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Obama won't rule out minting Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin
January 09, 2013, 02:31:13 PM »
The end is truly upon us if he does this.
I would not be surprised since ObaMugabe acts like a 3rd world thug and marxist tyrant, but even this would be much.
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January 09, 2013, 05:55:37 PM »
feds gonna be injecting over a trillion into the economy next year already
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January 09, 2013, 06:11:38 PM »
Quote from: tbombz on January 09, 2013, 05:55:37 PM
feds gonna be injecting over a trillion into the economy next year already
S0 - where does O-Madoff get the power to do this?
You leftists really desire a dictator dont you?
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Re: Obama won't rule out minting Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin
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January 09, 2013, 06:26:38 PM »
Amerika is so fucked.
Like how is minting a 1 trillion dollar coin to get around your own laws going to save your fucked economy.
Like my god man....stop spending so much money, its not rocket science!
That economy will NEVER crash, it will just degrade with time.
Any country that controls all their own debt and can print their own money is recession proof, for a time.
In time the dollar will be worth so little that its pointless. You dumb fucks.
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January 09, 2013, 06:30:10 PM »
I'm going to pretend I didn't read this.
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Quote from: Hugo Chavez on January 09, 2013, 06:30:10 PM
I'm going to pretend I didn't read this.
Today We Saw A Major Turning Point For The Movement To Mint A Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin
Joe Weisenthal|Jan. 9, 2013, 7:13 PM|5,201|34
There's no question: Today was a major game-changer for the movement to circumvent the debt ceiling by minting a platinum coin, a strategy that would take advantage of an arcane area of the law relating to coinage.
Today White House press secretary Jay Carney was asked about whether The White House saw the coin as a viable option, and rather than shooting it down he just evaded the question.
The response from the media has been unanimous: Carney left the door open.
Here's the front of Marketwatch.com:
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January 09, 2013, 06:45:32 PM »
Quote from: 333386 on January 09, 2013, 06:11:38 PM
S0 - where does O-Madoff get the power to do this?
You leftists really desire a dictator dont you?
i think he was given the power to do so in a mid-1990's law.. dont quote me though.
didnt say i agreed with the policy
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January 09, 2013, 06:50:27 PM »
This is a story that would fit in more at The Onion.
This is how bad it's gotten.
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Re: Obama won't rule out minting Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin
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January 09, 2013, 06:51:48 PM »
Imagine if we could go back to like 1995 and warn people about the last decade. We would be committed to a mental hospital.
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January 09, 2013, 06:53:49 PM »
Quote from: GigantorX on January 09, 2013, 06:50:27 PM
This is a story that would fit in more at The Onion.
This is how bad it's gotten.
Krugman is salivating at the thought of this.
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January 10, 2013, 11:59:05 AM »
January 10, 2013
Theater of the Absurd: Administration won't rule out minting $1 trillion platinum coin
Rick Moran
Much of the last 4 years has been a nightmare for conservatives. But there is a crazy, stupid, absurd idea being seriously discussed in Washington that makes previous nightmares from the White House pale in comparison.
The idea is for the Treasury Department to mint a platinum coin and declare it to be worth $1 trillion. If Congress won't raise the debt ceiling, the coin would be deposited at the Federal Reserve and Obama could continue to spend money.
Congress passed a bill allowing for the minting of platinum coins several years ago. But it was a bill designed to aid investors and collectors. Unfortunately, someone forgot to put in a limit on how much a platinum coin could be minted for. Thus, a gigantic loophole that liberals see as a way to stick to the GOP while spending money as fast as it can be printed.
Is it legal? Partisan constitutional scholar Lawrence Tribe says yes:
I don't think it makes sense to think about this as some sort of "loophole" issue. Using the statute this way doesn't entail exploiting a loophole; it entails just reading the plain language that Congress used. The statute clearly does authorize the issuance of trillion-dollar coins. First, the statute itself doesn't set any limit on coin value. Second, other clauses of 31 USC §5112 do set such limits, but §5112(k)-dealing with platinum coins-does not. So expressio unius strengthens the inference that there isn't any limit here.
Of course, Congress probably didn't have trillion-dollar coins in mind, but there's no textual or other legal basis for importing this probable intention into the statute. What 535 people might have had in their collective "mind" just can't control the meaning of a law this clear.
It's also quite clear that the minting of such a coin couldn't be challenged; I don't see who would have standing.
Bottom line: This is a situation where the political and economic considerations, not the legal considerations, have to drive the decision-making about this option. It's certainly a lot better from just about every perspective than having the nation stuck on either horn of the very real dilemma you outlined below, which I agree offers no plausible way out as long as enough leaders in Congress insist on playing Russian Roulette with our economy and risking our full faith and credit by using the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip as they are threatening to do.
There are dissents to this opinion, but Megan McCardle's is the best:
As we once again approach the legal limits, left-liberal commentators, most notably Paul Krugman, are now getting behind the idea that the President ought to exploit his own loophole: a law passed allowing the government to mint platinum coins of any denomination. If the GOP won't raise the debt ceiling, they say, the president should simply mint a $1 trillion coin, deposit it at the Fed, and continue paying the nation's bills. Never mind that the law was never intended for this, and that these sort of hypertechnical legislative games might trigger the very political and financial crises they are supposed avert. Seemingly, the most important thing is for the president to defeat intransigent Republicans-even if that means that the president "for all Americans" who once spoke of winning the future and healing the planet will be reduced to presiding over the Franklin Mint.
The Great Platinum Coin Caper is everything that is wrong with Washington: a stupid partisan maneuver that erodes the institutions of our government for no gain other than an immediate political win. The only good thing that can be said about it is that the President seems to be too sensible to actually consider doing it. Nonetheless, the fact that intelligent people like Professor Krugman are even discussing this debacle, much less endorsing it, is a depressing reminder of just how nasty and short-sighted our nation's capital has become.
And incredibly, the White House refuses to rule out using the coin gambit:
The White House on Wednesday declined to rule out minting a "platinum coin" to avoid default if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling.
