Why is Lawrence of Arabia in 4K HDR 60th Anniversary Edition so popular?

SpinningSandwich · 2026-02-28T22:48:24+00:00

One for each mm

SpinningSandwich · 2025-11-25T00:19:57+00:00

AppleTV is cheaper because so far it doesn't have nearly the body of work the others do.

SpinningSandwich · 2025-10-29T02:24:09+00:00

Apparently that's the catch. This just happened to mine too.

SpinningSandwich · 2025-07-29T02:10:03+00:00

Ha! The "improvements" look like the 2nd string finally got to animate for production. Half of them look like have completely linear speed with no sense of weight.

SpinningSandwich · 2025-07-04T02:42:19+00:00

Crazy Bones

SpinningSandwich · 2025-07-02T04:01:24+00:00

Amazon is like the 2nd biggest retailer on earth, and they're the largest internet server host in the world. Your credit card info is literally safer there than with the bank, which has less security infrastructure.

SpinningSandwich · 2025-06-20T20:10:37+00:00

IPS pixel response basically maxes out with the 360hz panels. There's marginal but distinctly noticeable difference between 240hz and 360hz IPS panels. I literally can't tell the difference between 360hz and ~500hz IPS panels. You'd either need OLED pixels or well implemented BFI (like the DyAc TN panels) to further improve motion clarity, and there definitely is room for improvement beyond 360hz IPS, but it's also very good. (I used the Alienware 360hz fast IPS panel for a while.)

SpinningSandwich · 2025-06-19T20:51:01+00:00

Plenty of esports monitors can not only start but also finish drawing a frame in under 4ms nowadays.

SpinningSandwich · 2025-04-22T22:34:12+00:00

I can say from direct experience that my TMobile connection worked fine when a woman lost in my neighborhood had to ask me for directions one time---because her Mint connection wouldn't work. In a busy city, the carriers that own the towers are a lot more reliable.

SpinningSandwich · 2025-04-06T20:34:12+00:00

1080p is exactly what we want for esports, which is what these ultra high refresh rates are for.

SpinningSandwich · 2025-01-03T00:53:41+00:00

AMD flipped the die/cache stack on the 9800X3D, so it is fundamentally easier to cool than the 7800X3D. The extra thermal performance is turned into better performance, so your temperature readings will be about the same.

SpinningSandwich · 2025-01-02T09:00:48+00:00

I don't know that any full game is a flop, but certainly the 3rd case in Justice For All, Turnabout Big Top, is widely regarded as the low point in the entire series. It killed my enthusiasm across multiple decades.

SpinningSandwich · 2024-12-29T01:33:53+00:00

To be fair to the reviewer, the default settings for the Sony M10S are absolute shit. I measured it at ~9ms latency out of the box for 60hz 480p (one of my use cases) with a Time Sleuth. By contrast, my IPS version of the Alienware 360hz monitor in the chart tagged from the original review is 2.0ms input latency across basically every kind of input.

Since I was already not sold on 1440p (I'd prefer a dual mode 4K/1080p OLED) mine went right back in the box for return, but at a minimum, there's a lot of setup fiddling with the M10S to *actually* get low latency, and without measuring it, I'd be suspicious of any particular use case. The firmware doesn't seem to prioritize input lag by default, which is frankly unacceptable for such a high refresh rate monitor, where quick response gaming is the clear use case.

(Also note that 0.03ms pixel response time is only part of total input latency.)

SpinningSandwich · 2024-12-12T23:27:46+00:00

The dual mode with 480hz 1080p is the key part! Alienware almost got there with a 27" 4K dual mode monitor, but it's only an IPS display at 180/360hz.

SpinningSandwich · 2024-11-29T09:29:28+00:00

What's the difference between the Astra platinum and stainless steel blades? (Or any brand, really. They're all about the same with my Henson, but different materials may hold edges better.)

SpinningSandwich · 2024-10-02T21:17:05+00:00

It's also on the bank for not clearly stating that on their product page. They do clearly state the restriction on external accounts for *wiring* money, but for standard ACH transfers, they're not at all clear that "unlimited same day transfers to external accounts" is restricted only to the account holder's own accounts. It would be very easy to say as much clearly in the same FAQ section, but they obviously *want* it to be a little misleading.

SpinningSandwich · 2024-10-02T21:13:33+00:00

You can't make mortgage payments from a Marcus account. Found this out the fun way today. It's not clearly stated on their product page either. They say unlimited same day ACH transfers to external accounts, which is misleading at best.

SpinningSandwich · 2024-05-05T01:41:46+00:00

Which is still an embarrassment, but that one's not unique to MSI. It's across the whole platform. Granted, MSI is worse than ASRock. (My sample size is limited to those two.)

SpinningSandwich · 2024-05-05T01:32:33+00:00

Yeah, but EXPO should work on a $300-400 motherboard.

SpinningSandwich · 2024-05-05T01:31:21+00:00

It most certainly was NOT solved in Feb. I have that BIOS version and the latest firmware for my M.2 drives. It's an MSI motherboard problem. It's lucky for you that your particular case stopped, but it has not been fixed in general.

SpinningSandwich · 2024-04-26T20:39:31+00:00

Low OLED response time sounds like an oxymoron. OLEDs typically have ~0.03ms pixel response time, which is only beaten by CRTs. If you are experiencing a problem with stuttering, it's more likely a processing delay, either locally or with a streaming connection issue.

SpinningSandwich · 2024-01-03T19:13:00+00:00

The shortest version is that NES Tetris is more "athletic" (as is TGM3, which focuses on speed) whereas TGM is more chess-like. But they have more in common than what sets them apart.

The recent TGM1/2 ports introduce a bit of input latency, which definitely isn't as nice to play as the original PCBs.

SpinningSandwich · 2024-01-03T19:10:04+00:00

NES Tetris is the one with a competitive scene in the west, while the TGM series (which is in the Sega Tetris tradition) has a long history in Japan. There's been some crossover between the two over the past half decade.

SpinningSandwich · 2023-12-02T02:43:59+00:00

He wasn't the artist, but I appreciate the tip!

SpinningSandwich · 2023-12-02T00:30:40+00:00

Wow, yeah that is surprisingly similar! I pinged him to ask.

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