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Tuesday, July 19

Full HD or 3D Plasma?

I posted few weeks back of my interest to get a Panny 50" Plasma. But as I was shopping around Ikano last weekend, I stumbled upon LG's 3D Plasma inside Harvey Norman. Checked out the spec and all, and everything seemed to be in place with Panny's U30K model. The only difference would be Panny come with Full HD while LG come with HD Ready. But then again, LG's PW450 is a 3D Plasma. So which is more important? What is so special bout this 3D plasma you asked? Well for one, it's their new technology using passive 3D rather than the conventional active which you see everywhere. So what's the different between passive & active you ask? Here's a few advantages which they claimed on their new passive 3D technology. 
  1. Flicker Free
  2. Light and Comfortable
  3. Battery Free
  4. Reasonable for extra glasses 
  5. Brighter Screen
  6. Flexible Viewing Angle (wide angle)
But they do have their limitation such as vertical limitation which I still haven't tested it out. The active 3D uses 1080 on each eye which means they are showing you true HD whereas passive cut down the resolution into half on each eyes to 540. You will see the difference if you really look carefully but I don't think that is really a major issue here. Most importantly it's flicker free which means you won't feel dizzy or nausea once you take off the glasses. It's light and so comfortable that you don't even know that you're wearing them. You don't have to recharge the glasses as there's no battery needed. And the glasses are so darn cheap. You can get extra 5 pairs of them for less than RM200 as compared to active glasses which cost you close to RM400 a piece. You can have a wide angle of viewing on this passive technology as compared to active which restrict to a certain angle only. 


So coming back to my predicament of either Full HD or 3D. Do I need Full HD or not? I did read around forums and reviews about this. They all agreed that for a 50" TV and with the recommended distance, you can't really see the difference between them two. Unless you're sitting 2.5m away from it, you won't really notice any difference between a Full HD or HD Ready TV. I had personally tested this last night by watching Panny's X and U series side by side. At a distance of 3m and less, you can still see the difference in sharpness on the wording especially. But if you go further back, you can't differentiate them two. I am sitting 13feet away from my TV at home, so I guess I won't see any difference. Picture quality, contrast and brightness is the same. Even if you're playing games or watching a movie at home. 

Then come the question of, "Do I really need 3D?". Since there isn't much 3D movies out there for the time being but 3DTV is the way to go in the future. The good thing about LG's new 3DTV is that, you can convert normal 2D to 3D. It's not true 3D but you do have the depth difference after switching it on and wearing those glasses. Another cool feature is the control of depth for the 3D. This comes useful for me since I am sitting further away hence I need a deeper depth in the 3D effect. So confusing on which to purchase now actually. And another  thing, LG's model has a higher resolution of 3M:1 while Panny only 2M:1. Not sure if this makes any significant difference over here or not. Never really have the chance to compare U30K and PW450 side by side till date. I need to decide soon as I really need a good TV for my home. For my video, you can watch it [HERE].

Tuesday, July 12

You Will Always Be Remembered

It's been a sad case after another. Well I am not talking about the Bersih 2.0 rally since it's been talked about 24-7 every where online possible. Last week me and my friends had just lost a long friends of ours. She had fought with her enemy for the last 2 years plus and we all know that she still put on a smile for all of us when we sees her. We know that she is suffering and in pain inside due to the cancer cells attacking every inch of her body but she is a fighter and never gave up hope. So we as her friends, didn't either. We supported her as much as we can spiritually, mentally and physically. Whatever helps. But her battle came to an end last Friday morning when I received a text from my friend. She had breath the last breath and left us with just her fond memories.

We are all deeply sadden by this but we know that she is now in a better place with God looking down upon us. We should really be glad that she had fought this long and never gave up even though the doctors had given up hope. She still fight on and believe that everything will be alright at the end of the road. But God love her too much and decided to bring her nearer to HIM. And we respect that although we are all missing her and thinking about how she make us all smile with her jokes and antics. Ivy, you will be miss deeply among us and trust that we will never forget you. And you will always be remembered as the fighter, the dreamer and the funny lady in my heart. 

In another note, I'd just found out that one of my colleague had just been diagnosed with Leukemia. The doctor had 90% confirmation on that yesterday. It was another sad gloomy day in the office for all of us. She is still very spirited when my colleague meet up with her yesterday evening and even joke bout the result from the hospital. We will all pray for her and hopefully she will pull trough during this difficult time. I think the most we as friend can do now, is to pray and just help as much as we can and supporting her all the way. 

Wednesday, July 6

Protein in Eggs

Lately I have been trying to control my diet since I am starting to do free weight as to classes. I had mix opinions in my dietary but at the end, they all agreed that taking 12 eggs a days is recommended. This is because I need the protein from the eggs to bulk up and also to repair my muscles from the exercise. But for me, 12 eggs is a bit too much even for me. So I took 6-8 a days. But how bout the yolks? I heard that the yolk gave high protein hence I still need to take some. My gym-mate recommended me to take 4 eggs with one yolk. So I took 3 whole eggs and 1 yolk since I don't wanna take too much cholesterol from the yolk. It's a bit confusing since we need the yolk's protein but then at the same time it gives bad side effect if taken too much. 

