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Tik Tok...Are you on it?
by Con- 2 followers
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Hey everyone thanks for clicking on the topic. Im asking what you know about Tik Tok the video app, especially if you use it, I just want to know how it works and do you like it. I want to start recording the Film Club wheel drawing LIVE! I think it would be so much fun to have people tune in for the live thing. So if you think Tik Tok would work for that...drop me a line or if you want to share your Tik Tok, just paste the link in here. Thanks.
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The targetted cost per month was said to be USD$80 for customers, but at what speed? Their planned 25mb or 50mb download idk. They are seeking to put up 30k satellites as the service is targering rural areas and are registering a beta signup for early 2021. Starlink is also seeking a grant out of Gov initiative of a $16 billion fund set aside to help modernize rural areas digitally where the authorities are holding them to account as it comes to a 100ms latency cap. Its definately something to watch & if you allow yourself to actually think outside the box & pull the trigger & use this service it might change your internet experience from night to da…
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Extend range of wifi.
by Lann- 2 followers
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I dont know enough to know what i need. I have UniFi AP AC Pro supplying me with wifi. Now I would like to get something to extend/boost/increase the wifi range as I moved my PS4 further away. The connection is ok, but i want to see if it can be better. What type of product do i need, and what do i need to know setting it up?
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Quantum .OLED TV
by Smurf- 1 follower
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'My thoughts & assumptions' on this is its going to be cheaper to manufacturing, lower energy use while getting a bright colour acturate screen, lower input latency seeing it doesn't have to spend time filtering colours, expecting image burn in over the years while also expecting it to be more than affordable and thinner & lighter to ship with more space to pack in a shipping container. At the worst they'll charge a heavy price for the research & such if there is no competition working on one in the shadows.
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PS5 Controller Revealed - DualSense
by DavidCore89- 1 follower
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Massive Picture: Link: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2020/04/07/introducing-dualsense-the-new-wireless-game-controller-for-playstation-5/ Not sure what to make of the colour scheme, but very curious to see the console now! Hype increased
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PSN Community app iphone
by Lann- 1 follower
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Anyone else seeing a message about the service/app no longer being available?
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During today's "Road to PS5" presentation, PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny ran through a lot of technical details regarding Sony's upcoming hardware. Though the event seemed geared more towards developers than consumers, it did clarify some information about one of the topics gamers are passionate about: backwards compatibility. Cerny revealed that PS4 (and PS4 Pro) backwards compatibility is a native part of the PS5 chipset, and that it isn't a scenario like the PlayStation 3's backwards compatibility, which essentially just included a copy of the PS2 in every console until the feature was removed in later iterations. "Once backwards compatibility is in the con…
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During today's "Road to PS5" livestream, PlayStation's Mark Cerny delivered a talk getting into the details of the PlayStation 5's specs and architecture. Earlier this month, Xbox released the technical specs for the upcoming Series X. Check out how the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X stand shoulder to shoulder based on what we know so far. PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X CPU 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz 8x Cores @ 3.8 GHz (3.66 GHz w/ SMT) Custom Zen 2 CPU GPU 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHZ 12 TFLOPS, 52 CUs @ 1.825 GHz GPU Architecture Custom RDNA 2 Custom RDNA 2 Memory/Interface 16GB GDDR6/256-bit 16 GB GDDR6 w/ 320mb bus…
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5G
by JustHatched- 1 reply
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I see the Verizon commercials advertising 5G data, I think it is only in a few cities right now such a New York, Chicago (I have no clue about anything outside the USA). Is anyone using it? Thought?
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The device is a programmable, two extra buttons attachment to your Dualshock 4.
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FREE INTERNET!!!!!!
by zztop911- 1 follower
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When I viewed this, I thought of you more metro area guys could use it.
