As bad as my eyes are at focusing, they seem to be really good at catching movement. When I walk into a room with a computer monitor, I can tell if the refresh rate is set at 60 hrtz before I even look at the screen. I can see the flicker on the walls. Fluorescent lighting makes me wince. When we travel to Europe, I can hardly stand to look at PAL on any kind of CRT television, the flicker is so bad. When my family and I go to a restaurant with outdoor seating, I am always trying to get them to sit outside to avoid the restaurant lighting, even when it is hot. Of course they rarely want to. A few years ago, I went to a doctor complaining about my eyes and the constant headaches. He told me that I was just a little more sensitive to motion than average and that I just had to live with it. At 46, I can't even read a menu anymore without reading glasses, but I can see the fluorescent lights flicker.

Anyway, to say that I am not a fan of 24p is an understatement.

Planet Earth for 60USD HD or 40USD for SD. I just picked up the BluRay set.

j razz

The Toshiba HD-A2 goes for $229 now (or $179 B-stock at Circuit City when available).

What's the least expensive Blu-ray player currently?

I'm thinking of getting something to play Netflix HD rentals, and if it is inexpensive enough I won't have to worry about choosing "the wrong format" as I won't be building a collection until the format war has been settled.

It's gotta be a "living room player" though, not a clunky computer or video game hookup.

Coursedesign

Don't forget to rent Evan Almighty HD DVD when it comes out.

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HD DVD to Include Online Shopping
Evan Almighty disc will include link to Universal's online store.
By Swanni

Washington, D.C. (October 3, 2007)
Universal Studios will announce today that next week's HD DVD release of Evan Almighty will include an online shopping feature.
That's according to an article by the Associated Press.

Evan Almighty, a comedy which stars Steve Carell as a modern day Noah, will be the first HD DVD to include an online shopping component.

The disc will include a Web browser that can connect to Universal's online store where viewers can buy products related to the movie such as a rain barrel for $135 and recyclable toilet paper .

HD DVD supporters, led by Microsoft, have said the format's interactive features will distinguish it from rival Blu-ray in the high-def disc war.
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http://www.tvpredictions.com/forum/comments.php?y=07&m=10&entry=entry071003-053934

There is a lot of information about how and on what Planet Earth was shot:

http://www.nealromanek.com/articles/Planet%20Earth.html

http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0082/t.1997.html

It's fairly easy to see the different sources during the programme, the aerial shots being the best in the most part.

Course,

I would take a look at the PS3. You don't have to own games to enjoy this machine. It looks nice and allows for wireless media to be streamed from your PC to your home theatre. It allows for pictures and videos to be streamed as well. It also has 4 usb hook ups for media sticks, keyboards, mice, external hard drives, etc. It is easily updatable via a wireless web connection and has an internal hard drive plus downloadable trailers in HD as well as online browser access to the web and the PS store. Plus it has a great upscaling ability and can display output via HDMI at up to 1080i/p.

Best bang for the buck if you ask me.

j razz

But then I won't get recyclable toilet paper, right?

Or a chance to see Evan Almighty, surely the most profound movie of modern time?

If you use the enclosed TP to wipe off the disk, will there be anything left?

:O)

What is B stock? Like open box or display model?

j razz

"What is B stock? Like open box or display model?" referring to the Toshiba A2 means its a Brick after faulty firmware update ;-) ------ OOPs, the stockboy drop it from the top shelve, looks OK, no smoke, yet-- ;-)