Episode 47
47: Better Pixels
"Needing" the Mac Pro, 4K's chances in the market, Steam Boxes as gaming PC replacements, and a LAN-gaming retrospective.
Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP
January 10, 20141h 47m
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Show Notes
- Follow-up: IBM AS/400 (aka System i) and single-level store.
- Marco's Retina theory.
- PS4 and Xbone sales.
- Trying to care about CES.
- Who "needs" the Mac Pro? Justifying toys and improving quality of life with smart purchases.
- Panasonic’s new LCD TVs compared to great TVs of the past.
- 4K on Fox Sports, 4K's color space, and the chances of 4K catching on quickly.
- A Steam Box (its controller) as a replacement for a gaming PC.
- Three old men reminiscing about their teenage gaming years:
- Null-modem cables, modems, and special networking software.
- Modem initialization strings and SLIP.
- What killed LAN parties? Perhaps it was great 4-player N64 games.
- Three Moves Ahead Podcast.
- Voodoo 3D cards, their silly cables, and Sound Blasters.
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