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no second analog nub.... nothing to see here move along!
Agreed... after they supported Digital Video Expresses rental format, I know several people who wouldn't shop their (me included)
How about Comcast dropping the analog channels (to get more bandwidth) and stop badly compressing the "HD" feeds. They use to great, then Comcast decided to offer "MORE HD" instead we now get "less hd", but 720 or 1080 with A LOT of compression artifacts!. It's bad when a cheap antenna can show better HD then the cable (unfortunately I can't get Discovery Networks via antenna)
Woking well in a PS3 with the lastest firmware.
With the rate at which the studios are relieasing "A" catalog titles (especially in Q4), they are doing a good job of killing confidence in Blu-Ray.
I suspect they assume that some family's will buy another account, therefore Netflix will get more revenue each month.
That's easy I recorded the same program twice using two HD TiVo's. The first time before Comcast started further compressing streams. The second TiVo happened to record the same program on the same network Discovery Theater, after they started ruining the streams. The difference was quite noticeable especially on motion shots (this was a HD special on the ISS and the space program originally filmed using IMAX cameras). I never expected all of the noise (compression artifacts) added, it reminded me of the old days of VCD (just with a lot more resolution).
That's easy I recorded the same program twice using two HD TiVo's. The first time before Comcast started further compressing streams. The second TiVo happened to record the same program on the same network Discovery Theater, after they started ruining the streams. The difference was quite noticeable especially on motion shots (this was a HD special on the ISS and the space program originally filmed using IMAX cameras). I never expected all of the noise (compression artifacts) added, it reminded me of the old days of VCD (just with a lot more resolution).
Yes, BART stand for Bay Area Rapped Transit:

However if you try to commute to form almost any end-point on the BART system, to any other end-point (OTHER then SF) and you have to change trains two or three times and experience a minimum of 20-30 minutes of transfer delay. effectively BART is the SF commuter rail.

Oakland is one of the few exceptions where all the lines cross and its convenient in any direction, and even the Dublin-Pleasanton line only hits West Oakland. If you ever use the train systems in other first world countries you would find BART a joke (UK, Singapore, Japan, etc.)
HD-DVD the look and sound of ... obsolete. At least now those of us who want to purchase a packaged HD media can now do so! Next up, an announcement from Paramount and Universal.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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