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#145006
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.: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145006/action/topic#145006
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Good to hear Beastly. The next newsletter will be out as soon as things are finalized. A couple of us have been out of town and unable to concentrate on the X0 Project.

THX, sorry about not responding before. I must have missed your post.

1. We are still working on Faces captures on the X0. At this point. as far as I know, we're using interim captures off another LD player just to see what we're up against. The plan though is to have caps from both versions to use if necessary. There are definitely strengths to both versions that we will want to use in the end.

2. We are looking into PAL captures, but haven't done much as of yet. There really isn't any PAL player out there with a clean enough composite signal to rival the X0 and its superior quality output. Even with the lower NTSC resolution, it still beats any PAL player we've seen.

3. Haven't seen this transfer yet so I can't say. Sounds promising though. We do have a set or two of the Special Collection LD's and we'd like to do X0 caps of them as well.
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#144932
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NES games that you haven't beat
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/144932/action/topic#144932
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My cousin once told me she got up to round 94 or so on Duck Hunt. She had the gun right up against the screen so I guess it wasn't really that hard. She didn't lose though, her mom turned it off and told her to go outside before she turned into a zombie. I guess that means it's possible to get up to round 99. Who knows what happens after that.

I never beat Mega Man 1 until about a year ago. That is by far the hardest Mega Man game. I only beat it because of the pause glitch that makes some of the weapons apply more damage.

Come to think of it, I never beat Who Framed Roger Rabbit or Bart vs. the Space Mutants either. Those games I hardly ever played though.
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#144645
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NFL
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/144645/action/topic#144645
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The Pats have history going against them, injuries, and too many other good teams in the AFC. The Colts look like the top contenders right now, but that can change between now and January. Who knows, they might get shown up by Denver in the playoffs this year...
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#144526
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NFL
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/144526/action/topic#144526
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Yes, great job by the Eagles! Always good to see the Chiefs get their butts kicked at home.

Speaking of butt whoopin's, the Broncos beat the Jaguars in Jacksonville 20-7 and remain in first place in the AFC West ahead of the Chiefs, Chargers, and Raiders.

With the Chargers going into Foxborough and laying the hammer down on the Patriots, New England isn't looking so great anymore. I guess those injuries are finally starting to take their toll.
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#144604
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NES games that you haven't beat
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/144604/action/topic#144604
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Contra is pretty much impossible to beat without using the code, since it was designed as an arcade game and you're supposed to die a million times, so I don't count it. SuperC, by comparrisson, was made solely for the NES and is much easier.

Time Lord! Not a very popular game, but man it's hard.

Two other games on my NES-never-beat list until recently were Mike Tyson's Punch Out and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1).

Mike Tyson is hard, but if you can get past the first 1:30, he doesn't throw the knockout punches anymore (though he's still pretty hard). I beat him multiple times including a decision at the end of the third round (hardest way to beat him I think).

I admit I had to consult some cheat sites in order to beat TMNT, but only to find which ways to go in a couple of the levels (the one with the turtle van and the airport one). The technodrome is pretty much impossible even with all four turtles with full health. I got to Shredder at the end with one turtle left and barely any power but got lucky I guess.
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#143928
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Blu-Ray Attacks Microsoft, Microsoft Bites Back
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/143928/action/topic#143928
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
Who besides me has actually read the article on Slashdot?

Not many I would guess. Here it is for you lazy people:

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Blu-Ray Attacks Microsoft, Microsoft Bites Back
Posted by Zonk on Friday September 30, @09:05AM


QT writes "Ars Technica has been following this week's next-gen DVD dramas closely. First, there's extensive coverage of the reasons why Microsoft backed HD-DVD, which was primarily inspired by mandatory support for copying discs to computers. The BDA, however, countered with an attack on Microsoft's reasons, and Microsoft returned fire. Richard E. Doherty, Microsoft's head of the media entertainment technology convergence group, said that 50GB Blu-ray disc are in fact many years away. Is MS playing games, or is Sony misrepresenting just how far along BD-ROM really is?" From the article: "HD DVD is proven to deliver 30GB capacity today, with the potential to deliver even greater capacity. The 50GB claim for BD-ROM discs is unproven and will not be available for many years to come, based on discussions with major Japanese and US replicators. Replicators not only do not have test lines running, they cannot even pre-order the equipment to begin evaluating this disc. They cannot judge the cost of these discs, or even whether they can be manufactured at all. Major replicators can mass manufacture 30GB HD DVD discs today and it's well understood that these discs will cost significantly less to manufacture than the lower-capacity 25GB BD discs." We previously discussed this topic when the announcement came out.



The fact is Blu-ray is boasting 50GB capacity "at launch," but there is no launch date specified. 50GB discs have been acheived, but only in lab tests. Also from blu-ray.com:

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What's the difference between Blu-ray and HD-DVD?

BD-ROM
Storage capacity (single-layer) 25GB
Storage capacity (dual-layer) 50GB
Laser wavelength 405nm
Numerical aperture (NA) 0.85
Protection layer 0.1mm
Data transfer rate (1x) 36.0Mbps
Data transfer rate (movie application) 54.0Mbps (1.5x)
Video compression MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC VC-1



HD-DVD-ROM
Storage capacity (single-layer) 15GB
Storage capacity (dual-layer) 30GB
Laser wavelength 405nm
Numerical aperture (NA) 0.65
Protection layer 0.6mm
Data transfer rate (1x) 36.0Mbps
Data transfer rate (movie application) 36.55Mbps
Video compression MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC VC-1


Yes, it would be nice if Blu-ray won or if HD-DVD had the specs Blu-Ray does. I think one reason why companies are pushing to get next-gen dvd technology out is to make up for the money what they've been investing in it the past few years. I'm in the same boat as GundarkHunter. It seems a little too soon for a new media format. I don't own an HDTV right now (though that will change in the next 6 months I hope), and I'm just starting to get into burning on DL DVD media.

People still buy and watch movies on VHS. What are these people going to think when they go to Wal-Mart to find that their tapes are being taken off the shelves to make way for the new DVD media? They will definitely not be ready to adopt a new format, and rioting will ensue I'm sure.

But damn, would it be nice to author a DVD with 54Mbs of bandwidth at your disposal, instead of the seemingly-archaic 10 we have to work with now...