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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>> Tapping midway between beats with variable accuracy is NOT valid. ;-)
>
> Of course it is. It's called jazz.
LOL!
[Insert witty remark here about holding down half a dozen
randomly-chosen notes simultaneously.]
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nemesis wrote:
> http://vimeo.com/9078364
>
> youtube sucks...
...is something supposed to happen?
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nemesis wrote:
> besides game consoles, many people for the past few years have been
> connecting computers to their large screen FullHD TVs. Because, you
> know, it's usually more pleasing seeing images at a large screen from
> the comfort of your sofa (yeah, with a wireless keyboard) rather than
> sitting a few inches away from a much smaller screen.
Not if you're a programmer... although admittedly few people are.
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Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
>
>> http://vimeo.com/9078364
>>
>> youtube sucks...
>
> ...is something supposed to happen?
besides bringing some tears to your eyes thanks to a beautiful movie, it
should show you better hi-def picture quality than in youtube in general...
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>>> http://vimeo.com/9078364
>>>
>>
>> ...is something supposed to happen?
>
> besides bringing some tears to your eyes thanks to a beautiful movie, it
> should show you better hi-def picture quality than in youtube in general...
Well, I clicked play and stared at a black screen for about 10 minutes
before giving up.
Maybe I need to try at a different time of day or something?
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Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>>>> http://vimeo.com/9078364
>>>>
>>>
>>> ...is something supposed to happen?
>>
>> besides bringing some tears to your eyes thanks to a beautiful movie,
>> it should show you better hi-def picture quality than in youtube in
>> general...
>
> Well, I clicked play and stared at a black screen for about 10 minutes
> before giving up.
>
> Maybe I need to try at a different time of day or something?
huh?
it's blocked here at work, I just had the link. You may look up 'Nuit
Blanche' in vimeo...
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:24:29 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> bedroom would be more valuable, so all we have to do is patch the holes
>> from the mounts for the screen and the projector - no problem. :-)
>
> Oh, these were just bolted to planks, basically. Totally movable. Not
> really the actual movie theatre experience, I'll grant.
Yeah, something similar with our ceiling mount.
> We did have a row of airplane seats for a while, after the Frnklin
> Institute science museum closed their 747 exhibit and basically threw
> away the plane. Did you know insurance companies value a row of 747
> seats at about $700, or at least did when we had the house fire back in
> 1985?
Wow - I assume 1st class seating, not coach. ;-)
And fire? Sounds like a story....
>> If we were going to be here longer, I'd have even run the wires for the
>> speakers in the walls. :-)
>
> That works even if you sell the house, mind. :-) I had ethernet put in
> the walls before the put the drywall up, but I definitely should have
> had the speaker wires run too.
Oh, true, and I wish I'd done Ethernet while we were in the walls.
>> Looks like I can get my bulbs sub-$300,
>
> I think my brother pays $800 or so for his. They're extra super bright
> or some nonsense. :-)
Yeah, we did blackout fabric on the windows (attached with velcro,
actually), so we run the lamp at low power, generally gives us a good
picture unless we've got the windows open. But I went in and watched Law
& Order: Criminal Intent during lunch today (oh the joy of working from
home), and I didn't bother putting the shade up on the south window -
kinad overcast today anyways.
Jim
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:50:02 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:25:12 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>
>> > Question: Why aren't there any widescreen cinemas yet?
>
>> I missed this the first time around, don't know about in MK, but over
>> here, ALL of the cinemas are widescreen.
>
> Are there any cinemas in existence that aren't? (Discounting perhaps
> some home-made cinemas in some poor countries showing pirated movies
> from VHS...)
I wouldn't think so, since the cameras used in moviemaking are all
widescreen of some sort (anamorphic, 16:9, or some other variation).
Jim
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:02:54 +0100, Invisible wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Invisible wrote:
>>> When do you think that day will be?
>>
>> Not only is it here. It's a commodity.
>>
>> http://www.netflix.com/NetflixReadyDevices
>
> I don't follow.
Netflix streaming video service. I use it myself, generally get good
results over a 3 Mbps (down) DSL connection.
Or hulu.com. Or BBC iPlayer for that matter.
Jim
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On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:35:30 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:
> On 4/27/2010 8:15 PM, Neeum Zawan wrote:
>> On 04/27/10 07:57, Mike Raiford wrote:
>>> Whats not to follow? They stream movies directly from the internet
>>> (albeit at SD resolutions ..)
>>
>> Depends on how you define SD - I've seen movies through it that
are
>> definitely beyond DVD quality.
>>
>>
> I think the resolution actually tops out somewhere around 720x480. Their
> STB only supports the SD mode, though it may be progressive scan, or it
> could be that you have a high enough bandwidth connection that you're
> getting less compression.
>
> What I have seen does indeed rival DVD in terms of picture quality,
> though.
It does; we stream from Netflix to our PS3, resolution isn't bad often
times (depends on the congestion on the network). The other day I
watched Chaplin because I'd never seen it - a few places the picture
quality dropped out, but it was definitely watchable. They only do
stereo sound, though, which was annoying (what with a 7.1 system in the
room).
Jim
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