Hisense's new TV is gigantic, but comes with some caveats |
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TVs have steadily been growing larger and larger over the past decade or so, but Hisense just kicked things up a notch. You're gonna need some serious wall space to accomodate its latest laser TV. Keep scrolling to see the story. |
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On Thursday, Sony shocked the e-sports world by acquiring Evo, the biggest fighting game tournament in the world. Reactions were immediately mixed. While some celebrated the new partnership, others lamented that the once plucky tournament had been lost to corporate greed.
The anxiety around the deal isn't unfounded. Confused fans are now left wondering if games like Super Smash Bros. will still have a seat at the table or if Sony is going to strongarm its competitors out of the competitive fighting game arena. Evo claims that the tournament will remain platform-agnostic, but only time will tell how true that ends up being.
Whatever the long-term repercussions are, the deal is ultimately a necessary step for an industry that still desperately needs to grow up.
Corporate intervention
Usually a corporate takeover wouldn't be a cause for celebration, but it's a sigh of relief when it comes to Evo. After the tournament's tumultuous 2020, it seemed like the event would be dead in the water moving forward. The organization's failure to curb widespread harassment felt like a death sentence. Even if Evo wanted to turn things around, it's difficult to ignore such an egregious situation.
A third party had to reset the narrative — and that's where Sony comes in. The announcement came with a renewed commitment to fighting the toxicity that's plagued the event. Both Sony and Evo itself put that idea front and center in their respective press releases announcing the deal.
This careful and considered response is refreshing in the wake of last year's chaos. Evo needed to be sanitized, and a huge company like Sony simply has the resources to get it done. It's not just money that Sony brings to the table — it's reputation. |
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When it comes to getting the biggest image for the lowest possible price, projectors are still king. And if you want all the benefits of a projected image, without the many inconveniences that using a projector normally entails, Hisense's 120-inch L5F Laser Cinema might be the way to go.
What's so special about this thing?
Unlike conventional projectors that must be placed several feet away from the screen, the L5F is a laser TV, which means that it can sit just 13 inches away from the wall it's projecting onto, thanks to its ultra-short-throw (UST) design. Laser TVs also remove the need to replace expensive bulbs, and they typically come with TV tuners, built-in speakers, and full smart TV operating systems and features.
OK, what's the catch?
While the allure of having a monstrous, 120-inch home theater display in your living room is impossible to deny, there are a few things that might dissuade you. First and foremost? The price. This bad boy will set you back a cool $5,000 -- more than double what today's top-of-the-line OLED TVs typically cost. Beyond that, it's also a bit trickier to set up, and it only works as a 120-inch display -- you can't move it backward to make the picture bigger, or closer to make it smaller. Check out the full article to find out more. |
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SpaceX and NASA have reached an agreement aimed at avoiding collisions in orbit that would create more space debris that could potentially endanger human life. Why is this necessary? Here's the backstory:
Earth's overcrowded orbit
SpaceX has a plan to provide global broadband internet by beaming it down from satellites in space. The company has been deploying its small Starlink internet satellites in low-Earth orbit via regular rocket launches that started in May 2019, with around 1,200 of them already providing a beta service from space.
With SpaceX planning to deploy as many as 30,000 additional Starlink satellites in the coming years, and a growing number of other companies also sending satellites skyward, near-Earth orbit is set to get even more crowded.
Avoiding a pileup
Collisions between objects in space cause additional space junk that poses a danger to other satellites, including the human-inhabited International Space Station (ISS) that orbits Earth at a speed of 17,500 mph. And space junk is already a very real threat -- just last year, the station was forced to take swift action to avoid a piece of space debris coming its way.
The serious situation has prompted NASA to work with SpaceX to keep low-Earth orbit safe. The two parties signed a joint agreement this week that will ensure that we don't create a pileup in space and trap ourselves beneath an impenetrable umbrella of space junk. |
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TIPS, TRICKS, & TECHNIQUES |
Laptops are difficult to upgrade in a meaningful way. In many cases, the processor, motherboard, and video card are installed as a one-package setup. If one component fails, you can't simply swap it out — you'll need to replace the whole trio, which can be both timely and expensive. Typically, the only components you can manually upgrade are RAM and storage.
A good way to improve your laptop's performance is to swap out its mechanical hard disk drive (HDD) for a solid-state drive (SSD). It doesn't change how quickly software runs — that's all on the CPU -- but it improves the speed at which software loads and the speed at which software juggles data. That makes a PC feel much faster.
Better still, an SSD isn't difficult to install. You can upgrade most laptops on a kitchen table using just a screwdriver. If you have both items ready to roll, you can get started. |
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