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Closeouts. From training to racing, Pearl Izumi's syncroFuel Trail II trail running shoes are built to take on the abuse of tough trails. The upper features an abrasion-resistant, bonded seamless upper construction, and an aggressive full-blown rubber outsole is designed to handle any terrain.
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Reviewed by Dadius Rex from Indiana on Sunday, October 27, 2013Just ran a half marathon trail race in them. No sore spots no complaints. Not my fastest or toughest trail shoe, but a decent mix of both.
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That is way too early to rate any shoe.
From a wearability point of view the shoe does run small. I had to send the first pair back & get a half size larger so there is an additional shipping
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An interesting feature is that the tongue is sewn in. I assume it is the prevent sideways movement.
All in all it looks good & seems to be well constructed but ask me again after I put a few miles on them.
Reviewed by Westly from Texas on Tuesday, April 30, 2013lightweight and durable...wasn't crazy about the color at first, but it is growing on me. Great purchase.
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Over the last 12 months particularly - stopping the pill (on and off), and the injectables and stress etc I've put on so much weight. It just keeps coming and it's making me so depressed. I think I've put on about 10kgs in the last year alone
No not me.
I've put on about 6 kilos.
I put on about 4 kg during ivf eating healthy. I don't even want to weigh my self now. I feel like I have put on a another 5 kg already.
I put 8 kgs on through the whole pregnancy I was not small prior pregnancy and they had told me they wanted me no bigger then 95 kgs and I beat that as I was only 92kgs full term just go with it but do watch your food as you don't want gestational diabetes like I did
Oh maddison is well we are off home today woo hoo
Before i did my ivf i did iui cycles with needles and i too put on about 10kg. with ivf cycle i put on nothing . with my pregnancy i lost 8kg with nausea etc and today i am 4O weeks and still the same weight as week 15. and 1 Bubba that is still growing very well.
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This column was written prior to the Nov. 8 election, so I cannot comment on who was elected. Whomever is our republic's president, half of us are happy & the other half are not.
Strange how nobody ever manages to shoot video when there's an alien spaceship in the vicinity — perhaps because they're too busy recording that guy, two traffic lanes over, who's picking his nose.
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Libra said to us, "Let choice be made." Now in Scorpio we act upon our choice by voting. I urge everyone to vote. Everyone's vote is important.
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This is a partial solution. It still doesn't let me organize my applications.
This is a partial solution. It still doesn't let me organize my applications.
Nonetheless, patent protection is law, and innumerable business models depend upon it.
So basically what you are saying then, is that some business models that depend upon certain laws you object to are broken. Yes?
That's a stickier problem in electronics because of drm and other various anti piracy measures. At what point does an antipiracy device become a hinderance to repair?
From the point where it is actually implemented, onwards.
Which is higher priority?
The rights of people who have done no wrong are (okay, should be) higher priority.
Ideally, create fair laws that describe the bounds of legitimate behavior. Punish people who break these laws. Don't do things to people who are not breaking the law that prevent them from doing legitimate things based on the idea that someone, somewhere, might break the law.
The problem with DRM (Digital Rights Management) as it is presently constituted, is that the only rights that are being managed are those of the publishers. The rights of the consumer are being roundly trampled. It's appalling, really.
A business model that needs laws to prop it up is broken.
Copyright and Rights Licensing
Upon which the GPL is based, as well as just about the entire entertainment industry. It's difficult to imagine a studio spending tens or hundreds of millions on a production based on the hope that no one would copy and distribute the resulting product without seeing to it that they were compensated.
Upon which the drug industry, chip industry, etc., is based.
While these mechanisms are clearly not optimum, they do seem to benefit society in general. Certainly they are strong supporting factors for progress in the fields that they act as rights bulwarks for.
I really don't see that business models based on associated laws are inherently broken. Would you care to elaborate on your position?
Why do you want access to *the* filesystem?
So I can control and organize my data.
If you don't like iCloud Drive, you can use Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and a few others. I believe all of the rest of them give you the ability to use folders.
