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Brandon Hill (Blog) - July 17, 2008 10:06 AM

15 comment(s) - last by Chocobollz.. on Jul 18 at 6:03 AM

Acer Aspire 8920G 18.4in Blu-ray Notebook @ Trusted Reviews

DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday

Notebooks
Acer Aspire 8920G 18.4in Blu-ray Notebook @ Trusted Reviews

Processors
AMD Phenom X4 9350e @ Trusted Reviews

Motherboards
MSI P45 Platinum and Asus Maximus II Formula @ Madshrimps
ECS P45T-A Black Motherboard @ Virtual-Hideout
ECS GF8200A Black Series GeForce 8200 Motherboard @ Bigbruin.com

Memory
Corsair XMS3 DHX 1600MHz 4GB Memory Kit @ TweakTown
CSX Diablo PC3 16000 DDR3 2x1GB @ OCC
Patriot PVS22G9200ELK 2GB DDR2 PC2-9200 Memory Kit @ Elite Bastards

Video
PALiT GeForce 9600GT SONIC 1GB Video Card @ CPU3D
Zotac GTX 280 1GB AMP! Edition Video Card @ TheTechLounge
Inno3D GeForce 9800 GTX Overclock Edition @ Guru3D

Storage
160 GB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up @ Hardware Secrets

Cases
Moneual Labs MonCaso 972 HTPC Chassis @ OCIA.net

Consumer Electronics
Philips DTR220/05 Freeview Receiver @ Trusted Reviews
Flip Video Ultra Digital Camcorder @ ThinkComputers.org

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Tweaktown

By rdeegvainl on 7/17/2008 11:13:33 AM , Rating: 2

Interesting, I clicked on the tweak town site, and it requested me to turn off my ad blocker. While completely in their rights to do so, I just left the site instead. Haven't come across this before.

RE: Tweaktown

By TheSpaniard on 7/17/2008 11:26:41 AM , Rating: 2

yea... I will also no longer be visiting the site...

your ads are annoying and intrusive. I will not endure them!

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RE: Tweaktown

By Polynikes on 7/17/2008 11:42:14 AM , Rating: 2

Me three.

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RE: Tweaktown

By jordanclock on 7/17/2008 11:45:03 AM , Rating: 3

According to Firefox, the first page of the article is just over 10KB. However, if I copy and paste the text of that page (relevant to the article) into a .txt file, it's 930 bytes. Also, the page is about 2.5 "screens" for me at 1280x1024 and the text is only three paragraphs.

Yeah... A little bloated, I think.

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RE: Tweaktown

By imaheadcase on 7/17/2008 12:14:50 PM , Rating: 2

I screwed them, i just opened in new browser windows each page. ta ta I win. Tweaktown you suck.

That is so retarded to tell viewers to disable programs.

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RE: Tweaktown

By zebrax2 on 7/17/2008 5:45:30 PM , Rating: 2

if your using firefox and have noscript installed you could also bypass it by not adding tweaktown to the exception list

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RE: Tweaktown

By hadifa on 7/17/2008 8:01:52 PM , Rating: 2

That's right, though the site will display in a disfigured way!

BTW, Don't they deserve some ad revenue?

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RE: Tweaktown

By Chocobollz on 7/18/2008 5:49:40 AM , Rating: 2

I use Opera Mini 4.1 and there is no popup or whatsoever here?? (and yeah, I've clicked the TweakTown link) Maybe it's time for you guys to switch to another browser bandwagon? ;-} For me, Opera is like a Godsend, and FYI, I had been a Firefox fanboy before (for maybe like 4 years?), and after I knew Opera, it's like.. Firefox and IE doesn't even exist! (yeah I know, it might be only me ^ ^)

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RE: Tweaktown

By mmntech on 7/17/2008 12:57:47 PM , Rating: 2

Seems to be the way winds are blowing. Isn't Hulu doing the same thing with ABP? I also remember the guy who runs Guru3d threatening to disable people's accounts if he found them using ad blockers. I never knew whether he was being serious or not. It's dumb. They get the ad revenue regardless of whether I see it or not. It won't be long before they invent a chip for your TV that prevents you from changing the channel during commercials. lol

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RE: Tweaktown

By imaheadcase on 7/17/2008 9:30:29 PM , Rating: 2

No Hulu is not effected by ABP.

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Acer Aspire 8920G 18.4in Blu-ray Notebook

By murphyslabrat on 7/17/2008 12:18:03 PM , Rating: 2

And it still has an F*ing VGA port and modem. When does obsoletion start?

If you have $2,000 to spend on a laptop, what reason could possibly preclude a VGA-to-DVI dongle and a decent internet connection.

RE: Acer Aspire 8920G 18.4in Blu-ray Notebook

By Dribble on 7/17/2008 12:54:12 PM , Rating: 3

Not sure what your problem is...

It has an HDMI connection. You can get (or perhaps get with it) an HDMI->DVI dongle.

What has including a modem port got to do with having a slow internet connection? It has gigabit eithernet and Wifi (110mbit I think) which is plenty fast enough for any internet connectivity.

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