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PS4 Button Fix
by Smurf- 1 follower
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Knowing which version to purchase from the images provided. The item to fix your controller issue is called Conductive Silicone Rubber Pad. Make sure the black circles on them are shiny as its the conductive graphite that gives good response when pressed . It solves your R2/L2 problem not giving 100% button press when racing for a few $. The 1st image below is for the original launch PS4, the compatibility types is JDS 001/ JDS 011. notice the rubber pads I circled in red & compare them to yours. The image below is for the controller that came out when the slim PS4 & PS4 Pro was launched, notice the blue light bar in the touch …
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PS4 Constantly Ejecting
by Potato- 2 followers
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My PS4 has been constantly ejecting discs for no reason, or constantly trying to eject when there's no disc in it. I've read this is a common problem, just wanted to know if anyone else has had this problem, and what did you do to fix it? I had rare occasions where this would happen months ago, but recently this happens more often, and this week it's been pretty much constant. Sony has a quick fix guide for it, which obviously does nothing. I also pulled the rubber foot out underneath the eject button. Is there any way to fix it without having to take the thing apart?
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PSN Store Digital Games Removed
by Smurf- 2 followers
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So i will use this as an example, recently Drive Club was removed from certain regional psn stores and for the U.S its off in 2020. I remember when a Ninja Turtle game was removed from the store sometime back, I was thinking it's probably going to happen slowly but surely with AAA games but not anytime soon. Well my question is how would you handle it if a game you enjoyed was about to meet the chopping block but you want to continue playing it? Whats your contingency planning. Will you download it on a external hard drive, would it be a solid state hard drive, buy the disc version or does it not matter to you at all?
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What do you call the ‘X’ button?
by Pb76- 4 replies
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X or cross, Sony has just revealed you may have been Wrong
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Post your headset and why you like it, it may help others decide what to get. I'll start by telling what I started with which was a simple $20 bluetooth for my phone. It pairs with the PS3 easily and worked/s quite well. I still have and will be using it again when I record gameplay so I can chat and still record the audio. Highly recommend this method if you are tight on funds and looking to chat with other gamers. I went to the Sony PS Pulse Elite headset and it is a world better for picking up subtle ingame sounds. In Ghost Recon Future Soldier it was wonderful for picking the direction of gunfire or footsteps due to the surround sound built in the I couldnt get fr…
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Stadia Internet Speed Test https://projectstream.google.com/speedtest?hl=en-US
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IC Graphite Thermal Pad
by Smurf- 1 follower
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Warning: IC Graphite is electrically conductive! Any contact with electrical components while the device is turn on might result in permanent damage. Right out the gate let me say this, the brand Thermal Grizzly Karbonaut is superior pushing 62.5 watts per Kelvin vs IC Graphite's 35 W/m K thermal conductivity. Then there is the Heavy Duty Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Thermal Grease Paste Compound which gives a wapping 73W/mk. Its a liquid metal that gives up to 10 degree temp drop, your console will run cooler n quieter. Before placing the 30mmx30mm in the PS4 Slim, I folded the thermal pad horizontally & then vertically to form a…
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It would be nice if someone released the 3D files for this, then I could 3D Print it as I did with my fragile built Sony headphone hinges.
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Android or iPhone? Or something else?
by JustHatched- 18 replies
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Just curious on who uses what. I use Android, Samsung S9+ I think it is. I've never had an iPhone so I can not comment on the pros and cons of one vs the other.
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New folding computers
by JustHatched- 0 replies
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90's tech is coming back around (not really 90's) but whats you thoughts on these things? Note - I didn't call them phones, cuz they not really phones, they are just capable of making phone calls Personally, I think if you have sight issues having a larger screen may be a blessing. Perhaps we are seeing the end of the laptop? Me in the 90's Spoiler
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New Psn ID?
by Pb76- 1 follower
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So it seems the option to change your psn ID is ‘coming soon’...... will you be changing your name? What are you changing it to? What is wrong with your current username?