Press secretary Jay Carney on Wednesday said there is "no substitute" for Congress raising the borrowing limit but declined to explicitly rule out issuing new currency to pay the government's debts.
"The option here is for Congress to do its job and pay the bill," Carney said. "There is no Plan B, there is no backup plan. There is Congress's responsibility."
Carney was asked repeatedly to clarify the White House's position on the platinum coin during his daily press briefing, but seemed to downplay - although not completely proscribe - the idea.
"You can speculate about lots of things," Carney said. "Nothing needs to come to these kinds of speculative notions about a problem that can be resolved by Congress doing its job."
House Republicans are taking note of the chatter about sidestepping Congress and plan to introduce legislation to "take the coin scheme off the table."
"This scheme to mint trillion-dollar platinum coins is absurd and dangerous, and would be laughable if the proponents weren't so serious about it as a solution," said Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.). "I'm introducing a bill to stop it in its tracks."
Imagine - stamping "$1 trillion" on a coin and calling it money? Have they completely lost their minds? And what about Congress? If the executive branch can mint its own money why can't it authorize its expenditure as well?
Washington isn't a circus. It's Dante's "Inferno" where we are working our way through the nine circles of hell one at a time, with each level being more absurd and surreal.
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Here's The Letter Being Sent Around Capitol Hill About Why Congress Needs To Act To Stop The Trillion Dollar Coin
Joe Weisenthal|49 minutes ago|196|
On January 14, Greg Walden, the GOP Rep. who has said he would introduce a bill to ban Treasury from minting a trillion dollar coin will introduce his bill, the "Stop The Coin Act."
His office is seeking co-sponsors for the legislation.
Staffers on Capitol hill have received this letter.
Staff- Rep. XXXXX invites your boss to join him as original cosponsor of a bill to prevent the Treasury from issuing a platinum coin(s) valued at an absurd level in a scheme to pay off a portion or all of the federal debt in order to avert the fiscal cliff. Yes, this loophole does in fact exist as detailed in the following dear colleague letter and attached one-pager. XXXX will be introducing the bill with original cosponsors next Monday, January 14. Attached is a one-pager. If you have questions, my direct is XXXXX If your boss would like to join, please let me know.
Here's the attached "one-pager" that's being sent around in order to drum up support:
The Constitution in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 provides the legislative branch the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof. Federal law provides the Secretary of the Treasury the ability to mint and issue various denominations and types of coins. The law specifies many attributes of the various coins that can be minted and how the Secretary is able to issue them as legal tender. The law also specifies how the sale price of certain coins (i.e. Silver, Gold, Palladium) are to be valued. Currently, federal law allows the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to mint platinum bullion coins and proof platinum coins and issue them at a value determined at his own discretion. Unlike other authorities within the law that limit and restrict the Secretary from selling gold coins to the public at a price greater than the market value of the metal at the time of sale plus the cost of producing, marketing and distributing the coins, the law is silent as to how much the platinum coins could be sold for. Within the last week, numerous media reports (example here ) have suggested that the U.S. Mint (Treasury) could create trillion dollar platinum coins, which would then be deposited into the Federal Reserve to be used to pay the federal governments bills or avoid hitting the debt ceiling.
Purpose The STOP THE COIN ACT would prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from minting platinum coins that could then be sold to the Federal Reserve and used to offset our national debt or prevent reaching the debt ceiling. The bill simply closes a loophole in the law by applying the existing limitations on how the Treasury could price gold coins or gold bullion to the Treasurys authority to mint and sell platinum bullion coins or proofs platinum coins. This bill would not prevent the Treasury or Mint from producing commemorative platinum coins for circulation or sale, but it would take the coin scheme off the table by disallowing the Treasury from printing mint platinum coins as a way to pay down the debt or avert a debt ceiling fight. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committees Subcommittee on the Constitution, touted the proposal last week (story here ). New York Times columnist and Princeton professor Paul Krugman suggested the idea in an article as well (click here ). Other leaders in Washington, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, have urged the President to raise the debt limit unilaterally without permission from Congress.
Of course, there's zero chance this will ever pass both houses, but if it did, it would also need the President's signature. Presuming he ever planned to actually MintTheCoin, there's no chance it would be solved.
SEE ALSO: Why Greg Walden wants to stop the trillion dollar platinum coin >
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January 10, 2013, 05:53:34 PM »
Is this 'trillion dollar coin' some kind of ridicule seriously? Making fun of americans that a few bs coins are the equivalent of america's worth? Giant epic cynical sarcasm of the century?
Must be some kinda joke lmao, anyone watch "This is 40" movie, guy's side is jewish and father is jewish, always asks for money and is cheap. Hahahaha.
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'Coronation Street' star William Roache has been cleared of all charges of sexually abusing five youngsters.
Roache was found not guilty by a jury of two counts of rape and four counts of indecent assault following a four week trial at Preston Crown Court.
The 81-year-old actor, who plays Ken Barlow in the ITV soap, was said to have used his fame and popularity to exploit the "starstruck" girls, aged 16 and under, between the mid-60s and early 70s.
The women told jurors they were sexually abused by the defendant either at Granada Studios in Manchester, in his car or at properties he owned.
But Roache told the jury he had no knowledge of any of the women and the alleged abuse simply did not happen.
Roache said there were "no winners" after he was cleared.
Speaking on the steps of the court, he said: "I have just got one thing to say, in these situations there are no winners and I think we should all be much kinder to ourselves. Now if you excuse me I would like to get back to work."
Roache said he was "astounded" and "horrified" at his arrest on suspicion of rape at his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on May 1 last year.
ITV announced he would not appear in the programme until legal proceedings were concluded.
The widespread publicity of the arrest led to four other women coming forward to allege they too had been victims in the same era.
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The husband of one complainant, whose sister was also allegedly abused, contacted the papers before the police - which "coloured" their allegations, Miss Blackwell said.
