He also gave up both the Lord of the Rings franchise and Harry Potter...there's just no excuse for that! Especially Harry Potter, there was no doubt that Potter would have made money!
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it puts the creative minds first and in control, not the big wigs...I mean when Roy Disney gets kicked out of Disney itself, you know you have a problem.
Only if they could add the extra stuff in Sim City 4 using Sim City 2000's engine. IMO, Sim City 2000 was the pinnacle of the whole franchise. It seemed that it went downhill from there, mainly due to the shoddy graphics system (crazy amounts of RAM are needed to keep build the kinds of things that were standard in Sim City 2000)...I say they make sure that Sim City 5 is extremely optimized, perhaps by studying 64k demos etc.
However, watch out about the DVI input on your HDTV. Many don't officially support Computer DVI imput and while you might see the signal, the resolution may be really whacked up. Case in point, my Sony KF50WE610 Rear Projection LCD, when displaying from my G4, shows only 640x480 or (when forced into a reasonable 1024x768, a shrinked and panned picture.
Interesting...hah, thanks for the correction. And thats why people always comment on the quality of the MZ-R50 and how many other people have problems with the MZ-R55, not that I've researched it or anything...I just read a few forum posts a few years back.
Wow, thats Biology 1 material. Maybe when "most slashdotters" were in BIology they didn't learn about Retroviruses but nowdays, its taught in 9th grade Intro to Bio classes.
My experience with Sony extra battery packs has been horrible. They are very big and bulky compared to the device size. Check out the MZ-R50's extra battery pack for an example. I wonder if the battery will last longer if they use a Lithium Polymer Battery instead of a Lithium Ion one.
What about claiming that the PS2 had Progressive Scan DVD support while delivering it 3 years late with new hardware instead of a Driver update like they kept saying after the PS2 launched.
Just wait for some senator or attorney general to either 1) Use it for extending the gov.'s powers or 2) Be paid by Microsoft to create FUD in congress about how vulnerable we are without it...
They will hardcode future motherboard BIOS-es to load only Certified Operating System. The BIOS will not be upgradable. This will be done under the guise of Homeland Security.
Yea, here in Houston you get 8 channels of HD and some spanish channels which only broadcast 480i on their digital network. I bought a Hughes $300 DirecTV/Off-air receiver and a Total Choice w/o Local package. It works out pretty well but I am worried if it will be upgradable to 8-PSK when DirecTV switches over to all HD.
Yes, it is a underpowered system, but if you went for raw value, you could get a PC that would do HD well for the same price as the Tivo. Now configuration and UI are another matter.
Yea, but what troubles me is that they are picking mostly college students. I bet its because colleges are pretty much the only ones willing to give up sharers' names so easily. They've got nothing to lose while companies such as Verizon are not willing to risk alienating and antagonizing their customers.
So much for colleges being at the forefront of free thinking and sharing of knowledge...looks like all the universities are just running scared.
Do you think there will be a way to partition a retail hard drive unit so that I can load Linux on 1 partition and play FFXI on another? I am seriously considering getting the Linux kit only though since I am more intrested in streaming video to my TV rather than playing FFXI and I am sure that the retail hard drive won't ship with a network media player of any sort...perhaps an MP3 ripper but no VLC like software.
Nowdays, a more reliable yet still cost effective solution would be to use MiniDV tape to record data. 5 GB per tape w/ error correction sounds reasonable to me, and considering that the data is recorded digitally end-to-end (via firewire), and recorded twice to compensate for the magnetic tape, this seems to be a great idea. It wont be as cheap as VHS, but its much cheaper than DLT or MO solutions.
but is this just a bit torrent like excuse for a modchip...not to say that thats a bad thing...I would love to have a media player running on my PS2 so I don't have to tote my G4 to the TV all the time...I wish them luck!
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They are also doing the graphics design for Dragon Quest VIII for PS2...
He also gave up both the Lord of the Rings franchise and Harry Potter...there's just no excuse for that! Especially Harry Potter, there was no doubt that Potter would have made money!
it puts the creative minds first and in control, not the big wigs...I mean when Roy Disney gets kicked out of Disney itself, you know you have a problem.
