The result: half the screen was greyed-out or obstructed by static (see photo above).
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Akamai's Hyperconnected Living Room concept demoed here at NAB aims to enhance the dual-screen experience by both pushing out on-demand movies and other streaming content and bringing related info to your slate, exactly when you'd expect to see it.
The Panel was nice and bright, even eclipsing our LED-backlit XPS M1330 on maximum settings -- though the screen looked washed out, viewed from off-angles -- and featured smooth action and no perceptible audio sync issues when playing a DVD-quality movie.
As this drama of century-ending technical screen work played out on one level, much longer-term contributions got their due, too.
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But those full-screen mobile ads are just a flat-out terrible experience.
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Xperia J has eye-catching design with a stand-out screen size for consumers looking to combine great style with affordability.
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First, we need laws requiring all ISPs--any organization that provides Internet access--to screen out illegal content, or content soliciting an illegal transaction, once they are notified of its existence.
The Avatar Kinect system will let people host and attend virtual meetings and gatherings with the avatars of their friends and have their on-screen doubles act out what they are doing in real life.
Next up is the Nikon Coolpix 8800, an eight megapixel camera with a 10x optical zoom lens and a 1.8-inch flip-out LCD screen that's the first consumer camera from them that uses their Vibration Reduction anti-shake system.
Once you're done risking everyone's life talking on the phone, fire up your Bluetooth-equipped DAP -- or just stick in a CD -- and you can stream high-fidelity audio throughout your ride, while checking out on-screen track info and navigating your music with the wireless remote.
Just look at how fast information technology departments swung to servers connecting to PCs, shutting down mainframe and mini-computer data centers and wiping out thousands of green-screen terminals.
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Both are apparently headed to Europe some time next month, continuing to prove that Samsung are willing to test out any screen-size.
Fairly similar to the Coolpix 8800, the new eight megapixel Nikon Coolpix 8400 has a wide angle, 3.5x optical zoom lens and a 1.8-inch flip-out LCD screen.
The touch-screen-only model is coming out in the U.S. in March.
But SmartGlass is the broadest multi-screen initiative to come out of the major home console vendors, both in terms of the range of possibilities as well as the number of supported devices.
We don't see any major surprises in specs -- there's a dual-core Tegra 2 1GHz processor, 4.3-inch qHD screen, 8MP rear camera, and 1080p HDMI-out video, to list off the highlights -- although we are excited to see Gingerbread may be in the mix here, indicated by the ever-so-subtle blue bar seen on the phone's screen.
Flingo is keen on partnering with set-top box makers, TV manufacturers and TV networks to build out second screen experiences, and Navin sees show-specific apps holding their own, but third party solutions like GetGlue going the way of the dodo.
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The primary upgrade outside of the OS is a swap-out of that frankly mediocre Super AMOLED screen of the original RAZR smartphone for a much nicer ColorBoost LCD -- sorry, ColourBoost.
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For all its flat-screen razzle and high-bandwidth dazzle, it seems the world has run out of major ideas.
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With a 3x optical zoom, 6 megapixel CCD, and the increasingly common 2.5-inch screen, there isn't a whole lot that stands out about this camera -- except for that outlandish ISO range.
Later this year, they plan to roll out a 9-screen, 3-D cinema and 1, 000 square meter coliseum.
To top it off, heavily indebted consumers seem more interested in paying down what they owe than splashing out on flat-screen televisions.
Back in March, Pirillo did a video of his dad (obviously a tech-savvy guy with a multi-screen setup) trying to figure out how to use the consumer preview of Windows 8.
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S60, 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, yeah yeah -- it's a phone with freaking HDMI out.
Another alternative to the mouse as a pointing device is to use a gaze-tracking camera, which works out where you are looking and moves an on-screen pointer accordingly.
E-Verify, which attempts to screen out unauthorized immigrants by checking employees against federal databases, failed his daughter, a U.S. citizen.
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Easy-to-read full-screen graphics help users get the most out of their workouts.
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If the host gets stumped, producers call out advice from off-screen.
Matching its older sister's 10.1-inch Gorilla Glass screen, there's now an all-over splash resistant coating (inside and out), with those intriguing cut-off corners we've seen already there to aid the ergonomics of handling the slab.
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