Recent content by Pan*

You assume that it's a binary choice: streaming or traditional TV. I wouldn't watch cable TV with ads even if streaming didn't exist, and there is no universe where I'd pay for it. Fuck ads with a rusty traffic bollard.

I recently bought a second FT02, however the hard drive sleds are missing. I have the sleds from my original one, so it's no big issue, but I'm wondering if anyone has explored alternatives to the FT02 drive cage. Any good vertical mounts for hard disks in 5.25" slots, or alternative hard drive...

This year's LG OLEDs support 120Hz refresh (only up to 1440p until a HDMI 2.1 source arrives) and very low input lag (~7ms for a 120Hz source iirc). That would avoid some compromises. Although, the real features of 120Hz 4k and variable refresh rate will only arrive with HDMI 2.1, whenever that...

I saw a demo of 8k video back around 2011 and it is phenomenal. There was a video shot of a soccer game with the field of view covering 60% of the pitch at once. In the background of the shot was the ~10k people who filled that quarter of the stadium and each face could be individually...

A fast response time is a given with OLED, but I hope that input lag has been minimized as well. The mention of a 'pixel shifter' to minimize burn-in effects does not look promising in that regard. I would jump on this right now at $2k, assuming low input lag, but $5k is too much to swallow to...

I just tried 82Hz and 75Hz on my S27A850D. Frames appeared to being dropped, although the monitor accepted them fine when I didn't mess with the blanking values. When I tried modified blanking values to get 85Hz under 330MHz the screen showed but there was a delay and slight blurring on the...

Its a s27A850d - Samsung's 27" PLS monitor. (Thanks)

I got my s27A850d today and I love it. I was waiting for this monitor since March and it has exceeded expectations. There is hardly any backlight bleed. Just a tiny bit on the bottom edge right above the Samsung logo, about 3" wide. Even if I look for it specifically I cannot find it unless...

These under-preforming PSU reviews are always entertaining and worth the read.