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CES 2012 and OLED based Televisions

Remember when a decade ago when Plasma technology was first introduced to the public? People living in the then CRT dominated time period were amazed at just how thin this technology allowed televisions to become. At that point in time I recall my father saying something along the lines of, “There is simply no way televisions could have a slimmer profile.” Fast forward 10 or so years later and it’s absolutely amazing how wrong he was with that statement. Simply take a look at the video attached above to appreciate just how thin the next generation OLED based Television Panels can become! We can only wish that the strong presence of OLED technology in this years Consumers Electronics Show translates into faster adoption of the technology for devices aimed at the general public (i.e. people who do not own yachts). Anyhow, if you haven’t already done so, I urge you to look at the video above showing the latest 55″ OLED offering from LG electronics!

Enable Flash Hardware Acceleration on Youtube

Flash has always had a tarnished reputation amongst the internet community when it came to resource usage. It is not a surprise, seeing that a 480p Youtube video running in fullscreen mode is capable of triggering over 30-40% CPU usage (A task that only uses about 10% on VLC). For many of us still holding onto older hardware, the sluggish web browsing experience created by Adobe’s monstrosity of a plugin caused nothing but headaches. This is all true until now. Recently, Adobe announced the latest generation of flash player: Flash 10.2. One of the key features highlighting this version was the ability to tap into the power of the GPU in order to offer full hardware acceleration. This feature was codenamed, “Stage Video” and is an API that will be implemented on all major sites upon the release of the final software.