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  3. Radix is installed!

    in Forced Induction and Nitrous

    Posted

    you should have built the tranny first imo, 4l60e  just cant handlt any real power. sorry to sound like a dick but with this many people that have probelms after installing power what do you expect? that price sound fair to R 7 r your tranny , thats about what i paid plus the converter to hanle up to 550-600 hp and warranty for two years.  as long as they have good customer srvice and good rep i say go for it.

     

    :withstupid:

     

    with all the threads about 60e's giving up the ghost with little to no abuse its a given you'd need the tranny upgrades immedeatly after, if not before, installing the radix.

  6. C6 ZO6 or Ferrari Maranello

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted

    Price is no object get the ferrari... insane performance and all the prestige of owning something you don't see on the street everyday.

     

    If price is then definitely z06 b/c there is no better car for the money.

     

    or the wildcard option... hold out for the Corvette SS / Blue Devil and drop the $120,000 to own the baddest chevy ever imagined.

  7. Fake or Real?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted

    Depends entirely on the chic....

     

    I've seen smaller tits on some girls that are 100x hotter than others with huge racks.

     

    I don't have a fake or real preference, but if they're fake they need to be behind the muscle implants... that way it doesn't feel fake.

  8. Bling Bling ride

    in Video & Photography

    Posted

    I was at truckjam and saw it in person... yes... it was even uglier in person. The worst part was the guy rolled in on a really nice set of mud tires w/ a 20" wheel combo that looked great... then he got out the jack and put those monstrosities on :puke:

     

    I actually took this picture for STS of it (not b/c I like it, but I was doing coverage)

    DSC_2683.jpg

     

    *not the close proximity to the trash can :jester:

  13. HDDVD or BLUE-RAY?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted

    No joke... I'm continually amazed at how deep Yahoos pockets are... and they're just expanding so fast... amazing all that revenue from nothing more than advertising space on the web (the bulk of it anyways)

     

    They're breaking ground on a new project in Santa Monica soon... not sure what its going to be, but we got the floorplans a couple of weeks ago and its HUGE. I'll send you some pics of those conference rooms when I have a chance... techno-geek porn IMO. :jester:

     

    I'll stop before we derail this thread any further than it is....

     

    So...yeah... how bout that Blu Ray vs. DVD? :P

  14. HDDVD or BLUE-RAY?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted · Edited by Dylan06SS (see edit history)

    When I was a contractor for SBC, we were setting up the switches and engineering the backbones for Yahoo/SBC's GigaMAN network, that tied into Qwest, MCI and Verizon backbones.  We essentially created the entire backbone and redundant data paths from all major backbones to all of Yahoo's mail servers which 70% of them are hosted at the SBC data center off of Kelvin in Irvine. 

     

    What it sounds like you guys are doing, is running fibre from one building to the next, not working with any type of backbone and data center telecommunications, which is little stuff.  I am sure they would contract smaller companies to do that type of work...  so that makes sense.  Do you guys physically run the fibre from building to building?  Than you guys own trenching machinery to dig and run lines underground? Most buildings already have fibre connected to their NIU's that the telco companies just switch on, and crossconnect it to the suite(s) inside the building.  What type of cable runs are you doing?

     

    Another company was contracted for the paths between the buildings. We were exclusively hired for data, voice, video, and audio distribution within each building. We did some ungodly amount of data/voice drops and about 500 large PDP displays with HD distribution and a dozen or so "war rooms" (confernece rooms) per building. Each WR was setup with complete automation, redundent satellite internet feeds, backup VoIP systems, video conferenceing, lecturn mounted touchpanel control, projection systems, multichannel audio, secure wireless access points, etc.... basically self contained media/conference rooms that would be fully operational if there were some kind of catastrophic failure elsewhere in the building. We also setup their THX screening rooms (Only God knows why Yahoo needs THX Certified theater rooms?) and what they called "living rooms" for the emplyees. Those were basically lounges with kickass audio and TV's for the emplyees to hang out it... I think they hired a full time barrista to make coffee in each of these rooms too... it was pretty nuts.

     

    Sounds like you guys were more on the backbone system between the buildings and DC's while we were working with the finish work and end user solutions for the business offices. We worked pretty closely with Teledata and Sebola (sp?) systems who I think pretty much work on all the Yahoo projects since they're based up north.

     

    You do any work with them anymore?

  16. HDDVD or BLUE-RAY?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted

    Well considering Yahoo relies on SBC for their fibre to be ran between the Irvine Data Center and their other data center's, and usually the infrastructure cabling is done by the Yahoo engineer's... like myself when I worked on all of the Cisco and VoIP infrastructure planning and implementation 2 years ago at the SBC data center for Yahoo..  :jester: 

     

    I must be imagining things then? Cuz I could've sworn we spent the better part of the last 3 months pulling all manner of line thru their locations at 3333 Empire in Burbank and 2450 Broadway in Santa Monica. Everything in those buildings was a subcontracted ordeal... not much involvement from any of Yahoos engineers, but then again these weren't data centers, these were the business offices.