After Roache's initial arrest for rape was "all over the press" she asked the jury whether any of the other women who came forward later could be regarded as "truly independent".
The jury spent 5 hours and 59 minutes deliberating before coming into court to deliver the verdicts at 11.19am.
Roache was asked to stand and the jury foreman confirmed they were all agreed on verdicts on all of the counts.
Roache, hands by side, looking at the jury, made no reaction as he was cleared of all charges.
But the months and weeks of strain overcame his family in the public gallery.
Youngest son James dissolved into tears with a hand over his face, his brother Linus also wiped away tears and Roache's youngest daughter Verity was hugged before she also began to weep.
One of Roache's minders sprung to his feet and shouted "Yes!" and began to clap before the judge told him to be quiet.
After the jury of eight women and four men delivered their not guilty verdicts, Miss Blackwell asked if the defendant could be discharged from the dock and the judge, Mr Justice Holroyde agreed.
"Mr Roache you are free to leave the dock," he said.
Miss Blackwell said she would be applying for the defendant's legal costs to be paid by the taxpayer.
Roache then left the dock and walked to the door of the courtroom where he was embraced in a bear hug by his minder and for the first time he smiled broadly.
Outside the courtroom he went into a side room which he and his legal team have used during the four week trial.
Shortly after, Roache's family left court and each entered the room to hugs and smiles from their father, including hugs shared with his legal team.


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I'm reading through Asaf Karagila's answer to the question What is the Axiom of Choice and Axiom of Determinacy, and while reading the explanation of Bertrand Russell's analogy ("The Axiom of Choice is necessary to select a set from an infinite number of socks, but not an infinite number of shoes.") at the bottom, I realized I'm a little confused by what a function actually is in set-theoretic terms (and probably confused by some other things, too).
Basically, my confusion is this:
- I thought that a function was specified by a finite string.
- Thus, the reason that we need the Axiom of Choice to select a set from an infinite number of socks is that there's no way to define a choice function on an infinite number of socks using only a finite string.
- However, if our universe is the set of natural numbers, aren't there an uncountable number of functions defined on our universe, but only a countable number of finite strings?
Where am I going wrong? What's the precise definition of a function, and what's the problem with my thinking in my last bullet point?


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(visited by Roger Kehm and Clem Tucker (NØRFS))
21-Nov-2001 -- November 21, 2001 was a day for Roger Kehm (KØROG) & Clem Tucker (NØRFS) to combine Amateur Radio & DCP activities in east central South Dakota. We had lunch in the nearby town of Woonsocket with a friend, Jeff Larson, and then drove to the vicinity of 44N-98W (3.8 miles WSW of Artesian, Sanborn County, SD).
The day was super -- clear blue sky, temperature in the mid 60's in early afternoon and no wind. A fine day to be out and about.
44N-98W proved to be a level field of grazing/hay land
and fenced with barb wire. There was a farmstead nearby and we drove there to ask permission of the land owner so that we could document the site. We introduced ourselves as "Not
pheasant hunters" and explained the DCP concept. He said that he didn't own the land and tried to call a neighbor who
did own it -- no answer. Then he said -- "Get in my pick-up
and I'll drive you over there". (Golly, we should have it so good!!).
This land owner, Brian Moore, was most friendly and we
were very grateful for the ride with him from his farmstead
(43-59.759N & 97-59.285W) about 1/2 mile west and 1/4 mile north through the field to 44N-98W. We parked, crawled a barb wire fence and walked a few hundred feet to the site. The 2 GPS's we were using agreed very closely.
Picture #1 - With the camera tripod at 44N-98W -- A view looking North with cattle in the distance.
Picture #2 - The GPS reading - tough to get in the bright sunlight and reflections in the early afternoon.
Picture #3 - At the site looking South with the pick-up in the distance.
Picture #4 - At the site looking East.
Picture #5 - At the site looking West.
Picture #6 - Roger Kehm (KØROG) - Brian Moore (a land owner, our driver, host and all around nice guy) - Clem Tucker (NØRFS) at 44N-98W.
And we thank Brian Moore and his wife Terry for helping make our day productive and enjoyable.
Coordinator's Note: This visit is incomplete as it doesn't meet our photo requirements.


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Network I/O Network Native Audio Interfaces for Broadcast Production
A comprehensive range of interfaces for Dante, AES67 and SMPTE 2110 audio networks.
SSL Network I/O is a range of devices which facilitate use of IP Audio networking using Audinate's Dante technology for broadcast audio production. Dante is an IP Audio Network which uses standard IT infrastructure for audio transport, routing, device discovery and control. In built discoverability, Remote Device Control, and plug and play operation makes Dante the ideal solution for broadcast production using IP Audio networks. With Dante committed to conform with AVB standards, AES67 and SMPTE 2110, the SSL Network I/O range is ready for future networked audio developments.
Dante IP audio networking offers a fresh approach to audio routing and asset sharing for broadcast production with a wide range of benefits:
- High Channel Counts: 512ch @ 48kHz (256 @ 96kHz) on a single 1GB connection
- Guaranteed Interoperability: plug & play discoverability of 500 devices from 220 different manufacturers - and growing
- Remote Device Control: parameters configured anywhere on the network
- Reduced Cost: standard low cost IT hardware, standard and/or existing Cat 5 or Cat 6 cabling with audio and control on the same network down a single cable
- Simplifed Interconnectivity: Ethernet/IP connectivity simplifies interfacing with a wide range of devices including Intercoms and Station Automation
- Flexible Scalability: systems can grow as your needs evolve. Want a bigger network? Add another switch!
- Full Network Redundancy: technology tried and tested across many industries and fully compatible with all network redundancy models
- Distributed Routing Control: routing control from unlimited devices or terminals
- Absolute Resilience: catastrophic failure of a single device will have no effect on any other devices in the network
- Standards compliant: IEEE and IETF compliant thus deployable on and can mix with trac on any standard IP infrastructure. SSL Network I/O is AES67 compliant.
