI for the best system performance and stability.
- First, ensure that your Hard Drive/SATA controllers are in "AHCI Mode" as opposed to IDE or Legacy IDE. AHCI stands for "Advanced Host Controller Interface" and offers some features and performance improvements over the old IDE interface such as hot swapping of drives and NCQ (Native Command Queuing).
- Some motherboards will allow you to detect if there is a mouse and/or keyboard connected and stop the boot process if it does not see them. Since we'll likely not be running the media center with a mouse/keyboard attached, make sure to disable this.
- Set the primary hard drive (your SSD or the big spindle drive if you don't have a SSD) as the First boot device. You may want to temporarily set the CD/DVD drive to be the First boot device to complete your Windows installation and then go back in and change the First boot device back to your primary hard drive.
Now that we have our motherboard BIOS/UEFI ready to go, continue reading for the installation and preparation of Windows 7!
What is a HTPC anyways?
Missed any installments of our Cutting the Cord Series? Catch up on them here:
- Cutting the Cord Part 1: The Assessment
- Cutting the Cord Part 2: Building your HTPC – The Hardware
- Cutting the Cord Part 3: Building your HTPC – OS Install and Tuning
- Cutting the Cord Part 4: Building your HTPC – Installing and Configuring Windows Media Center
- Cutting the Cord Part 5: Wrap up - Media Center Add-ons and Options
Continuing with our series on Cutting the Cord and building your own HTPC, we move beyond the "Assessment Phase" we discussed in part one and into the realm of actually building your own Home Theater PC with Windows 7 Media Center. In Part 2, we walk through our hardware picks for our HTPC. But before we dive headlong into that, I need to get something off my chest.
My Experience: /rant on. When I first planned to write this article, I thought it would be interesting to write a new HTPC building guide soon after Windows 8 was released in order to spotlight Windows 8 Media Center. While I initially had some concerns with Microsoft's choice of separating Media Center from Windows 8 itself, and some other issues I heard rumor of, my own experience attempting to build a Windows 8 Media Center would push this long time Microsoft fan to the limits. Long story short, I spent nearly two days working up the article and building a Windows 8 Media Center only to come to terms with the fact that Microsoft has so jacked with some of the key features of Media Center in Windows 8 that I can't recommend anyone use it. With that being said, I had to start over from scratch, rebuilding my HTPC with Windows 7 and doing a complete rewrite of the article. I want to thank Microsoft for showing us that they care more about cramming the Metro UI down our throats than they care about the passionate Media Center community that has rallied around and supported them these many years. Anyways, /rant off and back to our previously schedule HTPC building guide.
The market is currently littered with all manners of bringing content to your television set. There are devices that help you manage your current cable/satellite television subscription such as TiVo, Xbox with Verizon FIOS, Xbox with Comcast XFinity, or even the Google TV . There's devices out there that give you access to additional features above and beyond your television viewing such as the Apple TV, the Roku, or the Boxee Box. There's even a slew of "Smart TV's" and Streaming Sticks that will turn any TV into a Smart TV that are loaded with applications to overlay content or get access to other services. For the hardcore DiY crowd, there's also some other options to build your own devices with distributions like MythTV or XBMC (Xbox Media Center).
With so many new boxes, devices and options hitting the street just about every day and it's easy to get lost in the flood of options. Luckily Veronica Belmont's Mega Set Top Box List is still being maintained and has some great information to help you weed through the mess.
With so many options, many of which are $100 or less, you'd think that building a $500-$700 Media Center PC is overkill. Unfortunately many of these devices will not do everything you want them to do and I've not found anything that combines all the capabilities and functions I wanted into a single package as good as Windows Media Center (though the new Boxee TV Box might be a new contender on the block.) Building and running your own Media Center offers the flexibility and power all in one package to meet every scenario you could throw at it. You're not stuck waiting for some developer to get around to writing new firmware or applications to add in support for what you want. If you can View, Read or Watch it on a Windows desktop, then you can most likely get it working directly through Windows Media Center. I still don't understand why Microsoft hasn't licensed or even produced their own device with their excellent Media Center UI.
