This may be funny, but really it is the most relevant post in this thread. Why in the world would you want to spend $200 on something that can be accomplished with cables???
If your whole stereo is in the other room, instead of long speaker cables you just need a long RCA stereo cable, with a mini-jack adapter at the Mac end.
I have a Malata N996 and it is an excellent player. The Malatas except for their CRAPPY remotes are superb. The only other player besides them that does proper PAL/NTSC conversion is a JVC, sorry I don't remember the number.
As a former Sampo-620 owner I should point out that the crApex, Sampo, Daewoo, etc. players all suck big time. Not only are they unreliable (I had to swap the DVD-Rom on the Sampo), don't do proper PAL to NTSC conversion (what good is a region free player, if you can't actually watch any non R1 DVDs except from overpriced R2 Japan) but most importantly:
The quality of the picture coming out of the progressive scan capable Malata is night and day compared to the cheapo players. You may not be able to tell on a lousy TV, but on my 16:9 Sony WEGA the difference is startling. Keep that in mind if you ever intend upgrade your TV.
I keep reading about update problems, but until now, everything has always worked for me.
This one bombed though. It downloaded, and then I got a message saying that none of the patches had been installed due to "an error".
The system console was no more explicit. There were reports of problems on Macnn.com as well.
Has anyone installed it successfully on their system?
Ted
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I don't know about a G5 re-write, but I am convinced that the release of the new PowerMacs will coincide with the OS X release of Photoshop.
What's a new PowerMac without a Photoshop demo? And Steve will never do another OS 9 demo.
However there is no way in hell they will wait until MWNY -- their Pro sales would go down to zero and they'll have a major user revolt on their hands. March is the latest possible date.
Some of us cinephiles aren't referring to English language movies dubbed in French, we are referring to movies that were made in French in the first place. And in the category there is a HUGE number of Region 2 films the are not (and probably will never be) released in Region 1.
In the cases of French movies that do get released in Region 1, the region 2 versions are often vastly superior containing 16:9 support, better sound, supplements, etc. One good example is the Region 2 Francois Truffaut box from MK2 vs. the same movies from Fox Lorber in Region 1. You might as well be watching different movies, the R2 quality is so superior.
Anyway, I am amazed the we here in the USA put up with someone telling us what we me or may not import and what we may or may not watch. Fight for your freedom!
Ted
First of all DVD players have digital audio out. So if these CDs do play on them, the copy protection is fundamentally broken.
A lot of DVD players use DVD-Rom drives (you can freely swap them in either direction with a computer). Presumably the CDs will not work on those DVD players.
More and more people are using DVD players as their CD players. If these CDs do not work in them, there are going to be tons of returns and very angry customers -- $20 coasters are not going to win popularity contests.
Either way, DVD players will doom this hare brained scheme.
A movie really worth seeing that no one has mentioned is Steven Soderbergh's The Limey -- a real movie-movie. Terence Stamp gives a movie star turn (in the best sense of the word) as Wilson, an English criminal who goes to LA to avenge his daughter's death. Soderbergh uses a fractured time line to great effect and Wilson's rhyming slang is worth the price of admission alone. The thing looks totally great and the music is very effective as well. Definitely the kind of movie I'd like to see over & over again on DVD. Ted
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This may be funny, but really it is the most relevant post in this thread. Why in the world would you want to spend $200 on something that can be accomplished with cables???
If your whole stereo is in the other room, instead of long speaker cables you just need a long RCA stereo cable, with a mini-jack adapter at the Mac end.
That or just hook up your iPod to your stereo.
Ted
I have a Malata N996 and it is an excellent player. The Malatas except for their CRAPPY remotes are superb. The only other player besides them that does proper PAL/NTSC conversion is a JVC, sorry I don't remember the number.
As a former Sampo-620 owner I should point out that the crApex, Sampo, Daewoo, etc. players all suck big time. Not only are they unreliable (I had to swap the DVD-Rom on the Sampo), don't do proper PAL to NTSC conversion (what good is a region free player, if you can't actually watch any non R1 DVDs except from overpriced R2 Japan) but most importantly:
The quality of the picture coming out of the progressive scan capable Malata is night and day compared to the cheapo players. You may not be able to tell on a lousy TV, but on my 16:9 Sony WEGA the difference is startling. Keep that in mind if you ever intend upgrade your TV.
Ted
Prepare to be delighted: Ruscico's NTSC Stalker and Solaris DVDs are Region 0, thus playble worldwide.
There are also PAL Region 2 versions from Artificial Eye in the UK.
Ted
I found my problem -- not enough disk space. An error message saying that might have been nice, but anyway, live and learn.
Ted
I keep reading about update problems, but until now, everything has always worked for me.
This one bombed though. It downloaded, and then I got a message saying that none of the patches had been installed due to "an error".
The system console was no more explicit. There were reports of problems on Macnn.com as well.
Has anyone installed it successfully on their system?
Ted
I don't know about a G5 re-write, but I am convinced that the release of the new PowerMacs will coincide with the OS X release of Photoshop.
What's a new PowerMac without a Photoshop demo? And Steve will never do another OS 9 demo.
However there is no way in hell they will wait until MWNY -- their Pro sales would go down to zero and they'll have a major user revolt on their hands. March is the latest possible date.
Ted
Some of us cinephiles aren't referring to English language movies dubbed in French, we are referring to movies that were made in French in the first place. And in the category there is a HUGE number of Region 2 films the are not (and probably will never be) released in Region 1. In the cases of French movies that do get released in Region 1, the region 2 versions are often vastly superior containing 16:9 support, better sound, supplements, etc. One good example is the Region 2 Francois Truffaut box from MK2 vs. the same movies from Fox Lorber in Region 1. You might as well be watching different movies, the R2 quality is so superior. Anyway, I am amazed the we here in the USA put up with someone telling us what we me or may not import and what we may or may not watch. Fight for your freedom! Ted
A lot of DVD players use DVD-Rom drives (you can freely swap them in either direction with a computer). Presumably the CDs will not work on those DVD players.
More and more people are using DVD players as their CD players. If these CDs do not work in them, there are going to be tons of returns and very angry customers -- $20 coasters are not going to win popularity contests.
Either way, DVD players will doom this hare brained scheme.
Ted
A movie really worth seeing that no one has mentioned is Steven Soderbergh's The Limey -- a real movie-movie. Terence Stamp gives a movie star turn (in the best sense of the word) as Wilson, an English criminal who goes to LA to avenge his daughter's death. Soderbergh uses a fractured time line to great effect and Wilson's rhyming slang is worth the price of admission alone. The thing looks totally great and the music is very effective as well. Definitely the kind of movie I'd like to see over & over again on DVD. Ted