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I don’t think I’ve made it a secret that I generally dislike standard definition video these days. If I had the power, I would turn all standard definition (SD) video into high definition (HD) video and all SD formats into HD formats. Native HD that is, not upscaled. Talk about a nerdy superpower. But I […]
I’ve been thinking about building a new editing PC for a while now. I want something with a good GPU. I have a 2012 Mac Mini I use for editing right now and also a 2017 15″ Macbook Pro I use as my daily driver for everything else. I also have an old 2008 Macbook […]
Yes. Of Course. But let’s argue why and why not anyway. I love physical media. I grew up with all kinds of it. Vinyl, 8 Track, Reel to Reel Tape, Cassettes, CDs, VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc, MiniDisc, DAT, DCC, DVD, Blu-Ray and now UHD Blu-ray. While I didn’t own all of these formats, I was aware […]
Previous articles (not required reading – but good anyway :) ) First Minidisc article: http://www.roxics.com/ode-to-the-minidisc-the-forgotten-format/ Second Minidisc article: http://www.roxics.com/minidisc-instead-of-vinyl/ It’s been three years since my last Minidisc article (Minidisc instead of Vinyl), so I figured it was time for a new one. Not a tone has changed for me. I got one new portable player, a Sony […]
Previous Minidisc article (not required reading): http://www.roxics.com/ode-to-the-minidisc-the-forgotten-format/ It’s been twenty-three months since my post titled Blu-ray is the new Vinyl. I’ve stayed pretty true to the things I said there. I still have yet to buy a new turntable or any new albums on vinyl. I cooled my jets on the format. I still think the […]
I got into DVD pretty quickly, unlike Blu-ray which took me six years after its launch to buy into it. It started with the first computer that I built. I made sure to buy a DVD-Rom drive for it because I was excited about the new movie format. This was 1998. We were aware of […]
I’ve owned two Android phones in my life. The first was some HTC deal I got many years ago that had a little rollerball on the front. I owned it for about a week before realizing I could get an iPhone 3Gs. I don’t remember what the circumstances were but I jumped ship to […]
Honestly I don’t remember the first time I used a proper desktop computer. I believe it was in the computer lab at my elementary school in the late 1980s. Maybe fourth or fifth grade. I want to say it was an Apple II, but I’m not sure. I really wasn’t paying much attention and we […]
The 3rd Generation Apple TV was released in March 2012, but even now in March 2015 (a full three years later) it’s still the newest model available. I hadn’t even realized myself how long it had been out until I bought one and looked it up. Hence the reason I’m telling you at the start […]
Now this is awkward. I’m giving a SocialMore update on my personal blog, not on SocialMore.com. Have you seen the movie The Lone Ranger, the new one with Johnny Depp? Throughout the movie he’s always feeding his dead bird. That’s how I feel about SocialMore. I started this project in late 2009. I brought on […]