I don't want to give my data to a third party. I want to be able to control my own data. I have plenty of local storage, and no need or desire whatsoever to place my information in someone else's hands. If you want to do so, of course, by all means. For myself, I'd just as soon not enter into the lottery of "which cloud service will suffer a security breach next", or the lottery of "which cloud service is sharing data with government / corporations / hackers / employees", or the lottery of "geee, the Intertubes are down, I guess I can't get at my data", or the "you must look at ads or pay a fee to get at your data lottery", or the "I'm on a plane and so I can't get at my data lottery", etc., etc., etc.
It's up to you to decide which documents will be stored locally on the device.
Indeed it is. And the answer is "all of them", except where I have also stored them on some other device I own and wholly control.
Why is this not happening with pizzerias or sneakers?
It most definitely is. A decent quality pizza worth less than $2.00 (I make them from scratch, and that's what they cost me in low quantity in a relatively isolated region where raw materials prices are high, so I'm quite sure of the number) often costs well over $10.00. Sneakers worth about $8.00 can cost far, far more than that -- no more than a little bit of canvas, plastic and metal off a mass production line. The gouging is blatant and obvious. The fact that you are willing to actually write as if it wasn't reveals that you have no actual sense of the economics of either matter.
Why am I paying the same price for 75 Mbps up/down today, that I used to pay for 35 Mpbs up/down 6 years ago?
Because US broadband is lagging far behind the state of the art, and prices are far too high. You should be running much faster, and paying much less. Same was true six years ago. And you are not even at the bottom of the low performance / high price heap. In many places, it's worse.
The answer: competition.
No, the answer is collusion.
The Federal Communications Commission plans to halt implementation of a privacy rule that requires ISPs to protect the security of its customers' personal information.
Not that the FCC was ever very much more than a corporate puppet, but it's fascinating to watch them, and the government in general, find ways to be of even less service to the people.
So far, in just a couple months, we've seen the elimination of the requirement that energy companies must disclose royalties and government payments; the elimination of rules preventing dumping of coal mining waste into rivers and streams; the funneling of even more money into our "only more costly than the next eight countries put together" military; assertion that we need more and better nuclear weapons; suspension of an insurance rate cut for new Federal Housing Administration loans; completely unjustified disruption of already-issued visas; the installation of a white supremacist on the national security council; an order to "review" a rule requiring financial managers to act in their clients' best interests when handling retirement accounts; an "easing" of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010; amplification of the drug war; amplification of the war against personal and consensual sexual choices; partisan filtering of the Whitehouse press pool; anti-free-press agitprop straight from the president... all this, along with a great deal of additional rhetoric that indicates more of this nature is likely on the way.
We no longer need turn to dystopian fiction to see just how badly our government can act out. A dystopian reality is rapidly establishing itself. The indicators are so strong at this point that some of the "peppers" are actually beginning to look like forward-thinkers.
I wonder just how much of this kind of damage the country can suffer before it undergoes some kind of seismic shift, or, if it will just deliquesce into a fully classist, corporatist nightmare.
I prefer to hope that the complacent have had a wake up call as to just how foolish and blind large segments of our population actually is; that they now understand that it is possible that without their active resistance, both at the voting booth and in general, all of this will continue apace while every tweet from President Trump, every bit of nonsense from Spicer and Conway, every craven abrogation of responsibility by congress, every unwise and harmful regulatory alteration, will be met with a blinkered nod-and-drool from the very people that saw to it that he reached the Oval Office — and that this will outright determine the future course of the country along these same destructive lines.
These are such very interesting times. We know we're not 1940's Germans; but we're finally going to get an answer as to whether we are better — or worse. I see little reason for optimism in this regard at this point in time, either.
The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico and BuzzFeed were also excluded from the meeting, which is known as a gaggle and is less formal than the televised Q-and-A session in the White House briefing room. The gaggle was held by White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
In a brief statement defending the move, administration spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the White House "had the pool there so everyone would be represented and get an update from us today."
The pool usually includes a representative from one television network and one print outlet. In this case, four of the five major television networks — NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News — were invited and attended the meeting, while only CNN was blocked.
