Honda's actually had a lot of really interesting ads over here (in the UK). But the thing that's kept me interested is the spokesman in all of them sounds a lot like Garrison Keillor (from Prairie Home Companion). I haven't been able to find out if that's his voice, though...
Definitely going to get that DVD to see if they mention GK.
I'm a US expat living over in the UK. Apparently there is some weird pricing law that says if you find a product in a shop with a price tag that's wrong, you can buy the product for the price on the tag.
I was out w/ my girlfriend looking for a memory card for her camera a few weeks ago. We found a 128MB card for about half of what I thought it should be. When we asked how much the 256MB cards where, the shopkeeper discovered the mistake. But my girlfriend quickly said "we'll buy the 128MB one". When I told her that the real price might not be such a good deal, she said "I get to pay the price on the tag. It's law here." and the shopkeeper agreed. Obviously a bit secondhand, but I figure the shopkeeper would have objected if it wasn't true.
Anyway, I'm just wondering why this doesn't seem to apply to Amazon. Some have said it's because they didn't charge the card, but the shopkeeper hadn't taken any money by that point, either...
Germany has long-distance providers much like the US's 10-10-xxx prefix that allows you to make international calls for *very* cheap rates. The number I had (sorry, it was 18 mos ago, don't know what it was) cost me 3 cents/minute. I considered my usage and compared that to what I'd pay for local call charges or for a German/global ISP and it was the cheaper solution. UK has similar providers (I've also got 3c/minute to the US here) and they're advertised all over the tube here in London. I'm sure France would have the same thing. Anyway, you might want to look into that.
Of course, you need to have a number to charge the calls to... this probably won't work from a hotel. If you're in a hotel, you could check out the phone cards from http://www.worldphonecard.com/
I've been living in London for the past year and just Monsters, Inc (which just came out here) on a DLP projector at Odeon's Leicester Square theatre.
The main difference is that the picture doesn't jump around. If you watch a normal film with something like a still title on the screen, you'll easily notice a little 'jitter'. With the DLP there was no jitter.
For those saying DLP sucks because it's only 1280x1024 or 1080p (which I'm not sure of...), you really should watch a film with DLP. I didn't notice any jaggies and this was on a *huge* screen. The picture definitely looks very crisp and bright. There weren't any side-effects of DLP that distracted me from the film and, I'd say, the lack of jitter is an improvement.
Keep in mind that the Odeon Leicester Sq is advertised as Europe's biggest cinema and it seems like nearly all the European openings (the star-studded events) are held there.... so they may have a higher-res DLP than most.
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Definitely going to get that DVD to see if they mention GK.
I'm a US expat living over in the UK. Apparently there is some weird pricing law that says if you find a product in a shop with a price tag that's wrong, you can buy the product for the price on the tag.
I was out w/ my girlfriend looking for a memory card for her camera a few weeks ago. We found a 128MB card for about half of what I thought it should be. When we asked how much the 256MB cards where, the shopkeeper discovered the mistake. But my girlfriend quickly said "we'll buy the 128MB one". When I told her that the real price might not be such a good deal, she said "I get to pay the price on the tag. It's law here." and the shopkeeper agreed. Obviously a bit secondhand, but I figure the shopkeeper would have objected if it wasn't true.
Anyway, I'm just wondering why this doesn't seem to apply to Amazon. Some have said it's because they didn't charge the card, but the shopkeeper hadn't taken any money by that point, either...
Germany has long-distance providers much like the US's 10-10-xxx prefix that allows you to make international calls for *very* cheap rates. The number I had (sorry, it was 18 mos ago, don't know what it was) cost me 3 cents/minute. I considered my usage and compared that to what I'd pay for local call charges or for a German/global ISP and it was the cheaper solution. UK has similar providers (I've also got 3c/minute to the US here) and they're advertised all over the tube here in London. I'm sure France would have the same thing. Anyway, you might want to look into that.
Of course, you need to have a number to charge the calls to... this probably won't work from a hotel. If you're in a hotel, you could check out the phone cards from http://www.worldphonecard.com/
I've been living in London for the past year and just Monsters, Inc (which just came out here) on a DLP projector at Odeon's Leicester Square theatre.
The main difference is that the picture doesn't jump around. If you watch a normal film with something like a still title on the screen, you'll easily notice a little 'jitter'. With the DLP there was no jitter.
For those saying DLP sucks because it's only 1280x1024 or 1080p (which I'm not sure of...), you really should watch a film with DLP. I didn't notice any jaggies and this was on a *huge* screen. The picture definitely looks very crisp and bright. There weren't any side-effects of DLP that distracted me from the film and, I'd say, the lack of jitter is an improvement.
Keep in mind that the Odeon Leicester Sq is advertised as Europe's biggest cinema and it seems like nearly all the European openings (the star-studded events) are held there.... so they may have a higher-res DLP than most.