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Toshiba to sell Hello Kitty Regza LCD TV

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:41 AM PST

It’s not the first Hello Kitty TV out there, but this new Toshiba TV is perhaps the one with the most discreet design. Announced [JP] today, the Hello Kitty 19A800KT is a 19-inch LCD TV that sports the cartoon cat on both the device itself and the remote controller. But that’s not all.

In addition, a Hello Kitty will pop up on the screen every time you mute the TV or change channels (see picture below). Technically, we have an HD TV (1,366×768 resolution) from Toshiba’s REGZA line with 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 2×3W speakers and 2 HDMI ports.

The Hello Kitty TV will go on sale in Japan on February 5 for $700. Needless to say, the device is Japan-only at this point.

This 80-port USB charge board had to come from Thanko

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

Most of Tokyo-based Thanko’s USB accesories are utterly useless, but I don’t know what to think of their latest creation, a 80-port USB board [JP]. Yes, they put 80 USB ports on one board. You can’t transfer data over the ports but only charge your gadgets though, it’s not a USB hub.

The board is sized at 200×200×19mm and obviously needs to be plugged into a wall socket to work (100V). The picture below shows it with just 40 of the 80 ports used.

I don’t know who’d be interested in owning such a monster, but Geek Stuff 4 U is offering it to people living outside Japan for $208.68 plus shipping (it went on sale in Japan today).

Daily Crunch: Nothing’s On Edition

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 12:00 AM PST

5 Things The iPhone Could Learn From The iPad

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 06:02 PM PST

As is to be expected of any device that the masses get excited about prior to it actually existing, the iPad has torn the Internet in two. Some love it, seeing it as the first iteration of an eventually world-changing device; others just don’t see a point. “It’s just a big iPhone,” they say, “and I already have an iPhone!”

These iPhone owners are exactly who should be the most excited about the iPad – even if they don’t plan on buying one. Even before its release, the iPad has heralded a number of changes on the way for iPhone OS – and presumably, the iPhone itself.

Read the rest at MobileCrunch >>

Stop making 149″ OLED displays and start making 25″ ones, you fools!

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 05:27 PM PST


Yes, Mitsubishi. We’re all very impressed with your 149″ OLED TV (even though it runs at a ridiculous 1024×640), but we also know that thing is one-of-a-kind and proves nothing. Why don’t you skip the showboating and put out a couple sweet displays people might actually want to use in their homes? I know they’d be expensive, but someone would buy them because they cost less than infinity dollars. And you can fit them through doors.

The pic above is a non-real OLED display from last year, and still the only OLED in my possession is in the Zune HD.

[via OLED-display.net]

These “home commuting” accessories may just make a blogger out of you

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 05:06 PM PST


Working from home can be a good gig, but as any of us bloggers can tell you, there are real challenges. Lack of regular human contact, for instance, can make a wild animal out of anyone. My neighbors can testify, having occasionally to disengage my teeth from the calves of FedEx guys who come to my door. I’d chase them outside, but it’s so bright! And with no appearance standards to live up to, hygiene can become a problem. This is the beard of a lazy man, my friends, a lazy, lazy man. But I try to keep the birds out of it, at least.

But enough of that. You know what I’m talking about, homebodies. Luckily for us, a Mr. Gordon Wu has introduced a series of products that recreate the office environment at home. Like the Eleva-door! Who wouldn’t want to wait for an imaginary elevator to come to your “floor” before being allowed to enter your work area?

And of course, you must keep active while at the office! I remember walking to and from the front desk, mail room, copy room, and so on until my feet hurt back when I was a 9 to 5er. But now I just wave my arms around and flex my toes to keep the blood moving. What I need is a Wu Fit Wonder Walk!

There’s lots more home-office (or truck-mounted office) insanity at the designer’s website. Check out the PDF on the right side there and learn of such marvels as the stapler phone and iHolepunch.

[Nice find, Treehugger]

Attention furnishing nerds: your ink cartridge lamps have arrived

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 04:22 PM PST


Unless your whole home is decorated with weirdo technology scraps, these lamps, cool as they are, will probably look out of place. But! Do you work in an office that values design and decor? These would be perfect for the copy room. Am I right?

