That was me I'm sure -- and it's one of many small errors that slipped into the podcast. CES tends to be such a whirlwind that trying to keep track of what's available and what is "coming soon" is often very difficult. Anyway, the price point is definitely high, but if you're buying a Dell laptop you might be able to get one at a much lower price in the future.
SO HAPPY to once again have an Anandtech podcast to listen to!! I won't have time to listen until I'm home from work, but thanks in advance to everyone!
Calling it stupid is like calling a PhD is stupid. When you spend several of your best years intensely studying and researching a topic, you're welcome to expect a little recognition upon completion. It's a title, like Sir (knighthood) or Governor. The titles themselves are arbitrary, but the qualifications and perceptions behind them are hard-earned.
Calling it stupid is like calling a PhD is stupid. When you spend several of your best years intensely studying and researching a topic, you're welcome to expect a little recognition upon completion. It's a title, like Sir (knighthood) or Governor. The titles themselves are arbitrary, but the qualifications and perceptions behind them are hard-earned.
Great to have the podcast back! I knew you guys would do a good job without the "guru", and I'm sure things will only improve with experience.
Well-intentioned feedback:
I found the tone of the show a little too uncritical at times - "wow, we got to see all this cool stuff, should get released in the next quarter!" The thing that was really enjoyable when Brian and Anand were on song was that we got a lot of context and perspective about the state of the industry and its major players, and maybe a few hints about what they really thought that probably would not make it into print. I felt that the Broadwell and Atom sections could have used some of this context.
Also, I didn't come away with an understanding of how Freesync and G-sync will be supported in future by rival graphics card producers and monitor makers. It seems as though this would be a great technology for televisions, given the morass of different broadcast, film, and video frame rates, although it sounds as though a 24 Hertz frame rate could be tough on LCD.
G-Sync/Adaptive-Sync is all about the input signal and keeping in sync with it when it varies. TVs always receive a constant signal, be it 24Hz, 25Hz, 50Hz, or 60Hz, and all but the cheapest can switch to any of those refresh rates. So for constant sources, TVs are already well equipped.
Although in theory this would be helpful for broadcast television, e.g. switching from a 24Hz show to a 60Hz commercial, you'd have to break the television broadcasting process to get there as existing gear would have no clue what to do.
Yes, I see, broadcast standards cannot be easily varied to match source material.
However, for recorded material output to a monitor or TV, graphics cards and drivers seem to do a lousy job of adjusting refresh rates to match that of the source material. A lot of that is player software, and poorly-encoded files, but not all of it. HTPC forums are full of people trying to get this stuff to work with Intel/AMD/nVidia drivers.
Many TVs have a problem with 24 Hz material, and some don't cope as well at 50 Hz as they do at 60 Hz. A lot of LCD monitors seem to work only at around 60 Hz.
Presumably, monitors and graphics cards equipped to handle variable refresh rates ought to be well placed to overcome these difficulties with constant but various refresh rates.
I just wanted to say that I was pleasantly surprised by the podcast. I think you guys did a good job of not dwelling on any topic for too long, which is a trap a lot of tech podcasts fall into. I will echo Klug4Pres in saying that my favorite thing about Anand was his ability to take a step back from the technical nitty gritty and look at the bigger picture. His commentary on the industry was always illuminating.
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nevertell - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Whilst I do not want to say anything bad about you guys, it will be weird listening to the podcast and not hearing Anand or Dr. Klug's voices.JarredWalton - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
There is no Dr. Klug -- only Dr. Ian Cutress. The rest of us were far less dedicated to our studies I think. :-)tspacie - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
The direct links are for Podcast 29 - ComputexRyan Smith - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
D'oh. Find & replace has let me down.Fixed.
JlHADJOE - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Thank you very much! It's been too long since the last Anandtech podcast.sciwizam - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Some mentioned that the Dell Venue 8 7000 is not shipping, I think you can buy them now at Best Buy and Dell.http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-venue-8-7840-tablet/...