There are 11 products in the SSL Network I/O range:
Designed for use on any Broadcast studio floor, venue or recording room, SSL Network I/O Stageboxes allow easy deployment of Mic Pres and Speaker feeds where needed. Network I/O's plug and
play features allow devices to easily be moved, even between locations and retain routing and settings if required. All units can be remote controlled via System T broadcast consoles and control interfaces, SSL Live consoles, and the SSL Remote Stagebox Application. There are three different models available; SB8.8, SB i16 and SB32.24.
SB 8.8 & SB i16
These 2RU units offer slightly different configurations but share identical features. The SB 8.8 offers eight mic/line inputs and eight line level outputs. SB i16 offers sixteen mic/line inputs. Both models feature a pair of redundant RJ45 Dante network connections, a pair of network extension connections, GPIO connectivity and redundant PSU's. They have individual signal present, phantom power and local attention LEDs to provide intuitive front panel feedback.
The SB 8.8 and SB i16 feature inbuilt limiters and SSL's innovative AutoPad system that automatically applies a Pad according to gain setting. The AutoPad is applied if the gain is set at a low value that would
require a pad to achieve making the entire possible mic gain range seamlessly available at all times. An Audition feature allows individual channels to be monitored over the network (using an SSL console or App) without the signal actually being routed to a network destination.
SB 16.12 is a 3U ruggedised enclosure featuring dual redundant power supplies, 16 mic/line inputs, 8 analogue line outputs and 4 digital inputs and outputs on 2 AES3 input/output pairs. It has a pair of redundant RJ45 Dante network connections in addition to a user configurable SFP port that can be fitted with RJ45 or optical connectors. These can be used for network extension or to provide network separation for the gain-compensated Dante "split", for connection to a second Dante-equipped console or appropriately equipped device on a different network. It has individual signal present, clip and phantom power LED's as well as global indication of PSU, Network A and B and Hardware status. SB 16.12 can operate at 96kHz or 48kHz sample rates.
SB 32.24 is a 5U ruggedised enclosure featuring dual redundant power supplies, 32 mic/line inputs, 16 analogue line outputs and 8 digital inputs and outputs on 4 AES3 input/output pairs. It has a pair of redundant RJ45 Dante network connections in addition to a user configurable SFP port that can be fitted with RJ45 or optical connectors. These can be used for network extension or to provide network separation for the gaincompensated Dante "split", for connection to a second Dante-equipped console or appropriately equipped device on a different network. It has individual signal present, clip and phantom power LED's as well as global indication of PSU, Network A and B and Hardware status.
Stagebox Remote Control Application
The SSL Stagebox Remote Control application provides comprehensive remote control of SSL Network I/O Stageboxes via a Dante network. The software can be installed onto any PC located anywhere on the network and multiple instances of the software can coexist on the network, with all instances of the application having access to all SSL Stagebox units currently available on the network. The Remote Control Application offers complete control over the extensive feature set of SSL's Stageboxes and acts as a communication aid with clear real time device and channel attention indication.
Key Features
- Comprehensive control over SSL Stageboxes via a Dante network
- Clear real time device and channel attention indication
- Runs on any PC anywhere on the network
- Multiple instances can coexist and control all Stageboxes on the network
Remote Control Application Details
Network View
The Network View in upper section of the GUI shows each SSL Stagebox on the Dante network with large arrows to scroll through all SSL Stageboxes currently available on the network. A flashing red border indicates a specific device with a clipping audio channel, a solid red border highlights a device with an active Attention flag. Each device has redundant PSU status LED's and is shown with the appropriate number of channels. Each channel has with individual level displays and Attention, Lock and Mute tallies. Devices that have been connected to the network while the application is running but have subsequently lost communication show as "Offline". Clicking a device brings its parameters into the Detail View.
Detail View
Shows and provides control over the parameters for a selected device. Individual channels have an Info overview box, a lock button which prevents accidental changes, level display, gain displays (which can be used for numeric editing), a fader (which is unavailable if the channel is locked) and a mute button. The GPIO controls are available to the left of the Detail View.
Focus Window
Shows an expanded detail view for a selected channel with a full set of controls: +48V phantom power, Mic/Line select, Attention (which toggles the red status LED for the channel on the hardware unit), Gain, Lock and 'Show Gain' which toggles the fader into the Focus Window. The function of the Pad button is dependent upon the Pad Mode selected via the Setup page. In traditional Pad mode the button engages a classic -20dB pad. In SSL AutoPad Mode the button shows a change in status when the pad is automatically engaged but does not switch the pad.
AutoPad is an innovative system that automatically applies a Pad according to gain setting. The pad is automatically included in the fader gain range and applied if the gain is set at a low value that would require a pad to achieve. This allows the entire possible mic gain range to be seamlessly available at all times.
Navigation Controls
A set of Navigation controls in the lower right corner of the GUI provide channel navigation and level controls that are mapped to your PC keyboard to provide immediate hardware control. ◂ ▸ Left and right arrows call the previous or next channel on the device to the Focus Window. At the first or last channel of each device navigation will transfer to the adjacent channel of the next device shown in the Network View. ▴ ▾ Up and down arrows alter the gain by 1 dB. Alt toggles the gain step to 3 dB. Control toggles the gain step to 0.1 dB. These keys and combinations are mapped to your PC keyboard. For example, pressing ALT+UP on your keyboard will increase the gain by 3 dB.
The Setup Page shows an addition set of information and controls for each device. PSU and Fan status is shown alongside temperature readings taken at three locations within the Stagebox. Global operating level for the Stagebox can be set at a range of settings between 15dBu and 24dBu. The AutoPad button toggles the Pad Mode between traditional -20dB Pad and SSL AutoPad.
Network I/O : A16.D16
A versatile combination of mic/line and digital I/O
The A16.D16 provides a combination of SSL SuperAnalogueTM and AES3 digital I/O to Dante, AES 67 based IP networks. A16.D16 includes redundant network connections* and PSUs. It features 16 line inputs - four of which also have switchable mic circuits, 16 line outputs and 16 digital I/O in 8 AES3 pairs. There are four GPIO.
