Stereo line-in and out ports, plus optical in and outs, should allow you to connect this PC with your stereo system and other stereo components.
They are the first planets discovered by the enormous Keck telescope in Hawaii, the sharpest optical telescope in the world.
Another impressive feature is the unit's reported ability to play back DVDs via the built-in optical drive (while in park, obviously), or you can hookup the forthcoming Wii or PlayStation 3 to the dual video inputs fpr keeping you and your co-riders entertained should you hit a traffic jam (or LA stoplight).
Five years later he branched into retail with the takeover of LensCrafters, the biggest optical retailer in America.
By 1980 carriers used fiber to carry data and voice calls as optical signals in the form of photons.
So for a whole plethora of reasons, it makes a lot of sense to get rid of optical discs in desktops and notebooks.
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Chances, are, however, you keep a backup copy of your operating system on an optical disc in the desk drawer, just in case.
Optical discs in general have experienced a decline in unit sales for the last several years with only the new Blu-ray format increasing in sales.
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According to the report, Sony toyed with the idea of dropping the optical drive in favor or making games for the machine download-only over the internet.
North American sales were impacted by certain project delays and a winding down of U.S. stimulus spending on optical cable in support of telecommunications infrastructure projects.
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Adams said he left NeXT after disagreeing with Jobs about the use of the optical drive in the NeXT workstation, which he felt would be too slow.
Adding even more, the new HMX-U20 now puts a true 3x optical zoom in the palm of consumers' hands, allowing for additional creativity when recording life's special memories.
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"By bringing optical fibres in some of the networks, by just closing the loops, you will avoid excessive Internet transit costs, bringing down the cost by two-thirds, " he said.
Thanks to observations made with the Gemini ground-based optical telescope in Hawaii, it quickly became clear that GRB130427A was superbright primarily because it lay only a few billion light years away.
Silicon photonics made with inexpensive silicon rather than expensive and exotic optical materials provides a distinct cost advantage over older optical technologies in addition to providing greater speed, reliability and scalability benefits.
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By including a Blu-ray optical drive in the PlayStation 3, it hopes to promote its own standard for the next generation of DVDs, and the console as a device for playing them.
When listening to music, the sound of the PC was obliterated by a battered old Sony amp and speakers plugged into the motherboard's optical port via an equally battered MiniDisc player with optical-in that functioned as our DAC.
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Investors are clearly believers in large part because of the track record of Corvis' founder, David Huber, who also started Ciena (nasdaq: CIEN - news - people), a pioneer in new optical technology now used in nearly every telecommunications network.
The successful bidder, GoalControl, believes that one of its strengths is the fact that neither the ball nor goal structure need to be changed for the system to work -- with referees receiving a vibration and optical signal in their watches to inform them of a successful score.
The typical standards of built-in optical drive, HP QuickPlay, 6-in-1 card reader and 6-cell batter round out the capable, but lower-end laptop.
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The KONICA MINOLTA HD LENS assures high quality images, while a 40x Optical Zoom enables close-up shots from far away, with no sacrifice in optical quality.
Instead, by 2002, counties must have in place optical scanners, which require voters fill in bubbles with a pencil.
Taking HD video to the next level, the COOLPIX P7700 is capable of intelligent autofocus while recording in any mode as well as optical zoom when shooting in Auto mode.
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Sycamore and Optical are just an early rumbling in the tectonic shift that has begun shaking the telecommunications industry: the move to optical networking, the hottest new market in high tech.
In the past, every version came on optical desk Available ONLY in the Mac App Store.
The computer maker on Wednesday is discussing its advances in making optical-communications components from silicon, the mainstay material used in conventional computer chips.
In 2004 Weatherford was first to roll out a new twist in optical sensor technology.
The final nail in the coffin was the lack of a built-in optical drive.
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The 28mm wide-angle lens with 5x optical zoom aids in capturing great shots from a distance.
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