And while The New York Times was kept out, conservative media organizations Breitbart News, The Washington Times and One America News Network were also allowed in.
Actually, if he's doing a lifelong, pay-up-front insurance model, it will be a lot more expensive to stop providing it later. The rates have to increase with cost and inflation (which will be slower than income increases), and such an insurance model is essentially flow-through and uses new money to pay for current service. It's the same way Social Security works.
I doubt battery replacement will be a big expense in 20 years. In real life, we've seen those batteries perform such that they should still have 94% of their charge capacity after 100,000 miles. At 20 years in and 12,000 miles per year, 240,000 miles, they'll quite likely have 85% of their capacity--which means the 150 mile range is a 136 mile range. With high-voltage DC J1772 combined charge connectors, you can power that up in an hour (Tesla has supercharger stations boasting something ridiculous like 50% charge in 20 minutes). Some of these Teslas have a 280-mile range, which still gives you a 238 mile range--over 2 hours between recharging on a road trip. The extra 15-30 miles is as many minutes of driving, so is insignificant--either the long trip has too many charges already, or it's a minor inconvenience that shifts your schedule by a few minutes.
Consider modern vehicles have a 200-300 mile range. My Mazda 3 needs a gas tank fill-up every 240 miles--about 2 weeks. Since most people aren't filling their 12-gallon tank every day ($800/month of gasoline), we can surmise the range of a Tesla is well more than the range required for nearly 100% of driving. When that range decreases by 15%... you're still using 10% of the battery's charge, then charging back up when you get home. Shrug.
The battery has to start physically failing before it needs real replacing. Even if it's a $12,000 battery, it'll be an $8,000 battery or a $6,000 battery in 20 years (plus inflation--which means it might still be a $12k battery, but the median income will be $118k anyway so it's still half as expensive). Amortize that over 20 years. Gas today is $600/year (with 2% inflation over 20 years: $891); battery tech taking half the labor (low-maintenance, self-driving, electric freight haulers to deliver heavy shit; automated factories) means you'd be looking at $300/year paid in the inflated future. You're comparing roughly $20k of gas to $6k of batteries--and, again, you can probably defer the battery replacement.
Consider that plus the damn things require a bit under 1/4 of the cost of gasoline--you're looking at $5k over 20 years there. So you're saving $9k out of $20k. You could also get a Zero SR and pay about $1,620 over 20 years instead.
My phone has a global "travel mode", AKA "Airplane mode."
IOW, I just disconnect when traveling. Also when sleeping. And working.
The Internet in all its various forms and guises serves me. Not the other way around. If it's not that way for you, you need to stop selling death-sticks, go home, and rethink your life. Go on. Go.
You've really missed the point.
No, I really have not.
You are after complexity of the OS so that you can do complicated things with the OS.
I just want bloody subfolders and the ability to get at the filesystem. I don't care if I have to turn it on specially. I don't care if your snowflake pilots can't see it. I just want it to really work without having to root the bloody phone.
You think you're arguing for sophistication and intellect
Good grief, no. I'm arguing for pre-1990 levels, almost prehistoric levels by computing standards, of organizing capacity. There's nothing wrong with most user's intellects -- other than the intellects behind the reasoning that says "one level is all you get", now those intellects are simply downright crippled.
Your use cases differ wildly from most of the billions of the users of iOS devices in where you feel the need for complexity.
Yeah, my use case incorporates the concept of organization far beyond what these crippled devices allow, and yes, I readily admit this is beyond most phone-only users comprehension at the moment (although not if they have ever used a desktop or laptop computer), but just as you said, they (you mentioned pilots, I'd add four-year-olds) could cope with it if it was there. I don't even think they they should have to; I just think I should be able to.
The idea that everyone must suffer because pilots - or whomever - want simple is nothing less than anathema to me. I despise it, and I despise its proponents, and I find their reasoning (which is being far too generous) to be unworthy of serious consideration.