Etsy seller boxlightbox’s hanging Epson cartridge lamps are 6″x6″x8″ and sell for $45 plus shipping. That ain’t bad, though you’ll need a few of these 40-watt wonders to make your work environment any species of bright. They come in various colors, obviously.

[via GeekSugar]

iPad? What were they thinking?!

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:30 PM PST

The iPad? What were they thinking? Didn’t they consider the implications of people mocking the name? "How will Twitter react?" Doesn’t Apple have a social media ninja on its payroll?

It’s a pesky vowel, "A." Yes, it’s the first letter of the English alphabet, but it’s nowhere near as popular as the letter "E." Maybe that’s it? Maybe they should have called it "iPed."

Check with Twitter, call moot. Can "iPed" be mocked?

Ped, ped… Pedestal? Pedestals are fun. You put people on pedestals when you think they can do no wrong. Sounds perfect for Apple. They can do no wrong. Well, except for naming it "iPad." That was obviously a horrible, horrible mistake.

Let’s try another vowel. How about "I"? "I" is good. It’s the first-person pronoun for me. I like me. (Who doesn’t? Oh, right: you.) But "iPid"? That sounds rubbish. Who makes that, Microsoft? Yeah, probably.

"iPud"? Now we’re talking. No! No, we can’t. P-U? That means it stinks. "I p-yood." Can’t have people thinking the big iPod touch stinks. (It does stink, but that’s besides the point.) Not helpful. Go away, "iPud."

Wait, idea! Maybe use "iPod" again? People liked the iPod until that home-wrecker, the iPhone, came and stole its heat. ("Heat" is a pro-wrestling term that means "popularity.") Put two dots above the "O," like they do in Fränce, and no one will know the difference. It plays music, right? (I honestly don’t know. All I know is that it’s a magical and revolutionary device that will change the game and that it will innovate markets and shift paradigms for the foreseeable future. Well, until the iPad S comes out.)

Clearly, though, it needs the name "i-Something." "i-Things" sell well. Remember the Apple TV? Of course you don’t: none of you own one.

And what’s wrong with "iPad," by the way? I mean, ignoring the fact that Fujistsu owns the rights to the name. It’s a perfectly good name made up of four perfectly good letters. Two vowels, two consonents. Anything more than that and you’ll start confusing people.

"Big iPod touch" just doesn’t roll of the tongue as nicely as "iPad." Yes, that’s a much more descriptive name, but that’s not the point, now is it?

What else could they have called it? "Huge disappointment"? "Over-Hyped"? "ROFL, That’s It?" No, none of these will do. Not snazzy enough. Plus, too many letters—look at all those vowels.

DIY: Motorcycle cowling increase mileage, decrease sex appeal, exponentially

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:00 PM PST

This particular DIY project makes sense. It’s been proven that in order to increase the MPG on your motorcycle (or scooter in this case), all you need to do it add a cowling. Cyclists use this concept in increase speed, the solar powered cars use this, it makes sense. That still doesn’t mean that you should do it, at least, not in this color.

The builder, a man named Allert Jacobs was getting 114mpg on his Honda Innova scooter. He was convinced he could get more, so he built this rather nice shell to go over the scooter to see if it would help him be more efficient. Turns out it worked! Allert was able to get an amazing 214mpg at 55 miles per hour. It’s just unfortunate that he likes seafoam green.

[via Gizmodo]

Samsung first to start 3D HDTV production

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:00 PM PST

Samsung announced recently that they will be mass producing 3D HDTVs. They are the first manufacturer to actually come out and say so, but I doubt they will be the last given the sheer volume of 3D technology we saw at CES. Samsung stated they will be producing three sizes initially, in 40-inch, 46-inch, and 55-inch screens. All three sizes will support the current 3D Active Glasses, which is currently the industry standard.

There’s no word on pricing or exactly when you’ll be able to pick them up as of yet, but it’s safe to assume that it will be sooner rather then later.

From the press release:

Samsung Electronics First to Begin Mass Producing 3D TV Panels

Samsung to Produce Six Panel Types Using '3D Active Glasses' Technology

SEOUL, South Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in display technology and digital media, announced today that it has become the first company to commence mass production of panels for 3D LED TVs and 3D LCD TVs.

"Samsung Electronics aims to lead the global 3D TV panel market in pioneering panel mass production for 3D LED and LCD TVs."

"Recently, 3D displays have captured the industry spotlight," said Wonkie Chang, president of the LCD Business at Samsung Electronics. "Samsung Electronics aims to lead the global 3D TV panel market in pioneering panel mass production for 3D LED and LCD TVs."

The company began producing LED and LCD compatible panels for 40-inch, 46-inch and 55-inch full-HD 3D TVs using '3D Active Glasses' this month, employing Samsung's exclusive true 240Hz technology.

Samsung's true 240Hz technology delivers full-HD viewing in 2D, and also smooth, natural, full-HD 3D images that can vividly capture rapid movements.

By incorporating true 240Hz technology, operating at 240 frames per second, Samsung's panels deliver a more lifelike picture with alternating left and right eye images through the use of 3D Active Glasses technology.

Samsung has reduced the response time of its LCD and LED panels by 20 percent to less than four milliseconds, eliminating any interference between left and right eye images. With this improved response time, Samsung is able to achieve natural 3D images and also deliver 2D pictures capturing rapid movement with exceptional clarity.

Samsung's new 3D Active Glasses technology first blocks the left and then right lens, causing a momentary lag when images are shown to each eye to achieve more lifelike 3D images. The term, '3D Active Glasses,' was selected as an official term by the Glasses Standardization Working Group of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) earlier this year.

The polarized glass method previously used in 3D glasses produced separate images for the left and right eyes, resulting in half the resolution of two-dimensional pictures as only half of the screen can be viewed through each polarized filter. Brightness was also lowered because of the polarized filter.

According to a market research firm, DisplaySearch, the 3D display market is expected to grow from $902 million in 2008 to $22 billion in 2018. The 3D TV market is expected to expand to a $17-billion market, with sales increasing from 200,000 units in 2009 to 64 million units in 2018.


How to get a key for the Command & Conquer 4 Beta

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:30 PM PST

There have only been a few games that I’ve been more excited about that Command & Conquer 4: Half-Life 2, Day of Defeat: Source, and Command & Conquer Red Alert 2. That’s it. C&C 4 should launch on March 16, 2010, but follow this quick guide ASAP and you’ll be able to see a bit of the game early through the beta program. But you better hurry. There is limit to the amount of keys they are giving out.

It seems like EA has teamed up with Gamespot for this program. Fine with me.

  1. Head over to the Gamespot C&C4 page and either sign in or make a new account
  2. There you’ll receive your key code and a link to C&C’s site
  3. Follow the rabbit through the link and put in your key code.
  4. It might make you sign up for a EA account. Do it. But you might have to go back to the Gamespot page and start again.
  5. Agree to the terms and conditions to get the download link
  6. Download the 1.4GB game and install.
  7. Easy peasy

Holy wow! AT&T admits NYC/San Fran 3G service sucked

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:05 PM PST

A recent AT&T earnings call consisted of a lot of talk talk talk but one slide stands out: it essentially admits that 3G in San Francisco and New York sucked ween AKA were both far below their official performance objective. Although I can't figure out what the actual "Performance Objective" truly is based on this slide, those lines do seem to be going up. While anyone can make up a statistic, for AT&T to come out and say "we suck in those areas" is big news. Good on you, lads.


Apple’s A4 processor is in ARM family tree with Snapdragon, Tegra

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:00 PM PST


One of the small surprises of the iPad announcement was that it was running on Apple’s own custom silicon. Well, that’s true to an extent, but it’s not like Apple actually invented the processor in-house. It’s just not OEM hardware. In fact, other guys are running with many of the same parts. The A4 is a custom implementation of the ARM A9 processor, also found in Snapdragon (running the Nexus One) and Tegra (running the Zune HD). The difference is there is a GPU mated with the A9 in Apple’s design, probably to help offload the graphics work and keep the interface smooth.

Beyond this (ARM licensing the CPU and GPU to Apple), it’s mostly speculation. But there’s room for processor shrinks and even overclocking; the A9 has been clocked to 1GHz by everyone because it stays cool, but if Apple (or anyone) were to apply some better cooling, they could take it all the way up to 1.3GHz.

The chip itself, which contains other components not yet revealed, is supposed by many to be manufactured by Samsung, like the one in the 3GS, which incidentally contains the A9’s predecessor, the A8, clocked to 600MHz.

[via Apple Insider]

Russia’s richest oligarch wants to launch a city car

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 01:35 PM PST

So you own the New Jersey Nets and you have a few billion in assets. And you’re Russian. What do you do next?

You start a line of $12,000 city cars designed to look sort of like the Smart car but more Slavic. The oligarch, Mikhail Prokhorov, is investing $141 million in the Yarovit Motors plant and will create a hybrid or electric vehicle.

From the images it seems you’ll be able to dock your phone into the car and use it as a read-out, something decidedly futuristic. However, considering the success thus far of Russian-made vehicles (the Lada comes to mind) I’d be worried about the generally salability of these things.

NotSoCrunchDeals: Super special, ultrafast HTC Bravo charging cable! USB 2.0! Pro grade!

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 01:00 PM PST

Did you know that your USB cable can be used to connect your phone to the Internet and bring over ringtones? I know, right? Amazing! But unless you own pro grade cable, you might as well be carrying your data over in a feces-smeared galvanized bucket scrounged up from a burned-down rendering plant!

Enter this professional grade data cable for $8.99. It’s is just what you need to outperform OEM cables by a factor of whatever percent! Plus it costs $5.99 for shipping, so you’ll pay a slight premium for all that performance. But check out, above, everything it can do! Email! Graphics!

Hurry! Only 5 left in stock! If they run out you can buy this one for 98 cents.

What’s it going to take for PC game publishers to drop DRM altogether?

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST

For all of its stupidity, the music industry should be commended for relaxing its DRM requirements. Every single song on iTunes is DRM-free, as are the songs on Amazon MP3 and electronic music specialist Beatport. The Zune Marketplace works a little differently, but many of the downloadable songs there are DRM-free, too. But PC game publishers? They’re still bat-shit crazy, as evidenced by the DRM requirements of BioShock 2 and presumably every single one of Ubisoft’s upcoming releases. What’s it going to take for PC publishers to step back and realize that DRM does absolutely nothing to prevent piracy? Not only that, but that it encourages piracy because the pirated version of the game ends up being superior to the legitimate copy?

DRM’s purpose, nearest I can tell, is to control the distribution of copyrighted works. Company A sells you Its Stuff but doesn’t want you to make copies and give them your friends, or to several thousand of your online “friends” on BitTorrent. That’s fine theoretically, except that the DRM implementations are often destructive pieces of junk, gunking up your PC with all sorts of unwanted nonsense. Never mind the fact that they simply don’t work.

I remember when Half-Life 2 first came out, in 2004. People didn’t think it could be pirated because it required Steam server validation. So what did pirates do? They reverse-engineered the handshake between the game and the servers, then created an emulated server for the game to connect to. Congratulations, you just cracked Half-Life 2. And this wasn’t months later, either, but within a few days of the game’s release.

The point is, what was considered to be an uncrackable game was cracked without breaking a sweat. I mean, people have been cracking games for how many years now? It’s an awful lot of programming know-how to draw upon.

The DRM only serves to annoy legitimate customers. You need to enter a CD key. You need to keep the disc in the drive. You need to authenticate your installation at first launch. You can only install the game five times before having to call the FBI to get permission to install again. A CD key I can see; that’s only fair. But why do I need to keep the disc in the drive if I’ve already installed the game to my hard drive? Why should I have to authenticate when I just put in a CD key? And what happens on release day when your authentication servers are getting absolutely hammered, and are unable to authenticate a damn thing? (What happens if the authentication servers are disconnected in five years?) Why if your lousy DRM totally trashes my Windows installation, and I have to reinstall the game? What happens in that happens five times?

All the while, Mr. High School Pirate can hop on BitTorrent or Rapidshare or whatever, download the game as fast as his connection will allow, copy over a CD crack, then have to put up with none of the above. The DRM has stopped nothing, and the pirate has a better gaming experience.

I understand that publishers freak out over piracy, particularly PC piracy where the perception is that it’s easier to pirate a PC game than it is a console game. (That’s nonsense, by the way. Any 16-year-old kid with a free afternoon can hack his Xbox 360 and pirate games all day long.) But it comes to a point where they have to realize the only thing that DRM does is to upset legitimate customers. That’s putting it lightly, for it’s not uncommon for DRM to totally hose a system.