     

    We can agree to disagree, but the main point I was trying to make before the subject was changed to networking and telecommunications was that the 'high end' cable industry is a SCAM and is overpriced.  Monster cable needs to go out of business (which they wont, too many uninformed morons buying their stuff). 

     

    One thing in that I do agree with... MONSTER is a scam... their cables are nothing more than rebranded standard cables. People pay for the name.

  17. HDDVD or BLUE-RAY?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted · Edited by Dylan06SS (see edit history)

    A job?  Thanks for the offer though man  :P   But considering I have been in the IT industry for almost 9 years (Cisco CCNP, Microsoft MCSE, N+) and will have a masters in Information Technology next year, I dont think a/v installs will pay the bills  :jester:

     

    Dylan, I know you work in the 'high end' a/v industry, but you sound more like a salesman than a technical engineer...  I am confused? Let me correct you here. 

     

     

    Don't get it confused... AV is only a small portion of what we do here and I won't even get into the job lists and clients, but as far as credentials I may work in sales now, but I am (on the infotech side) Cisco Panduit, CSC optics, (blah blah blah) certified so no need to continue to try and impress me. Before I became sales VP I was the lead project engineer here... :cool:

     

    Our commercial division works with integration of not only AV, but also IT, and single point interface development. I can say 100% from experience the quality of materials effects quality of product which in turn effects the quality of performance. If Yahoo's Corporate offices in Burbank & Santa Monica rely on us for infrastructure cabling I'm sure there might be a bit of truth to what I'm saying... I'm not talking out of my ass as you seem to think I am. ;)

     

    Anyways... like you said this isn't an AV fourm so why bother getting into it here... I've got better things to do than get into an internet pissing match over the cost of AV interconnect cables. Lets agree to disagree and we'll move on.

  19. HDDVD or BLUE-RAY?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted · Edited by Dylan06SS (see edit history)

    I agree you Dylan that if someone spends $10g on a high end plasma or $50k on a theater projector then the cables should match the performace level of the product.

     

     

    Lets think about this. The manufacturers of these 'high end cables' sell these because they know people who spend the 10's of thousands of dollars on their high end home theatres dont know any better... they just think more expensive is better when it comes to cables. Of course they will buy them... and guys like Dylan (lol, no offense man) will sell them because they know the customer will pay for them.

     

    In the world of digital broadband and home entertainment, and as we transition to full digital outputs (ie HDMI, DVI, optical sound) there becomes less reason to buy 'high strand count' and 'titanium kryptonite gold encrusted cable' for a shitload of money. These cables carry a digital signal... 1's and 0's if you may.... all the end receiver, being a Dolby Digital/DTS or whatever receiver needs to see are all of those 1's and 0's. Its either you get a picture, or you dont. The basic HDMI cable can carry all the data (1's and 0's) just fine... if they dont, it means the cable is too long and thats when you need to get a slightly better built cable... for long digital cable runs. Or else you need a digital repeater, but thats another subject...

     

    Thats like saying you need a super deluxe optical cable for surround sound... negative again. Optical carries LIGHT... that light carries 1's and 0's.... either the reciever gets them all, or you dont hear shit. As long as you can hear something, then the cable is working fine.. all data is being transmitted. Just like an HDMI cable.

     

    Next time you go out to Best Buy and the pimply faced tech guy is trying to upsell you to a better digital HDMI and/or optical cable, tell him to lick your balls and piss off :thumbs:

     

    But when it comes to component cables... they are analog... YES quality does count.. and so does a 'higher strand count' because the picture is coming over analog electrical current.... interference causes picture distortion and may other problems...

     

    WOW... ok... I'll keep that in mind. You need a job? Obviously you know more about this than me and the rest of the high end custom industry for that matter. [/sarcasm]

     

    No offense man... but thats not accurate info. Just one of many examples where cable grades differ:

     

    Why is a silver-plated digital interconnect better than a copper plated piece?

    Since silver is a lower resistance metal than copper, a signal is capable of traveling further. Also, frequencies such as High Definition tend to flow closer to the surface. Since silver has a 10% gain in conductance, the data transfer is superior to that of copper.

     

    If what you were stating was accurate large network installs wouldn't rely on fiber optics rather than twisted pairs... for that matter people wouldn't choose cat6 over cat5... resistance, conductance, and a host of other things play into the world of HIGH END audio and video. For some POS system, yeah... use the cheapest cables you can find... for better componets use better interconnects. In these higher end systems the bandwidth necessary for remote access, distribution, and control necessitates the use of better cables... if corners are cut on the cable/wire level performance begins to suffer.