The Skinny about Cutting the Cord
Missed any installments of our Cutting the Cord Series? Catch up on them here:
- Cutting the Cord Part 1: The Assessment
- Cutting the Cord Part 2: Building your HTPC – The Hardware
- Cutting the Cord Part 3: Building your HTPC – OS Install and Tuning
- Cutting the Cord Part 4: Building your HTPC – Installing and Configuring Windows Media Center
- Cutting the Cord Part 5: Wrap up - Media Center Add-ons and Options
There was a time in the not too long past that having a Cable or Satellite TV subscription was just a given. Like water, phone or electricity, if you wanted to watch anything other than a few local networks or crazy UHF stations you had to pay your local cable /satellite conglomerate a tidy little sum to pump the channels into your TV.
That's where I was back in January of 2010. Staring at a $150 bill for Time Warner Cable with the "Basic Package + HD" and a pair of TiVo's I began to wonder if I was just wasting money since 80% of our regular viewing consisted of a dozen or so shows scattered across only four or five channels. Within a month, and after some deliberation, we decided we'd try to 'cut the cord' and since that time I've happily saved nearly $5,000 that would have been lining the pockets of some Time Warner/TiVo executives. Ponder that for a moment, $5,000 spent on television. Even after I factor out the cost of hardware I needed to buy and setup, that's enough money to buy a new big screen TV every year and then some.
Regardless of what big cable and satellite companies say, between 2008 and 2011, 2.65 million households dropped cable/satellite subscriptions. A recent survey found that 9 percent of the people surveyed had cancelled their cable subscriptions in the last year and Time Warner Cable alone has had 10 straight quarters of Pay for TV customer losses.
This multipart series on PC Perspective will walk you through the process of becoming a "Cord Cutter" yourself. Starting with some thoughts on whether or not cutting the cable is right for you we'll walk you through everything from start to finish.
- Cutting the Cord Part 1: The Assessment
- Cutting the Cord Part 2: Building your HTPC – The Hardware
- Cutting the Cord Part 3: Building your HTPC – OS Install and Tuning
- Cutting the Cord Part 4: Building your HTPC – Installing and Configuring Windows Media Center
- Cutting the Cord Part 5: Wrap up - Media Center Add-ons and Options
I'll also include a few little personal tidbits from My Experiences in my quest to cut the cord and stay that way for the last few years.
To Cut, or Not to Cut, That is the Question…
While dropping your cable or satellite subscription can save you some serious money, it's not for everyone. Television is a central part of the entertainment for many households, and you need to look at it from all angles before you call your provider and tell them you want out. Cutting the cord may require some concessions and serious changes to the way you get your television content. While you might not mind some inconvenience, your significant other or children may have a meltdown if they can't get their regular fix of Honey Boo Boo or Yo Gabba Gabba the moment it's aired.
Regardless, with some consideration and pre-work you can determine if cutting the cord is right for you and make the transition nice and smooth if you decide to kick your cable or satellite provider to the curb.
If you're willing to take that chance, read on to see if Cord Cutting is for you!
Thermaltake brings BMW to the mouse
Our friends at Thermaltake recently sent us a fun new toy, the Tt eSPORTS Level 10 M adjustable gaming mouse. Yes, that's a lot of letters to describe a mouse, but I can assure you this mouse is unlike any you might have seen before.
Here are the key selling points:
- Air-through Ventilation
- 3D Steering
- Macro / Lighting software
- RGB LEDs in several places for customization
- Laser sensor up to 8300 DPI
The idea of the ventilation is to keep your sweaty hands a bit drier and cooler while the 3D steering allows the user to adjust the mouse surface in two different directions (one for height, one for horizontal angle) to find their preferred placement. The LEDs do allow for some interesting color combinations as long as you are okay with the preset colors that Tt eSPORTS has available in software.
Speaking of software, the application for customization is a little over exaggerated on the "extreme" design cues but enables the feature set you are looking for. Custom macros can be created and assigned to one of four buttons (A-D) with adjustments for timing, delay, etc. In addition, you can combine macros, lighting and DPI settings into one of five profiles that you can switch between easily with the thumb stick on the left side of the mouse.
Even better - all of this information (macros, profiles) is saved in the mouse after you disconnect it and take it to a different PC - no need to install the software to get the presets you configured before.
After a couple of us have used the mouse for a few days in the office, we put together the video below for you to see our thoughts and opinions as well as how the Level 10 M looks and feels. Even though it was designed in partnership with BMW, a current selling price of $95 on Newegg makes it hard to recommend the mouse to anyone but those of you that know for sure this is the mouse you want to use going forward.
