Posted by Alpha on 01/11/67 11:36

The player is the same as photographed on the link and is also on
Amazon.com.

"Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Alpha wrote:
>> "Allan" <Spamsucks@darkbuffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb.org> wrote in
>> message news:3v6qr1hr5dg6j8aj288lnil502dc0f8cui@4ax.com...
>> > http://news.com.com/HD+DVD+backers+promise+200+movies/2100-1026_3-6019023.html
>> >
>> > "LAS VEGAS--The video format wars kicked into high gear on Wednesday
>> > when the companies backing HD DVD said that nearly 200 titles would be
>> > available for the format by the end of the year."
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
>> > because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable
>> > from
>> > -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
>> > time."
>> > - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
>>
>> Well, I am willing to put my money where my mouth is. I pre-ordered the
>> HD
>> DVD player and several titles on Amazon.com.
>
> Isn't that a bit premature? I mean, don't you want to see what it/they
> look like before buying into it? And deciding between players, also,
> you'd likely like to see wha tsome of the issues are prior to buying
> into it?
>
> At least that's where I stand on it. I'd like to buy into on of the
> formats.
>
> I'm particularly interested in burners and putting x264 mkv files onto
> a disc and then using a MMPC to output 720p/1080p to the HDTV.
>
> -goro-
>

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