Network I/O : A32
Bulk analogue line level I/O
The A32 provides SSL SuperAnalogueTM I/O to Dante and AES 67 based IP networks. A32 includes redundant network connections* and PSUs. It features 32 line inputs and 32 line outputs.
*Network B connectivity provides a future hardware upgrade path for direct SFP fibre connection
It has eight SDI circuits, each capable of Embedding and De-Embedding, and the unit has dual Dante and triple MADI connectivity (2 x optical, 1 x coax I/O). In addition to SDI-Dante bridging SDI allows direct bridging between SDI and MADI infrastructure. Internal channel-by-channel routing enables flexible routing between all three domains. As you would expect redundant PSUs provide reassurance in a 24hr Broadcast environment.
Key Features
- Interface between Embedded SDI audio, Dante and MADI
- Eight 3G-SDI paths with embedders and de-embedders for 16 audio channels
- Redundant: PSU, MADI ports, Dante Ports = Full Broadcast Spec Redundancy
- 2 x optical and 1 x coax MADI I/O
- Internal channel-by-channel routing for all audio paths
- AES Connectivity
- SRC on the Audio path to and from SDI
Network I/O : D64
AES to Dante conversion wherever you need it
The D64 provides 32 input/output Pairs of AES3 audio I/O connectivity to redundant Dante network connections*. Sample Rate Convertors allow seamless integration of unlocked AES sources. D64 includes redundant network connections and PSUs.
*Network B connectivity provides a future hardware upgrade path for direct SFP fibre connection
With 64 channels per Bridge (@ 48kHz) and up to 512 channels per 1GB network link, Dante is fully scalable and capable of providing routing channel counts from tens to thousands and beyond using standard IT infrastructure. Redundant PSU, MADI ports and IP Network ports mean the Bridge is built for uninterrupted operation, keeping critical devices and audio paths functioning throughout the broadcast facility. In addition to the inbuilt clock redundancy options in Dante controller, the MADI-Bridge also includes a pair of redundant sync inputs for use as a self-redundant Dante Grand master clock. 32bit MADI control tunnelling allows a pair of MADI-Bridges to be used to pass audio and user bits of a whole MADI stream across a network. Remote locating existing MADI Mics or increasing cost efficiency of an existing fibre cable beyond a single MADI stream is now a simple task. The Bridge also features Bidirectional sample rate conversion between any asynchronous sample rates, from 44.1kHz to 192kHz. Intended for use with Dante controller and third party Dante products, the MADI-Bridge shows commitment to interoperability while understanding Broadcasters critical needs.
The SSL MADI-Bridge features a front panel headphone socket (with rotary level control) and inbuilt headphone monitor routing, to truly replace traditional patch bay confiden
The SSL Network I/O: MADI-Bridge is a broadcast specification bridge between the industry standard MADI audio format and IP audio network's using Dante. The MADI-Bridge enables C100 and C10 Digital Broadcast Consoles or any other standard MADI device to connect to Dante based IP Audio networks with full redundancy maintained.
ce routing and fault finding functionality with equivalents in the IP Audio domain. Simple font panel controls facilitate routing mono or stereo paths from MADI In, MADI Out, Dante In or Dante Out directly to the headphones. A front panel LCD screen provides signal present metering selectable to show four points in the signal chain: MADI In, MADI Out, Dante In and Dante Out. GPIO connections allow for transfer of tally info and switching functions across the network with the Audio.
Key Features
- Interface between MADI and IP Audio Networks using Dante
- Redundant: PSU, MADI ports, Dante Ports, Sync In - Full Broadcast Spec Redundancy
- Bidirectional sample rate conversion between any asynchronous sample rates, from 44.1kHz to 192kHz.
- 32bit MADI control tunnelling
- GPIO connectivity - embed tallies across the network
- Redundant Network extension ports - Local IO at bridge without a switch
- Word Clock out - Clock a MADI device to the Dante Network
- Virtual Headphone Patch- 4 location Monitoring and Signal Present Metering to truly replace your patch bay with a digital network while retaining confidence and fault finding tools
- Lockout Mode - Prevent accidental alteration of front panel settings
The SSL Dante PCIeR interface provides high capacity Dante connectivity to any suitably specified Mac or PC. It features Primary and Secondary network connections and streams up to 128 channels (at 44.1, 48 kHz, 88.2, 96 KHz) or 64 channels (at 176.4 or 192 kHz). Minimum latency and synchronisation is less than 1 μSec. The card is compatible with external PCIe chassis for laptops.
The HC Bridge and Dante HC cards are used with System T T80 and T25 Tempest processing engines. A HC bridge includes 2 HC cards, each HC card provides 512 Tx and 512 Rx channels at 48khz, 256 Tx and 256 Rx at 96khz, with 128 Tx and 128 Rx streams at all sample rates. Each card includes redundant pair SFP cages for RJ45 or fibre Dante/AoIP connectivity. Plus 4 SFP HC link connections, for redundant cable and redundant tempest engine configurations.
The HC Bridge SRC provides 256 bi-directional channels of sample rate conversion for AoIP networks. HC bridge SRC facilitates connecting audio between devices running at different sample rates or in different clock domains on a Dante (48khz and 96khz), AES67 or ST 2110-30 networks. The two network connections can be physically or virtually separate networks, providing control isolation between two sets of equipment where an "AoIP discovery and control firewall" is required. A HC bridge SRC includes 2 HC cards, each HC card provides 512 Tx and 512 Rx channels at 48khz, 256 Tx and 256 Rx at 96khz, with 128 Tx and 128 Rx streams at all sample rates. Each card includes redundant pair SFP cages for RJ45 or fibre Dante/AoIP connectivity.
