Quote: Originally posted by rareflares: Phil Shiller's doing it. He's a great speaker too so the keynote should still be great. I wouldn't say he is great... Stev…

Schiller can be effective - he's emotional and funny when he wants to be (witness WWDC 2003 as a good example). He has done keynotes before (at the past two NAB conferences, if I …

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5549064/ "The bizarre case of the bone-eating worms Marine worms dine on whalebone, and males live inside the females This female worm, from the newly …

Quote: Originally posted by amsalpemkcus: time to go to mars or somewhere sterile and leave this godforsaken menagerie behind! Good idea. We could also put more …

Amen.

Egads. Well, we'll see what happens. Mike

Will SWG be offended if I say "gay"?

Time to sell all those DVDs I have

*sigh* I can hardly wait for: Star Wars BLU-RAY episodes 1-5? Star trek digitally remastered *OMG* *insert other crappy movies here*

(technically) the DVD Forum chose HD-DVD, not Blu-Ray for high def DVDs, but it remains to be seen which will win out. HD-DVD offers much greater backwards compatibility with curre…

When do you think we'll be able to burn DVD's beyond the 4.4 GB limit? Would new DVD-R's be compatible with my 4x superdrive? (If not, I'll be really pissed!)

Well, no, the superdrives are really only designed for 2x/4x (and some 8x) DVD-Rs. The newest burnable DVD technology that just came out are DVD+R DL (dual layer) discs, which allo…

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: When do you think we'll be able to burn DVD's beyond the 4.4 GB limit? Would new DVD-R's be compatible with my 4x superdrive? (I…

Do I need a special burner for a DVD+R DL disk? If so, what should I get?

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: When do you think we'll be able to burn DVD's beyond the 4.4 GB limit? Would new DVD-R's be compatible with my 4x superdrive? (I…

I don't think my drive can burn DVD-9's.

Quote: Originally posted by TailsToo: Dual Layer, out now. A 100 GB external HD seems more practical. Much more cheaper that way, right?

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: Do I need a special burner for a DVD+R DL disk? If so, what should I get? Yes. Yes you will. There is one by sony that bur…

Blu-Ray: I'm so sick of their proprietary technologies

Quote: Originally posted by Adam Betts: Blu-Ray: I'm so sick of their proprietary technologies I'm picking up on that too.

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: A 100 GB external HD seems more practical. Much more cheaper that way, right? Somewhat.... the internals go for $170 - $20…

Quote: Originally posted by TailsToo: Somewhat.... the internals go for $170 - $200. Much less than the first DVD burners. What are you talking about? you can get…