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6 hours ago, technoblue said:

The Beeb have released a taste of Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor. I like the look they’re going for with the timelord’s 15th regeneration. Click the spoiler to view.

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FYI, This is a story-based costume. They revealed their primary costumes back in December 2022.

They'll be traveling to the Sixties (rockin' the afro 🤙) and the 18th century.

M'kay. I think y'all need to take a break from this thread.

3 hours ago, kajnrig said:

Oh okay, so it's not stopping third parties from jamming its mobile CPUs into teeny tiny desktop PCs, it just isn't doing so itself anymore. Seems fair. I wonder if companies will continue with its PCIe riser card-style NUCs that allow for dGPUs or go back to the traditional small ones that can be mounted onto the back of a monitor.

Probably not. Most mini PC makers are leaning more toward the complete package vs the slotted computing unit.

Awww shucks.

Intel kills its NUC line, but the tiny PC will live on

It's actually interesting to see how much power one could cram into the tiny PC space. At least Minisforum, Beelink and the bigger brands are still putting out units.

25 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

Did I forget that Sabine can channel the Force or is this a new thing?....guess I need to rewatch Rebels

No...Spoilers if you haven't watched Rebels..

Yeah, you might want to watch Rebels to get up to speed on this show.

It's best summed up with this quote from this article...

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"But I’m pretty sure Dave said that this is basically like the fifth season of Rebels. So it felt nice to feel that sort of continuation with these people she’s got such a rich history with. You can see that with her mission that she has, going after Thrawn, and believing that he’s still alive, and holding Ezra in her heart because they have a really beautiful, long history as well."

If you didn't like Rebels, then this will be a pass for you. I've been happy with most of Fioni's stories, at least most of Clone Wars and Rebels (Bad Batch still has 1 more season so I'll leave that out for now). I skipped Resistance. 

59 minutes ago, Raikkonen said:

With that said, being in Europe, the west over here may not be into the actual Frontier and Delta animes itself, but both young and old fans are swooping up the merch, especially the mechs and kits. 

Yeah...Our live watch parties (threads) told a different story, especially with Frontier. 

OK children, would you like take it outside or do you want to continue and face a boot to the arse on the way out?

2 hours ago, commodore256 said:

A show like that sends a positive message of "It's never too late to start something new". I'm not even 40 years old and I feel more alienated by modern culture more so than somebody that was 55 in the year 1984 felt in the culture of 1984.

It just means you're getting older if you feel alienated by modern culture. I get that feeling every time I have to look up phrases on Urban Dictionary. There are things I did in my youth that people 10-20 years older than me would find alienating at that time just as I find things people 10-20 years younger than me doing stuff that alienates me. You're just going through the same thing and it's a normal part of aging.

Take your own advice, "It's never too late to start something new".

3 hours ago, commodore256 said:

I also don't see things as they were as "nostalgia", I see it as the natural order of things, I feel a sense of normalcy for that time, not a sense of happiness because I wasn't happy even back then, but anime was the highlight of a horrible day at school, not I have a horrible life and I just want to relax.

"It's never too late to start something new".

Welcome to "Gettin' Old". We ALL get there eventually.

Anime and any other TV show or movie is made to reflect modern audiences. The anime you watched was made for people like you, at that time. The TV shows you watched were made for people like you, at that time. Shows today are made for audiences of TODAY. And you've grown up/tastes have changed/other gettin' old stuff/etc. "Stuff isn't like it was". Yeah, and neither are you. You can whine, complain, throw hissy fits, etc. about the modern stuff all you want. Or you can accept the fact that maybe you've outgrown it and no longer appeals to people of your age group.

I long ago abandoned the idea that I am part of any core audience of most current shows. But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy it for what it is or what it can offer me NOW. Everyone wants la vie en rose, but as others have said, you have to take off the nostalgia glasses eventually.

They could license it out to another streaming service to gain a little more money back. Who would pick it up? Don't know. Lots of streaming services are eying cutbacks for the next couple of years.

