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Nikon Announce Recall to Replace Rechargeable Battery Packs
“The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Nikon Rechargeable Battery Packs with Model Number EN-EL3 […]
Hazard: These battery packs can short circuit, causing them to overheat and possibly melt, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Nikon has confirmed four reports of incidents of the problem worldwide with no reports of injuries.”
CPSC via Juha
Japan demonstrates next-gen TV broadcast
“Aiming at next-generation broadcasting, Japan Broadcast Corporation (NHK) has demonstrated a live relay of a [4k] x 8k resolution Super Hi-Vision program connecting a 260-km distance by a fiberoptic network. NHK’s next-generation broadcasting system can convey the sensation of reality to viewers. Super Hi-Vision is the provisional format for that purpose, achieving 7680 x 4320 pixels.”
Welcome to DDR!
So I went looking for the new memory module I needed from the Net, but TwinMOS modules like the one I have seemed rare. And yet, the one retailer from whose listings I did find them happened to be the local one (Keski-Suomen tietokonepalvelu) and what’s even better, they had them on sale, so the next day (last monday) I picked up my TwinMOS PC3200 module (pictured inside a Kingston holder) from them.
So I’m going at Double Data Rate now, yay!
Mobile phone camera + spotting scope = Phonescoping!
“What do you need to get start:
- Mobilephone with integrated camera
- Spotting scope with stabile tripod
- Adapter to connect your mobile to the scope”
Need a new memory module
Constant compressing of digitally recorded TV programs has finally run me out of memory. My 512 MB TwinMOS module needs a companion. But was it a regular model or a premium series module? Damn, can’t remember.
Oh, just realized that the premium series one only does 200 Mhz so mine must be the regular one, since I’m currently running it with an Athlon XP 2600+ which only does 333 MHz in bus speed. Though I am thinking of upgrading that to something with 400 MHz capability, too.
Terratec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C and NEC 3540A
Yesterday I went digital. A Terratec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C tv-card I ordered the day before arrived and I installed it successfully.
Initially I had trouble finding any channels with the scanner. After upgrading to the latest beta driver and application software versions (2.2.0.6.0512 at the time of writing) the app allowed changing the QAM to 128, the value used by the local cable company, and the scanner was then able to find all commercial channels but none from Yle.
Then I found a pre-made settings file for the Jyväskylä region (Jyvas, 1 kt) posted by “jan2005” on a Cinergy 1200 discussion thread on DVD Plaza forums, and nothing else was needed: everything (apart from Yle subtitles) now works.
The app reports the cable signal as being as low as 39 % and the manual says it should be at least 60 % to be acceptable, but so far I haven’t noticed any degradation in picture quality. Could be I’m just not looking for the right things, though, as I’m not used to digital picture quality yet.
Also got me a Dual Layer DVD writer, a NEC 3540A. The silver looks much nicer with the Shuttle front panel than the old (read only) DVD drive’s white face.
Digital Camera Failures
“In the past week, four major camera makers [Canon, Fujifilm, Konica Minolta and Sony] have quietly published service advisories admitting their digital cameras are dying. In each case, the flaw appears to involve Sony CCD sensors using epoxy packaging that eventually lets in moisture.”
Deathstar vaihdossa
Minulla oli entiseltä LJH:lta, nykyiseltä Tietoasemalta ajat sitten ostettu IBM:n Deathstar-levy, joka kuoli kiitettävän takuuaikansa (kolme vuotta) loppusuoralla. Postitin sen huoltoon ja jäin odottelemaan.
Kuukautta myöhemmin soittelin sen perään kun ei siitä ollut kuulunut mitään. Sain puhelimessa oikein ystävällistä asiakaspalvelua ja huoltomies kertoi, että kun levy on niin vanha niin sille ei oikein ole vaihtokappaletta saatavilla ja ehdotti tilalle jokseenkin vastaavaa Maxtorin levyä. Tämä sopi minulle oikein hyvin, sillä levy ei ollut missään mission critical -tehtävissä. Levy luvattiin postittaa hetimiten.
Kaksi viikkoa myöhemmin eli tänään soittelin sinne taas, kun tuota vaihtolevyä ei vieläkään kuulunut. Kävi ilmi, että huoltomiehellä oli käynyt vanhanaikainen, eli oli ilmeisesti ihan vaan unohtanut postittaa sen levyni. Hän lupasi (taas) postittaa sen heti tänään.
Tästä huoltotoimenpiteen melko pahasta viivästymisestä huolimatta olen erittäin tyytyväinen asiakas, koska saamani asiakaspalvelu oli molemmilla kerroilla niin ystävällistä ja asiallista. Se on ylivertaisen tärkeää kaltaiselleni ihmiselle, joka vihaa asioiden hoitamista puhelimitse.
iTrip Family FM Transmitter for iPod
“The iTrip FM transmitter for the iPod can play your music through any FM radio in your car, at a party, or wherever the mood strikes you – and you have a radio.”