Optical Zoom Versus Digital Zoom

A common misconception of digital camcorders is the advertising component known as "total zoom". This is the combination of Optical Zoom + Digital Zoom. It is important to fully understand the values and disadvantages of both types. Selecting a camcorder with a respectably higher optical zoom can lead to more effective video shooting and clearer picture results. It enlarges a picture using the actual lenses. It will allow you to capture a video from a farther distance without losing picture quality. Digital zoom, on the other hand, will allow you to enlarge a picture but consequentially will reduce the overall picture quality. The word Digital refers to enlarging the picture "artificially". It selects the specific area of the picture you would like to capture and enlarges it. It is important to select a digital camcorder that will meet your specific needs. If you are interested in recording videos at a distance such as sporting events or a scenic route, it would be important to own a camcorder that will allow you to capture a clear and concise picture when using the zoom feature. However, if your budget and recording intentions are lower, most zoom capabilities will still be effective. For a selection of affordable digital camcorders that feature both clear picture quality and impressive optical zooming options, visit http://www.camcorderhut.com/Digital_Camcorders.html . It is important to choose a camcorder with large optical zoom, but this is not the only feature that you should consider when purchasing. Be sure to research shooting modes (wide screen or full screen), and other technology available today!

Taken from www.articlecity.com

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Paul Casinelli Camcorder Hut.com sells affordable and brand name digital camcorders, camcorder cases and camcorder bags, as well as camcorder accessories. As a company they strive to offer customers informative digital camcorder information in addition to low priced items. Please visit http://www.camcorderhut.com for great deals on digital camcorders as well as other informative articles regarding digital camcorders!

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Addictive XBox360 Game "Tales Of Vesperia"

"A Power struggle begins in a civilization dependant on an ancient technology, the blastia, and the Empire that control it" That is part of opening introduction of "Tales of Vesperia", The first Tales RPG release in HD with detail and graphics never before seen in the series.

The Story

The Story is very addictive comprising exiting character from Renegade Princess with mysterious healing artes without using any body blastia, Two friends with separate path with the same goal to change the Empire, ones becoming emperial knight the other make a new guild "Brave Vesperia". There are also a very genius researcher and girl mage with unique attitude, the frighten young member of Hunting Guild which becoming the leader of Brave Vesperia as the story progress.

The Game Play

The game play also evolving when the game progress, this make us never bored encountering enemies. We can also choose to encounter the enemy or not because it's not random encounter, we can hinder or run from the enemies.

The combo and artes also evolve, first we can only use normal attack and normal arte. when the story progress we can combine normal attack, normal arte and altered arte. then we can combine overlimit , altered arte and burst arte, there is also fatal strike when the enemy is continue to recieve the same arte and many more combination. Those make it very addictive, we can experiment many combination killing moves.

The exciting features

many other exciting features, such us cooking, and conversation between character.

This conversation feature make exploring dungeon and traveling the Tales world very interesting, we will never bored because we can see the character talking each other while traveling.

That combination of the story, game play and conversation feature is making this Tales Games is very addictive, I never bored playing it.

Things to consider when buying a Netbook

Now is Netbook time ! Notebook in mini size is becoming trend.
New Notebook in the market are : MSI Wind, Acer Aspire One, HP Mini Note 2133, Axioo Pico, Lenovo Ideapad S10 and ASUS Eee PC 1000H
There are some factor you must consiber when buying a Netbook that is :

SCREEN
Bigger LCD Screen size will give you a better view, and can view web page in original size. If the screen is too small can't view the whole web page but too big screen will make the price expensive.

CONNECTIVITY
Wireless network is a must and 802.11 n/draft support will make you easy to access Wi-Fi network when going abroad. Bluetooth connectivity also neccessary, because it's easier to connect to mobile phone or other gadgets.

STORAGE
Storage capability is not so critical, but the speed is determined by a good storage media. Solid State Drive (SSD) have better access speed but the storage is limited and can't be upgrade easily. SATA Harddisk is slower but can be upgrade and have better storage capacity.


The other components is depend on your taste, like number of USB Port, color, finishing material, keyboard configuration, touchpad and preinstalled software provided. So hopefully with this guidance you can easily to choose your netbook.

