[Feedback] Feb 2005 Digit DVD/Digit Magazine

[Byte]

Feedback on Digit DVD / Digit magazine please

[QuickFire]

hehe..
Byte, change the title from
[Feedback] Jan 2005 Digit DVD/Digit Magazine
to
[Feedback] Fab 2005 Digit DVD/Digit Magazine

[Byte]

hehe..
Byte, change the title from
[Feedback] Jan 2005 Digit DVD/Digit Magazine
to
[Feedback] Fab 2005 Digit DVD/Digit Magazine

I don't know what you are talking about :P

[tp_karthi@rediffmail.com]

I installed DVD to AVI DivX MPEG Ripper 2.1.1 software using Jan2005 Digit DVD. If I click that EXE, the software is not running.
Can you point me the problem?
Is there any s/w related to this one?

[Sourabh]

some points i wod like to point out

:arrow: PAGE QUALITY worst than ever

:arrow: why where the socket 939 baseb mobo+proccy not reviewed

:arrow: is there any tie up with INTEL [i dun mind the intel ads on the left hand side of all the review pages] whts the use comparing intel 3.4 ghz cpus with amd 64 3000+

:arrow: y DIGIT y ?? where are those tabloid reviews of all the reviewed products like u did a year before

:arrow: u just reviewed mobos+ proccys given by the companies. has this been the same before. i feel that just not reviewing something just because they were not given by the manufacturers for free was wrong on the DIGIT part. c'mon guys wht we want from u'll is a review of everything which u can which are available in the market

:arrow: as a TECH mag which quote the TECHNOLOGY NAVIGATOR, u shld be ahead of times in wht u review, i so expected the s939 based proccy and mobos, it is quite disappointing


:arrow: other contents in the MAG were good enuf and were well written

:arrow: BYTE said the POP WW review was with words. as i can see it was a wordly review but wht good a review is if they dun mention the minimum system requiremens for the game to run

:arrow: the CD/DVD contents were good but most of us dont buy the mag for the cd/dvd buy for the mag contents.

if someone from the DIGIT team answer some of the questions i asked, it would be worth appreciating

there are so many ppl not happy with the reviews off late, especially everyone wants tht tabulated kinda review thing back and a more detailed thorough review of the product and not some in general review of the products

and year kudos to whoever selected all the wallpapers !! :wink:

[QuickFire]

got my mag yesterday...
cudn't manage enuf time to read any article..
but overall seems good...will tell abt tat l8r.
the DVD is gr8 as always...
but 2 of the included big games are not good enuf.
the one tat is can't be played on my system (gf4mx440) :(

anyways, after quite a few issues, the paper quality
suX (with a capital X ;)) this time... doesn't feel like the
no. 1 indian tech magazine...hope this will be addressed.

[vysakh]

hehe..
Byte, change the title from
[Feedback] Jan 2005 Digit DVD/Digit Magazine
to
[Feedback] Fab 2005 Digit DVD/Digit Magazine

I don't know what you are talking about :P

nice editing
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

BTW abt feedback :cry: :cry: :cry: didnt get the mag

[DKant]

Got it 2day. Pretty good work across the board. :)

@Sourabh - it's clearly mentioned that it's a mid-range mobo+procy review. Clearly 939 mobos don't fit into that category just yet - this was mentioned in the beginning of the review.

In fact with the exit of the XP's even the term "mid-range" seems like a joke - best vfm combo comes for 11K. With an XP u cld easily get the best combo for waaaay under 10. Neway.:roll:

And BTW I don't see how anyone could suggest a tie-up with Intel. AMD emerged winner in all the tests (except video encoding, which was expected)! And the comments, except in the beginning of the review, were all in favour of AMD. In fact unless ur a conspiracy theorist, u prbbly wouldn't even have noticed those "comments" in the beginning of the article. Hell u wldn't have cared for the ones inside as well! :P

Before I go any further, Digit isn't paying me. ;)