GPIO 32 provides bulk GPIO connections for interfacing with System T consoles and transporting GPIO across System T networks. It facilitates a variety of possibilities and applications for System T consoles, such as custom user key panels or complex Audio Follow Video setups. 32 GPIs and 32 GPOs are available from the 2U unit. GPIO 32 maintains the solid design and redundancy features found on the rest of the Network I/O range: redundant PSUs and redundant Dante network connections come as standard. When coupled with System T's powerful Event Manager, GPIO 32 has endless possibilities for custom console functions and external triggers. GPIO 32 can be controlled from all variants of System T control surface (S500, S300, TCR, remote T-SOLSA) running V2.0 (or later) software.
TCM1 brings MIDI and LTC hardware connections to System T, enhancing System T capabilities in broadcast music production and post production studios. It also provides additional GPIO and USB connections for use with your control surface.
The front panel provides MIDI IN, OUT and THRU connections, LTC IN and OUT connections, GPI and GPO connectors plus two USB ports. On the rear are redundant PSU connections and the USB connection to your control surface. The control surface connection can be extended with external USB to RJ45 extenders if required.


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Microsoft and its hardware partners shifted a mere 1.6m Windows Phone 7 handsets during the first three months of 2011.
So says market watcher Gartner, which also noted that a total of just under 101m smartphones shipped worldwide in the same period.
And compare WinPho 7 shipments to 16.9m iPhones, 13m BlackBerrys and 36.3m Android devices.
WinPho 7's "modest" sales were actually beaten by shipments of older Microsoft mobile operating systems. According to Gartner, a Microsoft OS was installed in 3.7m smartphones in Q1 2011 - 2.1m more than the researcher's WinPho 7 total, given separately.
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Back in April, Gartner forecast that Microsoft will take 19.5 per cent of the smartphone market come 2015, the majority of that share being accounted for by WinPho. This time the researcher was more cautious in its outlook, simply saying that: "In the long term, Nokia's support will accelerate Windows Phone's momentum." ®
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Stephen Amell Confirms 'Fifty Shades' Meeting — Is He Christian Grey?
Could the 'Arrow' star be our 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' leading man? Posting a video message on his Facebook, Stephen admitted that he's already had a meeting about being in the movie! Keep reading for all the details.
Stephen Amell, star of The CW show Arrow, revealed to all of his fans on Facebook that he's "had a meeting" about the Fifty Shades Of Grey film adaptation. Is he Christian Grey? He does have those steely blue eyes!
Stephen Amell: Is He Christian Grey
"I get questions about Christian Grey all the time," Stephen opens up in a personal video message — one of many — that he posted on his Facebook on Mar. 21. "The project is a long way off," he continues, his blue eyes gazing into the camera.
"I know this, because I had a meeting about it. Long way off. I mean, not that long, but not close. I wouldn't call it long, but I wouldn't call it close."
Stephen's coyness along with the fact that he admitted he's actually had a meeting about the movie lead us to think that he might be playing Christian Grey! He wasn't at the top of our list for potential actors to play the role, but now we can actually see it.
Anastasia Steele: Who Will Play Her?
Meanwhile, the search continues for Christian's partner, Anastasia Steele, though it looked for a hot minute like the part had been cast. A report last week on Mar. 15 claimed that hackers obtained film studio documents confirming Emma Watson was playing Anastasia.
That all turned out to be false though, as Emma tweeted her own amazement at the rumor's absurdity. "Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life," she first tweeted on Mar. 16, followed by the tweet, "?" and one more saying, "Good. Well that's sorted out then."
What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Could Stephen be Christian Grey? And if not him, then who?
WATCH: Ian Somerhalder To Play Christian Grey In 50 Shades Of Grey
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The USPS Check is something I hadn't thought of, and didn't know they could verify it on sight. I will check with the local post office tomorrow and if that's true I'll tell the buyer that would be acceptable as well,
Thanks for the info.
The USPS Check is something I hadn't thought of, and didn't know they could verify it on sight. I will check with the local post office tomorrow and if that's true I'll tell the buyer that would be acceptable as well,
Thanks for the info.
Better call the post office a day or so ahead...never known those folks to keep much money in the till.
You sure about that? I've never heard of USPS checks, certified or otherwise. I couldn't find anything about it on their web site. They do sell money orders but only up to $1000. The post offices in other countries run banks but not in the US.
Cash advance is $50 when I buy stamps-that's a long ways from buying much of a MC? I seriously doubt my PO takes that much in in a week.
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Their website has the info. Basically up to $1000 per check and you may purchase 10 per day. So not really much help there. I guess the buyer could go back the next day for the rest, but it seems like an awful lot of trouble. You would have to bring a lunch or starve by the time a Postal Clerk cranked out 17 checks!
Current Ride: 1995 K75 Standard
Past: 1978 Yamaha XS 750, 1976 BMW R60/6
Sold my RT today. Told him to bring cash and he did.
A sack full of money made my day
Anthony S.
I worry if the cash is all good. Once when selling a car, I had the guy go with me to my bank. Their cash counting machine verified that the cash was all good and the count. We then went over to a table and finished the transaction. Safer in many ways
It turns out selling it really isn't easy, I had a deal with a buyer, but kept looking at the bike wondering if I was making a mistake, so we went for a ride to think it over.....
Well he was pretty disappointed, but he understood.
I may not ride as much as I used to, but I'd hate to wake up on that perfect morning and have nothing in the garage when I feel the call.
I had plenty of reasons why I was selling, all of them valid - distracted drivers, getting older, seeing too many friends going down for whatever reason, most often the cell phone using, make up applying, texting idiots we share our deteriorating roads with here in NY, and probably the biggest one being that I just don't tour much anymore which is what the RT really does best.
All that being said, I'm just not ready to let it go yet. and my 2012 RT has now been replaced by the Wethead. Maybe I'm just lucky but I still think mine is as terrific as the day I picked it up 7500 miles ago, and I've never had a single issue with it. Maybe the "Wethead" will be terrific, but I'd hate to decide To get another bike in a year or so and not be able to replace this one.
