Jay

It's coming. Sorry it's taking so long. Lots going on right now though.

TV's Frink said:

On a related note, when I'm ignoring someone and they've posted in a thread, it messes up the "read first unread post" feature for me.  Can that be fixed?

I've added this to the bug list. Low priority though considering the other things that need to be addressed.

I switched to Chrome a while back on my Mac and forgot that Safari was doing this. It's on the bug list, should be corrected soon.

Odd that Safari does this and Chrome doesn't since they're both WebKit-based.

The editor...needs work. The switch in your profile is there if it gives you problems. Pasting content from Word is the surest way to break it. I've tried enabling the functions in the editor that are supposed to clean up the garbage, but they don't seem to work consistently. The next step is for me to clean it up manually, and that would be a sizable undertaking.

I wasn't aware that link HTML was being generated multiple times though. The editor is generating a series of anchors embedded within one another, which is odd. I've placed this at the top of the bug list.

This is almost certainly a browser issue, especially when that browser is IE.

I'm bored to death by this season so far. Trying to keep my expectations low.

Ha, sorry. It's still on the list. I know it's an old request. I'm hoping to have it in the next update.

It's also nice to see some female participation in what seems to be a primarily male community.

Welcome to the forum. Good luck with the edit.

I can't reproduce this problem. If you've selected "remember me" when first logging in, that cookie is available to any tab in your browser.

If you refresh the second tab, does it log you in?

Yeah, that's kind of a problem. Added to bug list.

For anyone here who makes use of Netflix streaming, they have seasons 1 through 5 available in HD. That's how I managed to fly through all 5 seasons in a few months prior to season 6.

I used my PS3 to watch, and I was pretty impressed by the image quality. Not as good as Blu-ray, but better than the overcompressed broadcast HD I've seen on Comcast. If you have the bandwidth and a Netflix-capable device (networked Blu-ray player, 360, PS3, etc.), it's definitely worth checking out.

There's a brief interview of Alexandre on wired.com about the doc.

DarkGryphon2048 said:

What about Labyrinth? OH, you Lucas jerk-offs forgot it was a LucasFilm Ltd. feature since all everyone does is bitch and moan about "WHERE'S MY OOT ON BLU-RAY DISC FORMAT?! I WANT MY DIAPER CHANGED!"

Labyrinth is on Blu-ray, and it looks great.

As for the rest of your post--and your contribution to this forum in general--utter shite. You're quite welcome to leave if you'd like.

The petition isn't about getting Star Wars on Blu-ray now. It's about making sure it's a good release whenever it does arrive. Talk about missing the point entirely.

I think the idea was to tone down the "Lucas raped my childhood" sentiment present in the first trailer. It was entertaining, but came off as less than neutral.

I received word today that ot.com gets some significant screen time during the segment on the SEs. I know that in addition to myself, there are members here who contributed interviews as well, so I can't wait to see what made it into the final cut.

C3PX said:

I read the whole thing. Geez you get defensive about your console. If it makes you feel better I will officially declare the PS3 the greatest invention of all time. I was just pointing out that is was more than "just a rumor" from the "Xbox fanboys".

I think you're just pissy because you tried to be clever in your reply to ady and instead you were shown to be wrong.

C3PX said:

Fucking Xbox fanboys!

Continue reading and you'll see this in the comments.

There's a big difference between adding new services that require a subscription and charging for online play, which is currently, and will remain, free.

HotRod said:

Plasma..or LCD......I just want the picture to look good....ha...and LED is a little out of my price range right now

Just get what looks good to you and make sure the store has a good return/exchange policy in case you're not happy.

adywan said:

Now onto the TV's. Well I would never recommend a plasma to anyone. a decent LCD blows a plasma away. Most people see the TV's in a shop and funnily enough the one that usually looks the best is the one they are trying to promote. They never have the TV's set up correctly so plasmas look slightly better. but i have seen on so many plasmas what i can only describe as a dot effect on certain colours. It almost looks like the picture is a gif image. Some may not even notice this because they are used to their plasma, but its there. Watching HD looks better on a properly set up and good quality  LCD too. I hate all the crap about plasma has better blacks. Well do you have prefect blacks when watching a movie at the cinema? no. But even the newer LCD's have solved that problem without causing crushed blacks. But...

