

eeisner
Member Since Aug 2016
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eeisner | General Discussion | Hardware | 3 years ago |
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eeisner | Support | Uncategorized | 5 years ago |
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Paul -As a frequent traveler, how do you feel about Clear vs TSA Pre from a data security standpoint? Do you w
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Brad - with the change in career are you still planning on getting review units from Microsoft? If not, any ne
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How's performance? Tempted to put this on my S20, though I don't know if I want to have my daily driver be a b
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Was happy to see Andrew's tweet earlier today. Been missing your banter with him and was concerned something h
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The hybrid model needs to be the future. Less cars on the road so less traffic and better for the environment,
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"If you’re a 2-in-1 fan who is tired of waiting for Microsoft to get its Surface Pro act together, Lenovo ma
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How do developers get past this game storage size issue when internal storage on consoles isn't necessari
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In reply to paul-thurrott:It for sure did because you were sitting there listening start to finish, the albums
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Once again, thanks for writing this one up Paul. Been really enjoying reading these and hope you continue writ
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Listening to WW yesterday, when you 3 were talking about the lack of 10X insider builds I was surprised that y
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You're probably about a decade or so younger than my parents, but I find it so interesting that you menti
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For both of you: What piece of technology has your husband added to your life that you love the most and that
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This is absolutely ridiculous. I totally expect Lastpass to reverse this in a few days from all the negative P
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Paul - I've noticed recently on Twitter/Instagram that you and your wife have been listening to vinyl. In
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What's going on with the Insider Program these days? It seemed like (for better or for worse) under Aul a
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Audiophile prices from a company that's never produced audiophile quality. Beats were and still are overp
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Still flying in FS at all? Asobo has done a pretty bad job with updates, seemingly breaking the sim with every
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Hey Paul. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Couple questions for you this week:1. I'm trying to help my m
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My biggest problem with Windows 10 is how it handles multiple displays at different resolutions and zoom level
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Yea, my study involved picking up the kit and doing the study at home. I had the mai
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My sleep study was MUCH easier than yours based on the amount of wires on you, and I could do it in the comfor
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Got a few fitness questions for you this week Paul1. I know you just ordered the new Apple Watch and have been
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Now that all of the Duo reviews are out and seem to have reached a fairly consensus opinion on the product, wh
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Two questions for ya this week Brad1. How do you decide when to leak a major piece of news like the XSS images
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Paul, I know you have repeatedly said that you don't think Microsoft has never communicated a real use ca
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Do you think FS 2020 will be on X-Cloud at either X-Cloud launch or when the sim launches on XBox? If not, how
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Ignoring price points, specs, manufactures, etc., if you had to put all of your money into the Duo form factor
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How successful does the Duo need to be internally for Microsoft to allow Panos to work on a V2 and V3? We know
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As I mentioned in Ask Paul, the segregation of uploaded and streamed music drives me crazy. I just want to hit
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Happy Friday Paul. Two questions for you this week:Who's to blame for WOA performance being so terrible?
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Damn this sucks. YT music still doesn't integrate a local library anywhere near as good as Play Music doe
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"Yep, they’re A/B testing it. For some reason."Except, as I'm sure you know Paul, this isn't an ac
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Luckily the downtown Phoenix location wasn't too crowded at 3pm on a workday (u
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In reply to stephenf:My aunt/uncle (and grandparents, when they were alive) live in north central phoenix, nea
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Ahhh Pizzeria Bianco. Only ate at their Phoenix location once because of the crowds, but Chris Bianco opened a
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Thanks Paul. Quick follow-up - the VZW SKU of the S20 has a couple of trade-offs. While the phone supports VZW
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My Galaxy S8 is dying on me and needs to be replaced. If you had to buy a new Android phone tomorrow, what wou
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I'm finally ready to buy a new pair of headphones after asking Paul his thoughts on his thoughts on the d
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My parents anniversary was on the 29th. 37 years. I couldn't remember, though. I thought it was 33, 34 (y
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Paul -In the past I think we've all been negative on social media, particularly for the overflow of polit
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Hey Brad, have a few questions for ya:I work for a small company (~25 people) based in Seattle, but we don
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Really frustrated by Google's decision to kill off Play Music, at least before Youtube Music has feature
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Thanks Paul!
