No, but it is your fault you can't keep a civil tongue.

John Stricker

quote Originally posted by Falcon4: Not my fault the forum filters out a four-letter word meaning "really bad crap" and another four-letter word meaning "really, really, in a bad way" (or "to screw" or various other meanings). They're legitimate words...

I've never seen someone blame the forum for making them curse before.

For bringing undue attention to the use of powerful words - that's what I blame the forum for. Otherwise it just floats off the tongue (or keyboard in this case) like natural everyday language.

Crude and Vulgar do not = powerful

They only show a lack of vocabulary and imagination.

John Stricker

quote Originally posted by Falcon4: For bringing undue attention to the use of powerful words - that's what I blame the forum for. Otherwise it just floats off the tongue (or keyboard in this case) like natural everyday language.

"What the f*ck is wrong with this thing???!!!"


"I don't understand this thing!"


Got it?

Trust me, I "Got it" before you were a gleam in your daddy's eye.

You're the one that has no clue.

John Stricker

quote Originally posted by Falcon4: "What the f*ck is wrong with this thing???!!!" "I don't understand this thing!" Got it?

Cut the crap Falcon4. There's a reason there's a word-filter on this forum. Don't make me regret I undid the speedban.

quote Originally posted by Formula88: Unfortunately The Fifth Element will look better on regular DVD than either HiDef format. The Fifth Element has long been hailed as a fantastic DVD to test and demonstrate your home theatre because of how well it was mastered. It's perfect. However, in the rush to the market, they didn't master the HiDef version with the same care, so it actually looks worse than the regular DVD. Hopefully that will be fixed in a future release.

I have a HD rip of the fifth element. It is 4.25gb in size and is encoded in hd wmv. When i switch back and forth from my special edition dvd and the wmv hd version its like night and day.

The wmv hd is a much cleaner picture. The color is fairly simular but you can see a major difference in resolution.

I used the xbox 360 to play both copies. I used windows media extender for the wmv hd and the dvd drive for the dvd version.

quote Originally posted by Formula88: Unfortunately The Fifth Element will look better on regular DVD than either HiDef format. The Fifth Element has long been hailed as a fantastic DVD to test and demonstrate your home theatre because of how well it was mastered. It's perfect. However, in the rush to the market, they didn't master the HiDef version with the same care, so it actually looks worse than the regular DVD. Hopefully that will be fixed in a future release.

And oddly enough, The Fifth Element is the movie that is included in the first release of the Blu-Ray players. I assume that it is for the very reason that you state.

There is an email to the Sears stores(I do regional marketing for them) that tells them to mark down another title and not to show that one because of content. Most of the local ones that I see are using Superman.

It is the first time also, that I have seen a new format come with a free movie. I never saw any VHS come with movies on tape, nor DVD's come with DVD movies. It would be nice to have a free movie to watch out of the box.

I think we are on the cusp of two of the greatest head to head wars in quite sometime:

PS3 vs XBOX 360 & Blu-Ray VS HD-DVD.

Blu-Ray will probably have DVD compatible drives on their next platforms. The PS3 will do both, and have a Blu-Ray drive.

I can't wait to see where these two go.

-FF
1986 Fiero 2M6

We were in Wichita yesterday and I looked at a lot of the HDTV sets. We were at Sears, Circuit City, Best Buy, a local Video Store, and even CompUsa had a unit.

In each and every location, I was amzed by the picture of the Samsung units (relative to the others, especially for the price). The local AV store had a Sony unit set up with a Sony Blu-Ray playing the Demo disk on a Sony TV and a HD unit set up on the Samsung. I thought the Video on the Sony looked slightly better, but suspected that the source disk (demo) might be part of it. I mentioned it would be interesting to see the Blu-Ray and the HD DVD on the same set, and the sales guy said "that's no problem" and moved the Blu-Ray over to the Samsung. He had a copy of Superman II in both formats and ran them both. I really couldn't tell any difference between the two in picture quality (and the Samsung looked as good as the Sony, BTW).

Right now, it's going to be an interesting war and I'm going to sit on the sidelines with my checkbook and wait it out. I'm also going to watch the prices for the HD Sets themselves come down over the next 18 months dramatically, especially if the new laser based sets come down the pipe as forecast. I think Blu Ray has the leg up just through studio support, but that may or may not stick because if one clearly outsells the other, the studios will jump ship like the pack of rats they are.

