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I suppose this would make me finally buy a BD player if I won
I've had the camera for over a month and I love it. I would add one more fps (to 5), the 1 series AF system, and as much weather sealing as humanly possible. Finally, I would add manual exposure control to the video (which I hope they'll do in a firmware update.)

Wishful thinking on all Canon models... I'd like a built-in radio transceiver and a 580 ex III to match so I could dump the spotty ST-E2.

Side notes: No black dot problems for me. I'm really glad they don't have the integrated grip. I much prefer the option, which is a major reason I upgraded to this from the 1 Series bodies. The thumbwheel and ergonomics are great once you get used to them, so leave it alone.
Um, if you're shooting with studio strobes, you should be in manual mode, which pretty much prevents the camera from over exposing unless you have your settings wrong. Where did you see this?
This is pretty misleading. That "sample" image is zoomed in to 400 or 800%. If you print the photo or look at it at anything under 100% on a monitor, these black spots are pretty much invisible.

The vast majority of people complaining about this are people who do not have, and will never have this camera. The very few who have this camera and complain about this problem are retired engineers who have nothing better to do than criticize cameras.

I hope Canon fixes it soon just to shut these people up.
Move the on/off switch and the row of buttons from below the lcd screen. I had a 40D (which is the same body design) and the damn thing would turn itself on and the buttons - including delete!- would accidentally get pressed when it hit my belt. Other than that, not much.
The Media Center update was probably restricted to OEM because of the dumb accounting rules that Sarbanes Oxley puts on companies. Microsoft can't distribute it for free the same why the iTouch updates cost money. They didn't account for them on a subscription basis.
"My cat's breath smells like cat food." - Ralph Wiggum
If they would include a small battery in the tv, then you could turn off a power strip when you weren't watching and not lose all your settings. Every time I unplug my plasma, all my tuner settings and video setup are lost.

I might be tempted to unplug if I didn't have to go through the annoying setup every time.
Let me guess which title Ben got already. I'm thinking he's got a man crush on Jack Ryan.
Somehow missed the "where to buy dvd/blu-ray" poll, but I have to chime in.

The cheapest, best selection of dvd's I have ever found goes to the local pawn shop. Hundreds of new release titles for $4, $2 for catalog. Hopefully soon more blu-rays will start showing up.

If you can stomach being seen going into a pawn shop, you'll save a ton. Also, brand new video game titles were $10.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I just moved into a new apartment and have been reading about all of the new power strips out there, especially the green ones. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about which "green "power strips are out there with decent joules ratings. And when I say green, I mean power strips that have the remotes or switches to turn off all electricity flowing to certain plugs and with at least 2 plugs that are always on. I was looking specifically at sub $50 because I will need two, but if that is not possible I could be convinced otherwise. Thanks!"

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