Differences betwen LCD and Plasma TVs

Plasma and LCD panels may look similar, but the flat screen and thin profile is where the similarities end. There are a number of significant differences between the two.

Let us understand the meaning of Plasma and LCD Televisions in order to better understand the differences between them.

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY TELEVISION (LCD TV).

LCD TV uses LCD technology for its visual output. Liquid Crystal Display or LCD is a thin, flat display device made up of a number of color or monochrome pixels arrayed infront of a light source or reflector. In color LCDs each individual pixel is divided into three cells or subpixels which are colored red, green and blue. Each cell or subpixel can be controlled independently to yield thousands or millions of possible colors for each pixel. LCD TVs can make for excellent High Definition TV viewing.

LCD TVs - The Good

1. Excellent Color Reproduction - LCDs can display millions of colors accurately.

2. Multi-functional - LCD TVs have a plethora of connectivity options. They typically include inputs for composite video, S-video, High Definition Multimedia Interface(HDMI) and PC In.

3. No Burn In - With LCDs there is no problem of Burn In. Some TVs that rely on phosphors such as Plasmas and CRTs can experience Burn In where ghost images are permanently burned into the screen.

4. Inherently Progressive - LCDs use millions of tiny transistors that can be individually controlled by the "brains" inside the display. So LCDs can easily handle progressive-scan sources.

5. High Resolution - LCDs can display High Definition content with resolutions of 1366x768. The highest resolution achieved in a LCD is 1920x1080. 1080p is also called Full High Definition whereas 720p is called High Definition.

LCD TVs - The Bad

1. Expensive - LCD TVs are great but they are not cheap. LCD TVs cost more per inch than plasmas.

2. Poor Reproduction of Blacks - LCD TVs tend to produce grays, not blacks.

3. Limited Viewing Angle - LCDs have typically poor viewing angle. However, there has been a drastic improvement on this front with latest LCDs achieving a wide viewing angle of 178 degrees.

4. Slow Response Time - LCDs have longer response times than Plasmas.For example, when moving the mouse too fast on an LCD, multiple cursors can sometimes be seen. This is also known as Ghosting Effect. But this problem seems to have been addressed with the latest LCD TVs with response times as low as 8ms.

5. Low Contrast Ratio - Contrast Ratio is the ratio of the intensity of the brightest bright to the darkest dark. LCDs comparitively have lower Contrast Ratios than Plasmas.

PLASMA TELEVISION

A plasma screen contains literally millions of gas-filled cells (each one acting as a single image pixel) trapped between two pieces of glass. An electrical grid zaps these cells and causes the gases to ionize (and ionized gas is plasma - hence the name). The ionized gases, in turn, cause a layer of phosphor on the viewer's side layer of glass to light up. Plasma TVs combine a thin, compact chassis with a truly large screen size. Despite their compact dimensions Plasmas are available in 42+, 50+ and even 60+ inch sizes.

Plasma TVs - The Good

1. Excellent Brightness - Plasma TVs don't rely on a light bulb shining through or reflecting off of something (as an LCD or DLP system does). Plasma brightness is even better than CRT's in some ways because the picture is evenly bright across the entire screen.

2. High Resolution - The finest plasma TVs have such high resolutions (and such smooth images) that they look life like.

3. Progressive in nature - All the pixels on the screen light up simultaneously. You can have progressive HDTV sources (such as 720p) and non-HDTV sources (such as progressive-scan DVD players) displayed to full advantage on a plasma HDTV.

4. Wide Viewing Angle - Plasmas have a wider viewing angle as compared to LCDs. Plasma displays have a good picture even when you're sitting "off axis" (not perpendicular to the screen surface). This is a huge benefit for smaller rooms, where viewers may sit relatively far off to the sides of the screen, at wider angles.

Plasma TVs - The Bad

1. Burn-In - Plasmas rely on phosphor to display video. This can cause Burn-In where ghost images are permanently burned into the screen.

2. Short Lifespan - Another phenomenon of any phosphor-based display system is that eventually the phosphors "wear out" or lose their brightness. This is a subtle and slow process, but it inevitably happens.

