Home Theater/HDTV/et al...

bmwracer wrote:
I still have my player. :mrgreen:

You should use the discs as Lazy Susans so you can have family style meals on your dining room table.

Well, it's not too bad. They still made more money than banks. :sweat:

tabana wrote:Well, it's not too bad. They still made more money than banks. :sweat:

I bought a few old Laser Discs to use as sushi serving platters...

:rofl:

I have a few attached to my rearview mirror. It's great! I can't see where I'm going and occasionally blind myself and other drivers, when the sun hit the discs. :hehe:

tabana wrote::rofl:

I have a few attached to my rearview mirror. It's great! I can't see where I'm going and occasionally blind myself and other drivers, when the sun hit the discs. :hehe:

LOL. :rofl:

Thinner TVs are helping to save the planet

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One welcome side-effect of the new breed of ultra-thin TVs has come to light in a recent report from Hitachi Japan – apparently, theyfre better for the environment.

Speaking of plans for its television division [PDF link], the company disclosed that it has assigned 40 engineers to work on reducing the power consumed by plasma sets over the next year and a half.

The facts that thinner TVs need to run cooler than chubbier models so they donft overheat and that plasma panels donft need a backlight will combine to cut the power demands of future models.

Incidentally, Hitachi also disclosed its TV roadmap, indicating that it will slim plasma TVs down to around 10mm between 2010 and 2012. The same period will also see it introduce 15mm-thick LCD sets, with the plan stating that 15mm is as thin as LCD can get because of the need to build in a backlight.

Strange. I thought they were canning plasma and switching to oled. :headscratch:

tabana wrote:Strange. I thought they were canning plasma and switching to oled. :headscratch:

Dunno. But that TV is almost as thin as Kate Moss...

:hehe:

Yeah. and I bet it cost as much as her nose monthly payment. :beaten:

tabana wrote::hehe:

Yeah. and I bet it cost as much as her nose monthly payment. :beaten:

:hehe: Beats going to the gym to stay thin.....

tabana wrote:Strange. I thought they were canning plasma and switching to oled. :headscratch:

Not until the technology matures and the prices go down: $2500USD for the 11-inch Sony. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

haha yeah... and the quality isn't that great. The screen is slim, but its base is one inch thick. :sweat:

But I though for 2010~2012, they would be moving to new technologies. IIRC, a major (Panasonic, Toshiba or something similar) dropped Plasma a few weeks back.

tabana wrote:IIRC, a major (Panasonic, Toshiba or something similar) dropped Plasma a few weeks back.

I think I posted that news.... Pioneer? :headscratch:

EDIt: Yeah, it was Pioneer: http://www.cepro.com/article/pioneer_to_stop_plasma_manufacturing_to_add_lcds/

Yep. That's the one. Thank you. :D

I just realized that the DVD player I use can play .avi or .divx, along with any subtitle files included in the folder as long as they are named correctly.

:victory:

The only catch is that it plays video files at a maximum of 480p, and not at 720p... which means I would still need to encode hardsubs onto DVDs if I want to watch stuff at a bigger resolution.

:doh:

A sure sign that HD-DVD is dead: I saw a table of HD-DVD titles at throwout prices at Ezy-DVD today. from $12.00. And Blu-Ray discs are about $45...

Anime Dad wrote:A sure sign that HD-DVD is dead: I saw a table of HD-DVD titles at throwout prices at Ezy-DVD today. from $12.00. And Blu-Ray discs are about $45...

Even $12.00 is too much to pay... It's like buying food past the expiration date. :bleh:

FarOutFreak wrote:The only catch is that it plays video files at a maximum of 480p, and not at 720p... which means I would still need to encode hardsubs onto DVDs if I want to watch stuff at a bigger resolution.

Really? :headscratch:

If your DVD player has an HDMI out, you should be able to get 720p (or higher if the player supports it) from your HDTV (if it supports 720p or higher) and not have to hardsub....

bmwracer wrote:
Even $12.00 is too much to pay... It's like buying food past the expiration date. :bleh:

It's like buying panties from a vending machine that aren't used....what's the point?

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Tu_triky wrote:It's like buying panties from a vending machine that aren't used....

Under the guise of "Cigarettes."

LOL. :hehe: