Ravi’s Gadgets

DVDs came out around 8 years ago. And the price of the DVD was more than what it is for the Blu Ray disk today. Well, a high def movie on a 25 gb disk is a big thing today though it might become as common as a dvd as it is today. A bland writable DVD disk is available for about 20 cents in India, which is about Rs. 10 here. Imagine how cheap it would be in China and what the production cost for it would be.

Blu Ray players will not work very well in old fashioned CRT tvs. You will need a High Def plasma TV or atleast a 50 inch or above LCD tv. Or a computer with a decent monitor. And the ordinary coaxial cable will not do to carry the signals to the tv, and you will certainly need heated mattress pads if you do not want loss of quality of the image.

The US economy is falling. They are holding meetings there to find ways to fix the issue and try to possibly save the country from disaster. But the USD price against Indian rupee is shooting UP. Straight up. About untill 2 months ago, the USD price was INR 39, and now it is 47.5. Looks like in a few weeks it will cross the 50 rupee mark after a long time.

Good for people who do export of goods or sell services and get paid in USD. But what about people like me who buys services from the US? We have to pay more now, and unless we get business from outside India things will be quite difficult for us.

Goods such as weight loss pills will always sell. But what about the extra GB that people might want to host their blogs? Definitely people will look for options to cut costs, and thats a loss of business for us. Clearly means that we need to bring in more clients and again have to face the costs of client acquisition. Gonna be a real tough job.

A nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and India is ready for a vote in the Senate.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A landmark agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation between India and the U.S. has been a high priority for President Bush and the Indian government, but time is running out as lawmakers wrap up this year’s session to campaign for the November elections….
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