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3rd party PS4 controllers?
by piotras- 1 follower
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Hi! Could anyone recommend a good 3rd party controller for the PS4? I need to rebind running button to something which is easy to access for constant pressing, like at the back or maybe use L1 or R1 instead. The standard fps setting with 'toggle to run' would work just fine for me but it's bugged when running forward, the character just goes back to walking speed immediately (running to the sides or backwards is fine). Rockstar support doesn't seem to care about that. Pressing down constantly on the left stick is super uncomfortable and makes my aim suck in standard fps setting and I use my thumb for both the right stick and X which requires way too much …
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Downloading Sharefactory Videos?
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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Is it possible to download sharefactory videos on your PS4 into a memory stick and then email them to someone? I'm not in the same building as my PS4 to try it so I figured one of ya'll might know
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So you screwed up when creating your, PlayStation Network Account date of birth & Sony Support refused to give you a helping hand. "Effing ¢vn+s!" Here is the simple solution that, Sony Support is ignorant of. login here https://account.sonymobile.com/en-us/#/signin with that account information & get a once in a lifetime opportunity to actually correct the mistake. Once changed it will be permanent.
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241Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
What I Watched This Week #175 (May 5-11) BlacKkKlansman dir. Spike Lee/2018/2h16m BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee's biopic of Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), who in 1972 became the first black officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Not long after he becomes an undercover officer and is able to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan over the phone, his membership being expedited by the Grand Wizard himself, David Duke (Topher Grace). This is a stylish, impactful film that sees Lee utilising all of his trademark cinematic flourishes to great use. The montage of real world footage at the end, something he's done several times, was especially powerful as it featured footage from the white supremacist rally in Virginia in 2017 along with a speech by Agent Orange. At the same time this is also a very entertaining film with some great 70's fashion and hairstyles as well as a brilliant score by jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Washington is a charismatic lead whose personality shines through in every scene, something I didn't get from him in the only other performance I've seen of his in Christopher Nolan's Tenet. Adam Driver is also very good as Stallworth's Jewish partner Flip Zimmerman, who was the in-person half of their Klan infiltrating duo for obvious reasons. One of Lee's best films, and it has me hyped for his remake of the Akira Kurosawa film High and Low, Highest 2 Lowest (starring John David's father, Denzel), out later this year. 9/10 Lime's Film of the Week! Longlegs dir. Osgood Perkins/2024/1h41m This 90's set occult horror thriller stars Maika Monroe as FBI agent Lee Harker who is investigating a series of murder/suicides all involving the father killing his entire family before himself. They are all linked by coded letters left by the mysterious Longlegs (Nicolas Cage). Like a lot of horror films dealing with the occult I find that the setup is always better than the conclusion, the recent Heretic comes to mind, and that's the case here. There's a whole thing here with creepy dolls that didn't really work for me, and the puzzle with the letters just feels like a stretch. The film would have benefitted from being much more ambiguous in the final act. That said, I still really liked the majority of this, with Monroe's performance really carrying the whole thing. Cage is creepy in the little screen time he has, but like the aliens from Aliens, the more you see of him the less scary he becomes. I actually started to notice a slight resemblance to Jackie Stallone, Sly's mother, in his bloated, pale face. But his first few appearances are really effective and had me checking over my shoulder. 7/10 Jazz on a Summer's Day dir. Bert Stern/1959/1h22m The only movie by photographer Bert Stern, this concert film documents the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. There are some incredible performances here, my favourites being Thelonious Monk, Big Maybelle, Dinah Washington, Mahalia Jackson and Louis Armstrong who always steals the show, but what I really liked about this film is the relaxed atmosphere and how the experience of the festival and the people in attendance are just as important to Stern. He often pans away from the stage to capture a random person, and he doesn't just look for people dancing and getting into the music, he just focuses on what interests him like a woman struggling with an ice cream sandwich. I also like how the film progresses through the day chronologically, starting off in the morning with footage of boats taking part in a regatta