John Stricker

quote Originally posted by Fieros_Forever: And oddly enough, The Fifth Element is the movie that is included in the first release of the Blu-Ray players. I assume that it is for the very reason that you state. There is an email to the Sears stores(I do regional marketing for them) that tells them to mark down another title and not to show that one because of content. Most of the local ones that I see are using Superman. It is the first time also, that I have seen a new format come with a free movie. I never saw any VHS come with movies on tape, nor DVD's come with DVD movies. It would be nice to have a free movie to watch out of the box. I think we are on the cusp of two of the greatest head to head wars in quite sometime: PS3 vs XBOX 360 & Blu-Ray VS HD-DVD. Blu-Ray will probably have DVD compatible drives on their next platforms. The PS3 will do both, and have a Blu-Ray drive. I can't wait to see where these two go. -FF 1986 Fiero 2M6

quote Originally posted by Fieros_Forever: I think we are on the cusp of two of the greatest head to head wars in quite sometime: PS3 vs XBOX 360 & Blu-Ray VS HD-DVD. 1986 Fiero 2M6

Actualy, from a sales stainpoint, the Wii is kicking both thier butts. From what I've read, the PS3 is falling far short of projected sales, somewhere in the 26x,xxx of 400,000 expected, and the Wii has sold over 470,xxx units since it launched. Personaly im a little leary of the Wii, A because it offers only standard resolution (well, progressive scan, but still) and B: the controller looks wacky as hell. Now had they made the motion controller an option, not mandatory, heck yea, If I could just use a standard type, Id buy one and play with the motion controller.

As for the PS3, theres no way that im paying that much for what is nothing more than a limited operation computer.

Feel free to prove me wrong with refrences here, but I know I read something to that effect on I believe Cnet, might have been MSN though, it was one of those slow days at work...

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quote Originally posted by 86GT3.4DOHC: Actualy, from a sales stainpoint, the Wii is kicking both thier butts. From what I've read, the PS3 is falling far short of projected sales, somewhere in the 26x,xxx of 400,000 expected, and the Wii has sold over 470,xxx units since it launched. Personaly im a little leary of the Wii, A because it offers only standard resolution (well, progressive scan, but still) and B: the controller looks wacky as hell. Now had they made the motion controller an option, not mandatory, heck yea, If I could just use a standard type, Id buy one and play with the motion controller. As for the PS3, theres no way that im paying that much for what is nothing more than a limited operation computer. Feel free to prove me wrong with refrences here, but I know I read something to that effect on I believe Cnet, might have been MSN though, it was one of those slow days at work...

What I am referencing is the long-standing rilvary that has developed between the two platforms. I have the Official Playstation Magazine PS3 release issue, and it has a few brief references to comparisons between the two platforms(PS3 & XBOX 360). Granted that could be because the Wii was not released when the magazine when to press, but I think that the main console wars that are going to garner the biggest press attention(hence advetising dollars) are going to consist between Sony and Microsoft.

Nintendo people are kind of a group of their own. Notice how many Nintendo-only titles always seem to be around.I have read where they are the hardest to sway to jump to another platform, while XBOX is second and the Playstation is running a close third. Their reasoning behind the Playstation is that due to the sheer mass of units, there are plenty of people out there who simply went with it not due to fan base loyalty, but due to the fact that the PS2 was the more prolific platform.

The price of PS3's will come down in time. You can get PS2's now for $99.99 from a $299.99 launch price. That was considered high for a system launch price when it was released in 2000. (I remember that well, also). So will the XBOX 360's price drop as the consoles life wears on.

I'm basing my opinion on the prior generation of consoles. While the N64 had a presence(and fan base) the main shootouts that the press covered always seemed to be PS2 and XBOX.

Only time will tell which platform sells the most units overall. This is not an indication of the best platform though, according to industry trends,though. If PS3 can pull off being the dominant platorm, it will break an all time console record of the weaker platform selling the most units. Atari outsold Inteivision, while Intellivision was considered the better platform. It went to PS1 and PS2 platforms also.(Remember the graphic differences shown by Microsoft between many of the two consoles games, yet PS2 was still the dominant platform?)

I will be watching from the sidelines to see where this goes. Unless one just folds out of the gate(which I highly doubt) we are in for a long and entertaining ride with this generation of consoles.

-FF
1986 Fiero 2M6