4 hours ago, Thom said:

Ugh, why 'redesign?' The fighters are beautiful and purposeful as they are. As is most every other mech on the series. Just do a faithful adaptation, esp if they are interested in an actual Robocross movie, which is the rub... Cause they are not.

"Redesign" because if you don't, you would owe more money for using someone's copyrighted designs. We've said for a decade+ now, for RT to survive, it needs to come up with it's own designs; it's own IP. Until that day comes...

3 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

I'm wondering if all the artwork is based on a script?? If so, I'd love to read whats in it!

It's likely based of a treatment (essentially a summary of the film with all the key plots, character descriptions, etc. which is usually the first step in a screenplay, or when pitching to a studio for funding).

11 hours ago, David Hingtgen said:

Decided it's definitely time to upgrade my GPU---anyone have one for sale?

Define "sale" for a GPU?

11 hours ago, David Hingtgen said:

Or I may just buy say a 3060 12gb new, locally, so I could enjoy it over the 3-day weekend...  

That's probably the best call. At this point, avoid the 4060 8GB model. It's just a waste of money at 8GB VRAM.

2 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

But IMHO it's a bit ugly and barebones, and I often found myself exiting Armory Crate and going to the Windows desktop because it was just easier to do what I wanted there, despite only having a 7" screen for my fat fingers to poke. 

Armory Crate seems to be a common complaint I recall from the Techtubers. Especially when Windows is the underlying OS.

2 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

But then ASUS went and packed a 1080p, 120hz display on the Ally (vs the Steam Deck's 800p 60hz).  But outside of lightweight indie games you're unlikely ever see that many fps.  Depending on the game, you might not even be able to run it at 1080p.

I also wonder if it affects battery life. 1080p @ 120Hz... That's drivin' all those pixels hard...

54 minutes ago, Duke Togo said:

And here's the gameplay trailer. Haven't gotten to watch yet as I'm in a meeting.

Star Wars: Assassin's Creed?

2 hours ago, Duke Togo said:

No gameplay + it's an open world Ubisoft game, so color me skeptical. But, it's Star Wars, so I'll be keeping an eye on it.

Showing a cinematic trailer with no gameplay footage for A GAME is about as useful as showing me a title card. In this day and age, game trailers need to show gameplay, not all cinematics. Until then, MEH. I can't even be skeptical because you've literally showed me NOTHING.

3 hours ago, borgified said:

 (LaForge is still kit bashing the Enterprise D at the OG Spacedock after getting a hold of the Ross Class Syracuse Engineering Section)

The USS Syracuse was a Galaxy-class, not a Ross-class.

1 hour ago, twich said:

  What does HD transfer mean? It was made in early 90’s, was HD even a thing then?

HD transfer means capturing the original film in 4K (or 8K, etc). Upscaling means blowing up a version (like the DVD transfer). Upscaling is cheaper and doesn't need significant post-processing to clean up the image, but you are essentially, filling in the image with extra pixels, leading to a softer image. HD transferring needs a lot of post-processing work because now you can make out all the defects from the film, but the tradeoff would be a sharper image vs a softer image. But keep in mind, you would need to see these differences with a magnifying glass with the image blown-up. You would never notice the difference sitting at a normal viewing distance. That's why most people at upscaled. But 98-ish% of people will NEVER be sitting at a distance where they will notice the more softer image of an upscale.

4 hours ago, Shawn said:

The valks in the new series are so far divorced from the original designs, they don't seem like valkyries to me-or at least the original intention of what a valkyrie was...to fight giants one on one if necessary.

Times change. People change. The valks of old reflect their function, but that's no longer the case so things change. While I would love to see the old valks in use, I'm not going to take offense to new stuff.

