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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:46:28 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> Well, they just get their 4 year olds to do it. As we all know "My 4 year old
>> can work the VCR better than I can" ;-)
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLTsSnGWMI#t=5m0s
Nice one Darren :)
My last contract was a support one working in SAP Plant Maintenance. The most
demanding thing I had to do was to show someone how to sort a list in Excel,
face to face without crying.
--
Regards
Stephen
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Darren New wrote:
> scott wrote:
>>> Mmm, OK. I didn't think anybody had filmed much in HD yet.
>>
>> I think almost every film has been recorded in HD for many years, if
>> not decades. Judging by the number of HD discs available.
>
> I think it's more like almost every film has been recorded in *film* for
> many years. Rescanning the film into HD isn't more difficult than
> scanning it into SD, once you have the equipment.
Yeah, but presumably all that will do is show up the graininess of the
film in greater detail. It's not like they shoot it in 3500mm film, is it?
PS. The "G" key on my keyboard is dying, and it's *really* starting to
annoy me...
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
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> Yeah, but presumably all that will do is show up the graininess of the
> film in greater detail. It's not like they shoot it in 3500mm film, is it?
>
Akin to seeing a movie on a huge projection screen. Some film has
exceptionally fine grain.
--
~Mike
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Yeah, but presumably all that will do is show up the graininess of the
> film in greater detail. It's not like they shoot it in 3500mm film, is it?
Movie theatre film is pretty fine resolution. I think you could easily get
1920 pixels across the screen. Even the digitally-recorded Star Wars movies
were something like 1280 or 1024 or so. (Of course, they were tri-color
pixels, so it's more than a normal megapixel camera would take.)
> PS. The "G" key on my keyboard is dying, and it's *really* starting to
> annoy me...
Pop the cap and fish out the grunge. :-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Ouch ouch ouch!"
"What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
"No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."
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Darren New wrote:
> Movie theatre film is pretty fine resolution. I think you could easily
> get 1920 pixels across the screen. Even the digitally-recorded Star Wars
> movies were something like 1280 or 1024 or so. (Of course, they were
> tri-color pixels, so it's more than a normal megapixel camera would take.)
Seriously? I thought it was all recorded in 15mm film...
>> PS. The "G" key on my keyboard is dying, and it's *really* starting to
>> annoy me...
>
> Pop the cap and fish out the grunge. :-)
Grunge? Are you kidding me? I've probably worn the metal on the contact
surface down. ;-)
(I have a laptop that isn't silver any more where my hands rest. And I
don't even *use* my laptop that much!!)
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:33:01 +0100, scott wrote:
>> Yep, we just added the full HD lineup to our cable subscription (which
>> actually *dropped* our monthly charges by $20, go figure).
>
> Geez how much are you guys paying for TV?!?!
$75/month, no premium channels either. It was $95/month.
Jim
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Invisible wrote:
> scott wrote:
>
>> FWIW at our local airport they decided to put a plasma screen above each
>> gate which shows the airline logo, departure time, status etc. And I
>> guess nobody knew about burn-in, because now you can see "Lufthansa"
>> permanently burnt into the screen no matter what it is displaying. I
>> see now they show some animated clips or just turn off the displays when
>> they are not in use.
>
> Ever been to an arcade hall? I swear, every CRT I see has "Insert £1"
> burned into it! ;-)
Ever heard about that guy whose daughter installed a The Little Mermaid
screensaver, and weeks later he finds a "Copyright (c) Disney" burn-in
while working on a spreadsheet? So much for "screen-saving"!
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Invisible wrote:
> In the old days, you'd connect the RF arial to the VCR, and another RF
> lead from the VCR to the TV, and tune the TV to a special channel when
> you want to see the signal from the VCR. (I hope it doesn't clash with
> one of your local channels!)
What the hell, my VCR has that, and it's not "old" o_O
I've never seen a SCART connector in my life. It's an european thing as far
as I know.
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Invisible wrote:
> I still remember how shocked I was when I found out that normal VGA
> actually allows communication in the reverse direction. ;-)
Yeah well, I remember a just-installed Windows XP showing the "new hardware
found" dialog box again and again on its first boot... One of the devices
was the CRT screen, it actually said brand and model... How the HELL does
it know that, and WHY would it want to know that?
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scott wrote:
> Actually on BBC channels there are no adverts at all, apart from trailers
> for other BBC programs and services. These usually come in the form of
> 1-3 short trailers *between* each program, never during a program.
Whoa, I wish TV was like that here.
The History Channel breaks every 10 minutes in the middle of the programs,
sometimes advertising products but mostly advertising other programs in the
same channel. And that's cable TV, paying for it. What the hell?
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