[Preview + Feedback] April 2009

[topgear]

Originally Posted by toofan

Is it available in stands.

Ya. It's available. Can somebody please give me an answer :

Does digit DVD contains both 32 & 64 bit vista sp2 RC releases ? or only the 32 bit one.

[ratedrsuperstar]

digit is getting better now love digit 3.0

also i guess the test team got a better taste in music(BTBAM's Selkies).way to go guyz.
i'd recommend the following songs instead of the old stuff u guyz use to test

Opeth-Windowpane/The Drapery Falls
Mudvayne - Prod
Converge - Concubine
Thrice - Daedalus

this should cover every musical aspect u want to test

[desiibond]

page 118 has few posts of digit forum. what exactly is this page agout?

[comp@ddict]

digit is getting better now love digit 3.0

It's Digit 2.5 beta to be precise. 3.0 will be the complete version. But it's gr8.

page 118 has few posts of digit forum. what exactly is this page agout?

It's something CHIP mag has too, it's a good idea really, letting readers who aren't members on the forum, to know what it is here.

[comp@ddict]

digit is getting better now love digit 3.0

It's Digit 2.5 beta to be precise. 3.0 will be the complete version. But it's gr8.

page 118 has few posts of digit forum. what exactly is this page agout?

It's something CHIP mag has too, it's a good idea really, letting readers who aren't members on the forum, to know what it is here.

[toofan]

Perfect Design of the Magazine.
I don't think that digit can be designed that perfect ever again. What a gorgeous look. I am still watching it from yesterday evening when I bought it from the stands.

About the content I will post later.

But there is a lot of future tech. You may like it or dislike it.

[himadri_sm]

yess....i thoroughly enjoyed reading the mag this time,..the contents were very good.

[comp@ddict]

BTW - Loved the magazine, especially the tech in movies article.

[codyhulk]

About Digit 3.0.

I find lot of digit to be right off the bat. I have started finding digit a bit boring now. It sounds like reading through some lecture notes.

Things I would suggest from past is:

1. Keep some gossip/fun stuff about technology in the magazine. As we used to have earlier (now replaced by Final Word)

2. 30 minute help can get people lost. How about Uploading it in video on DVD instead of featuring 30 minutes in magazine. Earlier version back in 2002 used to come with how to video or do it with Digit.

3. IT feels like reading advertisement throughout. It feels like digit has increased cost to support those advertisers than other way round. Charge advertisers more and not digit Readers. Magazine is one side read, Other side is Advertisement. And those advertisement are very irrelevant to current article too. Don't even know why it is there.

4. There are so many experts in every field and everyone having very contradicting opinion about everything. May be Digit Editor should watch Gadget show on channel Five (UK television) on Monday nights.

We would like to have Indian version of such show. Instead of showcasing a product, how about building proper Video which gives end to end preview on how product works. What are possible enhancement we can do with it.
Example - Sony Vaio P Video (Every user can log on to Youtube now a day and watch kind of video we have on DVD. We want Expert Opinion on it and that is reason we subscribe to digit.


Things that I like in new version:

1. Facts on top of the page.

2. Digit saves lot of bandwidth for me by providing updates every month on dvds

3. Digit was early on Windows Vista like bandwagon. Why not something similar for Win 7 bandwagon. I am expecting more Win 7 enhanced application.

[blueshift]

Please update the current issue on the website. Also the link for DVD content is for the previous March issue. Please it is already updated very late on the website.

[nayaksunilnaik]

Just read digit today. Wonderful as ever. Hope you'll include webaroo web packs of your forums in next month's dvd.

[NucleusKore]

Looks good. I liked all the content (save the gaming which I'm not interested in).

[alexanderthegreat]

Nice issue! Really smart one! But I was rolling on the floor laughing when I read Mr. Rishi Srivatava's reply to the last question (Regarding source code of IE8).

One more thing, could you guys bring the Wild Wild Web section back???