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We go inside the Wii U
Last night after the midnight release of the new Nintendo Wii U gaming console, we did what any self respecting hardware fan would do: we tore it apart. That's right, while live on our PC Perspective Live! page, we opened up a pair of Wii U consoles, played a couple of games on the Deluxe while we took a tri-wing screwdriver to the second. Inside we found some interesting hardware (and a lot more screws) and at the conclusion of the 5+ hour marathon, we had a reassembled system with only a handful of leftover screws!
If you missed the show last night we have archived the entire video on our YouTube channel (embedded below) as well as the photos we took during the event in their full resolution glory. There isn't much to discuss about the teardown other than what we said in the video but I am going to leave a few comments after each set of four images.
OH! And if you missed the live event and want to be apart of another one, we are going to be holding a Hitman: Absolution Game Stream on our Live Page sponsored by AMD with giveaways like Radeon graphics cards and LOTS of game keys! Stop by again and see us on http://pcper.com/live on Tuesday the 20th at 8pm ET.
During the stream we promised photos of everything we did while taking it apart, so here you go! Click to get the full size image!
Getting inside the Wii U was surprisingly easy as the white squares over the screws were simply stickers and we didn't have to worry about any clips breaking, etc. The inside is dominated by the optical drive provided by Panasonic.
Continue reading to see ALL the images from our Nintendo Wii U Teardown!!
A simple device for a complex problem
Sometimes an odd product finds its way into our office and this week we have one of those very items. The xPrintServer Home from Lantronix is a networking device that easily configures existing printers on your home or office network to work with the AirPrint capability on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It does this without the need for special applications on your phone, without having to buy new printers and without complex software based work arounds.
The unit itself is a small white plastic case that has an Ethernet connection, USB port and power connection. The Ethernet port needs to be connected to your router / switch and the USB port is for connecting one of more USB printers (via a USB hub). After attaching the power, the device goes through an incredibly simple, automatic configuration process.
After the orange light goes solid, you can simply go to an AirPlay enabled application like Safari, Photos, Notes, Mail and more and hit the print option; your network or USB printer should already be configured. The process is impressively easy!
Inside the device is a basic Atmel designed ARM926 core SoC running at 400 MHz - more than enough power for the print spooling that it does on the Lantronix device.
By far the most impressive part about the xPrintServer is the ease of setup; we were literally up and printing on an iPhone 5 within 2 minutes of opening the box. If you are the kind of person that would like the capability to print from your iPad or iPhone but without having to buy a new printer with AirPrint built in, definitely check out this product.
You can currently find the Lantronix xPrintServer Home for $95 at Newegg.com.
Windows RT: Runtime? Or Get Up and Run Time?
Update #1, 10/26/2012: Apparently it does not take long to see the first tremors of certification woes. A Windows developer by the name of Jeffrey Harmon allegedly wrestled with Microsoft certification support 6 times over 2 months because his app did not meet minimum standards. He was not given clear and specific reasons why -- apparently little more than copy/paste of the regulations he failed to achieve. Kind-of what to expect from a closed platform... right? Imagine if some nonsensical terms become mandated or other problems crop up?
Also, Microsoft has just said they will allow PEGI 18 games which would have received an ESRB M rating. Of course their regulations can and will change further over time... the point is the difference between a store refusing to carry versus banishing from the whole platform even for limited sharing. The necessity of uproars, especially so early on and so frequently, should be red flags for censorship to come. Could be for artistically-intentioned nudity or sexual themes. Could even be not about sex, language, and violence at all.
Last month, I suggested that the transition to Windows RT bares the same hurdles as transitioning to Linux. Many obstacles blocking our path, like Adobe and PC gaming, are considering Linux; the rest have good reason to follow.
This month we receive Windows RT and Microsoft's attempt to shackle us to it: Windows 8.
To be clear: Microsoft has large incentives to banish the legacy of Windows. The way Windows 8 is structured reduces it to a benign tumorous growth atop Windows RT. The applications we love and the openness we adore are contained to an app.
I will explain how you should hate this -- after I explain why and support it with evidence.
