I beg to differ. Ringtones used to be free with an abundant selection. When they figured out dopes would pay real money for a *ringtone* the free ones became suddenly hard to find.
I haven't paid for my ringtone and I never will. And im not using "ring ring" either.
Ok so when the athlon and opterons were eating Intel chips for breakfact and exacting prices to match the story was "Amd has faster chips!"
Now that Intel got their act together and are cleaning AMDs clock its "They are cheaper / a better value / more bang per buck."
AMD dropped their prices because of the performance differential.
They both make great stuff these days and are pushing each other to higher standards. Buy what you want or need but lets not pretend alot of this isnt just blatant fanboyism.
The downsampling will come. The only reason its "easy" for dvd is the clever work of hackers and other "malcontents." They really dont want you doing that - theyd rather sell it to you over and over and over. The workarounds will come and will become easier as the format matures.
The "black square problem" comes from showing SD content on an HD feed. Theres not a black box so much as thats the actual sixe of the content at that resolution. I dont see a major difference between letting my tv zoom to correct this vs the SD feed of the same channel. Then again I only have a 36" screen. You can probably count the pixels on an SD feed on your screen. =) I also have a square screen. If yours is natively widescreen, the only fix is to stretch the image. That always drives me crazy when I see it.
The other solution is to do like TNT does and upconvert everything. I think that does folks a disservice too since they think its all "HD" when its really not. ESPN cheats similarly by putting silver ESPN bookends on each side to hide the fact that some of the content is really SD. The trickery would really irritate me if I liked sports.
Also bear in mind that the big box stores dont know their video signal from their asses. I dont know how many times Ive seen SD content on an HDTV: "See how much better it looks?" {rolls eyes}.
Also many of the early LCDs and plasmas had pretty lousy picture quality; some werent even HD. But that didnt stop the big boxes from pushing them over the then superior CRTs.
Your mileage may vary. Sorry. Didnt mean to downplay your opinion. Video quality doesnt matter much to some people. My point was that it didnt matter to DVD buyers either. People who dont care will continue to buy the cheaper DVDs, just like they did with VHS.
Its the lack of a clear successor thats really hurting adoption. Even typical early adopters who drive this sort of change are wary.
I keep hearing this "its really not that much better" argument, and its BS. If thats what you need to belive to sleep at night with your diss-the-new-format attitude then fine.
I want HD. I can see the difference. What I dont want is a pointless format war.
Joe Sixpack didnt care about the DVD picture quality either. There are still people who cant see the difference between RF,Composite, and S-video.
The price is a moot point too. Were still in the early adopter phase. My 1st dvds were $25-$30. They will go down as they are adopted by the masses. But thats not going to happen as log as the masses arent sure which format will have staying power.
Only if the company is MS - at least that seems to be the idea around here.
Some of these people wont be happy till the Redmond campus is a burning wasteland with Gate's head on a pike out front.
So they arent allowed to add valuable features to their OS any more? Maybe they should just go back to selling DOS to make sure there arent *any* of the last 20 years innovations in it.
I call shenanigans on your claim anyway. I believe indexed search was introduced into Windows with Win2k. Google's version may have been superior, but its not like they invented searching for stuff.
No, the math works for a particular model of how the universe works as we understand it. It may not be the whole truth. Look at how the evolution of atomic theory progressed. The model changed as our understanding of subatomic particles changed. The older models aren't wrong, just incomplete or at a higher layer of abstraction.
I just think its bold to speak in absolutes in a subject we've barely begun to explore.
But why should they have to hack it? 3rd party apps for a device like this is the difference between a $600 toy and a powerfull, trendsetting communication tool.
And the last few trend setting commuunication devices weren't *subsidized* at $600.
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Didn't the guide service that Myth tv uses shut down? Or would I have to program it all by hand, vcr style?
Unfortunately Media Center doesn't have any QAM support. Thats the part of the switchover that scares me - not being able to use my DVR.
Damn you beat me to it. (get off my lawn)
If I'm not mistaken, the Amazon software imports the tracks into itunes for you.
Cats and dogs....living together!
You mean more like the aiming controls for Goldeneye? Where you cant aim and move at the same time?
Uggh that would be a step backward.
Its not like they can be trusted to honor the preorders anyway. The pre order folks got shafted when the 360 came out. Some of them for months.
If he didn't know and hadn't been following ipod / iphone news, then maybe he should do more research before shelling out $600 for a phone.