3. Less-than-perfect color reproduction - Although plasma displays can produce a breathtaking array of colors, a lot of sets have the unfortunate tendency to make red colors look more orange than true red.

4. Poor reproduction of black - Plasma TVs fall short in the realm of reproducing black images. Most plasmas do slightly better job than LCD TVs at black reproduction, but they fall short of CRTs and some projection systems.



Other factors such as pricing, weight, power usage, high altitude performance and transportation are other considerations that apply on a person to person basis. So I will briefly just state the overall differences in these areas.

Pricing: Plasma TVs are still significantly less expensive than LCD in sizes over 32".

Weight: LCD TVs are considerably lighter and as such easier to mount and install. So… Plasma TVs will almost likely require a professional installer.

Power Usage: LCD TVs use on average half of the power Plasma TVs use

High altitude performance: High altitudes can affect the performance of plasma TV displays because the gas held inside each pixel is stressed, and has to work harder to perform. So……LCD TVs are better at high altitude (6500 feet and above).

Transportation: LCD TVs are lighter and far less fragile than plasma displays making shipping easier and less expensive.

Because technology in both Plasma and LCD TVS is advancing rapidly we may find some of these differences (such as size) very minimal in the near future.

Taken From : http://www.articlecity.com/

About The Author
Johnny Waymire has a great free resource site, http://tv-advisor.com/ , containing practical and helpful information on how to purchase Flat Panel TVs that fit YOUR needs. Visit to find all the helps, brands and reviews to make your next purchase very informative.

Green Act in Our Office

This Following slide is Tips Guide to save our Mother Earth (in Indonesian Language):

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Camcorder Rental - Inexpensive Film Making To Preserve Your Memories

Ownership of camcorder or digital video is certainly a significant issue these days, particularly those whose hobbies are to spend a large amount of their time outside the home. In addition to just going out, numerous people are also interested in special occasions that are indoors such as dinners and parties.

But not every one of them has the means to afford camcorders for these occasions. One of the most significant points is that a camcorder by itself may cost more than the entire value of the party. The reason that camcorder rentals has become a very popular way of getting to use one is because it is without the high expense of having to buy one.

Depending on your perspective a camcorder rental is the same as owning one, except for the fact that it's a short period of time. The majority of the time, numerous different camcorders, from the low-end ones to the midrange and high end high definition ones are available for rent at all rental stores. Indeed, the majority of the high-end advanced camcorders are much cheaper than what they would cost to purchase, for let's say one or two days on a special occasion.

Special Packages

There are many stores, both online and around the country that offer smaller packages that have better quality camcorder rental services at a very reasonable price. And these packages come with various added accessories and equipment to be used together with the camcorder as well, such as the tripod, railings, lighting set and much more.

Going through online rental stores, there are many types of packages depending on the type of occasion and so on. Holidays are a very popular time to rent a camcorder and most of the time, camcorder rental services are more expensive during the Christmas and New Years holidays and usually you have to book them in advance.

To avoid disappointment, you should call and check again as the event or the day comes near. This applies especially if your occasion falls on the public holidays or seasonal holidays.

Renting a camcorder is indeed a very simple thing to do. One of the reasons that this service is so popular is due to the fact that it's very cost effective. It is an easy task to find many different rental outlets or service centers in the yellow pages or online through the various search engines such as Google and Yahoo.

There are also several online auction, bidding and bargain sites which also have a category for camcorder rental services. Additionally, if you schedule a service early through these sites, at various times they may have seasonal discounts or weekend rentals, so now you have the ability to make use of the camcorder rental at the most affordable cost for you.

Taken from www.articlecity.com, The Author : Korbin Newlyn.

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Korbin Newlyn is an expert in the consumer electronics field. If you would like to learn more go to http://www.camcorderpros.com/ and at http://www.camcorderpros.com/camcorder-guide/dvd-camcorder/

Prince Of Persia The Movie

The success of Prince Of Persia's Trilogy was proving enough for Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney to buy POP License in 2004. Now the news was spreading about the making of the film.
Many gossips about the actor is now spread and now was known that Jake Gyllenhaal was chosen. Jake was talented actor who act before in Brookeback mountain, Zodiac and The Day after Tomorrow. He will act as Dastan, The Prince Of Persia in 16 century, who join force with Tamina preventing the abuse used of Sand of Time.
Unfortunately the film's released date on 19th June 2009 was postpone to 2010. This is cause by special effect process is taking longer time than expected for making stuning and typical of fantasy world.
You can see the latest trailer, celebrity interviews and clips go to ReelzChannel.com!!! Mike Newell is in talks to direct Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.