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Panos was very clear in an interview w/ The Verge that they went to Android because that's where the apps
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I'm super hyped for the next gen MSFT Flight Sim (as I think you are too, Brad). MSFT is doing a great jo
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I would like to win a Huawei MateBook 13
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I'm a consumer, and enthusiast (although far from a fan boy), and a MSFT shareholder. I'm not a deve
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I hate bloatware and spam as much as just about everyone else and uninstall all of that unnecessary crap I can
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"Worse for Samsung is that the brand image of the device is likely forever harmed"Didn't we say the same
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For anyone in the Seattle area hoping this helps with traffic downtown - not a chance. All we can hope is that
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I'm that rare 25 year old who has a large collection of local music, both of burned CD's that are pr
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This... this actually makes a lot of sense. I used to work for a company called TYLT (in marketing - I'm
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It's absolutely ridiculous that Spotify (and Amazon) are currently appealing a court decision that mandat
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First, thanks for the help. I'll have to figure out this CD ripping thing, but definitely hard to help my
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Paul, I've been inspired by your photo scanning project to help my dad with something somewhat similar. M
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Being an early-90's baby, I haven't really known any computers outside of Macintosh and Windows, my
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Paul, assuming you have electric baseboard heating (like I do), I came across a smart thermostat designed for
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This is incredible, and so badly needed. Unfortunately and very sadly, the homeless problem in Seattle is gett
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Surface Go
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Xbox Game Pass
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In reply to brad-sams:Amazon can sometimes be slow with updating these things... Super frustrating on our end
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Brad - quick tip (as managing Amazon accounts is my line of work).... I don't know who is managing your l
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I kind of laughed when I saw the headline, but this theme actually has potential to be fairly pretty. Still ra
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I'm really curious about the SPO2 sensor, and how reliable it is... like you, I sleep horrifically - inso
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"Q: Can I trade in my device after 24 months and receive a trade-in value to put towards a new device? A:
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Putting USB-C on these but not on the other Surface products is as questionable as Apple including lightning h
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In reply to Polycrastinator:I used it in college because dorm theft was a thing. But that's about it.
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In reply to Daekar:$399 is great for marketing. Probably couldn't hit that with an SSDThey probably figur
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Maybe things changed on the S9, but I have definitely disabled the swipe right for Bixby on my S8. And if you
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Please tell me YouTube Music will keep Google Play Music's great integration of streaming music and my lo
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Daniel Rubino said it quite well in one of his tweets... Microsoft just took something out of their aspiration
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"Yep. I’ve been very clear that A/B testing in the Insider program doesn’t make sense and is unfair to tho
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I hate to be that guy, but Paul...It's Queen Anne, not Queen's Anne. Queen Anne is also north of dow
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In reply to madthinus:Apple has been putting marketing-friendly names on their feature updates for years thoug
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In reply to jMawgDog:Sorry, I probably could have phrased that more intelligently. I meant, provide solid serv
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Sounds like DTV Now is beta-testing cloud DVR. Then again, the service was supposed to launch with cloud DVR a
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In reply to OakLines:It's come a long way but steel feels like a beta at times. Performance is good, not
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Paul, why have you shied away from trying DTV Now? They have your HGTV and apps on most platforms!Honestly, wh
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In reply to Travis:DirecTV Now performance is TERRIBLE on the Fire Stick, though. Constant buffers, random cra
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Steve Gibson may be a bit extreme, but he gets it done. Thanks for the heads up, Paul.
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I used to want to go to CES every year. When I was in HS, following the news online, I dreamt about getting to
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My dog has helped me not be so sedentary. As I now work from home, I've gone from my farthest walk being
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your thoughts on Star wars... well said, well said. Both TFA and TLJ were terrible. It's so sad to see St
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I actually took a class on this topic in college a couple of years ago - well, it was more of mass comm/media
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Agreed. I don't plan on going full into <30g a day - my picky eating/limited
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Love this, Brad. I too work from home full time, 8-5/6 every day. Like you, I was finding myself not getting o
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In reply to Kevin Bae:Interesting. I never realised that. Thanks. I won't be able to cut carbs cold-turke
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In reply to paul-thurrott:Thanks Paul. Going cold turkey on skipping breakfast hasn't been easy every day
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Beer is literally the worst thing you can consume ... LIES! You'll have to pry my barrel-aged stouts from
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In reply to paul-thurrott:I gave my dog a treat every time she sniffed or put a paw on her bed/in her crate, t
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This article is both frustrating and eye opening... I'm definitely not overweight (24, 5'8", 165lb),
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A/B testing is great, BUT only if they're testing two versions of the same feature or a visual change. Ha
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Funny - right as I'm typing a comment praising FF Quantum, all of my tabs crash. Timing, right? Anyways..