So I went online and search around. Found out that actually egg white gave an average of 4g of protein whereas the yolk only 2.7g. The cholesterol all came from the yolk alone (213mg). The carbohydrate is around the same for both (0.34g). So why do I need to take any yolk then since the white can provide me higher protein? I had the perception previously that the yolk provide higher protein but now from what I read, it's the other way around. Some friend asked why don't I take protein. Well that is another option of course. But eggs gave the most natural form of protein that the body can easily absorb. Protein in eggs is so much higher than the one you find in fish and meat too. It is 100% bio-available, which means that our body will full absorb it (amino-acid) without any wastage. As opposed to other form of protein we take (i.e powder) which need to be broken down into other form before our body can absorb it. 

So at the end, egg is still the best form of protein and for our body. But depending on your exercise routine, it will determine how much do you really need to consume it. Some research shows that we do not want to exceed 300mg of cholesterol a day but a yolk alone already gives a 213mg. So just take it moderately I guess. But as all the dietitian will agree, eat moderately and in balance. We need to have a balance of everything in our diet. Cutting down in oily and fried food is definitely a must if you want to stay healthy needless to say if you wanted to buff up. So balance your exercise with good healthy diet.  

Tuesday, July 5

Street Fighter IV Volts

I was browsing the new apps section in iTunes when I came across this. It's Street Fighter IV Volts. It'd just released on the 30t Jun. I only managed to download it the next day since I need for it to be available in the free section. There is a new introduction price for this new apps as follow:

**FIGHT TIME SALES**
For limited time, we are offering “Street Fighter IV VOLT -Battle Protocol-(Fixed price $6.99)“ for below price!!
“Starting” 2011/6/30 : $0.99
From 2011/7/1 00:00am PST : $1.99
From 2011/7/2 00:00am PST : $2.99
From 2011/7/3 00:00am PST : $3.99
From 2011/7/4 00:00am PST : $4.99
From 2011/7/5 00:00am PST : $5.99
From 2011/7/6 00:00am PST : $6.99 (Fixed price)
Price goes up one day at time so get while you can!!

So if you are getting it today, you can still save $1 from it's fixed price of $6.99. Anyway, what is new from this installment of Street Fighter IV Volts from it's predecessor? Well for one, it has 3 new characters namely, Barlog, Vega and Cody. The graphics seemed to be almost the same with the predecessor but with some minor change in the Ultra Combos execution CG. I trust that Capcom is doing as much as possible to mimic the iPhone version of the game with it's Arcade or PS3. I still can't really feel the Retina Display on the game here but it's still a very awesome game. 

Other than the 3 new characters, the developer had also added a new feature which enable the players to fight against other players around the world via WiFi. Yup, you heard me right, you will be challenge by anybody anytime if you enable your WiFi. I was surprised too when I was being challenged during my first time playing this new version. But it was very laggy from my side. Not sure how it was from the other end though. Mind you I am using my home's Unifi line that time.You can earn points and status after each duel and show it to the world. Pretty nifty, since you can now brag to your friends of your awesome-ness. hahaha!   

Monday, July 4

My First Media Player - HiMedia H600A

Finally I'd decided on my media player after some long online searching through forums. The winner is HiMedia from China. OK, I know some of you are probably thinking how good is a China made product is. Well, this could be the heavy weight champion of the media player if I do say so myself. And the price is really reasonable too. You can probably get a media player for less than RM100 nowadays but I am looking for something that support 1080p Full HD for my coming plasma TV. So I need something good and also not burn my wallet at the same time. You can have other more expensive brand like Ac Ryan HD2 or Western Digital's Media TV, but those price tag will go as high as RM500-RM600 and above. So I don't need that. 

I am looking for something that support most of the common video files like, *iso, *ts, *mkv, *avi and *rmvb. Second would be the video format which support from 480p up to 1080p (60Hz). So for 1080p I will need a HDMI 1.3 input from the media player which is really important. Not many players out there which support a 1.4 version of the HDMI but I am not using that for my Plasma so it doesn't make any different here. I heard that v1.4 only applicable for 3D-LED for their high speed transfer. Another important thing is the user friendly GUI and also redesigned remote control. The remote control is really solid and has all the short cuts available with a single push of a button. It doesn't really look like anything from China in fact. 

Just tested it out with my old 20" CRT TV the whole weekend and was really satisfied by it. But using it on a 20" CRT is like installing a turbo charge engine inside a Kancil. LOLX! Now I am still thinking whether to wait for the new LG's PV250 50" FHD Plasma or just get Panny's U30K instead. Contemplating~!!! 

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