PSP Video For Free

If you have many DVD or VCD Movies collection, you don't need to buy PSP Movies with the same tittle. You just convert it from your DVD or VCD.
The steps are :
Step 1.
Find with Google search for Video to PSP Converter, after you find the links, download the program. If you can, search for free ones. Or just link to this http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BBRS50MH for Imtoo video to PSP Converter.

Step 2.
Install the program and then run the application/program.

Step 3
Unfornately the program can only convert for 3 - 5 minutes, you must buy the registration code or for this old version, you can click on help button then click enter registration code and key in user name : AGGRESSION and serial number : 565A-8E0R-D76N-F988-E0DB-9EB7-EDA8-C349 and BINGO!!! You already have the full feature converter.

Step 4
Run the program again and click file to add the video file, and on the profile you can choose into what kind quality of PSP movies.

Step 5.
Adding the movies file to your PSP is simply by connecting your PSP to your computer via USB, then click tools button and chose PSP Video Manager and you can choose to copy or to move the file to your PSP (don't forget to insert the Memory stick, because the movie file will be stored there)

Now enjoy your Favorite movies on your PSP.
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Free conversion PDA to IPhone Display

Pocket PC display customization to be like IPhone has been done before, but it needed big capacity software which burdening the memory of PPC.
Also this software usually doesn't allow common user to change the display as they like it, it need many certain Tools.
There is one alternative that can be applied, The software is IFonz, sound like the Apple product ? This Software developer even added several Added Icon and we can also attach our image.
The easy step how to install it is as follows :
Step 1.
Download this application in CAB Format in http://www.savefile.com/files/1382445. for the icon image can be download in two links, Standard Icon in http://www.savefile.com/files/1382446 and the extra icon in http://www.savefile.com/files/1382447.

Step 2.
Install IFonz application in your PPC (WM 5 and 6). Move the standard icon and extra icon in any folder you want it.

Step 3.
Open this application in your PDA. Opening movie will be displayed, in flash file, showing application logo and developer. After several second PPC display will be IPhone like/taste.

Step 4.
Don't stop, the customization just started. If you check, you will find some unused icon, depend on your PPC, but usually Navigator or finance icons or any thing you can change with our important features such as shortcut to our favorite games.

It is easy, just prepare The game icon and save it PPC folder, then click the unused icon for longer time until the setup page is displayed. here we can decide the new application name, icon image and what application trigger by this icon. It's user friendly interface.

Step 5.
After done with icon customization, Now we start to play with background, simply touch free zone of the screen which there are no icon for longer time until showing another new setting page.

There are two column which we can alter the parameter. first for portrait position's background image and the second for landscape position.

Choose the image according to your personality perhaps your own photo, that is your choice

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Translated from Mobile guide magazine edisi 17

Choosing the Right Camcorder

When you go shopping for a new digital camcorder, you'll be presented with a endless number of specifications and features. Your challenge is to sort through all the specifications and figure out whether the camera will meet your specific needs. When reviewing the spec sheet for any new camcorder, pay special attention to these items:

1. CCDs: A 3-CCD (also called 3-chip) camcorder provides much better image quality but is also a lot more expensive. A 3-CCD camera is by no means mandatory, but it is nice to have.

2. Progressive scan: This is another feature that is nice but not absolutely mandatory. Resolution: Some spec sheets list horizontal lines of resolution (for example, 525 lines); others list the number of pixels (for example, 690,000 pixels). Either way, more is better when it comes to resolution.