Filesystems promote organization. Single level folders went out of use in the 1980's, and the reason they did is because they are insufficient to organize any amount of data beyond a cupful. And no, "search" is not a valid replacement, before anyone tries to jump into that moldy old corner. The very fact that my home screen overflows onto additional pages and I am unable to properly, reasonably, organize my apps and data is a huge red flag that the system itself is deficient. Multiple cores, GHz+ clock speeds, gigs of ram and storage... and I can't have bleeding subfolders? Jesus. Hosiphat. Christ.
And the Long-Dong-Silver sized irony here is that if you DO dig into the actual systems underneath the sadly flattened icons to see how the phone actually works, what will you find? YOU. WILL. FIND. SUBFOLDERS.
There's simply no adequate justification for the intentional, irreversible crippling that's been done to end-user level of these devices. None.
the vast majority of the tablet/phone purchasing world has no clue what you mean by that statement. They. Don't. Care.
That's exactly right. And because these devices are designed down to the level of the ignorant, rather than uplifting them, they don't have to learn. And those of us who could use these devices to a much greater extent remain reined in by this pandering to market. Subfolders are too complicated, the apologists tell us. There's no saving people too stupid to learn what a subfolder is/does. But those who are simply ignorant can learn in seconds. The insistence that this is "too much" is utterly pitiful to hear.
In the end, dumbing everything down is the surest way to the market consisting of the broadest portion of the Gaussian, and therefore, their money. That's why this is happening.
Time to watch the intro to Idiocracy again to remind ourselves why pandering to the lowest common denominator is a really, really bad idea.
Sounds like a tortie. That's normal behavior for the breed.
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Mexico, Latin America's second largest economy, has grown by 3.5% in real terms over the last four years. However, for long-term growth, productivity levels must rise and export markets be more diversified. To this end, the government's National Development Plan 2013-18 seeks to set the building blocks for a knowledge economy.
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Hot Issues are major national STI policy priorities, as self-reported by countries in their responses to the OECD STIO 2014 policy questionnaire.
Improving the governance of innovation system and policy
The new government, which took office in 2012, has introduced changes in governance. In April 2013, it created the Office of Co-ordination of Science, Technology and Innovation. Located in the office of the President, its role is to improve the co-ordination of STI policies and implement the National Development Plan. In 2013, Mexico's General Council for Scientific Research, Technological Development and Innovation recognised the Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) as the principal body in charge of co-ordinating Mexico's STI system.
Improving the supply of high-end HRST and researchers
Public expenditure on higher education as a share of GDP is just below the OECD median (Panel 1s). However, a number of indicators highlight the need to improve the scale and quality of the education system (Panel 1t, v, w). CONACYT has therefore made improving the quality of HRST a priority. More resources have been mobilised for government-sponsored fellowships. Recognising the importance of high-quality graduate programmes, CONACYT joined in 1991 with the Secretary of Education to create the National Programme of Quality Graduate Programmes (PNPC). The programme seeks to improve the quality of the graduate programmes offered by HEIs and PRIs through a rigorous accreditation process based on international standards. The number of doctoral programmes participating in the PNPC increased from 427 in 2011 to 527 in 2013.
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In 2013 CONACYT launched a research grant scheme, Scientific Development Projects to Address National Problems, to deal with social challenges, such as climate change, sustainable development, health and food security. In the same year, it joined with the Ministry of Energy to create a sectoral fund, CONACYT-SENER, for sustainable energy. The fund supports STI solutions in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean technologies and diversification of energy sources.
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Several policies to improve linkages include the Innovation Incentives Programme, which fosters science-industry linkages by offering higher co-funding participation rates for co-operative projects (see further the section on technology transfer and commercialisation).
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In 2013, two strategic initiatives were set up for implementation in 2014. One, Cátedras CONACYT (CONACYT Chairs), will create 574 new research positions in public universities and PRIs. The goal is to increase the share of young researchers in public research. The other is the National System of Researchers (SNI), which rewards excellence in research; it will be extended to researchers in private universities. The government also seeks to strengthen Mexico's scientific and technological infrastructure and has significantly increased funding from USD 37.2 million (MXP 285 million) in 2011 to USD 140 million (MXP 1 097 million) in 2013 in real terms.
