Sunday, June 7, 2009

CCFL, RGB and White LED TV Back Light system






What is the major comparison between CCFL, RGB LED and White LED back light for LCD TV?

CCFL
CCFL has certain mercury content and LED Back Light is mercury free.
LED back light has a wider colour Gamut than CCFL
CCFL has high Power Consumption and LED backlight has a higher Luminous Intensity.

RGB LED
It is true that RGB LED BLU offers a wider color gamut, but image quality becomes more likely to degrade if the color gamut is extended more than necessary. It will cause the display to render incorrect colours.
RGB LED back Light can have a Local dimming which enable to have extra Dynamic Contrast up to 2,000,000:1

White LED
White LED BLU benefits are more efficient in boosting image quality.
White balance fluctuates more easily for RGB LEDs
Cost lower than RGB LED BLU
Lower manufacturing costs
Simpler backlight control system
LED Back light can work with Impulsive Driving that enhance picture speed and movie will appear smoother. We can reduce spatiotemporal integration time by inserting a black frame between image frames.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Music and Mobility: Philips GoGear

Philips had music and mobility in mind when they created and launched their latest gadgets in the market and called the collection Philips GoGear.Philips revealed their new suite of Go Gear portable media players matched with top notch sound quality and stylish design.Let me make this simple for you, you don't have to believe me in the design aspect, just check out the photos of the models below.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

UNICEF & Stairway Foundation Pushes for Anti Child Pornography Act of 2009

Stairway Foundation, in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), aims to break the silence in the realities of child pornography in the Philippines. One of the avenues with which they are pushing this advocacy is through the recent premiere of a new animated film drama called Red Leaves, last Tuesday (June 2), at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium in RCBC Plaza, Makati City.The

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Status update

Last month, I compiled a list of 26 albums I planned to listen to over the summer. Having since listened to five of the twenty six, I figured it was time for a batch of reviews. So here we go!

A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
This one's a bit of a cheat - out of the twenty-six albums, I'd listened to maybe three or four in the past, but not enough that I remembered every song. So I wanted to give them a second chance. And Get Guilty - much like the last album from The New Pornographers, the band for whom Newman is the principal writer - grew on me after a second listening. Newman's penchant for pop hooks is obvious, and welcome, but he switches it up a bit with a few lower-energy songs as well. Throw in lyrics that are slightly better than those of the New Pornographers, and I'm really digging this album.
Grade: A-
Recommended Tracks: The Palace At 4 AM; The Collected Works; Young Atlantis

Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs
While still classified as indie, Hey Rosetta! is decidedly more of the acoustic-guitar-and-a-piano variety. Kind of like the Goo Goo Dolls crossed with John Mayer. In a way. Not my first choice of music, and most of the ballads on this album are decent enough for what they are, but don't do anything for me. But there are a few songs that slip more into 90s alternative than anything (mainly the ones listed below), and those are going to stick on my iPod.
Grade: B-
Recommended Tracks: A Thousand Suns; There's An Arc; New Goodbye

Dog Day - Night Group
Dog Day are a little different. A garage band with a string section, which gives their songs a darker feel than typical indie. The best comparison I can draw upon would be that Dog Day are Billy Talent with less intensity and more poppiness. But I mean that in a good way. Still having that problem where it's difficult to remember any specific song, I just get one or another stuck in my head and think "that's Dog Day", but maybe that will change over time.
Grade: B
Recommended Tracks: Lydia; Career Suicide; Great Pains

Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
Sunset Rubdown features the lead singer of Wolf Parade, and...well, that's really all I knew about them going into this. That and that I should presumably like them. Unfortunately, I spent the first half of the album thinking maybe it was Swan Lake and the second half thinking maybe it was the Handsome Furs, completely forgetting I even had Sunset Rubdown, so I was comparing apples to oranges. Either way, the album was a disappointment compared to my expectations. Extremely eccentric, yes (as if you couldn't tell by the titles below), and maybe one song that you'd ever hear on any radio station anywhere...but all in all, not to my taste. I'm told Shut Up I Am Dreaming is their more accessible album, I'm going to give that a listen at some point.
Grade: B-
Recommended Tracks: Up On Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days; The Courtesan Has Sung; Trumpet, Trumpet, Toot! Toot!

Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
I didn't do this on purpose, I swear, but we close with hands-down my favourite album of the moment. Better than any New Pornographers, any R.E.M., any Oasis. As I was listening to it the first time, it took me only until the third song to figure out that I was going to remember a lot of these choruses for a long time to come. And that's exactly what happened. It drags a bit at the end (Backseats and the "tell that to _____ when she _____" song I can't remember the name of offhand are two of three songs I'm not hugely into, the third being Miles Davis & The Cool), but it starts off strong, and it's seriously catchy. Plus the lyrics actually work in the "revolving around a theme/story" sense. Only gripe, and it's extremely minor but this is why they didn't get an A+, is that while the verses are great and the choruses are great, the getting from one to the other sometimes leaves something to be desired musically. Like I said, extremely minor, and I'd recommend this album to anyone who likes music.
Grade: A
Recommended Tracks: Film Noir; Casanova, Baby!; Meet Me By The River's Edge

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Garfield got weird again. Also, hats and Mexican food are funny.

--Ryan

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

14th Graphic Expo 2009 Starts Today!

The Philippine's 14th Graphic Expo 2009, the country's distinguished trade show in creative and graphic design, starts today - June 3 - and will hold a number of seminars as well until June 6, 2009. It will be held at the Phiilippine Trade and Training Center (PTTC) in Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City, Philippines.Although registration fee is around P3,300, there are some seminars which are free (but

Monday, June 1, 2009

The Podium Enables Free WiFi

The Podium in Ortigas (Pasig City) launched their free Wifi service last Sunday, May 31, 2009. This is actually the 3rd-in-a-row as two other Wifi services were launched by the SM Group in the past few months which included SM Marikina and The Block at SM North Edsa.The launch this time though, is a little different such that an entertainment was provided in the first part as Podium's usual

Charity Dodgeball Tournament a Success

Held last May 30 at Club 650 in Libis, the First Annual Dodgeball Tournament organized by Playboy Philippines for the benefit of Gives Back Foundation was a success! It was also supported by different sponsors including 100 Plus drink.8 teams from different sectors battled it out in the game. Two blogger teams namely Blog Ballers and Digital Manila didn't make it to the finals but nonetheless