adjacent to the festival and ending after the sun has set. It really feels like we've spent the day here. Good music, good vibes, good time. 9/10 Film Adventurer Karel Zeman dir. Tomas Hodan/2015/52m (edited from 1h38m) This documentary explores the career of Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman whose innovative use of special effects bought to life some incredible films like Invention for Destruction and The Fabulous Baron Munchausen. Aside from the usual documentary talking heads of people inspired by Zeman like Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton and clips from his films, the best thing about this documentary is watching students in a Czech film school trying to recreate scenes from his films using his techniques. Seeing a new generation get inspired by Zeman and marvelling at the genius of his way of creating new worlds was something I wish there was more of. And there may be more of that as I was watching a heavily edited version on Disney+ which is pretty annoying. I don't know what was edited out, or why, but I feel a little short changed. Despite that, I still enjoyed stepping back into the magical worlds of Karel Zeman, and highly recommend the two films I mentioned above, particularly Invention for Destruction which is also known as The Fabulous World of Jules Verne. 7/10 Yakuza Graveyard dir. Kinji Fukasaku/1976/1h37m Tetsuya Watari stars as renegade cop Kuroiwa in this Japanese crime thriller from a director best known in the west for the incredibly influential film Battle Royale. The plot sees Kuroiwa playing two warring crime families, the Nishidas and the Yamashiros, against each other. When he learns that his superiors are involved he takes matters into his own hands. This is a bleak and gritty film shot using handheld cameras that really adds to the chaotic tone and it matches Kuroiwa's character perfectly. This is a lot like Dirty Harry but with a lead character that's much more intertwined with the world he's trying to bring down. This is represented by his intense relationship with Keiko (Meiko Kaji), the widow of a gangster that he killed. Watari and Kaji are both great in the lead roles, their scenes together conveying a sense of doomed hopelessness. Despite some exciting action scenes this is a film that remains downbeat to the end, but after spending time with Kuroiwa you know that he's only going out one way. 8.5/10 Two short films by Georges Méliès: The Pillar of Fire 1899/1m The Infernal Cakewalk 1903/6m These two films from Georges Méliès see him take on what seems to be his favourite role, a playful, impish devil. The first film sees him as a green skinned demon who conjures an angel. Using her wings she conjures a clous of holy smoke that defeats him, before she herself disappears into thin air. The second, more elaborate, film is set in hell where a big dance party is in full swing, with Méliès as the devil bursting out of a cake to bust some moves of his own. Wanting to know what the title meant I looked it up, and a cakewalk was a dance competition plantation owners would make their sl*ves participate in, with the winner receiving a cake as a prize. This is also where the term "to take the cake" comes from. Racial undertones aside I liked it more than the first film as his use of editing trickery is much more refined, even just a few years later. I'll give them a combined 7/10- 1
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241Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
The Outrun (2024) dir Nora Fingscheidt Saoirse Ronan plays Rona, a young alcoholic who returns to he native Orkney (a group of islands off the north of Scotland) after living most of her life in London. It's a bit of an unusual film. It does not exactly have the usual narrative plot. A lot of the time it feels more like you are following Rona about and I think she is in every scene. It's also very nonlinear, moving back and forwards from the present, in Orkney, her childhood there too, and then at least two different periods in time in London. Rather like Kate Winslet in The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, you can tell which part of the time-line you are watching from the colour of Ronan's hair. But at first it does take a little getting used to. There is a story though. So we see her before she became addicted to drink, then the effects on her relationships as she becomes an addict through to her attempts to get help and then deciding she has to leave London and go back home, where there's less nightlife, but still obviously there is drink available. And there's tensions with her parents, who are separated, with her father also battling his own problems. There is a lot narration from Rona as we hear her thoughts on various bits of Orkney folk-lore, history, natural history and weather, some of which overlap. In particular there is the myth of the Selkie – people who drowned and turned into seals. It's good, and Ronan is great in the lead role with pretty decent support too. There are plenty of easy-on-the eye scenes of the Orkney landscape, sea, sky and the seals. But I did find it a little too long at nearly 2 hours. I have nothing against a film being that long or longer, if that is what is needed to complete a good story, but this felt like it didn't need to be that long. 7 / 10- 1
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