3. Optical zoom: Spec sheets usually list optical and digital zoom separately. Digital zoom numbers are usually high (200x, for example) and seem appealing. Ignore the big digital zoom number and focus (get it?) on the optical zoom factor (which describes how well the camera lens actually sees); the optical zoom factor should be in the 12x-25x range. Digital zoom just crops the picture captured by the CCD and then makes each remaining pixel bigger to fill the screen, resulting in greatly reduced image quality.

4. Tape format: MiniDV is the most common format.

5. Batteries: You should buy a camcorder that uses lithium ion batteries - they last longer and are easier to maintain than NiMH (nickel-metal-hydride) batteries.

6. Microphone connector: For the sake of sound quality, the camcorder should have some provisions for connecting an external microphone. Most camcorders have a standard mini-jack connector for an external mic, and some high-end camcorders have a 3-pin XLR connector. XLR connectors - also sometimes called balanced audio connectors - are used by many high-quality microphones and PA (public address) systems.

7. Manual controls: Virtually all modern camcorders offer automatic focus and exposure control, but sometimes manual control is preferable. Control rings around the lens are easier to use than tiny knobs or slider switches on the side of the camera - and you'll be familiar with them if you already know how to use 35mm film cameras.

8. Choose from different ones at http://www.yourwayelectronics.com/

Oh My God It's Screensaver !!!

One day Bill Gates has a dream.
In the dream, Bill Gates was died and Because he has many good deed, God give him freedom to choose Heaven or Hell.
Before Bill made the decision, he was lead by angel to see Heaven and Hell.

In Heaven Bill see that Heaven is like Bible said, The road is from gold , the roof is from precious stone, and the situation is peacefull.

In Hell Bill see the situation is like Miami Beach, full of fun and girls in swimsuit and He also see there is a big mouse in the corner and other gadgets.

After seeing two places, Bill think that everything in Heaven is not High tech and he already own so much gold when alive but Hell is so high tech , fun and full of girls.

Finally Bill choose hell and Angel take Bill to Hell. Arriving Hell, Bill was shock by what he saw. Hell's situation is like Bible said, full of fire and people was tortured for eternity.
Bill protested to Angel “why it is different than before?”. The angel calmly said “ Why you don't touch the mouse?”
Bill suddenly woke up and scream
“ Oh My God it's Screensaver!!”

Games and Console News

The Reason Why Final Fantasy XIII release in Xbox360

Surely many gamers wondering why Final Fantasy XIII which is exclusively release for PS3 before, was also released for Xbox 360. This question was answered by Albert Pennello as Microsoft Global Marketing Manager, He said that the reason why finally FFXIII was released for X360 was the success of this Next-Gen console. He added that after releasing many games for Microsoft, The relation between Microsoft and Square Enix are more close. Penello stated that from this relation Square Enix could see how big Xbox 360 market share, so this is right decision to release FFXIII for Xbox 360.
But it seemed the real reason is Square want to have big profit for their games.

Sony PSP-3000, Not Ordinary Handheld Console
In October Sony will officially released their New Version of PSP Handheld , PSP-3000. There will be three color choices Black, White and Silver. Although the design is similar to PSP Slim or Lite, there is one superb feature that PSP-3000 has, Ability to use Skype for phone connection.
For this feature PSP-3000 was equipped with high resolution screen display and built in microphone, making skype phone connection is easier for the user.
For the time being Sony Planned to release PSP-3000 in Europe and US region with the price around USD 199.99 for US region and Euro 199 for Europe region. Fortunately Sony not yet stated when they release for Asia region.
Sony targeted to sell 15 millions unit PSP-3000 globally from this year until March 2009.

New Lara Croft model for Tomb Raider game

Presenting Newest Lara Croft model : Allison Carrol

Allison Carrol , 27 years old, former gymnastic player, from Croyton UK, successfully beating more than hundreds girls competing tobe Lara Croft model for the newest Tomb Raider game relesed by Eidos Interactive.

Allison will acted in many event including commercial TV that connected to Tomb Raider game. For this purpose Allison willingly resign from her job as golf club receptionist, and she train herself quite hard for Lara Croft Style stunt act as in the game.

The newest Tomb Raider will be titled Tom Raider Underworld and planned to be release in next November 2008. This Game will be release in many platforms including PC, DS, PS3, XBOX 360, Wii and PS2.