Apple files patent to fill in gaps on screen during letterboxed video

21. jaytai0106 posted on 14 Sep 2012, 07:02 2 1

And somehow they are giving out any patent is being filed... I guess I wouldn't be too sad when the world end...

7. Vinayakn73 posted on 13 Sep 2012, 23:20 8 1

yeh that samsung tab2 flash ad is so annoying. PA should replace that fking hover option with mouse click. its is kind of harrasement

12. awin217 posted on 13 Sep 2012, 23:50 3 1

I use ad-bock extention for chrome..it even blocks the ads on youtube..!

15. 305Bucko posted on 14 Sep 2012, 01:06 2 1

The fans on my Alienware laptop go full blast when I navigate through PA. Only other time I ever hear them do that is when I run 3DMark :/

please post that chrome extension!

19. awin217 posted on 14 Sep 2012, 03:49 0 1

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

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29. 305Bucko posted on 15 Sep 2012, 00:37 1 0

THANK YOU! works great! I cant believe I went this long without it

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28. JoeBelfiore (banned) posted on 14 Sep 2012, 23:20 0 1

This is Android, Live with it.

20. groupsacc posted on 14 Sep 2012, 05:08 0 1

Use Privoxy. I haven't seen ads on any websites for years.

5. PapaSmurf posted on 13 Sep 2012, 23:13 3 2

I think that D word is going to get you banned.

10. nicholassss posted on 13 Sep 2012, 23:46 4 1

Ambient lighting built in to some tvs do this already, and its kind of annoying and bad as is, itd be even more annoying ON the screen. The black edges when watching something widescreen or letterbox isnt a big deal to anyone i know.

now the apps that arent resized on the otherhand... well, glad to see apple fan boys fragmentation argument turn against them.

PS(sort of off topic) i had an iphone user ague fragmentation as a fault with android. has anyone even run in to any sort of app fragmentation on android devices in, I dont know, a couple years now?

13. jroc74 posted on 13 Sep 2012, 23:57 1 1

Nope.....I have yet to run into this fragmentation. I have a RAZR.....that apps show up on my Droid 1.

The ONLY apps they dont work are obvious ones...like an HDMI one from my Droid X1.

24. remixfa posted on 14 Sep 2012, 10:24 2 1

fragmentation is an argument brought up by idiot fanboys that dont know jack about their own system. The dirty secret is that iOS is more fragmented than android and has only recently come under some modicum of control when they initiated over the air updates with iOS5. Does anyone really think that every iphone, iPad, and iPod user ran to their computer to get every last update?

And then when they do get the update, they get denied features depending on which device they are using which is forced fragmentation by Apple.. something that doesnt happen on android. If your device cant handle the whole thing, you get none of it.

11. nicholassss posted on 13 Sep 2012, 23:47 0 1

iknorite?

17. bayusuputra posted on 14 Sep 2012, 02:40 1 1

exactly what i was thinking..

good lord, apple is really losing it.. but i still think that it's a great patent company..

furk you apple!

27. -box- posted on 14 Sep 2012, 22:56 0 0

It's like they're trying to emulate the HAWX (I think it's called that... Lights and fans and stuff) system for video games