OooooOOOOOoooooo!
Jan. 27th, 2010 08:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beckymonsterOkay - I admit it - I can be a bit of a technophobe from time to time. Defintely not an early adopter;)
Having said that - if you can prove to me that something does the job and does it well then you have a convert.
My family upgraded our TV to a 40" behemoth - HD ready and all that just before Christmas. All very nice.... until today when the Sky box was upgraded to a HD box.
HOLY COW!
As a test - I switched over to NCIS FX HD channel and... the improvement in picture quality is considerable, the clarity would make you weep...
So - guess who'll be watching S5 Who in HD in the Spring then;) Not to mention starting to buy Bluray DVDs...
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Still on the subject of tech that makes me go 'oooOOOOOOooooo' very loudly...
Apple unveil their long awaited 'iPad' tablet
For years I've read (and I ain't kidding about the years thing!) in the Library/book publishing press that e-books would be the next big thing.
Having dealt with them at work - not even 10% of the collection (which is over 250,000 items at my site alone) can be obtained as an e-book at any cost (and let's not discuss that!) I tend to laugh hysterically when anyone claims that e-books are going to be The Next Big Thing.
After looking at that and hearing about Apple's iBooks - I don't think I'll be laughing so hysterically in the future.
There is an awful long way to go but this might be the kick up the backside the publishing industry *needs* to get things moving.
And more to the point? I'd actually like one thank you. I've never said that about any other e-reader to date. So someone is defintely doing something right!
Having said that - if you can prove to me that something does the job and does it well then you have a convert.
My family upgraded our TV to a 40" behemoth - HD ready and all that just before Christmas. All very nice.... until today when the Sky box was upgraded to a HD box.
HOLY COW!
As a test - I switched over to NCIS FX HD channel and... the improvement in picture quality is considerable, the clarity would make you weep...
So - guess who'll be watching S5 Who in HD in the Spring then;) Not to mention starting to buy Bluray DVDs...
***
Still on the subject of tech that makes me go 'oooOOOOOOooooo' very loudly...
Apple unveil their long awaited 'iPad' tablet
For years I've read (and I ain't kidding about the years thing!) in the Library/book publishing press that e-books would be the next big thing.
Having dealt with them at work - not even 10% of the collection (which is over 250,000 items at my site alone) can be obtained as an e-book at any cost (and let's not discuss that!) I tend to laugh hysterically when anyone claims that e-books are going to be The Next Big Thing.
After looking at that and hearing about Apple's iBooks - I don't think I'll be laughing so hysterically in the future.
There is an awful long way to go but this might be the kick up the backside the publishing industry *needs* to get things moving.
And more to the point? I'd actually like one thank you. I've never said that about any other e-reader to date. So someone is defintely doing something right!