Microsoft is currently in the rare state of sharp and aggressive focus to a vision. Do not misrepresent this as greed: it is not. Microsoft must face countless jokes about security and stability. Microsoft designed Windows with strong slants towards convenience over security.
That ideology faded early into the life of Windows XP. How Windows operates is fundamentally different. Windows machines are quite secure, architecturally. Con-artists are getting desperate. Recent attacks are almost exclusively based on fear and deception of the user. Common examples are fake anti-virus software or fraudulent call center phone calls. We all win when attackers get innovative: survival of the fittest implies death of the weakest.
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During the Portales City Council meeting Tuesday night at City Hall, councilors:
• met new Portales Recreation Center Director Jodi Kibbe.
Kibbe has a master's degree in health and physical education and a bachelor's degree in elementary education, both from Eastern New Mexico University.
Having started work Monday, she said she plans to move toward getting a teen center, keeping fitness classes, instituting special interest classes such as scrapbooking or photography and increasing community involvement in the center. The after-school program is also returning to regular hours with school resuming for the new semester.
Kibbe said she has always been involved with recreation and sports, and loves working with people.
• heard from Police Chief Jeff Gill and Deputy Chief Lonnie Berry that the Operation Santa Cop program served 1,140 children this year, exceeding the goal of 1,000 children.
Many local businesses, service organizations, schools and individuals provided toys or money, Gill said. Roosevelt County Sheriff's deputies delivered toys in the county, while Portales Police officers delivered toys in city limits.
Gill said leftover toys would be saved for next year.
• ratified the Finance Department's payment of about $1,035,000 in bills for November.
• heard Mayor Sharon King appoint new Councilor Keith Thomas to represent the city on the Local Growth Management Committee.
• heard City Manager Tom Howell say the city's agreement with Plateau Telecommunications Inc. for Plateau to operate radio communications equipment on the water tower at South Avenue I and West 17th would be automatically renewed for five years in March.
Plateau's rent will increase from $500 per month to $550 per month under the renewed agreement, Howell said.
• heard the city personnel policy had been updated.
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Also, the policy now gives all managers, who are paid on salaries, an automatic four hours of paid time off per month as compensation for any overtime they may work. Before, the amount of hours differed among various personnel.
• heard Councilor Oscar Robinson say the Cultural Affairs Committee was finalizing plans for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. He said the committee plans a program with a speaker, reading by children and singing, and they hope to get state Department of Transportation approval for a march from ENMU to the Memorial Building.


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X-List: Top 5 Perfect Combos of Weapons and Monsters
Taking out videogame enemies is almost always satisfying, but sometimes doing it to certain enemies with certain weapons provides a whole new level of satisfaction. Blair Herter and Kristin Adams...
X-List: Top 5 Heroic Soldiers In Games
Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb count down the top 5 most heroic soldiers in video games.
Epic Games 20th Anniversary Part II - Unreal Engine and Beyond
With the Unreal Engine, Epic Games turned a corner, providing the engine behind hits like Batman, BioShock, Borderlands, and Mass Effect. Morgan Webb hears from Epic's Mark Rein, Tim Sweeney, Cliff...
X-List: Top 5 Gears of War Characters
The Gears of War series has served up a number of colorful characters, and Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb here narrow it down to a top 5.
X-Play Comedy: Gears of War's Carmine Buys Life Insurance
Watch what happens when Carmine from Gears of War tries to buy life insurance in this X-Play Comedy Sketch that premiered at the Gears of War 3 panel at Comic-Con 2010 moderated by X-Play's own...
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X-Play's Adam Sessler hosts the Entertainment Consumers Association panel at PAX East 2010 where he chats with President of the ECA Hal Halpin to discuss piracy issues, iPhone games, and the new...
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Adam takes the opportunity to look back at the past decade of gaming and what made this such an important time for interactive entertainment.
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Adam explains that, like art, game critiques must include works of the past and present in order so the reader has a frame of reference.
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Adam Sessler, Morgan Webb and Blair Herter discuss all the coolest Comic-Con 2009 happenings and recap all the gaming news including the DC Universe panel, the Gearsiverse panel, Ratchet and Clank...
Gears of War : Top 5 Weapons
Epic Game's Gears of War Flashback series finally reaches the real fun part with the Top 5 weapons voted on by the fans. Gears of War is for the Xbox 360.