JarredWalton - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
That was me I'm sure -- and it's one of many small errors that slipped into the podcast. CES tends to be such a whirlwind that trying to keep track of what's available and what is "coming soon" is often very difficult. Anyway, the price point is definitely high, but if you're buying a Dell laptop you might be able to get one at a much lower price in the future.MrCommunistGen - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
SO HAPPY to once again have an Anandtech podcast to listen to!! I won't have time to listen until I'm home from work, but thanks in advance to everyone!Blassster - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
<3ruthan - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
Pleas get rid out that stupid Dr. preffix stuff is ridiculous, just Ian dude would be better.Hung - Friday, January 16, 2015 - link
Calling it stupid is like calling a PhD is stupid. When you spend several of your best years intensely studying and researching a topic, you're welcome to expect a little recognition upon completion. It's a title, like Sir (knighthood) or Governor. The titles themselves are arbitrary, but the qualifications and perceptions behind them are hard-earned.Hung - Friday, January 16, 2015 - link
Calling it stupid is like calling a PhD is stupid. When you spend several of your best years intensely studying and researching a topic, you're welcome to expect a little recognition upon completion. It's a title, like Sir (knighthood) or Governor. The titles themselves are arbitrary, but the qualifications and perceptions behind them are hard-earned.nathanddrews - Friday, January 16, 2015 - link
I presume that he spent a lot of money and worked really hard to get that prefix. Why dismiss it?Klug4Pres - Friday, January 16, 2015 - link
Great to have the podcast back! I knew you guys would do a good job without the "guru", and I'm sure things will only improve with experience.Well-intentioned feedback:
I found the tone of the show a little too uncritical at times - "wow, we got to see all this cool stuff, should get released in the next quarter!" The thing that was really enjoyable when Brian and Anand were on song was that we got a lot of context and perspective about the state of the industry and its major players, and maybe a few hints about what they really thought that probably would not make it into print. I felt that the Broadwell and Atom sections could have used some of this context.
Also, I didn't come away with an understanding of how Freesync and G-sync will be supported in future by rival graphics card producers and monitor makers. It seems as though this would be a great technology for televisions, given the morass of different broadcast, film, and video frame rates, although it sounds as though a 24 Hertz frame rate could be tough on LCD.
Ryan Smith - Friday, January 16, 2015 - link
G-Sync/Adaptive-Sync is all about the input signal and keeping in sync with it when it varies. TVs always receive a constant signal, be it 24Hz, 25Hz, 50Hz, or 60Hz, and all but the cheapest can switch to any of those refresh rates. So for constant sources, TVs are already well equipped.Although in theory this would be helpful for broadcast television, e.g. switching from a 24Hz show to a 60Hz commercial, you'd have to break the television broadcasting process to get there as existing gear would have no clue what to do.
Klug4Pres - Saturday, January 17, 2015 - link
Yes, I see, broadcast standards cannot be easily varied to match source material.However, for recorded material output to a monitor or TV, graphics cards and drivers seem to do a lousy job of adjusting refresh rates to match that of the source material. A lot of that is player software, and poorly-encoded files, but not all of it. HTPC forums are full of people trying to get this stuff to work with Intel/AMD/nVidia drivers.
Many TVs have a problem with 24 Hz material, and some don't cope as well at 50 Hz as they do at 60 Hz. A lot of LCD monitors seem to work only at around 60 Hz.
Presumably, monitors and graphics cards equipped to handle variable refresh rates ought to be well placed to overcome these difficulties with constant but various refresh rates.
Stochastic - Saturday, January 17, 2015 - link
I just wanted to say that I was pleasantly surprised by the podcast. I think you guys did a good job of not dwelling on any topic for too long, which is a trap a lot of tech podcasts fall into. I will echo Klug4Pres in saying that my favorite thing about Anand was his ability to take a step back from the technical nitty gritty and look at the bigger picture. His commentary on the industry was always illuminating.kliend - Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - link
Great :) Thanks for sharing.