Can we all agree that, for a while there, the music industry was dumb as a box of rocks? And yet those guys got off their DRM kick. How long is it going to take PC publishers to set aside the notion that you need to lock down a person’s gaming experience in order to protect their investment? I think you’ll find that treating PC gamers, who are a prickly lot to begin with, would like to be treated with a bit of dignity.

But that’s probably too much to ask.

The 6 rules of shopping for an HDTV this Super Bowl season

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:30 AM PST

Next weekend Peyton Manning will lead the Colts to a victory over the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV. Hot new commercials will run and there will be remembrances a-plenty about Katrina. Retailers are hoping that you witness all this on a brand new HDTV. And you might want to think about it, too. After all, right now is the best time of year to buy a high definition TV — as long as you follow these six rules.

Don’t pay the price on the tag

This is an important time of year for retailers and most will bend over backwards to get a sales. Smart negotiation is your friend. Most of the time all you need to do is say “Will you match Sears’s price? They said they would give it to me for $xxx.” Keep the statement simple and free of any stipulations like “if I take it today” or “if I pay for delivery.”

You must pre-shop for the model you want and sound like you know what you’re talking about to make this work. If the TV you want is already on sale, state a price 5% lower than what’s on the tag and 15% if the TV isn’t on sale. Don’t be greedy.

The key is to do this very early in the sale before you’re pitched accessories or the warranty. Otherwise these high-margin items will be used as leverage. You might still get the lower price, but the manager will probably tack something on as a requirement. You don’t want that. Just make sure you have a backup plan if this little game doesn’t work.

Buy for your room

Sometimes bigger isn’t always better. That 65-inch HDTV might look awesome hanging on Best Buy’s TV wall, but do you really want that monster in your livingroom? Often buyers are conned by the retail store’s high ceilings and excited salesmen into buying too much TV.

Consider how far away you’re sitting sit, the height of your ceiling, and the quality of the set you’re buying. A good rule is that if you sit eight feet or less away, buy a 46-inch or smaller TV. If your ceilings are higher than the norm, you could probably get away with a slightly larger set. Unless you’re considering buying a cheap HDTV with a sub-par picture: then you should probably go a bit smaller to compensate.

If you simply must have the largest possible set that will fit through your door, make sure it at least has an ambient light sensor that automatically dims when the room is darker. Otherwise your new HDTV will induce all sorts of headaches while making your house strobe like a laser light show at night.

Brick and mortar stores have great return policies

TVs get returned for all sorts of reasons and stores generally understand. Most do not even have restocking fees on HDTVs. So this opens up all sorts of possibilities for-the-less than honest person. There really isn’t anything stopping someone from borrowing an HDTV for Super Bowl Sunday. This isn’t something we’re encouraging here. We’re just simply pointing out what some people do…

Plan ahead if you want to wall mount the TV

Don’t expect to walk into Best Buy next week, plop down a good chunk of change, and have your TV hung on the wall by the big game. Most of the time it doesn’t work like that. Sure, some stores might be able to provide that service, but many cannot. Besides, you don’t want this done improperly, right?

Consider where all of your equipment will be located. Right now they are likely resting comfortably directly under the TV on a stand. But you’re mounting the TV on the wall, right? Do you still want a stand in your living room? If so, why not just put the TV on the stand and save the hundreds of dollars?

There are few options. First, keep the stand even though that seems a bit foolish. This is the least expensive options as the cables need to connect the TV and equipment can be relatively short. Use the top of the TV stand to display photos or flowers. Whatever.

Or you could stash the equipment somewhere else in the home like a bedroom or linen closet. They can really be placed anywhere as long as you have a remote that works on radio frequency instead of line-of-sight infrared. You really should invest into a good universal remote anyway. But this option can increase the installation cost dramatically depending on the cost of the remote and how long of a cable is needed to connect the TV to the set-top boxes. Just plan ahead.

Get your HDMI from your cable company or online

Please don’t help brick and mortar stores by buying an HDMI cable from them. They often sell the cables with a 2400% markup. It’s a dirty racket. Many times your cable company will provide an HDMI cable when you subscribe to their service and you always have the option of buying one online. Monoprice.com is a good spot.

