Roger Hsu's Blog

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Mar 30, 2008. I’ve been HDTV shopping for several months now. Originally, I was debating between a 42″ or 50″ screen size, but after several excursions to the local Best Buy, I quickly concluded that 50″ was the way to go. Even for our relatively tiny living room, 42″ just seemed too small. After looking at various TVs, I quickly eliminated rear-projection TVs from the running as I was unimpressed with their picture quality and turned off by their bulky size and issues with bulb life. The decision came down to a 50″ plasma or a comparably sized LCD. Plasmas generally offer better picture quality (deeper blacks and no motion blur) and for screen sizes 50″ and larger, they are more economical than LCDs. The disadvantages of plasma are slightly higher power consumption and the minor possibility of image burn-in, but the pros of plasma outweighed the cons for me. Among the myriad brands to choose from, I gravitated towards Panasonic which consistently...

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Mar 14, 2008. Stating the obvious, Version 5 of RohJuh.com’s got a fresh, new look. If you’re scratching your head, then you’re either new to the site, have a bad memory, or need to hit “Reload” on your browser. Here are some key highlights of RohJuh V5: - W I D E S C R E E N! I kind of went against convention and made the site pretty wide (1100px to be exact). For most people, it should be fine as long as you maximize your browser window. If not, get a bigger screen. :-D - New logo in preparation for a worldwide marketing launch to further brand awareness. Or not. The logo now also serves as the site’s favicon (that little icon to the left of the web address in your browser). You’ll need to clear your browser’s cache to get the new favicon. - Hot new nav bar. The links change when you hover over them; that’s pretty typical. What’s unique is that the reflections of the links also change. Cool! - RohJuh Shuffle is now on steroids – 6 random pics ins...

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on Mar 1, 2008. Latte’s been having some health problems recently so we decided not to take any far-away snowboarding trips this year. She gets really stressed out when we leave her for more than a couple of days, and in her current state, such a stressful situation might very well do her in. Now that she’s on steroids, she’s doing much better so we decided to do a local trip to Tahoe and bring her along. We actually headed up to Tahoe on Sunday in the middle of a big storm. “Awesome,” we thought, “fresh powder!” Just 35 miles from Truckee, the highway patrol closed the roads and turned everybody around, not because there was too much snow, but because visibility was really poor. Ordinarily, we would have just found a hotel nearby and just headed up the next morning. We had Latte with us though, so we would have to find a place that allowed dogs which can be tough. We had dinner with the hopes that things would clear up, but they didn’t. The cond...