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CONACYT's Innovation Incentives Programme provides financial incentives for innovation, with an emphasis on co-operation between PRIs/HEIs and industry and on technology transfer. Its INNOVAPYME fund, which supports the innovation activities of micro firms and SMEs, provides 50% of total project expenditures if the firm collaborates with an HEI or PRI but only 35% in the absence of co-operation. Expendi-tures of collaborating HEIs or PRIs are financed at 90%. Its INNOVATEC fund, which supports large firms, provides 30% of total expenditures for joint projects in collaboration with HEIs or PRIs, but only 22% without collaboration. The collaborating HEIs or PRIs are financed at 70%. PROINNOVA funds product development based on frontier scientific research for up to 70% of the expenditures of firms and 90% of those of HEIs or PRIs. In order to foster technology transfer and the commercialisation of public research, the Ministry of Economy and CONACYT have provided support for the creation and improvement of knowledge transfer offices (KTOs). Legislative changes have made it possible for PRIs to establish the conditions for using the IP generated by their employees and to appropriate the economic benefits. The government also supports KTOs as enablers of science- industry relationships through consulting services and support for technology licensing and start-ups.
Clusters and regional policies
CONACYT has two main budget lines to support regional development through innovation: the Mixed Funds (FOMIX) and the Institutional Fund for the Regional Development of Science, Technology and Innovation (FORDECYT).The former, set up by the federal government as joint CONACYT-state funds, promotes applied research at state and municipal levels. The latter was created in 2009 to complement FOMIX by supporting STI projects in universities, research centres and companies to help integrate excluded regions in the national innovation system. Estimations indicate that the two funds amounted to USD 14 million (MXP 1 150 million) in 2013, an amount that is officially projected to rise by 30% in 2014. The operation of FOMIX has changed in order to differentiate public support. Formerly, CONACYT contributed one part of the funding and the state counterpart provided an equivalent amount. Under the new scheme, the ratio is 3 to 1 in some cases (states from the lowest tier), 2 to 1 in others (middle tier) and 1 to 1 in the best-performing states.
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Mexico's international co-authorship and co-invention rates are close to OECD levels (Panel 1q, r), indicating a well-developed international network for STI collaboration, partly due to the educated Mexican diaspora. CONACYT's international scholarships programme for graduate studies helps promote international linkages among researchers, as do efforts aimed at improving the quality of its education system.


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The ASUS MG24UQ is a 24 inch 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels) display with support for HDMI and DisplayPort.
Pro Great color reproduction, reaches 100% of the sRGB spectrum
Thanks to the IPS panel ASUS has used in its MG24UQ, color reproduction is excellent. This monitor can display the full 100% sRGB color range -good for graphical editing. Without calibration, the MG24UQ is able to reach 78% of the AdobeRGB coverage. For comparison: an average monitor reaches about...
Pro Extremely sharp
The MG24UQ uses a 4K-display with a resolution of 2160 x 3840 pixels, which is four times the amount of pixels of a Full HD display. This results in an extremely sharp image. The fact that the MG24UQ is relatively small further increases pixel density and thus sharpness. In terms of pixels per inch
Pro Well built and designed
The design of the MG24UQ is quite sturdy and the base of the monitor contains seven large rubber pads to prevent accidental sliding of the display. The panel itself slides into the base via a metal insert, but VESA wall-mounting options are available as well. In terms of design, the base provides...
Con Low maximum refresh rate of 60 Hz limits fast-paced action
Compared to some other gaming monitors, this ASUS display isn't as fast. The maximum refresh rate is limited at 60 Hz, which is the industry standard for all monitors. Some fast-paced games greatly benefit from a higher refresh rate such as 120 or 144 Hz as it increases fluidity.
Con Slower response time adds extra lag
The MG24UQ uses a panel with a response time of 4 ms, which is excellent for normal usage but less satisfactory for gaming. Some competitors offer a much quicker response time of 1 ms and are thus more ideal for fast paced action.
Con 4K resolution doesn't scale well with all software
Due to the native 4K resolution and the relatively small 28 inch screen size, text can be hard to read in Windows and other non-gaming environments, such as Adobe's software. Not everything scales well in 4K (yet).
iiyama ProLite B2783QSU-B1
The iiyama ProLite B2783QSU-B1 is a 27 inch display with a 1440p resolution (2560 x 1440 pixels) and support for AMD FreeSync, HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort.