But the cheapest option might not always be the best bet. New technology like 3D Blu-ray are often too much for some HDMI 1.3 cables to handle. If you’re planning on running this cable in the wall, opt for the more expensive and somewhat hard-to-find HDMI 1.4 certified cables. This way you won’t have to tear that cable out of the wall later down the road.

All you need is an antenna to watch the Super Bowl in HD

The Super Bowl is always broadcast on a major network. That means only an antenna is needed to pick up the HD feed. In fact, many find that over-the-air signals offer enough content that they don’t need cable or satellite. Plus, OTA HD offers a higher-quality picture than anything subscription TV can offer.

Most of the time a table-top antenna will do the trick, just don’t buy the cheapest option. Look for one that plugs into the wall for power and use this website to help fine tune its reception. Even the old aerial antennas many people still have on their houses will work.

Mouse pad + 10-key + USB hub = Converged hotness

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:00 AM PST

Oh man, I must be dreaming. Please don’t wake up! Please don’t wake up! Please don’t wake up! A mouse pad with a built-in 10-key number pad AND a three-port USB hub? All for $25?!

Yum.

It seems a little odd that the keypad would be to the left of the mouse pad but those of you lefties out there who also happen to be accountants with at least three USB peripherals that need to be plugged in have found your ultimate work-related number crunching weapon. According to the product description:

“This 3 USB Hub PC Keyboard Mouse Pad provides your mouse with a smooth surface ensuring greater accuracy, control, and faster response. It makes you point, click and drag quickly, smoothly and accurately. The numeric keyboard is very convenient to you.”

It’s also “easy to use, hot plug & play.” And who doesn’t like a little hot plug and play action?

3 in 1 Numeric Keyboard Mouse Pad Mat with 3 USB Hub [Meritline]

Pitch a perfect game in MLB 2K10, get a million bucks

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:30 AM PST

Kids! Who needs school? Why sit in class learning about nothing important when you could be at home trying to pitch a perfect game in MLB 2K10? If your parents get all bent out of shape about you dropping out of school to play video games, kindly refer them to this post and direct their attention to the following statement: The first person to pitch a perfect game in MLB 2K10 gets a million dollars.

That oughta be enough money to buy your parents house and then kick them out. Yeah! Ice cream for breakfast! Air conditioner on full blast with all the windows open! No more taking the garbage out! Man this place is turning into a hot, smelly, sticky dump.

The rules are that the perfect game must be pitched on the Xbox 360 or PS3 and the entire game has to be recorded. Twin Galaxies, “official scorekeeper for the world of video game and pinball playing since the early 1980s,” will handle the judging. More details are available at 2KSports.com/perfectgame.

The game comes out March 2nd, 2010, so get those thumbs loosened up. And don’t really drop out of school. That’d be “whack” or whatever you kids use to mean something crazy.

[via Kotaku]

UFC signs online pay-per-view deal in China. Say goodbye to your streams?

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:00 AM PST

One of the arguments “in favor” of illegal UFC streaming just became a little bit harder to defend. The company signed a deal with China’s sohu.com to broadcast events online there. The first event to be streamed will be UFC 109: Relentless, headlined by Randy Couture v. Mark Coleman. No prices were announced.

The deal makes UFC available online in China legally for the first time. It’s interesting to note that many illegal peer-to-peer streams originate from China. How this will affect your next Sopcast session remains to be seen.

UFC President Dana White, who recently said that the company would spend any amount of money to combat illegal streams, said the deal would bring the company closer to its goal of becoming the most popular sport in the world. (Note: Good luck trying to overtake soccer.) He also put over China, calling it the birthplace of many of the martial arts used in the UFC.

Online piracy of sporting events, including UFC, is sorta tricky. In some cases, the sport simply isn’t available in the local market, so if you want to watch, you have to view a stream. There’s no moral eqivocation here: you want to watch the event, but you couldn’t pay for it even if you wanted to. So, stream that bad boy. This isn’t the case here in the U.S., of course, because not only can you watch UFC on regular pay-per-view, you can, in fact, watch legal streams.

If you want to argue that UFC pay-per-views cost too much money, be my guest, but you should know that UFC live events are expensive to attend, too. Nose-bleed seats for the upcoming UFC 111 event in New Jersey cost $53.


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