     

    Yes... with the advent of digital (HDMI DVI ETC) the gap between the best and worst as closed signifigantly, but we're still not at 100% digitial on everything (yet) and there is still better performance to be squeezed out of quality materials and construction VS some mass produced POS cable from china that came in the box w/ your components.

  21. HDDVD or BLUE-RAY?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted

    For myself I am partial to Sony, I believe they are superior to all other TV’s as well as many other products like blue-ray. I have seen tests run that demonstrate all brands of TVs compared to Sony and Sony wins hands down every time.

     

    Just because HD-DVD was the first to market does not mean they will win out in the end. Sony’s Blue-Ray player also will play and DVD just like the HD-DVD. And it will also up-convert slandered DVD’s to HDMI.

     

    One thing that Blue-Ray does have on there side is that there is more movie companies backing them then HD-DVD. And I feel that will play a major roll in who wins.

    Also It does help that the play station uses blue-ray.

     

    As for cables it is true that some are made better then others, monster being one of those. I will not disagree with that. But when you are talking HDMI cables, I’m not sold yet on spending $100-$200 on a cable yet. I have not been able to tell any difference between a Sony HDMI cable to a Monster HDMI.

     

    I'm not gonna get on my anti-sony soap box... if you like em thats all that matters in the end.

     

    I am aware that the MAJORITY of BR players will play DVDs, but its not written into the software standards like it is with HD DVD... All HD DVD players, regaurdless of who makes them, must play DVD... BR does not require this. Obviously the good manufactures will build this in, but I've already seen the demo peices from some of these "crap" brands jumping on the BR bandwagon and they don't... and as you and I know the vast majority of people out there will buy these POS players and be disappointed when they don't play DVD... this relfects badly on the BR brand as a whole b/c so many people are uneducated consumers. Like I said before, I'm no expert, they're both excellent formats... only time will tell which one will win out. At my office we've pretty much decided to hold off on pushing either until things settle out.

     

    The cable thing... you're right... most people don't notice a difference, but when you're looking at high end systems all day like we are the benefits become very obvious. Of course no one should spend $1000 on a silver strand HDMI cable (yes I do have those) when their TV only cost $2000.... but for someone who spends $10g on a high end plasma or $50k on a theater projector then the cables should match the performace level of the product... thats all I'm saying.

  22. HDDVD or BLUE-RAY?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted

    Nah, the Premium PS3 is $599 and the 'bare bones' one is $499.  I will stick with the Xbox 360 and the add-on HD-DVD player.

     

    I am betting HD-DVD is the standard in the near future..

     

     

    Where'd you get those numbers?? Every interview and article I've read has placed the PS3 closer to $1000 :confused:

     

    Oh yah, and when it comes to HDMI cables.. more expensive is not better.  an HDMI cable only carries a digital signal.. its not analog, so it doesnt make a big difference.  You will not be able to see a visible difference with a more expensive cable.  If you are going over something like 25-30ft of HDMI cable, then you need to get better quality so it prevents signal loss.  But a standard 6ft HDMI cable wil work just fine.. dont believe the 'cable' hype like those scam artists MONSTER cable.  Go to www.pacificcable.com for any type of cabling ...

     

    While MONSTER maybe mostly hype, true high end cables make all the difference in the world. Materials, strand count, connection finish type, plating, and a host of other things make a dramatic impact on AV quality regardless of whether its digital or analog... for a basic system upgrades to cabling are fairly pointless... but to make the most of higher end components a high quality cable is a must.

  23. HDDVD or BLUE-RAY?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted · Edited by Dylan06SS (see edit history)

    cool just wanted to make sure i was getting the best picture, i have the hdmi , the little turd was expensive, 125$ for a 6 foot cord.

     

    i also asked dylan the same question a while back, only time will tell. the new ps3 being blue ray may or may not help.

     

    Yeah... those cables ain't cheap... I used a tributaries delta HDMI from work and the damn thing was almost $200 my cost :eek:

     

    Problem with the PS3 is cost... anticipated $900 MSRP for the console... games in the $70-$100 range... and talk of charges for game upgrades, like exotic cars and special tracks for Gran Turismo HD that you'll have to pay for and download from Sonay :banghead:

  24. HDDVD or BLUE-RAY?

    in Off-Topic/General

    Posted · Edited by Dylan06SS (see edit history)

    dylan what is my tv??

    1080i and 720p capable

     

    Input signal correlation

    1920*[email protected]/60Hz

    720*[email protected]/60Hz

    1280*[email protected]/60Hz

    720(1440)*[email protected]/60Hz

     

    1024x768p resolution

     

    but what it displays has a lot to do with input/source... use the HDMI connection if possible (you have HD cable service right?) and make sure the cable or satellite box has 720p and 1080i output.

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