PatriotsInsider.com Insider Report
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STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL
BATTLE OF THE WEEK:
The running back battle is shaping up as an interesting one. With Corey Dillon and Kevin Faulk secure in their roster spots, Mike Cloud, Patrick Pass and Fred McCrary are battling for what could be two spots, especially when Klecko is factored in as a fullback. The team also has used Richard Seymour as a short-yardage fullback and when tight end Benjamin Watson arrived in camp as the third tight end, it creates a numbers crunch among those two positions. It's likely that the Patriots will keep three tight ends, but only one fullback. That could leave McCrary on the outside of the roster crunch along with Cloud. Pass, who is not a true fullback, but offers more versatility, could take the lone fullback roster spot. The Patriots would then use the combination of Klecko, Seymour and the tight ends as true lead blockers when needed.
OTHER BATTLE FRONTS:
Jarvis Green and Dana Stubblefield vs. Ty Warren at defensive end. Warren did not impress in the preseason opener vs. Philly, which could open the door for Green to make a move. Stubblefield is behind both while he learns the defense, but could emerge as August progresses. None of the three registered a tackle against the Eagles.
The wide receiver battle continues to be hotly contested. Players like Chas Gessner and Michael Jennings have impressed, but won't likely have enough to crack the roster. Troy Brown's work on defense as a corner could be Belichick's effort to create depth at corner while keeping one less player at that position and making up the spot at receiver. It seems J.J. Stokes has virtually no shot to make the club.
Je'Rod Cherry has been a regular among the Patriots' special teams since 2001 and one of the team's better players in the kicking game, but with rookie safeties Dexter Reid and Guss Scott ahead of him defensively and also contributing on teams, Cherry's job could be in jeopardy. Shawn Mayer also is in the mix as a special teams player. With the possibility of Belichick keeping six receivers, one of these players could be the odd man out.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
WR David Patten. He has been consistent throughout camp, showing excellent stretch-the-field speed along with the ability to make the tough catch. He grabbed a 19-yard reception and a 9-yard touchdown pass in the team's preseason 24-6 win over Philly and also covered kickoffs and returned a kickoff 34 yards in his only attempt.
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Fusion III QAM HDTV Tuner Card Reviewed Build Your Own PVR
Fusion III QAM HDTV Tuner Card Reviewed Build Your Own PVR : Fusion III QAM HDTV Tuner Card Reviewed
Posted by: rampy on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 11:07 AM
AMDPower site (which is currently being slashdotted, have pity) is running a review of the Fusion III QAM HDTV Tuner Card manufactured by DVICO. The DVICO site is severly lacking in userful prodcut info on the Fusions III QAM HDTV Tuner and the sites that they list as US distributors doesn't have much more info and is on pre-order.
This card, *should* allow you to record your digital cable without the separate box, which would keep the signal chain digital, BUT more importantly would allow for HDTV content broadcast via digital cable to be PVR'ed natively. Previously HDTV tuner cards only did OTA (over the air) terrestial digital TV signals.
I'm not sure how it works yet as I can't get to the deeper pages in the review. Is it using a CableCard? Something else? Suffice to say I'm real excited about the prospects of this card.
FALSE ALARM This card ONLY does unencrypted QAM/digital channels. I'm still very interested in the card and would like to review it, but I'm still looking for the holy grail PCI HDTV QAM capable card that perhaps uses CableCARDs for descrambling.
More details to follow... and read more for part of the text of their review.
Fusion III Gold QAM HDTV Tuner Card
Manufacturer: DVICO
By: Jack Kolesar 08-17-04
Slashdot %7C Digital Cable HDTV Tuner Card Reviewed
Slashdot %7C Digital Cable HDTV Tuner Card Reviewed: "Digital Cable HDTV Tuner Card Reviewed%0D%0A%5B Hardware %5D%0D%0A%5B Television %5D%0D%0A%5B Index %5D%0D%0A%5B IT %5D%0D%0A%0D%0APosted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday August 18%2C @10%3A30AM%0D%0Afrom the dept.%0D%0AJack Kolesar of AMDPower writes %22We have posted a review of a PC HDTV Tuner card that can receive QAM %28Digital Cable%29 signals along with traditional 8VSB signals. This appears to be the first PC Card which can accomplish this task. Further%2C the software also comes with a utility to downsample HDTV content to DVD and DivX. %22"
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Aug. 11, 2004 | Hollywood's nightmare scenario is that high-definition TV will become 'Napsterized,' with shows available online to anyone, anytime, for free -- which may sound, to some TV fans, less like a nightmare than a heavenly dream. "
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I'd heard that a Tivo is essentially just a low-end PC with custom software, so I got to thinking maybe I could build one myself. Further to that, I had read online that people have built PCs into everything; coffee tables, beer kegs, and even Star Destroyers. So I thought, "why not build a custom Tivo into an old (gutted) Pioneer DVD player"?
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