lawyer bird - I can't wait to get some RAIDed SSDs on my desktop. the value of ssds isn't really about power, its about speed. media storage doesn't need anything over 7200 rpm, but for the main boot and application drive, ssds are awesome.

Mr. Ford, hz rating and pixel response time are independent from each other. hz timing refers to how often the tv will send 'change' signals to the pixel array.

60hz = every ~16 ms,
120hz = every ~8 ms,
240 = every ~4ms

Pixel response time refers to the amount of time it takes for that pixel to change from its previous value to its new value, most new lcds average around 4ms to accomplish this value transition, independent of the refresh rating. Consequently 240hz is the highest they can go since at below 4ms, they'd be sending new values before the old value had a chance to complete the transition.

While i agree with your assessment that 120hz is usually coupled with another bit of software to make video smoother like 5:5 pulldown, it has nothing to do with motion blur or affecting the pixel response time.

Thats where I am right now, I've had the patcher running for an hour and I'm at 47% complete. I really wish they had let us patch the game last night.

Meh, if you look at funcoms stock over time, their average is sitting at $25, so they're no worse off then they were before.

I just came back from WWDC and one of the interesting things I found out was that Bluetooth access is severely limited through the SDK. A third party PS3 bluetooth remote would be really fun to make but right now it doesn't seem to be feasible with the curren trestricitons.

Its certainly reasonable given that players are paying a monthly fee and would want to make sure they get their moneys worth.

hope I'm in before the deadline

dual format can't be the end goal, the studios understand this because it sends mixed marketing messages. in a single format world, everyones marketing helps everyone else by strengthening the product family.

buyers don't think about the differences in the platform and judge them on their individual merits, they expect standardization on the platform, and value diversity on the fringe. this is the reason broadcast tv follows standards, but tvs diversify in features.

We need some standards in bitrate before we start calling things high-def, they may be encoding in 720p, but the bitrate is only 5Mbps. The term 720p doesn't really convey much here, and they could've just as easily encoded everything as 1080p at teh same bitrate, but its not going to make anything look better. Blu-ray runs at 54Mbps, that is a huge difference in PQ.

"A simple Profile change can render your current players, as you now know it, less desirable. "

There, fixed that for you.