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I'd like a return to a simpler series, but I'm old and well outside the new target audiences. I only have my wallet to vote with, and I spend it on the old design stuff (DX VF-1/Hasegawa)
Maybe throw old farts like me an OVA 4 part special or something to keep me interested in the new stuff, or this new Macross series turns into another 'not for me' set, and I cling to my original VF-1s and sit in the corner complaining.   😛 

I have long since given up that "modern" Macross shows are for me or most anime is for my viewing audience range. If it was, I'd probably be b*tching about it incessantly like some people do. Even stuff for "older" audiences is likely out of my target audience group now. I want to see Macross grow and not be held back by nostalgia like that Americanized related-franchise. Gundam has moved that way; focusing on what is relevant to audiences today and it has worked. Macross, to stay relevant, has to do the same. Yes, it may mean I won't be watching, but it should be for and reflect the tastes of modern audiences, not for grumpy old people like me us. Yes, even if it means we may get vtubers.

So Sony is coming out with their own Nvidia Shield/Logitech Cloud device. Well, it ain't competing against the Switch/SteamDeck/Ayaneo-devices/ROG Ally...Even if Remote Play does support cellular...it's still a crappy connection vs Wifi.

2 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

I wish a GPU cost the same as a console.

OK, the budget cards are in the same cost bracket as consoles (portable & living room). The mid and high-ends costs 2-4 consoles...Same issue. No one can afford these "upgrades".

And Nvidia's (and AMD) push for DLSS/frame generation only gives them an excuse to mask their performance. It makes sense on portables, but not on machines that can actually render those pixels.

Right on the heels of Computex, reviews are up for the "budget" cards, RTX 4060/4060Ti and the RX 7600.

Response is the same, too much money for too little performance gains. 8GB of VRAM just isn't enough. The 16GB RTX 4060Ti is priced way too high for a "budget" pick at $500. The 8GB 4060/4060Ti just feel too underwhelming and you are better off with a RX 6700XT or, worst yet, getting a Arc 770. The RX 7600 is just crippled on 8GB making the price drop to $270 still not worth it, making the 12GB of VRAM on the 6700XT a better value proposition. Keeping what you have if you are in the RTX 3000-series or RX 6000-series families seems to be the best option. Upgrading to the RTX 4000 and RX 7000-famlies just doesn't feel worth it.

Rant
I've been hearing this as the new problem of 2023; VRAM sizes need to be scaled up thanks to the new games. Last of Us Part 1:Remastered eats up 12GB of VRAM if you want the best experience. Almost all titles of 2023 are pushing that 8GB on cards. Game devs are complaining 8GB VRAM sizes are not enough. PS5 and Xbox S/X already increased their VRAM. PC GPUs still hover at 8GB. Consoles have outpaced GPU makers. Oh but the Steam survey shows most people only using GPUs with 8GB. That's cuz a GPU costs the same frakin' amount as a console. People are not gonna swap out their GPUs every year at that price nor are they going to buy more if YOU KEEP RAISING THE PRICE.🤬 What about Resizable BAR? NOT EVERYONE SUPPORTS IT. 🤬 PCs do not see a consistent upgrade cycle. Some people still rock a computer 5+ years old. Any upgrades would only be to smaller stuff. If buying off the refurbished/secondary market has a better value proposition than buying new, companies need to really rethink pricing.

40 minutes ago, Big s said:

Is this a problem which the current models of the switch?

I don’t own one currently and have been thinking about getting a couple since my lady is more interested in Nintendo stuff. Just curious if this is an issue that’s been solved on available models.

my daughter has one and she hasn’t mentioned any issues with hers 

Yes, it is a problem with the current OLED switch. There was no change to the design of the joysticks. It also affects PS5 and Xbox controllers or any joysticks that use potentiometers to measure stick position (which is all of the above). The primary cause is wear-and-tear and production quality. Eventually, those sticks will wear out as they age. Some will wear out faster if they are abused more (button mashing, stuffing it unprotected into your bag, throwing them around when rage quitting, exposure to dirt and dust) or if they were sourced from a lower quality supplier. Even the Steamdeck's sticks will experience it (even if there are no significant number of reports as of writing). That's why Hall Effects sticks are floated as DIY replacements instead of sending it in for replacement. I've had my Joy-cons since 2020 and haven't experienced any drift.  

1 hour ago, Mommar said:

Send your controllers in to be fixed.  Nintendo has been doing thst for free for years now.

Or mod your joy-con with a Hall Effect sticks. Either option works.