In the end, it was probably just easier to keep it for another few years and see what happens then...
When you sell, have the buyer show up with a cashier's check for the amount, written on a bank near you. Then before you turn over the bike, both of you go to the branch of that bank and cash the check or verify it. New owner rides away and you continue to wonder, but you go for a ride on the new bike and the remorse seems to evaporate. Moving on, eh?
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Ha! I think I just got called a "curmudgeon"! Oh well, if the shoe fits....
Honestly though, I'm pretty sure this one is my last bike, but if I do ever decide on another, it will involve a trade in. You probably get a couple of grand extra by selling, but for me it's just not worth all of the headache involved in a private sale.
I might have to start experimenting with how to shorten up curmudgeon enough to fit on my license plate though. Maybe CRMUGN?
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A prominent figure of the American Pop Art movement, Andy Warhol (19281987) was one of the first to integrate fine art with celebrity culture, media spectacle, and mass production. This exhibition presents a selection of new gifts to BAMPFA from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, on view here for the first time, alongside previous gifts to the collection. The prints on display span over a decade of the artists career, from 1964, the year Warhol founded his legendary Factory, to 1977a period marked by an upheaval in cultural and societal norms.
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Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn
Born: 3 February 1898 in Odessa, Ukraine
Died: 17 August 1924 in Batz-sur-Mer, France
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Pavel Urysohn is also known as Pavel Uryson. His father was a financier in Odessa, the town in which Pavel Samuilovich was born. He came from a family descended from the sixteenth century Rabbi M Jaffe. It was a well-off family and Urysohn received his secondary education in Moscow at a private school there.
In 1915 Urysohn entered the University of Moscow to study physics and in fact he published his first paper in this year. Being interested in physics at this time it is not surprising that this first paper was on a physics topic, and indeed it was, being on Coolidge tube radiation. However his interest in physics soon took second place for after attending lectures by Luzin and Egorov at the University of Moscow he began to concentrate on mathematics.
Urysohn graduated in 1919 and continued his studies there working towards his doctorate. The authors of [8] write:-
Luzin was a dynamic mathematician and it was he who persuaded Urysohn to stay on in order to study for a doctorate during 1919-21.At this stage Urysohn was interested in analysis, in particular integral equations, and this was the topic of his habilitation. He was awarded his habilitation in June 1921 and, following this, became an assistant professor at the University of Moscow.
Urysohn soon turned to topology. He was asked two questions by Egorov and it was these which occupied him during the summer of 1921. The first question that Egorov posed was to find a general intrinsic topological definition of a curve which when restricted to the plane became Cantor's notion of a continuum which is nowhere dense in the plane. The second of Egorov's questions was a similar one but applied to surfaces, again asking for an intrinsic topological definition.
These were difficult questions which had been around for some time. It was not that Egorov had come up with new questions, rather he was giving the bright young mathematician Urysohn two really difficult problems in the hope that he might come up with new ideas. Egorov was not to be disappointed, for Urysohn attacked the questions with great determination. He did not sit still waiting for inspiration to strike, rather he tried one idea after another to see if it would give him the topological definition of dimension that he was looking for.
A holiday with other young Moscow mathematicians to the village of Burkov, on the banks of the river Kalyazmy near to the town of Bolshev, did not stop him trying to find the "right" definition of dimension. Quite the opposite, it was a good chance for him to think in congenial surroundings, and one morning near the end of August he woke up with an idea in his mind which he felt, even before working through the details, was right. Immediately he told his friend Aleksandrov about his inspiration.
Of course there was a lot of hard work after the moment of inspiration. During the following year Urysohn worked through the consequences building a whole new area of dimension theory in topology. It was an exciting time for the topologists in Moscow for Urysohn lectured on the topology of continua and often his latest results were presented in the course shortly after he had proved them. He published a series of short notes on this topic during 1922. The complete theory was presented in an article which Lebesgue accepted for publication in the Comptes rendus of the Academy of Sciences in Paris. This gave Urysohn an international platform for his ideas which immediately attracted the interest of mathematicians such as Hilbert.
Urysohn published a full version of his dimension theory in Fundamenta mathematicae. He wrote a major paper in two parts in 1923 but they did not appear in print until 1925 and 1926. Sadly Urysohn had died before even the first part was published. The paper begins with Urysohn stating his aim which was:-
To indicate the most general sets that still merit being called "lines" and "surfaces" ...In fact Urysohn set out to do far more in this paper than to answer the two questions that Egorov had posed to him. As Crilly and Johnson write [8]:-
Not only did he seek definitions of curve and surface, but also definitions of n-dimensional Cantorian manifold and hence of dimension itself. The dimension concept was, in fact, the centre of his attention.Although Urysohn did not know of Brouwer's contribution when he worked out the details of his theory of topological dimension, Brouwer had in fact published on that topic in 1913. He had given a global definition, however, and this was in contrast to Urysohn's local definition of dimension. Another important aspect of Urysohn's ideas was the fact that he presented them in the context of compact metric spaces. After Urysohn's death, Aleksandrov argued that although Urysohn's definition of dimension was given for a metric space, it is, nevertheless, completely equivalent to the definition given by Menger for general topological spaces.
Urysohn visited Göttingen in 1923. His reports to the Mathematical Society of Göttingen interested Hilbert and while in Göttingen he learnt of Brouwer's contributions to the area made in the paper of 1913 to which we referred above. Urysohn spotted an error in Brouwer's paper regarding a definition of dimension while he was studying it in Göttingen and easily constructed a counter-example. He met Brouwer at the annual meeting of the German Mathematical Society in Marburg where both gave lectures and Urysohn mentioned Brouwer's error, and his counter-example, in his talk. It was an occasion which made Brouwer begin to think about topology again, for his interests had turned to intuitionism, the subject of his talk at Marburg.