Pro Fast response time ideal for fast-paced action
With a response time of just 1ms, the iiyama ProLite B2783QSU-B1 is one of the fastest monitors on the market. Ideal for fast-paced gaming situations such as first person shooters.
Pro Low power consumption
Compared to other 27 inch displays with this resolution, the power consumption of the B2783QSU-B1 is fairly. At maximum brightness, the screen will require 45,7 watts of power, which is slightly below average. However, this display really shines in stand-by power consumption with only 0,4 watts of...
Con Mediocre vertical viewing angles
As the ProLite B2783QSU-B1 uses a TN-panel which has the characteristic of having mediocre viewing angles compared to IPS-panels. Some color shifting occurs when viewing the monitor at vertical angles.
Con Maximum refresh speed limited to 70Hz
The iiyama ProLite B2783QSU-B1 is not as fast as some other gaming monitors, despite the fact that is supports AMD FreeSync. The minimum refresh rate is 48 Hz, with a maximum of 70 frames per second. Some of the more fast-paced games don't look as fluent on this iiyama as on other displays with
Samsung C24F390FHU
The Samsung C24F390FHU is a curved 24 inch Full HD (1080 x 1920 pixels) display with support for AMD FreeSync and connections for HDMI and VGA.
Pro Curved display increases visual workspace
The C24F390FHU is curved and is angled similar to the curves of the human eye. Points on the screen are spread more evenly across your eyes, which increases your visual workspace at a normal distance and can reduce eyestrain.
Pro Excellent image quality with great color reproduction, suitable for graphical work
The VA panel is produced by Samsung and offers a couple of advantages compared to TN-panels. The image quality is excellent with vibrant colors due to the VA's panel natural higher color reproduction and a good contrast ratio of 3000:1.
Con Build quality isn't optimal, feels a bit wobbly
Although Samsung hasn't chosen cheap plastic materials, the monitor does feel a bit wobbly around the neck-area, which may result in accidental sliding.
Con Lack of DisplayPort or DVI ports limits connectivity
The C24390FHU doesn't have a DisplayPort input, a relatively new connection standard that's widespread among recent graphical cards. The older, digital DVI-port isn't supported either.
The AOC G2460PF is a 24 inch monitor Full HD (1080 x 1920 pixels) monitor with support for VGA, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort.
Pro Fast 144Hz refresh rate, great for fast-paced gaming
This display features a very fast refresh rate of 144Hz, or 144 times per second. This allows for extremely fluent gameplay and is a major improvement over regular 60Hz displays.
Pro Decent golor gamut, slightly better than sRGB
The G2460PF can cover the vast majority of the sRGB coverage, with only a very small part of sRGB that remains unrepresented. However, this display performs a lot better than the sRGB color space in the green corner of RGB-color system, which results in a bit more vibrant images.
Con Slight backlight bleeding may occur in a dark room
When viewing the screen in a fairly dark room, some backlight bleeding might be visible towards the bottom of the display. Backlight bleeding occurs when the panel can't block 100% of the light produced by the backlight, resulting in spots of lighter areas.
Con Noticeable overshoot at lower refresh rate
Overshoot, sometimes also referred to as inverse ghosting, occurs when artifacts are displayed on the screen and overlaps of color values. The overshoot on this display is mainly noticeable at lower refresh rates - even when using AMD's FreeSync.
Pixio PX277
The Pixio PX277 is a 27 inch WQHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) display with support for DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort.
Pro Good price
One of the most affordable Freesync monitors available with 1440p resolution and a 144 Hz refresh rate.
Pro Compatible with multiple stands or monitor arms
Standard 100x100mm Vesa mount so you can add your own stand or monitor arm.
Con Unstable stand
The stand here is not very stable and removing it for a Vesa mount requires some disassembly of the monitor to remove the clear arm that extends to the base.
