cori wrote:

However, they were too annoyed by the whole thing and found it to be ridiculous that we turned the channel after a while. Ah, those kooky Japanese.

LOL.

I found it to be so lavish (and overproduced) to the point that it was comical... I think they've got to get back to basics and save the glitz for Vegas.

One thing I didn't like...

TOO many dancers! gosh...

bmwracer wrote:

LOL. I found it to be so lavish (and overproduced) to the point that it was comical... I think they've got to get back to basics and save the glitz for Vegas.

But that's how Kouhaku always is. I'm guessing the men and women try to outdo each other in hopes that it helps them win...and freaks the rest of us out at the same time.
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cori wrote:

But that's how Kouhaku always is.

Yeah, it is.

Sensory overload.

Don't they use the same tactics to coerce confessions from criminals, spies, etc...?

bmwracer wrote:

Don't they use the same tactics to coerce confessions from criminals, spies, etc...?

What dramas have you been watching?
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cori wrote:

What dramas have you been watching?

Oh come on, don't you know that's a classic film scenario for extracting information from prisoners: sensory deprivation/overload?



And we're off topic.

bmwracer wrote:

Oh come on, don't you know that's a classic film scenario for extracting information from prisoners: sensory deprivation/overload? And we're off topic.

Ah, I thought you were talking about cops wearing freaky outfits like the Kouhaku performers to get prisoners to confess.
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cori wrote:

Ah, I thought you were talking about cops wearing freaky outfits like the Kouhaku performers to get prisoners to confess.

Uh, no.

Of course, I don't know what they do to beat a confession out of someone in Japan.

Tu_triky wrote:

because she no longer has nagase tomoya to watch her dogs anymore

, walk her dogs. which was the reason Nagase got chubby after the break-up.

Fye_D.Flowright wrote:

OFF TOPIC : I believe they will be together again someday

check the j-ent news thread. she's with that Utahime girl, Saki Aibu. i don't think he wants to waste another 7 years on a relationship so i'm guessing........ Saki Aibu is going to be pregnant in 2008

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love Angela Aki. she rocks with the piano and her style is simple
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monta wrote:

check the j-ent news thread. she's with that Utahime girl, Saki Aibu. i don't think he wants to waste another 7 years on a relationship so i'm guessing........ Saki Aibu is going to be pregnant in 2008 ------------- love Angela Aki. she rocks with the piano and her style is simple

monta..u like angela aki too..cool~~me too. Her outfit was casual and sing with playing piano..she rock~~

Anime Dad wrote:

If nothing else, it'll be a great copy. Ralph is nothing if not a perfectionist

So far it looks like I've got my best recording yet. I have two more discs to check. Hope I did not jinx them by saying this. I'm way ahead of schedule. But I was unusually organized this year. Preformatting 12 dvd-rws and setting up a timetable for changing. So AD I may have the final product by this weekend. I also checked the size of the Kohakou on daddicts.... I guess it would be ok if you don't care about quality but I don't see how you can compress 5 hours into about 6 GBs and maintain any quality (maybe I read it wrong or there may be more than 2 downloads that I did not find). My final discs will total more than 20 GB.

ralphm1999 wrote:

My final discs will total more than 20 GB.

i thought 5 hours was about 3 DVDs. but 20 GB? waow...

*edit, LOL, i guess i doubled the '3'* coz a lot of my Namie Amuro nearly 2 hours concert fits in 1 dvd
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monta wrote:

i thought 3 hours was about 3 DVDs. but 20 GB? waow...

Overkill.

a 2-pass DiVX/XVid compression should be able to get it down to ~8-10Gb, and still be pretty good. I dont recall too much motion to jack up the size. At least enough to fit on 2 DVD-Rs, of course, that'd take days of processing on my CPU.

bmwracer wrote:

Overkill.

I'm estimating close to 5 hours. The actual show was 5 hours and there were not many commercials. There was about a 10 minue newsbreak. So around 4.5 hours for the final edited commercial free product - I use 4.7 GB for one hour or one disc for one hour to maintain the original broadcast quality. DVD-Rs are cheap. Quality is rare.
So 5 discs for the final product is around 20gbs.

ralphm1999 wrote:

So far it looks like I've got my best recording yet. I have two more discs to check. Hope I did not jinx them by saying this. I'm way ahead of schedule. But I was unusually organized this year. Preformatting 12 dvd-rws and setting up a timetable for changing. So AD I may have the final product by this weekend. I also checked the size of the Kohakou on daddicts.... I guess it would be ok if you don't care about quality but I don't see how you can compress 5 hours into about 6 GBs and maintain any quality (maybe I read it wrong or there may be more than 2 downloads that I did not find). My final discs will total more than 20 GB.

That's awesome, Ralph!

just read the news that the rating dropped again......
i wonder why....???

Orion wrote:

just read the news that the rating dropped again...... i wonder why....???

Wake up the people who were watching and ask them.

monta wrote:

check the j-ent news thread. she's with that Utahime girl, Saki Aibu. i don't think he wants to waste another 7 years on a relationship so i'm guessing........ Saki Aibu is going to be pregnant in 2008

yes you finally acknowledged he wasted 7 years with the eyeballed dork...she on her way out, man. if he gets her pregnant at least he'll know what the kid looks like when it's born...cuz you know if that alien hamasaki gets knocked up her kid will look NOTHING like her....unless she gives birth to a plastic Mr. Potato Head!

Tu_triky wrote:

yes you finally acknowledged he wasted 7 years with the eyeballed dork...she on her way out, man. if he gets her pregnant at least he'll know what the kid looks like when it's born...cuz you know if that alien hamasaki gets knocked up her kid will look NOTHING like her....unless she gives birth to a plastic Mr. Potato Head!

LOL.

Or Mr. Chickenhead.