Gears of War : Top 5 Achievements
In this Gears of War flashback from Epic Games, Damon Baird hosts the Top 5 toughest Achievements in the originial third-person tactical shooter Gears of War for the Xbox 360.
Gears of War : Top 5 Multiplayer Maps
Damon Baird is back again to countdown the top 5 multiplayer maps in the original Gears of War for the Xbox 360.
Gears of War : Top 5 Deadliest Locust Countdown
Damon Baird counts down your votes for the deadliest Locust in this Gears of War Flashback episode.
A Day In The Life: Chris Morgan
We follow the writer of 'Wanted', Chris Morgan, as he makes his way to Comic-Con 2008.
Gears of War vs. Halo
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Gears of War Novelist Karen Traviss
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Whoever said you can't be young and stylish?
Eleven-year-old, Moziah Bridges is setting trends for young and talented designers of today. An inspiring designer, Mo Bridges is the CEO of his fast growing bow tie company, Mo's Bows. Bridges started his company about two years ago and has since sold over tens of thousands of customized bow ties worldwide.
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Use our checklist to help you pick a trainer.
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Oprah's got one...and so does your neighbor. Personal trainers have entered the mainstream, but it's nerve-wracking to pick a person you trust. We've put together some pointers to help you find the right trainer for you.
Pick A Trainer With Credentials
Richard Cotton, former chief exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise (ACE), says the first step is to make sure a prospective trainer is certified by a top-notch fitness group.
That means they've shown in an exhaustive written and/or practical exam that they thoroughly understand the body's muscle groups and the safest and most effective way to exercise them.
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"The goal of most trainers is independence for the client, so ideally there should be some sort of behavioral objective," explains Cotton.
You also need to consider what you want to achieve from working with a trainer.
Todd Tramp, celebrity trainer and proprietor of the eponymous gym in Los Angeles, says one of the first things he asks people is whether they prefer a trainer who is "high energy or not" and if they are looking to be "pushed and motivated during their session or prefer a more relaxed approach."
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Cotton also stresses the importance of personality fit.
The Cost Factor
According to a recent survey by the International Dance Exercise Association, the average price tag for an hour session with a personal trainer is $40. It's higher in urban areas and can hit $100 an hour for at-home training.
One way to cut costs is to share sessions with someone who has the same fitness goals. Or some trainers offer package deals with a lower per-session rate if you buy a certain number in advance.
Many personal trainers operate as independent contractors and are not health club employees. Make sure your trainer has professional liability insurance and spells out their cancellation and billing procedure in writing.
Getting Your Money's Worth
Once you've begun working with a trainerand paying for ithow do you know if you're getting your money's worth? For starters, Cotton says a good trainer should record everything you do and be able to point out the incremental gains you're making towards reaching your fitness goal.
You should have filled out a health history questionnaire to ensure your special needs or limitations are met. Also ask yourself if you're learning from your trainer.
"A session with a trainer should serve as a sort of personal tutorial in which you acquire the skills and knowledge to reach your goals or maintain what you've achieved on your own," Cotton says.
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A taylor series centred about a is given by.
so we have
so the simplified series is
Your wording for part vi) makes little sense.
do you mean ? for small h
part (iv) h is small
k part (i) find integral of (1)/(4x^2+9)^0.5 dx between limits 0 and 2 DONE
(ii) given f(x)=arsinh(4/3+x) find f'(x) f''(x) bladeblah..
(iii) find maclaurin series for arsinh(4/3+x) as far as x^2
(iv) hence show that, when h is small integral of xarsinh(4/3+x)dx
roughly = (2/3)(h)^3
i got part (iii) as; ln3 + (4+3x)/5 -(54x^2 +144x +96)/125 +....
presuming this is wright in (iv) i get some utter rubbish -ve no. i screwed it up in rage! grr ???
yeh i did thnx.... and the last bit??......is the taylor series the same as maclaurin??? not supposed to use taylor yet!?
maclaurin is; f(x) = f'(0) + f'(0)x + (f''(0)x^2)/2! etc sorry about this,,,,,,,i think i must've gone wrong in thw maclaurin/taylir series when i did
(f'(o)(4/3+x)^2)/2! someone on another post for that q told me the latter was right ,,am i wrong,,well fro ur anwer i mustve been,,,erm k let me give it a go


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