BenQ XL2730Z
The BenQ XL2730Z is a 1440p (1440 x 2560 pixels) resolution monitor with support for HDMI, VGA and DisplayPort.
Pro Fast 144Hz refresh rate, ideal for fast-paced action
The BenQ XL2730Z features a very fast refresh rate of 144Hz, or 144 times per second. This allows for extremely fluent gameplay and is a major improvement over regular 60Hz displays.
Pro Comes with handy remote
Included in the box is the S Switch, a small circular remote that connects to your monitor via USB. You can easily adjust settings of the XL2730Z on the fly without having to use an onscreen display.
Con Expensive
With a price tag of $509, the BenQ XL2730Z doesn't come cheap - even for a 1440p monitor.
Con No built-in speakers, other audio device necessary
There are no small speakers built-in for normal use, seperate speakers or headphones are necessary.
The AOC C3583FQ is a curved, ultra-wide (21:9 aspect ratio) display with a Full HD resolution of 2560 x 1080 pixels. The monitor supports HDMI and DisplayPort.
Pro Extremely high refresh rate
The maximum refresh rate of this display is 160 Hz, which is extremely fast - even for high-end standards. Most high-end displays only offer up to 144 Hz, but this AOC display is a bit faster. High refresh rates are excellent for fast-paced gaming action and ensures a much greater fluidity.
Pro Connections integrated in the base
In terms of connectivity, all ports are integrated into the base of the large display. That results in a more tidy environment and no cables dangling on the rear of the display.
Con Doesn't support VESA mounting
The C3583FQ doesn't feature a VESA mount which makes wall-mounting or using an alternative stand impossible.
Con Smaller pixel density, not as sharp as other displays
The resolution of the AOC C3583FQ is Full HD, but because there's additional screen space on both sides, 2560 x 1080 pixels are displayed. This is the same pixel density as a regular 1080p non-ultrawide monitor. Because of the large screen size of 35 inch, this monitor isn't as sharp as so...
iiyama G-Master Gold Phoenix GB2888UHSU-B1
The iiyama G-Master Gold Phoenix GB2888UHSU-B1 is a 28 inch 4K monitor (2160 x 3840 pixels) with support for AMD FreeSync and offers connections for HDMI, VGA and DisplayPort.
Pro Extremely sharp
The G-Master Gold Phoenix GB2888UHSU-B1 uses a 4K-display with a resolution of 2160 x 3840 pixels, which is four times the amount of pixels of a Full HD display. This results in an extremely sharp image and overall great image quality. In terms of pixel density (measured in pixels per inch), the G...
Pro Fast response time, great for gaming
With a response time of just 1ms, the iiyama G-Master Gold Phoenix is one of the fastest monitors on the market. Ideal for fast-paced gaming situations such as first person shooters.
Con Mediocre luminosity uniformity
The uniformity of the display in terms of luminosity is measured at 78% which isn't a bad result, but other displays with similar panels can certainly do better with scores over 85%. In short, uniformity is a bit flat and might be noticeable.
Con Color gamut settings need calibration
Out of the box, color settings aren't optimal. The display has some over-saturated green and under-saturated red, while blue has too much of a purple tint. Calibration is needed to improve color gamut.
The AOC U2879VF is a 28 inch 4K (3840 x 2160) monitor with support for HDMI, VGA, DVI and DisplayPort.
Pro Great value for the money
The AOC U2879VF is a cheap Ultra HD display with good image quality, the price/quality ratio of this display is quite high.
Pro Extremely sharp
The AOC U2879VF uses a 4K-display with a resolution of 2160 x 3840 pixels, which is four times the amount of pixels of a Full HD display. This results in an extremely sharp image and overall great image quality. In terms of pixel density (measured in pixels per inch), this display measures at 163...
Con Disappointing input lag
The absolute input lag measured on this display is quite high at 87 ms. Although this won't disturb casual players, it's definitely not ideal for fast-paced gaming situations - despite a fast response time.
Con Maximum refresh rate limited to 75 Hz, less ideal for fast-paced action
The maximum supported refresh rate of this monitor is 75 Hz or 75 frames per second which is a tad faster than non-Freesync monitors, but is not as good as 120 or 144 Hz displays. Especially fast-paced games benefit from a higher refresh rate, for a more fluid gaming experience.