I don't want to turn this into an LCD vs plasma thread because this all comes down to personal preference.

If you're using film as your reference, then LCD's character is hardly representative of what you see there, so calling out the lower black level on plasmas like it's some kind of negative is a bit odd. It's like saying CRTs are bad because they're too good. I also don't play games on film, and if I'd had to endure Fallout 3 on a nice milky LCD, I don't think the experience would've been the same.

It also sounds as if you're viewing these displays way too closely if you're picking up on dither patterns (the "gif image" you're referring to). The extent of this effect also comes down to the particular display and the processing.

The 3 plasmas I've owned--2 Panasonics and my current Pioneer--are the closest thing to CRT I've seen with none of the geometry problems or resolution limits. A modern plasma, properly calibrated, surpasses CRT in pretty much every conceivable way.

I love the dual 24" HP LCDs (H-IPS panels) hooked up to my Mac. They're perfect for work, and when I was unemployed (and sold my TV to pay the rent), I used them for PS3 and Blu-ray viewing. Absolutely fantastic displays--with the lights on. Once the lights go off, bright content still looks good. Mixed content and darker content...meh.

Have you thought about the new LED TV's? Perfect black levels and the picture looks amazing. I saw the new LG 42" one at my local store and everything seemed so real it blew the picture on all the other sets away, including my 42" LG LCD. Fast moving objects didn't lose their sharpness in HD at all. And the TV is so ultra slim, LCD & plasmas just can't compete with this. I played about with the picture, turning off all the image enhancement stuff that is usually on by default and the picture became even better.

I haven't seen the new LGs, but word on the street is that they're very nice. The blacks are decent because they employ local dimming LEDs that allow the display to darken or switch off individual backlights when portions of the screen go black. One complaint I've seen regarding the LGs is that they don't use enough LEDs, so bright objects in dark scenes sometimes have a milky halo around them; the LED grid isn't fine enough to trace the borders of the bright object. There are plenty of LED TVs that use traditional backlight techniques though, and the blacks/contrast on these are still crap. I think once they use enough LEDs to do local dimming without halo artifacts, they'll pretty much be the equal of a high-end plasma.

Also, LED TVs are LCDs. They just use a different backlighting method.

Ultimately, it takes a pretty expensive LED LCD to get close to a good plasma from Panasonic, and unless you want to spend a lot more for the same image quality, plasma is the way to go.

I still miss my projector though :)

dark_jedi said:

I have not had any problems with my PS3 until just recently,I started playing Uncharted while waiting for Mass Effect 2 and the damn game froze on me 3 times already,once I could just press the ps button and quit game,the other 2 times I had to turn the power switch off on the back,this has never happened before and I used to play this thing for HOURS when playing Resident Evil 5,so I hope it was just a game issue,because I have one of the launch release 60 GB backward compatible models.

Are you running the latest firmware? I think there were some problems with Uncharted that started with a specific version of the firmware and were cleared up with a subsequent release.

Moth3r said:

It's not a myth - at least, it might not be a problem on a high end Kuro, but I assure you on my entry level Samsung panel (bought in 2008) I get traces of game score counters, or that bloody CBeebies channel logo, showing up even the next day.

The worry of permanent burn was enough to make me turn the contrast right down on the Wii input.

The manual for this panel has screen burn warnings on the front page, and a statement to say that screen burn is not covered in the warranty. The menu also has several options for avoiding or rectifying screen burn (a whitewash, a b/w scrolling pattern, options to pixel shift a PC display at periodic intervals, and for setting the brightness of the "windowbox" bars when displaying 4:3 material).