PoP Review was nice. But as Sourabh ritely pointed out, the min req were missing. (However, considering that every damn game needs an X850 + FX55 + 2gigs'o'RAM to play smoothly, even that might be forgiven! ;)) How about including a video review as well next time, on the DVD? That would be uber-cool, and probably a first for Indian mags! (Got the idea from the notebook video review, haven't seen it yet tho)

And also, if possible try to bundle the review, and a demo in the same issue. It would be a li'l bit of a trouble, but a nice touch. 8)

I didn't exactly observe how the page quality was, and as usual I skipped the Digital Business segment, so no comments there. :yawn:

And I haven't seen the CD/DVD yet, but methinx it would be better if u provided some 'exclusive' content on the CD. This's been suggested a million times b4 by numerous 4um members, and not without reason. Those with a 'vanilla' optical drive should be made to feel a li'l special as well. lolz.

P.S: Just read the "diary". Congrats Raaabo! :P U didn't tell us m8! Everybody spam his inbox! :twisted:

[Sourabh]

huh wtf

they always used to review p4 3 ghz then p4 3.2 ghz which costed more than 37k even one year back

then in their A list they use to mention cpus and mobos costing way out of normal ranges

even in reviews before they considered all the mobos and cpus

then y not this time

y do they review graphic cards worth rs 40 k then ??

they can review AMD 64 3000+ but not 3200+ y baby y??

when did digit start caring so much abt the budget users ??

theres no doubt in my mind that 'someone' doesnt wanna make this AMD 64 v/s P4 stats common

man only reason DIGIT dint review the s 939 mobos is that INTEL doesnt wann common INDIANS to get aware that wht they buy at dirt cheat i.e 915 mobos + 3 ghz HT proccys can easily be overshadowed by amd 64 bit proccy and mobos

DIGIT & INTEL have a tie up to say this in the mildest of terms

kudos to DIGIT anyways

keep up the good work

[DKant]

Y then and not now? Bcuz this time it was, quite specifically, a mid-range shootout. :)

But I don't understand why the 3200+ wasn't reviewed. Don't think the price diff is much. :? But then if the 3200+ were reviewed, then why not the 3400+ as well? :)

But anyway, except in the CINEBENCH test, the 3000+ beat the P4 in all the other tests! And the AMD sys'es won both the Gold and Silver Best Buy tags! So there ain't no room for a conspiracy theory. At least I don't see any. :|

[theraven]

darn ur fightin each other on the behalf of digit
yeah we get it was only a "MID RANGE" shootout
but thats precisely it
why only mid range
we always had a low/mid and high end shootout
i was lookin forward to seeing more of nForce 4. ..
and yeah the shootout did definitely disappoint due to the exclusion of these

[Sourabh]

dang!!

y only midrange thats the question ??

when u say urself 'THE TECHNOLOGY NAVIGATOR' one has to be ahead of times

also do they plan to review them in the near future ??

last review of mobo+ proccy was abt 1 yr back

so if the same is gonna happen again dont u think nf4 and s939 wod become common

they can review 925 mobos which cost a hefty 15k rs

y isnt MID-RANGE review only, done with laptops , TFT's, GRAPHIC CARDS, mobiles, smartphones and other products

cmon guys nforce 4 and socket 939 is the only best option for any one who wanna buy a new system

and besides the price gap aint much considering one can even get a a8n SLI for Rs 12.5 coupled with a 3000+ for 6.8k

i guess the definition of mid-range is changing. even moderate users wod like to buy a good mobo and proccy and compromise on other things because things get common, and obsolete so fast

i am only waiting for some DIGIT guys to answer this

[Byte]

PROC + CPU test:
It was mid-range only this month. A high-end shootout is Coming Soon. I don't see how you could even see an Intel bias - Intel has money for the ads, AMD doesn't - is the best that your imagination should come up with; especially considering that AMD beats Intel in all but one set of benchs (which is HT and SSE tweaked as pointed out in the article)...

VIDEO REVIEWS OF GAMES:
I so want to do this for this month but Feb is small, time is flying and deadlines are approaching fast. Wish me luck over the weekend and maybe you will have your wish granted.

