Rich's Tongfamily (Richtong.net add-on)

Well, HDMI has lots of issues but at least it is reasonably standard. We do have one now very old rear projection system that is 1080i with just component inputs, so how do you connect the Playstation to it. Got an el cheapo Gigaware cable that support component to Xbox,…

It used to be that the main game in town for a compact SLR was the D40x and the Nikon 18-200 superzoom. Now the market has caught up and both Canon as well as Sigma and Tamron have shipped superzooms. So if you have a subframe camera, what’s a good…

I’ve been using DxO for a while now as a RAW converter mainly to handle vignetting, but also for things like highlight recovery. The 4.0 version was great, but the new 5.0 has had lots of bugs, so I haven’t upgraded. Now with a new Canon EOS 5D Mark II,…

I think John mentioned this to me, but he’s right, the Greeks didn’t judge people by how they felt, but by what they did. In reflecting on the last three months, he is really right. People who I thought were going to stick with it no matter what turned out…

Darrell turned me onto this. Already 2M views on YouTube. The future is here

Nothing like going through a whole bunch of stuff that has been dumped into Hefty garbage guys to put a damper on your whole day. On the other hand, nothing like unloading a whole boxful of All Clad pots to lighten your day. It’s been one of those days 🙂…

Sign of the times. Got a few bucks off the new MacBooks from MacMall 13″ 2GHz MacBook $1299 retail is $99 off13″ 2.4GHz MacBook $1599 off $10015″ 2.4GHz MacBook Pro $2000 off $25617″ 2.66GHz MacBook Pro $2800 off $1891.6 GHZ MacBook Air $1800 off $801.8GHz SSD MacBook Air $2500 off…

What an amazing weekend. Went to Sundance Film Festival. Not often you get to do something that is so different. Glad I love movies for sure. And the weather has been perfect. Watching all these movies has been really fun. And there’s even skiing. Strange to be in Utah the…

I has been a long time since I could just listen to really loud music and enjoy it. Thank goodness for Aerosmith, Kanye west and all the speaker systems in the world.

Stuck waiting for a two hour flight that will now take seven hours to get there. How sad, faster to get to Tokyo than Salt Lake! Anyway, time to look through the latest at CES and also at the latest in projectors. AVSForum is a great resource for the high…