The LG 29UM68 is a 29 inch ultra-wide Full HD (2560 x 1080 pixels) monitor with support for HDMI and DisplayPort.
Pro Aspect ratio is ideal for movies, offers greater field of view in games
The LG 29UM68 is a display with a rather unique 21:9 aspect ratio, which is ultra-wide. The difference with a regular 16:9 display is that there are added pixels on both sides, which increases workspace. It's also ideal to watch movies as most recent movies are filmed in a widescreen aspect ra...
Pro Provides great image quality and color reproduction
The IPS-panel used in LG's monitor offers great image quality, especially compared to the more common TN-panels. Contrast is great with a 1000:1 ratio (better blacks), luminosity is excellent, images are vibrant and the color reproduction is great as well. These attributes are all due to the f...
Con Slow response time
The response time for the screen is limited at 5 ms, which is significantly slower than some other monitors. This makes the LG 29UM68 less ideal for gaming situations that require quick input.
Con Refresh rate limited to 75Hz, not great for fast-paced action
The maximum supported refresh rate of this monitor is 75 Hz or 75 frames per second which is a tad faster than non-Freesync monitors, but is not as good as 120 or 144 Hz displays. Especially fast-paced games benefit from a higher refresh rate, as it offers a more fluid gaming experience.
Samsung U32E850R
The Samsung U32E850R is a 31,5 inch monitor with 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160 pixels) resolution and support for DisplayPort, Mini DisplayPort and two HDMI connections.
Pro Allows you to use two inputs at once
The Samsung U32E850R has a great multitasking feature, which allows you to use two devices on the screen at the same time. You can either choose to use an overlay mode (picture-in-picture), or display the images side by side (picture by picture).
Pro Extremely sharp
The Samsung U32E850R uses a 4K-display with a resolution of 2160 x 3840 pixels, which is four times the amount of pixels of a Full HD display. This results in an extremely sharp image and overall great image quality. In terms of pixel density which is measured in pixels per inch, this display achi...
Con Expensive
With an average price tag of $1000, the Samsung U32E850R is positioned in the higher-end market. However, some other 4K monitors with comparable specifications and features offer more value.
Con Slower response time
The response time of this display is limited a 4 ms, which is excellent for normal usage but isn't as fast as some other monitors. In fast-paced gaming situations, ghosting may occur - ghosting happens when the previous image can still be seen on the screen due to a slower refresh rate.
The AOC G2460PQU is 24 inch display with a Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) and support for VGA, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort.
Pro High build quality
The build quality of the G2460PQU is very high and the overall feel of the display is quite robust. The display also isn't prone to accidental slipping due to the sturdy stand.
Pro Extremely bright
Although the maximum brightness for the G2460PQU is specified at 350 cd (candela)/m², the display actually performs even better. With a testing result of 423 cd/m², the maximum brightness is extremely high. For comparison: the average similar TN-display only reaches 300 cd/m².
Con Bad viewing angles
Color shifting occurs when viewing the display at around the 60° mark horizontally, and color shifting (the distortion of colors) is even more noticeable when viewed at vertical angles.
In terms of color, the G2460PQU is able to achieve a little under 96% of the sRGB standard, but there are some hue errors in magenta and cyan which prohibits the screen from reaching 100% of the sRGB color gamut. Calibration is needed to eliminate these errors as much as possible - but still remain


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Oklahoma native Dwight Twilley has had a long and storied career with just as many successes as near misses. He is best known for two Top 20 hits, 1975's "I'm on Fire" and 1984's "Girls", the latter of which was popular on MTV back in the day thanks to a racy—some would say sexist—video. However, Twilley also suffered setbacks when his 1976 song "Shark (In the Dark)" was debuted on American Bandstand, only to be yanked as a single by his record company for fear that the buying public would too closely associate it with Jaws and deem it a novelty tune. He also had problems in 1986 when his album Wild Dogs landed with a thud in the midst of a payola scandal involving the president of his record company, too.
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