[sudhir_mangla]

2 DVDs they should also provide 2 cds .

they should understand that most of the users has only cd romes installed .

they will loose their customer in long term.

most of my friends are opting for Chip as they see that from last 3 months digit is only providing 1 cd.

[QuickFire]

VIDEO REVIEWS OF GAMES is a fabulous idea. I'm really excited..wish you all the best Mr. Byte :)

[Sourabh]

if a high end mobo + proccy review round the corner and being soon featured in DIGIT then no problemo :P

lol

i hope that its in APRIL issue

[Byte]

2 DVDs they should also provide 2 cds .

they should understand that most of the users has only cd romes installed .

they will loose their customer in long term.

most of my friends are opting for Chip as they see that from last 3 months digit is only providing 1 cd.

You should tell your friends the pros of the Digit DVD. A DVD drive is hardly a big investment.

[Sourabh]

btw got the DIGIT FEB ISSUE sneak peek mail

there in i fold this written


Future Perfect

AMD Processors
Intel processors
AMD Motherboards
Intel Motherboards



when these mid range mobos + proccys which are reviewed are themselves outdated

so y is DIGIT stating it 'FUTURE PERFECT' ??

[Darthvader]

The Flatout Demo was super cool!!!!
Thanks Digit :D

[klinux]

ok bought an issue after a long gap . main reason was the spiderman pic on the cover , my nephew was happy abt it , till we reached home and no spidey themes and videos or games in it . he aint happy abt it .

gender blunder still there ???

mandrake good . Next time plz try giving an article or two abt the linux distro , faqs , installs , how tos

kurious thing in the wallpapers in the dvd . Was there some kind of shoot out or comparison done amongst the pictures of the actresses ??? :) . how Would love to know how that test was done and what scale was used for comparison .

acronis power utilities was needed .

[GNUrag]

PROC + CPU test:I so want to do this for this month but Feb is small,
Smaller by just 2 days? :lol: :lol:

[impetus]

Hi,

you have said in the feb issue of the mag that we have to log on to www.thinkdigit.com for the detailed scorecard of the different procs/mobos.

Please provide the URL where i can view the detailed scrorecard.

Thanks

[DKant]

Go here (http://www.thinkdigit.com/testscore/) for the 'detailed results' page.

But it hasn't been updated yet. Still on Jan. :|

[gamefreak14]

Thanks a lot for those video reviews, Byte...The wallpapers, themes and excellent E-book collection finally justifies the content the DVD should have provided a looooong time back...I thought you were on a linux spree (it was half the DVD last time)!

[Sourabh]

this time its a lil less ...

2 GB

damn damn damn wht do ppl do with so much linux

[Byte]

Trying to find a balance with Linux and other sw... I think March is better balanced. The thing is there is only so much great software out there. So I am planning more in-house content for the Digit DVD. That plus a balance of Linux, games, software (for Windows and Linux), e-books, themes, wallpapers, music should be close to the perfect DVD. Maybe a month more and we should be there.

[ashok]

Er..This is more of a goofUp than a Feedback.....

In Tabloid tech,the piece under "Self-Help books anyone",it was mentioned
that:Refer to this issue's Escape for other wierd eBay Auctions.
But I could'nt find any in the Escape section....

Also the Names Montage accompanying the Digit patron Contest
Winners had In-House Names like Ashwin Boricha,Sachin Kalbag,Vasuki
Mona Talati, Elizabeth.......Winners All????

[DKant]

I have just read one of the ebooks - "There will come soft rains". But if that's any indication..boy oh boy :P! And oh yes the PSP was utterly droolable! :)

@Byte, u thinking seriously about a game video review? Please say yes. Pleeeez!

[liquid_nitrogen88]

Byteeeee........do something soon ....i got a faulty DVD..... :cry:

I get this msg wen i try:
H:\is not accessible
The disc structure is corrupted & unreadable.

All my other DVDs r runnin just fine...
I havnt done anything with the region code stuff...
I tried to run the DVD in 2 other PCs,i got the same msg

PLSSSS replace the DVD 4 me.....just tell me wat i should do....

[shwetanshu]

Hey BYTE, i think MICROSOFT don't bundle WINAMP in its any of the OS :mrgreen: , hehehe.