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There's something wrong with any extreme fan base - be it in tech, sports, politics, etc etc - that attra
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the laptop looks gorgeous. I was very tempted to pick one up at launch, but couldn't justify it. But I wi
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Sadly (and this may be a windows issue), LastPass/extension scaling is still broken. I will be trying to give
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In reply to jr.flynn:I use the DTV Now app on my FireTV daily, mainly for sports, but also for watching live n
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Without any real marketing, the product is doomed. No one outside of the tech/MS world knows this device exist
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In reply to pwrof3:DirecTV Now is terrible on FireTV, however. I stay subscribed because of the promo price I
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"And maybe this means we’ll see Microsoft hardware in the Windows Store now too"I had this exact same though
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All I can conclude is that the software giant is stretching the bounds of what “active” means. Possibly to
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FYI Brad/Paul - "Chee" is the proper pronunciation of "Qi." Learned that the hard way when working in marketin
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In reply to noelbruns:you do realize that LastPass is available for Edge, right? How does this hinder your wor
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I've been having an issue with my SB recently where after sleep/hibernate the keyboard and trackpad will
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In reply to brad-sams:Agreed - I was more thinking in the way of live sports. While ESPN is utter garbage now,
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In reply to harmjr:I've been using DirecTV Now since launch, and am also on Comcast (in Seattle) with the
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"ESPN has lost its way"Not sure you've ever said anything more true, Brad.But besides that, have you expe
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In reply to bassoprofundo:I had an old Moto Droid Razr that had some smart actions app built in - you could co
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Paul - Mind doing a quick rundown on how the new pen performs on older hardware (ie: Surface Book)? Curious as
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In reply to Delmont:Amazon is built around and optimized for Firefox. I use Amazon's vendor and seller se
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Until Mozilla/FF can fix the constant scripting errors/crashes I get, I'm going to hate using it. Sadly,
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any chance there was a deal made, on or off the record, to bring iTunes to the Windows Store if MS brings Offi
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well, i live a mile away. not at build as i'm not a dev but may stop by for a brew.... or 4
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I'm really intrigued by Windows 10S. My work day is built around a browser (Sadly, Firefox as Amazon Vend
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In reply to Brad Sams:no problem. just so you know, occurs in Chrome (haven't tried other browsers), and
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Homepage bug - premium articles for non-premium members
Hey Paul/Brad/Tim...
There's a weird bug that if you're not a premium user, and you use one of your 3 premium articles, when accessing the homepage that article will display itself.
See my Imgur link, but please note that the entire article shows, and breaks the home page!
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I really hope that some of these fixes resolve the many, many issues I have with running a 1920x1080 monitor w
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If this is more reliable then Direct TV now, then I may have to make the switch.
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Only thing I DON'T like about this internal concept is that fat padding between the top of the Groove window a
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C'mon Paul, how can you, as a Bostonian, use the phrase "Anything is possible" without linking Kevin Garnetts
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thank you gents for reminding me why i am SO glad last year was my first and ONLY CES. Just the worst, especia
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Hey Paul - was at CES last year and Uber was surprisingly not too bad to get a car. Took cabs from Planet Holl
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SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
But for real... As with Brad, I've been hoping for something like this since Echo b
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i always find a "whats in my bag" piece to be interesting. either a once a month kind of thing highlighting wh
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USB-C is obviously the future, and I'm a big supporter of this cable - I love the port on my Nexus 5X, and I h
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In reply to PeteB:
yes, i tmight not be the most attractive hinge, but when you use it to hand-write notes, th
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Looking for a modem/router... any advice?
SO I'm moving to Seattle next week, and would rather not pay the $10 to Comcast for a modem/router. My apartment is only 650 sq feet, and my speeds are going to be around 25mpbs. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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Would be great if images in articles would open in a photo viewer, rather than opening the images in a new pag