In the summer of 1924 Urysohn set off again with Aleksandrov on a European trip through Germany, Holland and France. Again the two mathematicians visited Hilbert and, by 7 May, they must have left since Hilbert wrote to Urysohn on that day telling him his paper with Aleksandrov was accepted for publication in Mathematische Annalen (see below). This letter, given in [11], also thanks Urysohn for caviar he had given Hilbert, and expresses the hope that Urysohn will visit again the following summer.
They then met Hausdorff who was impressed with Urysohn's results. He also wrote a letter to Urysohn which was dated 11 August 1924 (see [11]). The letter discusses Urysohn's metrization theorem and his construction of a universal separable metric space. The construction of a universal metric space, containing an isometric image of any metric space, was one of Urysohn's last results. Like Hilbert, Hausdorff expressed the hope that Urysohn would visit again the following summer. Van Dalen writes in [13] about their final mathematical visit which was to Brouwer:-
This time [Urysohn and Aleksandrov] visited Brouwer, who was most favourably impressed by the two Russians. He was particularly taken with Urysohn, for whom he developed something like the attachment to a lost son.After this visit the two mathematicians continued their holiday to Brittany where they rented a cottage. Urysohn drowned in rough seas while on one of their regular swims off the coast.
Urysohn was not only an "inseparable friend" to Aleksandrov but the two collaborated on important publications such as Zur Theorie der topologischen Räume Ⓣ published in Mathematische Annalen in 1924. Urysohn's main contributions, in addition to the theory of dimension discussed above, are the introduction and investigation of a class of normal surfaces, metrization theorems, and an important existence theorem concerning mapping an arbitrary normed space into a Hilbert space with countable basis. He is remembered particularly for 'Urysohn's lemma' which proves the existence of a certain continuous function taking values 0 and 1 on particular closed subsets.
After Urysohn's death Brouwer and Aleksandrov made sure that the mathematics he left was properly dealt with. As van Dalen writes [13]:-
Brouwer was broken hearted. He decided to look after the scientific estate of Urysohn as a tribute to the genius of the deceased. Together with Aleksandrov he acquitted himself of this task.Crilly and Johnson write [8]:-
Considering that he only had three years to devote to topology, he made his mark in his chosen field with brilliance and passion. He transformed the subject into a rich domain of modern mathematics. How much more might he there have been, had he not died so young?
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I want to obtain a metric characterization of the classical finite dimensional spaces of Euclidean geometry.
Motivation: Suppose $A$ and $B$ live in an $n$-dimensional Euclidean space. They are each assigned the task of constructing an equilateral triangle of side length 5. Subject $A$ finds first one point $p_1$. If $n>0$, he can then find another point $p_2$ at distance 5 from $p_1$. If $n>1$, he can then find $p_3$ at distance 5 from $p_1$ and $p_2$. Then $B$ proceeds similarly. He selects a point $q_1$ (probably different from $p_1$), then finds another point $q_2$ and $q_3$. We wouldn't expect him to get stuck before constructing $q_3$, since $n$ is the same for both subjects. I will say a space is all-equal if the possibility of completing a figure is independent of the starting points chosen. Are Euclidean spaces all-equal? Are there non Euclidean all-equal spaces?
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Definition: A metric space $X$ is all-equal if every time $S$ and $T$ are isometric subspaces of $X$ (with a selected isometry $S\to T$), the isometry extends to an automorphism of $X$.
Question 0: Is every Euclidean space all-equal?
To state the second question we must first observe some limitations. Being connected our life intervals, we cannot visit more than one connected component of our space, and being imprecise our measurements, we cannot distinguish directly between a space and its completion. Finally, existing no natural unit of measurement, the correct category to state these questions is that of spaces in which the distance is defined up to scale. That is, it takes values in a 1-dimensional module $M$ over $[0,+\infty)$, with no multiplication structure (although lengths can be tensorised to obtain areas).
More definitions: A congruence space is a pair $(X,M,d)$ where $X$ is a set, $M$ is a 1-dimensional $[0,+\infty)$ module and d is a distance in $X$ taking values in $M$. The morphisms from $(X,M,d)$ to $(Y,N,e)$ will be the subsimilarities, that is, the pairs $(f,\alpha)$ where $f$ is a function from $X$ to $Y$ and $\alpha$ is a morphism from $M$ to $N$ such that for each $x$, $x'$ in $X$ we have $e(fx,fx')\leq\alpha(d(x,x'))$. Similarities are similarly defined using an $=$ sign instead of $\leq$. Subspaces are defined by restriction, and the identity of $(X,M,d)$ is the obvious $(id_X,id_M)$. It's easy to prove that every isomorphism is a similarity. A congruence space $X$ is all-equal if every time $S$ and $T$ are similar subspaces, the similarity extends to an automorphism of $X$.
Question 1: Is every connected complete all-equal space a finite dimensional real inner-product space?
Remarks: if the connectedness hypothesis is dropped, some discrete spaces would be all-equal. If we work in the usual category of metric spaces, projective and hyperbolic spaces could be all-equal, and also Euclidean spheres, both with their inner metric and with the subspace metric.
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EDIT: As noted by Sergei, there are counterexamples. Generally, if $(X,d)$ is an all-equal metric space, and $p>1$, then $(X,d^{\frac 1p})$ could be an all-equal space. This is similar to the example in which However, I was thinking of spaces in which the distance from $x$ to $y$ is measured using a signal that travels form $x$ to $y$ at constant speed. Hence I require that the space have the following property:
If $x$ is a point and $a$ and $b$ are lengths, then $N_b(N_a(\{x\}))=N_{a+b}({x})$ (where the $N$ stands for open neighborhood of a set).
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Even though the basic purpose of a TV set is entertainment, a lot depends on the quality and features you desire. Hence, you should be sure about the same before choosing a particular one. In the past 10 years or so, the TV sets have seen rapid development and today's TV comes with a wide screen that is flat as well. The picture quality may be HD or even Full HD. The TV sets can even be combined with the music systems to provide you with a complete entertainment. The wide variety of technical choices available often tends to be confusing to the common man. There is a choice between the projector and back projector sets as well.
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