USB 1.1, USB 2.0, and USB 3.0
History
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. USB is a plug-and-play interface used between computers and add-on devices (such as audio players, joysticks, keyboards, scanners, mass storage devices, and printers). With USB, a new device can be installed into your computer without having to add an adapter card, or even having [...]
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What is Firmware?
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Electronics Products, Introductions
Firmware refers to read-only memory (ROM) chips that store permanent instructions. Firmware boots up computerized or digital devices, as ROM chips are non-volatile, meaning they do not require a power source to hold their contents. This differentiates firmware from random access memory (RAM), for example, which loses stored data at shutdown. Perhaps the most familiar [...]
Choose The Right Type Of Camera
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Cameras, Digital Photography
A Guide To How To Choose The Right Type Of Camera
Choosing the right camera can be an extremely difficult task. There are literally hundreds of cameras to choose from, and making the wrong choice is the last thing you would want to do. Choosing the right type of camera for your needs would probably be [...]
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What is an HTPC?
May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Home Theater, How To Setup, Introductions
HTPC. Four little letters that are becoming increasingly common. They stand for Home Theater Personal Computer. But what is an HTPC, and how does it differ from a normal computer?
Four Little Letters
HTPC. It is a term that is becoming increasingly popular as the range of PCs it describes blossoms, but like many terms which are [...]
Tags: home entertainment·Home Theater Personal Computer·HTPC·PC home entertainment
OLED vs Laser TV
April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Digital TVs, Electronics Products, Introductions, LCD HD TVs, Q & A, Technology
Exactly what are these new technologies?
OLED TVs and Laser TVs offer two versions of television technology. These two types of televisions have multiple similarities to consider. They also have individual benefits to consider before you make your final purchase.
First, there are concerns over both technologies and they are:
* Laser: Some techies have raised questions of [...]
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LCD Technology: Response Time
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Computer Displays, Digital TVs, Displays, LCD HD TVs, LCD Monitors, TVs
Enabling crisp full-motion video
With the recent widespread use of PC and online games, and PCs equipped with DVD drives give users more opportunities to see moving images such as those in 3D games or action movies on screen. This increase in motion picture content means computer monitors must be able to display not only still [...]
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Understanding LCD Display Dead Pixels
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Computer Displays, Displays, Introductions, LCD HD TVs, LCD Monitors, TVs
A liquid crystal display (LCD) is a thin, electronic flat panel used to display information and images. It includes monitors for computers, televisions, instrument panels, and other devices ranging from aircraft cockpit displays, to every-day consumer devices such as video players, gaming devices, clocks, watches, calculators, and telephones. LCDs are simply everywhere now.
Its major features [...]
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Intro to LCD TVs
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Computer Displays, Displays, Introductions, LCD HD TVs, LCD Monitors, TVs
LCD Technology
How LCD’s Work
The twisted nematic (TN) is the most common type liquid crystal used in display applications such as LCD televisions, monitors and projectors. It is so named because it has a naturally twisted crystalline structure. This crystal reacts to electric currents in predictable ways, such as untwisting to varying degrees depending on the [...]
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