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Mitsubishi WD60C9

February 18th, 2010
WD60C9

The Mitsubishi WD60C9

The WD60C9 is one heck of a TV. It has great HD, 3 HDMI ports, 3D capability, and is a whopping 60″ big. At a retail price of around $1200, this is a great feature set for a cheaper TV. There are a few things to be aware of, though, before shelling out any money for the WD60C9.

The first is that Mitsubishi support is terrible. I spent 5 hours on the phone with 8 customer service representatives trying to figure out why part of the image on my TV was getting cut off. I never got an answer. Since this issue only happened when hooking up to my computer, I sent a note to Nvdia Support. There they found the TV, did some testing, and told me that it wasn’t what is called overscan, but A frequency issue. Who is at fault? Mistubishi. So for now, I’m using Nvidia’s resize desktop option and I’m running on slightly less than 1080p HD resolution. This is disappointing, because I bought the TV for full HD 3D, and I’m not getting full HD. But, I digress.
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The Xbox 360 Arcade

February 13th, 2010
Xbox 360 Arcade

Xbox 360 Arcade

The Xbox 36o. What to say? This is an amazing gaming console. I’ve had a few run-ins with Microsoft and the Xbox 360 before, but somehow I felt this experience was different. I feel that with the Jasper chipset (The one in all the new Xbox 260 Arcades) the Redmond based Mega-Corporation may have finally gotten it right.

Let’s start off with the basics.

1st: This version of the Xbox 360 Arcade, the one with the Jasper Chipset, overheats a lot less. I got a good 12 hours in before my first freeze, where I had to restart and everything worked fine again. That’s the only time I’ve had to restart it.

2nd: The new Arcades are very quiet. The disc drives are a significant amount less noisy.

3rd: The new Arcades use quite a bit less power than their older counterparts. Even the external power supply is noticeably smaller.

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Nvidia 3D Vision Kit

February 12th, 2010
Nvidia 3d Vision Kit

Nvidia 3d Vision Kit

3D is coming. It’s coming fast, whether you like it or not. Nice thing to know if you’re a gamer is, Nvidia has you covered. Not to mention that these are the cheapest wireless 3d shutter glasses (of descent decent quality) that I have found to date.

The Nvidia 3d vision kit comes with everything you need to get your compatible system up and running, but there are a few requirements that even the most powerful systems in the world typically won’t even meet, so read carefully, or you may waste $200, and have hours of frustration.

  • First, and Foremost: You need a 120hz monitor or a 3D compatible DLP tv or a 3D projector.
  • Second: You need an Nvidia video card that is a 9800 or above.
  • Third: You should have at least a Dual-Core Processor or better.

For a full list of requirements, please, look here, and download the system checker to see if your system can run 3D.

Now that I’ve given you a full disclaimer, lets get to the reviewing.

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Bioshock 2 (PC)

February 9th, 2010
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Bioshock 2 Big Daddy

Bioshock 1 was an outstanding game, regardless of whether or not FPS games are your style. Well, Bioshock 2 only adds onto the Expansive story and city that is Rapture. The first thing you’ll notice is the visuals. I thought Rapture was amazing before, but this is just amazing. The second thing you’ll notice is your character. You now play as a big daddy, trying to protect your little sisters from the others, and choosing whether or not to harvest them. A lot of the Plasmids are the same, but to the same effect, a mass amount of Plasmids are new. The most important expansion though, are the guns. Even in the first 30 min of game, you are shown around the same amount of weapons as there were in the entire first game, and the list gets very big very fast.
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The Novint Falcon

February 6th, 2010

Novint Falcon Game Controller

Rating: 4/5

This winter we got our hands on the Novint Falcon. It is a gun game controller with force feedback haptic response. In english, it goes “bang” when you shoot it.  The Novint Falcon has amazing potential, that is held down by lacking software support by N-Vent and it’s drivers. The forces on the Falcon are amazingly realistic, the control scheme is perfect, and The Falcon is easier to use than any mouse I’ve ever used. But, Novint’s proudest technology doesn’t have a great game library. Unless you’re a die hard source fan, I would wait until it at least supports modern warfare 2 before buying the Falcon, because once that happens, their “High-Support” or “F-Gen HD” title support should pick up very quickly.  Other than that, this is an amazing device, with one of the great features of it being a very active community, one where even the Novint CEO (tomnovint) is constantly spotted commenting. This means that if for some reason your Falcon breaks beyond repair, you can immediatly talk to the “Head Honcho” who will issue a refund or send you another one. I have yet to run into any hardware issue with the Falcon, but it’s nice to know I have that safe padding.

It a great device held down by lacking software, thats why it only gets 4 stars out of 5

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