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Arch Rivals and Smash TV. Need now
Online co-op play isn't enabled, I still haven't figured out why that is

and deck construction

And I shouldn't have to pay for those 2 features
Seth is impossible to beat for the average player at over the baseline difficulty.

They need to fix him, not make him even more cheap. If they want to create a "Seth Cheats Without Mercy" difficulty have at it
I'm so hardcore I have the soundtrack album WITH THE KARAOKE TRACKS!

That's right suckers, I can karaoke the songs and NOT JUST SING ALONG! :)
I see myself having a better job in 5 years and being more successful
It has TrueHD on it
"It is not a bad brand as others here have sugested. And it is an american brand."

Nope, it's a front for a Chinese OEM, just like Westinghouse (before the Toshiba takeover), Polaroid (TV division), Apex, Cyberhome and all the other weird offbrands. So far Apex and Cyberhome have been taken down due to non-payment of royalties among other reasons. I hope for your sake, your set doesn't break after a few years (it will, none of that junk is designed to last much past the warranty period), and Vizio doesn't have any actual repair shops, and refuses to support sets out of warranty.

http://hdguru.com/?p=107
My 360 is a Falcon board, and I have had 3 hard locks on the game
And for those on the "cheap" train, Toshiba is selling HD DVD players at a $100+ loss, which at a nickle a disc (and that's being incredibly generous) worth of royalties will require over 2000 HD DVDs sold, MINIMUM to make back that investment. Keep in mind, they've taken this hit on EVERY player they've sold since the beginning (Their loss has been as high as $200 a player).

Playstation, before anyone brings it up, makes $8-10 a game in royalties, requiring a far more realistic return rate.

Meanwhile, Blu-ray decks are higher, or in actuallity, realistically priced. The retailer makes a profit, the manufacturer makes a profit. HD DVD player margins per dollar are less than half of what the retailers make on Blu.

"If these numbers are based on PS3's, how many kids will purchase a blueray movie versus a game"

PS3, nor the 360 addon are included in these figures.

And anyone who thinks that the CEs aren't racing for that magic $199 mark as fast as is practical is insane. They want fast, mass market adoption because they make at best $5 a DVD player, and the studios want it because they want a format whose copy protection isn't cracked wide open. Both sides like Disney (huge investment in Blu promotion in advertising), Fox (spent tens of millions financing the creation of BD+), Panasonic (owns more Blu-ray patents than anyone, including Sony), and the retailers (because they'll move a ton more players). More players=more discs sold= lower software prices.
"Sinai, that's why I was hoping HD-DVD would win. It wasn't created by a company that also has its own movie studio."

Totally wrong. Toshiba up until less than a year ago when they sold it DID own their own movie studio in Japan. They distributed US films like Riddick, Band of Brothers, Equilibrium and more.

And Microsoft is looking to buy Universal from GE as we speak.
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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