Samsungs are notorious for image retention. The point is, if it's not permanent, it's not burn-in. I always recommend against Samsungs for anyone looking at plasma because their image retention problems cause people to freak out. There's something about their electronics or panels that causes them to have noticeable problems in this area.

Like I said, my Panasonic plasma, a 2008 model, never exhibited image retention beyond a few seconds in length in the year that I owned it--even after day-long gaming sessions--and it lessened as it aged. There are plasmas at every large retailer that run for 12 hours a day with no hint of burn-in. While LCDs don't have this problem, most are deficient in so many other areas that anyone interested in great image quality shouldn't bother with them.

I worked at Panasonic for years. The engineers deemed the plasma burn-in warnings unnecessary once phosphor half-life had reached the 60,000 hour point, but the legal team wouldn't let us remove it from the manual.

Chewtobacca said:

Jay said:

Word is that Scott is so busy finishing up Robin Hood that he had nothing to do with the Gladiator Blu-ray. Blade Runner is a reference release in pretty much every way and I doubt he'd put his stamp of approval on Gladiator in its current state.

 

Maybe not, but if I were a director, I'd be rather vocal if someone released a blu-ray transfer in that state.

Keep in mind that most directors are usually more interested in current projects than revisiting past works. Scott probably hasn't even seen the Gladiator Blu-ray.

As fans, our priorities are quite different from theirs.

Moth3r said:

For gaming, I'd say an LCD - plasma TVs are more vulnerable to screen burn.

Ack! Don't perpetuate this myth :)

While it's true that older plasmas could burn easily if you displayed the wrong material for too long, newer plasmas have phosphors that age at the same rate as CRT phosphors. In other words, plasmas are no more likely to suffer from permanent burn-in than a good CRT is, so it's nothing you need to worry about. There might be some minor image retention when the panel is new (<1000 hours of use), but it lasts only seconds and fades once a different image appears onscreen.

I used to do 6-hour Fallout 3 marathon sessions on my previous 42" Panasonic plasma, and there was never a hint of burn-in after a year of such use. I game happily on my 50" Pioneer Kuro. No problems there either.

The PS3 is a great system if your tastes go beyond Halo and Left for Dead. It has some of the best exclusives of this generation, and most of the big titles are now cross-platform anyway.

Sony ditching Linux support was a no-brainer; how is this a deciding factor for anyone looking to buy a game console? Cutting a few USB ports and flash drives...who cares? The only big hit is the removal of backwards compatibility, and talking with actual gamers, most never use it anyway.

I tend to think that those who bag on Sony's cost-cutting measures are completely glossing over the 360's horrible reliability record and umpteen versions that have caused nothing but confusion for anyone looking to buy one. Add in expensive hardware upgrades (having to buy proprietary hard drives that cost a fortune) and the need to buy a "premium" system just to get an HDMI port until recently, and you have one of the worst consoles, hardware wise, to ever grace the market. All models of the PS3 have allowed you to drop in just about any 2.5" hard drive as a replacement and they've all had HDMI from day one. And the slim provides heat reductions, reliability improvements, and functionality improvements on a system that was already built like a tank.

On top of all this, you get first-rate Blu-ray playback as a bonus.

If you care about the sheer number of games, a few exclusives (90% of the many 360 exclusives are garbage), and absolutely nothing else, then the 360 is for you. I've been a hardcore gamer all my life and the complete opposite of a Sony fanboy, but for me, the PS3 was the right choice.

Leno has provided reliably dull and pedestrian humor for the last 16 years, which is exactly what the suits and middle America love.

I don't find Kimmel all that funny, but watching him eat Jay alive on his own damn show was infinitely satisfying.

Conan will land on his feet, and Jay will have a broken Tonight Show and a lousy reputation amongst his peers. I guess as long as he gets to add a few more cars to his garage, that's all that matters.