Only if they could add the extra stuff in Sim City 4 using Sim City 2000's engine. IMO, Sim City 2000 was the pinnacle of the whole franchise. It seemed that it went downhill from there, mainly due to the shoddy graphics system (crazy amounts of RAM are needed to keep build the kinds of things that were standard in Sim City 2000)...I say they make sure that Sim City 5 is extremely optimized, perhaps by studying 64k demos etc.
However, watch out about the DVI input on your HDTV. Many don't officially support Computer DVI imput and while you might see the signal, the resolution may be really whacked up. Case in point, my Sony KF50WE610 Rear Projection LCD, when displaying from my G4, shows only 640x480 or (when forced into a reasonable 1024x768, a shrinked and panned picture.
Interesting...hah, thanks for the correction. And thats why people always comment on the quality of the MZ-R50 and how many other people have problems with the MZ-R55, not that I've researched it or anything...I just read a few forum posts a few years back.
Wow, thats Biology 1 material. Maybe when "most slashdotters" were in BIology they didn't learn about Retroviruses but nowdays, its taught in 9th grade Intro to Bio classes.
My experience with Sony extra battery packs has been horrible. They are very big and bulky compared to the device size. Check out the MZ-R50's extra battery pack for an example. I wonder if the battery will last longer if they use a Lithium Polymer Battery instead of a Lithium Ion one.
Looks like we won't be seening Lord of the Rings on UMD anytime soon...at least until they fix that battery situation.
What about claiming that the PS2 had Progressive Scan DVD support while delivering it 3 years late with new hardware instead of a Driver update like they kept saying after the PS2 launched.
Are you kidding me? This device's internal specs are so far behind (usb 1.1 etc.) that I am beginning to doubt that it plays MP3 VBRs.....
Just wait for some senator or attorney general to either 1) Use it for extending the gov.'s powers or 2) Be paid by Microsoft to create FUD in congress about how vulnerable we are without it...
They will hardcode future motherboard BIOS-es to load only Certified Operating System. The BIOS will not be upgradable. This will be done under the guise of Homeland Security.
Yea, here in Houston you get 8 channels of HD and some spanish channels which only broadcast 480i on their digital network. I bought a Hughes $300 DirecTV/Off-air receiver and a Total Choice w/o Local package. It works out pretty well but I am worried if it will be upgradable to 8-PSK when DirecTV switches over to all HD.
In addition, the Dreamcast is the only system that (out of the box) can run homebrew titles and software.
Yes, it is a underpowered system, but if you went for raw value, you could get a PC that would do HD well for the same price as the Tivo. Now configuration and UI are another matter.
Then how can Final Cut Pro HD have real-time HD processing? Does it convert it to uncompressed MPEG or something?
Yea, but what troubles me is that they are picking mostly college students. I bet its because colleges are pretty much the only ones willing to give up sharers' names so easily. They've got nothing to lose while companies such as Verizon are not willing to risk alienating and antagonizing their customers. So much for colleges being at the forefront of free thinking and sharing of knowledge...looks like all the universities are just running scared.
Do you think there will be a way to partition a retail hard drive unit so that I can load Linux on 1 partition and play FFXI on another? I am seriously considering getting the Linux kit only though since I am more intrested in streaming video to my TV rather than playing FFXI and I am sure that the retail hard drive won't ship with a network media player of any sort...perhaps an MP3 ripper but no VLC like software.
The Error correction is basically recording the same data twice and then comparing the two to maintain integrity.
Nowdays, a more reliable yet still cost effective solution would be to use MiniDV tape to record data. 5 GB per tape w/ error correction sounds reasonable to me, and considering that the data is recorded digitally end-to-end (via firewire), and recorded twice to compensate for the magnetic tape, this seems to be a great idea. It wont be as cheap as VHS, but its much cheaper than DLT or MO solutions.
Its the equivalent of passing notes across a classroom...except that its exceptionally lazy...
So is North Korea...but thats I'd go to Chernobyl anyday compared with Kim's place...
The two movies that Pixer owes Disney are The Incredibles and Cars...
but is this just a bit torrent like excuse for a modchip...not to say that thats a bad thing...I would love to have a media player running on my PS2 so I don't have to tote my G4 to the TV all the time...I wish them luck!