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by vittau on September 1st, 2009
How do you use the web cam on a Dell XPS M1530?
by Iceander on May 10th, 2012
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What is a "Hard Fault"? Looked at Resource Monitor and saw the number of Hard Fault's for memory going up and down.
by Fr Joe on May 14th, 2012
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Are there any GOOD $99 Android tablets? (I already have an iPad 2 and love it, I just wanted to dabble with Android)
by Dave-was-here on May 6th, 2012
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Do you have TWO computers; one you keep "in reserve," in case the other one crashes or gets a virus?
by Scorpio7 on May 12th, 2012
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What were the needs of invention digital computer in the World War II?
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To expand a little bit, CRTs are basically a vacuum. There isn't even air behind the screen, only electron beams.
by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on September 1st, 2009
thanks.. both of you ^^ +3
by Anon on September 2nd, 2009
The funny thing is that such an apparently complex technology (the CRTs), were actually developed and widely used before the LCDs.
The truth is that an LCD panel is not easy to assemble. First of all there's a big and expensive circuit board. The cells themselves are quite complex and the transistors used to control them are prone to defects (the infamous "dead pixel"). Usually panels with more than 8 dead pixels are discarded. There's no easy way to repair them.
Anyway, as the demand increases, the prices are getting lower and lower.
by vittau on September 2nd, 2009