[src2206]

What is the use of providing Knoppix 3.6 when the latest version is KNOPPIX_V6.0.1 released on 2009-02-08? The same goes for K-Lite mega Codec pack. The latest is 4.7.5 whereas Digit is providing 4.2.5f released originally on October 20th 2008!!!!!

Will you please try to provide updated version of software if you are really interested in improving the mag? Only increasing the price is not really going to help, and the price increase should be justified not only by the quality of content of the print media but also that of the DVD.


If you are taking money please provide its worth.

[sr_garg]

went through digit magazine of this month n was disappointed to not to see any good speakers in both 2.1 and 5.1 iwas looking a review on and comparision on Creative GigaWorks G550W...

[ax3]

i havent recieved it till now ... looks like courier ppl also like this mag ...

[NVIDIAGeek]

No Game reviews?? Are the Medal of Honor: Airborne & GRID demo?? The contents are so good that I subscribed!

[anshul]

The mag was good....but I am beginning to think of the old days when Digit wasn't on dieting..........I mean the number of pages have really reduced.......!And I buy digit mainly because of its magazine content....not even the theory of rewiews...(I am interested in the gradelist...that is the final result).......
So Digit please eat something.......a slim digit is not healthy...!!

[saqib_khan]

Awesome fasttrack. And increase some more pages in digit & make it worth 150 bucks. I didn't mean to add some advt, but I wanted to say here is to add more content

[Rajdeep Banik]

Hello, I have been reading digit for last two years though I am not a regular reader of the magazine. I buy digit only when I have saved enough money. Last month, I took an internet connection and found out that my XP is a pirated version. I would like to install Linux in my PC, but I have never used any version of Linux. I would be grateful if DIGIT releases a fast track about linux.

[Sathish]

shocked about 2.1 speakers review.. some of the speakers prices not updated and altech lansing vs4121 scores are too low when compared to umax..
i had the altec lansing vs4121 and i amazed about its deep bass and fantastic output even its price slightly higher than others.
but digit did not review this one and put the scores too low when compared to umax series.. i hear the output-difference between umax, zebronics and altec lansing at the time of purchasing of vs4121..
i think new readers might be misguided to buy umax for performance..
i dont know wat hap in digit reviews..

[desiibond]

It's called pay-for-points

[NVIDIAGeek]

Originally Posted by nvidiageek

No Game reviews?? Are the Medal of Honor: Airborne & GRID demo?? The contents are so good that I subscribed!

What about this, guys?? Please answer.

[Byte]

Originally Posted by nvidiageek

What about this, guys?? Please answer.

Game previews: Bionic Commando and inFamous.
Game reviews: Dawn of War II and Wheelman

[gurujee]

I feel the mag has undergone a nice change in looks. articles are better than before too.
but the product test is not the same as before. i have old issues in which ports display '42 speakers tested', '39 cellphones tested' but now digit getting much less brands/models for comparison. last month PMP tests disappointed me and current issue speaker test is beyond explanation. com'on digit team, only 4 5.1speaker sets to test !!!!! and where is that big comparison table !!! ultimate bass test, ultimate treble test !!!!??????

i dont buy mags to watch its cover and looks. i buy for reading.

paper quality and binding also poor these days. past issues, when one holds, feels like hardbound book but these issues bend- no stiffness..

Disappointing

[NVIDIAGeek]

Then what's Medal of Honor: Airborne & GRID??

[topgear]

Airborne is a FPS game & GRID is a racing game.

[NVIDIAGeek]

Originally Posted by Anorion

Gaming
Games
UT3 Titan Pack
GRID
Medal of Honour: Airborne

Casual Games
Creatrix
Mario Forever Galaxy 1.8
Mono 1.02
N 1.4
Stellar Frontier 1.1

Linux
Distros
Scientific Linux 5.2
Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha

Tools
Dissy 9
Giv 0.9.14
k9copy 2.3.0
NolaPro 4.0.4288
portaliks 0.4.0
Pyjamas 0.5
Songbird 1.1.1
Surfraw 2.2.4
twitter 1.1.1
USBView 1.1
VueScan 8.5.07[/SIZE]

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Then what's MoH and GRID on Gaming section??