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  • #16
    Originally posted by alva
    btw Imran, the WOrld cup is somewhat of a testcase for Digital TV. Should be interesting.
    Where? In Europe?

    In the US, they are broadcasting all the games in Hi-Def, yes, but on the regular channels (non Hi-Def ABC, ESPN, ESPN2), it'll be analog.

    Thankfully I have an HDTV (best purchase I ever made )
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    • #17
      Don't confuse digital TV with high definition TV. You can have crappy quality video in standard definition on digital TV -- i.e., it is no indication of quality.

      High definition TV programming is another beast entirely. It is digital, but is only available in quantity in the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, and Australia.
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      • #18
        Ahh, I meant HD-TV.

        To be honest I only something of it on dutch television. for some strange reason the WC isn't really a big thing here.
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        • #19
          HDTV is utterly amazing for sports, btw... Hell, it's utterly amazing for anything. I find myself watching things just because they are in High Definition (I don't think I've ever seen so much NASCAR before ).
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          • #20
            I agree that HDTV is great for sports. The last half dozen or so Super Bowls have been in HD and the last 3 olympics have been in HD, so I guess it would surprise me to see this WC produced only in standard definition.

            How many people in Europe can actually tune in high definition content, however?
            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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            • #21
              With regard to buying DVD movies, I would avoid it, if you have access to a service like Netflix in Belgium.
              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                HDTV is utterly amazing for sports, btw... Hell, it's utterly amazing for anything. I find myself watching things just because they are in High Definition (I don't think I've ever seen so much NASCAR before ).
                i do the same things at my parent's house, watching episodes of this old house and such.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by DanS
                  With regard to buying DVD movies, I would avoid it, if you have access to a service like Netflix in Belgium.


                  The only DVD's I've bought since signing up for Netflix are Murder by Death and a couple of Miyazaki films.
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by DanS
                    With regard to buying DVD movies, I would avoid it, if you have access to a service like Netflix in Belgium.
                    But I like fancy boxes.
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                    • #25
                      It's just useless crap, unless you're a serious collector. I box up the boxes and keep the DVDs in jewel cases for my media cabinet.

                      The simple life is preferable, if it can be arranged. I regret having bought the DVDs that I did, if just for the space they consume and for the clutter they introduce.
                      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #26
                        It may be useless crap, but it's also fancy.
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                        • #27
                          Indeed

                          I keep all my DVD boxes. Have a DVD rack just for 'em.
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                          • #28
                            A service like Netflix is good in that it forces you to get rid of all the useless crap after you're done watching the movie.

                            Of course, to each his own.
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                            • #29
                              But I don't want to get rid of that useless crap.
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                              • #30


                                This would be on of my first purchases. I've already borrowed it from a cousin and it looks really nice, on the outside as well on the inside.
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