In TechQuiz page-154, Question 4:

microsoft announced the launch of a stripped down version of its WINDOWS OS in january. which part of the OS is being removed??

Ans given : WINAMP :lol: :lol: :lol:

Well i think correct answer is : Windows Media Player


Well anyway congrats to RAABO, just read the DIGIT DIARY

[Byte]

Yup, that's Windows Media Player allright...

ABOUT the GAME VIDEO REVIEW: Not for the March DVD, sorry!

[Byte]

Byteeeee........do something soon ....i got a faulty DVD..... :cry:

I get this msg wen i try:
H:\is not accessible
The disc structure is corrupted & unreadable.

All my other DVDs r runnin just fine...
I havnt done anything with the region code stuff...
I tried to run the DVD in 2 other PCs,i got the same msg

PLSSSS replace the DVD 4 me.....just tell me wat i should do....

Mail me your address - ahmed_shaikh AT jasubhai DOT com

[ultima]

BYTE :!:
What about giving DVDs of higher capacity instead of 2 or more ??
Dual layer ?? If its possible to run those DVDs in normal DVD drives
then you should start giving DVD- dual layer.

Since you expect readers to invest in buying new drives, why not you too
do the same :?: :!: :idea:

[DKant]

ABOUT the GAME VIDEO REVIEW: Not for the March DVD, sorry!

It wasn't expected to be implemented at such short notice. So no problemo. :)

But u seem to consider such a review a possibility, which is what interests me (us)! :P

BTW, do u? Seriously?

[Byte]

ABOUT the GAME VIDEO REVIEW: Not for the March DVD, sorry!

It wasn't expected to be implemented at such short notice. So no problemo. :)

But u seem to consider such a review a possibility, which is what interests me (us)! :P

BTW, do u? Seriously?

Yup. Seriously considered. I currently have 15.1 GB of video "shot" from the game we plan to review — editing and adding audio commentary is what will take the time and hence not for March. Game reviews via video is only part of a troika I want to start. Will take some time though :D

[QuickFire]

wow...
great to read that byte..
i'm excited :)

[Raaabo]

Can I do the voice for that? Huh? Huh? Can I please please ;)

[Byte]

Of course! With your voice and my directing skillz, we shall conquer the world! MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!

[icecoolz]

Great we have a Ninja directing and an admin voicing.....hell this video is gonna be a admin with a Ninja cut ;) lol...sounds like Ninja tunes...hehehehe....

[it_waaznt_me]

Ah ..For the first time I have liked Meera 's article .. The digital security article was great .. The face behind the mirror by Ram Mohan Rao and The Money Managers by Renuka Rane were some others that I liked ..

And yeah .. I am having the same experience as Bhasker Banik these days :( .. Only I goto cybercafes to check my mails twice in a week .. ..

Anyways .. Havent checked the DVD as yet .. Will keep updating ..

[vignesh]

The digit magazine was great.Though I think now that you are giving linux distros with the magazine you must start an article called Linux Basics or something and discuss installation tips , configuring modem and other topics that really hard for a amateur linux user about linux or the distro packed in the DVD .':)

[bharathbala2003]

thnx a lot for including the CODE BREAKERS.. i was a amateur one but never bothered to do sumthin big with it cept gettin pass's of frnds :wink:

[lywyre]

honestly, i "forgot" to buy last months digit, but i never regretted, because i didnot find missing something. If digit includes articles of how to in Linux, I certainly would be regular in getting the digit off the stands.

[sunnydiv]

yeh man i bet one of em has spies in the other

and i didnt liked digit as compared to frito lays this month

as of now, i am just buying for time pass ns stuff

what i hate is office stuff, if i want office stuff i will buy computers@home or something

just not what i am lookin for

[Darthvader]

Computers@home is no more in publication

[liquid_nitrogen88]

Mail me your address - ahmed_shaikh AT jasubhai DOT com
Hope u got my mail byte....i send it from my personal e-mail id accidently....sorry 4 that

[Thor]

Shud we Install AutoPatcherXP if we already have WinXp SP2 uin our System?

