#16 is right

It's 100% wrong to refer to this guy as "Hui".

The American press had written his name in the traditional Korean style, which is surname first (Cho) followed by his individual name (Seung-Hui). He should therefore be referred to as "Cho" rather than as "Hui".

Same with Kim Jong Il - he's Mr. Kim.

While we're at it, whoever did the initial phonetic translation of Cho's name for the press did a bad job. It should be pronounced Cho Sung HEE, not Sung WEE as everyone is using.

진짜 짜증 난단말야.

First time visitor, linked in from engadget, had been thinking I should find a food blog anyway. Will definitely stick around.

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No cable card

I have a question for knowledgeable types out there: I remember reading long ago that for my DirecTV Tivo HD box, it would be preferable to use composite cables, because using HDMI to connect resulted in a poor picture, so I initially connected as such. I tried out HDMI later, and the difference was clear: the DirecTV picture was pretty bad with HDMI, really blotchy for lack of a better term.

Now it's been a year and my mom went out and bought a new plasma and a new upscaling DVD w/ HDMI to go along with it. I told her to ignore the Best Buy sales guys' pitches about needing a $50 HDMI cable, but she forgot and buckled when they told her she "needed" one to get a really clear picture. I told her to return it, but remembered that my experience with HDMI was limited to my DirecTV Tivo box.

What is the consensus on using HDMI vs composite for upscaling DVD players? Anyone have experience with both? Is the picture better with HDMI, and if so, is the difference worth $50? If it matters, her DVD player is made by Philips.

Thanks for any help or comments -Mark B in LA, CA

The contest after this is going to be for most kickass setup, right?

A translation of the Latin as well as details of all points on the map is here: http://lost.cubit.net/pics/2x17/blastDoorMapOverlay.jpg

Watching the Pit-Den game (the Roethlisberger show) here, 1080i would seem to win over 720 but to me this is a moot debate. The real determinant of quality in HD broadcasts is the to-home delivery method.

As a current DirecTV customer, I recommend that whem people are looking at signing up for their HD service, they look seriously at their local cable operator rather than the direct-to-home services (ie DirecTV and Dish Network). If I could get Tivo on Comcast here, I would go back to Comcast.

I recently switched to DirecTV from local Comcast cable service here in Los Angeles. Much to my displeasure, the picture looks noticably worse. I can only guess at why - probably the bandwidth of cable is larger and faster than satellite. Whatever it is, I've noticed a degradation in quality, especially with quick cuts and fast animation. The best example is any closeups of splashing water. On comcast this was crisp, and on directv it's often blocky (not sure of the correct term for this but it looks just like a low bandwidth .wmv internet video stream for a split second).

Picture-wise, Comcast beats direcTV.

http://www.hdbeat.com/2005/10/29/60-inch-sxrd-set-at-50-inch-price/ Put my URL in a weird place earlier so want to make sure it gets counted. Cheers

wow. I checked this show after seeing it in HD at Best Buy, and then reading all the comments on this blog. It was absolutely terrible. The jokes weren't funny and the show seemed to be carried entirely by overzealous mugging by the lead character. Which makes me think that the show would actually look WORSE in HD. Kind of like when you get really close to synchronized swimmers - the makeup is meant to be seen far away. I recommend Arrested Development, shown on Fox HD, and which has a million more less-blatant easter eggs, both visual and mental. New episode on 5 Dec.

My absolute favorite has to be the tip to pick up the 60-in Sony SXRD for the price of the 50-in. It was only the second time I'd ever read HD Beat, and the very day that I'd been planning to head to Best Buy to make a final decision on a new set. This post made it for me, and I'm 100% thrilled with the set. Cheers and love the site. -Mark from LA