Caveat Emptor. It wasn't a secret.
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I beg to differ. Ringtones used to be free with an abundant selection. When they figured out dopes would pay real money for a *ringtone* the free ones became suddenly hard to find.
I haven't paid for my ringtone and I never will. And im not using "ring ring" either.
Ok so when the athlon and opterons were eating Intel chips for breakfact and exacting prices to match the story was "Amd has faster chips!"
Now that Intel got their act together and are cleaning AMDs clock its "They are cheaper / a better value / more bang per buck."
AMD dropped their prices because of the performance differential.
They both make great stuff these days and are pushing each other to higher standards. Buy what you want or need but lets not pretend alot of this isnt just blatant fanboyism.
That is the best statement ever.
Tell me that pun was on purpose. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timely_Comics
It took far too long for an Algernon reference. Thank you.
The downsampling will come. The only reason its "easy" for dvd is the clever work of hackers and other "malcontents." They really dont want you doing that - theyd rather sell it to you over and over and over. The workarounds will come and will become easier as the format matures.
The "black square problem" comes from showing SD content on an HD feed. Theres not a black box so much as thats the actual sixe of the content at that resolution. I dont see a major difference between letting my tv zoom to correct this vs the SD feed of the same channel. Then again I only have a 36" screen. You can probably count the pixels on an SD feed on your screen. =) I also have a square screen. If yours is natively widescreen, the only fix is to stretch the image. That always drives me crazy when I see it.
The other solution is to do like TNT does and upconvert everything. I think that does folks a disservice too since they think its all "HD" when its really not. ESPN cheats similarly by putting silver ESPN bookends on each side to hide the fact that some of the content is really SD. The trickery would really irritate me if I liked sports.
Also bear in mind that the big box stores dont know their video signal from their asses. I dont know how many times Ive seen SD content on an HDTV: "See how much better it looks?" {rolls eyes}.
Also many of the early LCDs and plasmas had pretty lousy picture quality; some werent even HD. But that didnt stop the big boxes from pushing them over the then superior CRTs.
Your mileage may vary. Sorry. Didnt mean to downplay your opinion. Video quality doesnt matter much to some people. My point was that it didnt matter to DVD buyers either. People who dont care will continue to buy the cheaper DVDs, just like they did with VHS.
Its the lack of a clear successor thats really hurting adoption. Even typical early adopters who drive this sort of change are wary.
I keep hearing this "its really not that much better" argument, and its BS. If thats what you need to belive to sleep at night with your diss-the-new-format attitude then fine. I want HD. I can see the difference. What I dont want is a pointless format war. Joe Sixpack didnt care about the DVD picture quality either. There are still people who cant see the difference between RF,Composite, and S-video. The price is a moot point too. Were still in the early adopter phase. My 1st dvds were $25-$30. They will go down as they are adopted by the masses. But thats not going to happen as log as the masses arent sure which format will have staying power.
When i read your comment i hear Hermes Conrad's jamaican accent.
Only if the company is MS - at least that seems to be the idea around here. Some of these people wont be happy till the Redmond campus is a burning wasteland with Gate's head on a pike out front.
So they arent allowed to add valuable features to their OS any more? Maybe they should just go back to selling DOS to make sure there arent *any* of the last 20 years innovations in it.
I call shenanigans on your claim anyway. I believe indexed search was introduced into Windows with Win2k. Google's version may have been superior, but its not like they invented searching for stuff.
No, man, Cain's gotta be Sean Connery. I would pay money to see either of them do the Cain rap
"Stay a while..and lishen"
What would have happened is that people would have bought whatever was available and re-ripped to mp3, just like they're doing now.
Itunes and wma both have bothersome drm and lock-in. Its not like apple "saved us" from an unholy propritary format.
No, the math works for a particular model of how the universe works as we understand it. It may not be the whole truth. Look at how the evolution of atomic theory progressed. The model changed as our understanding of subatomic particles changed. The older models aren't wrong, just incomplete or at a higher layer of abstraction.
I just think its bold to speak in absolutes in a subject we've barely begun to explore.
Yes and all the technology you used today was impossible right up to the point whenre somebody figured out how it wasnt.
I hate it when Einstein is used as a muzzle for imagination and thinking outside the box. I think he would hate it too.
But why should they have to hack it? 3rd party apps for a device like this is the difference between a $600 toy and a powerfull, trendsetting communication tool.
And the last few trend setting commuunication devices weren't *subsidized* at $600.