[Byte]

Not the older Autopatcher but the one on the March DVD (the new one) can be installed on an Sp2 system, it has some hot patches not included in SP2 (plus some java stuff, etc.)

[rajprit007]

hi
i am a regular reader of digit magazine and this is my first post to digit forum i liked the january 2005 issue than the february 2005 because it included Fedora Core 3.Well i just wanted to know how can i submit softwares created by me,and also about the take a crack contest feb 2005,i also took part in this contest.

[linardni]

Can anyone tell me the name of the font used in the heading "hindi hain hum" on page 45, February issue of Digit.

[Santosh Halemani]

hey first congrts!! raboo u got married :wink: .and the feb digit was great and c'mon guys the pages r good and also the stuff on them and great dvd contents. yyes include what ever my above friends want 8) .u know a good friend can only understand his friends minds u know byte. :D .hey put some notes on fedora core3.especially running c programs and all. :roll: well thanks byeeeeeeeeeeeee

[nedun_cheran]

Hello Gurujis.... Thanks a lot for the Mandrake 10.1. But the package needs one more, the fourth CD i.e the KDE 3.3 . Kindly add in the near issue. Is there any difference between Mandrake 10.1 Official and Community editions.

[nedun_cheran]

[quote="sudhir_mangla"]2 DVDs they should also provide 2 cds .

Dear Sudhir mangla, most of my friends switched from Chip to Digit, reason I don't know. But the main worry is I used to peep there CDs and Chip magazine, Now I need to shell out extra bucks, to go through that magazine. Any of Your friend changed to Chip in Chandigarh do tell me.

[nedun_cheran]

February 2005 Month DVD is quite fine. But it is missing the PDF books of previous month Digit. Please include all in the March issue if not in April issue.
Expecting a shattering DVD in the Month of March.

[djmykey]

I like the news stand pack u ppl made this time. It fits all just dont include that cardboard thingy pls.

[rajesh266]

BTW guys! CHIP has also started with DVD from March issue. So DIGIT has the 1st movers advantage now.

Cheers / Rajesh

[rajesh266]

HI Guys,

I forgot to add, but my DVD in Feb2005 mag just doesn't open in my new DVD/CD-RW combo drive. Is anybody else facing the same problem?

- Rajesh

[infernus]

HI Guys,

I forgot to add, but my DVD in Feb2005 mag just doesn't open in my new DVD/CD-RW combo drive. Is anybody else facing the same problem?

- Rajesh

If you had forgot to add something, you can still edit your previous post, and include what else you wanted to say. Anyway, i dont have any probs with my feb2005 digit dvd. Might be something wrong with your dvd copy. Some copies might have faulty dvds. B'fore, I had problems with some of my digit cds too.

[nedun_cheran]

BTW guys! CHIP has also started with DVD from March issue. So DIGIT has the 1st movers advantage now.

Cheers / Rajesh

But Rajesh
Chip is Still has to come a long way. Because, chip is yet to get a team of dedicated Despatch team like Digit and PC Quest. It is having a Dessssssssssspatch team which is not bothered to send the Replacement of CD/DVD as fast as Digit and PCQ . Also it is not supplying the past issues in any PDF or HTML form like Digit and PC Quest. Finally, Do expect a shattering Digit issue in every Summer

[nedun_cheran]

HI Guys,

I forgot to add, but my DVD in Feb2005 mag just doesn't open in my new DVD/CD-RW combo drive. Is anybody else facing the same problem?

- Rajesh

If you had forgot to add something, you can still edit your previous post, and include what else you wanted to say. Anyway, i dont have any probs with my feb2005 digit dvd. Might be something wrong with your dvd copy. Some copies might have faulty dvds. B'fore, I had problems with some of my digit cds too.

Dear Rajesh, just get it repalced by just sending the faulty DVD to Digit office. Or just send an email to Digit. Problem is gone ...Poyindhe....Poye Pochchu...Gaya

[Darshan Singh]

well, the overall quality and contents of the magazine were good but i think that the digit should use more fascinating designs for the CD and DVD.