Comcast boxes have a Firewire port on them which allow you to record either to a tape-based system (bleh) or right to your PC/Mac. There's software for both platforms out there. Al…

Quote: Originally posted by starman: Comcast boxes have a Firewire port on them which allow you to record either to a tape-based system (bleh) or right to your PC/Mac. T…

Quote: Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO: What type of TV do you watch it on? a twenty-year-old National TC-AL2190. Not high-end, not terribly large, …

Quote: Originally posted by demograph68: What sucks? MPEG 1? DVDs are MPEG-2. Quote: Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: Note the gradients in the back…

Quote: Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: a twenty-year-old National TC-AL2190. Not high-end, not terribly large, but *well* enough to show up DVDs' little nasties. …

Quote: Originally posted by GoGoReggieXPowars: PDF? Dude... If you want lossless screenshots, use PNG. Those PDFs are the original, unconverted screenshots. 700KB f…

Quote: Originally posted by Landos Mustache: Well on my high end TV I do see the odd artifact in some movies but ones that were made well like Monsters Inc the picture i…

Quote: Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: 24-bit audio doesn't *entirely* eliminate the stepping/filtering problems of 16-bit CD audio, but the resolution is good enou…

Quote: Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: That had to be said, didn't it... I don't like to spend money on "mistakes in the quality". It may be a little odd, but I d…

John and Jane Q. Public are not going to be adopting any new technology any time soon. DVDs won't be going away for a while. People don't like change... especially change that happ…

Quote: Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: I have yet to see a single commercial DVD where the video isn't marred by compression artefacts, one type visible most notabl…

Quote: Originally posted by Eug Wanker: So I take it you don't buy CDs either? Very, very rarely. Quote: Originally posted by Landos Mustache: So what do…

Quote: Originally posted by Landos Mustache: So what do you do? Sit at home with an expensive DVD player and don't watch DVD's because they are so terribly unwatchible …

Quote: Originally posted by LoganCharles: Just because it's HD doesn't mean it will be artifact free. If your tv is properly calibrated compression artifacts should not…

Quote: Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: No. Actually, I sit at home with my laptop hooked up to the TV and watch DVD rips. If I'm going to be watching compression ar…

I just read a Washington Post article about Rolling Stones list of 100 greatests guitarists. The article speaks to the lack of female representation... Ok.. . So I took a peek at…

Geez, that list is a scream! Listen kids, I like Nirvana, early Joan Jett, and early Ramones, but I don't think that Cobain, Jett, and Ramone really have a place on that list. Hec…

Now this gave me a good laugh� 17. Jack White of the White Stripes

Quote: Originally posted by waxcrash: 17. Jack White of the White Stripes Sad, that he would be rated above Thurston Moore (#34) Same for The Edge (#24) being rat…

Trey Anastacio (can't spell the last name) should be higher up IMO.

No Joe Satriani?!? No Steve Vai? No Alex Lifeson? WTF?? What idiot composed this list?

first off- the first two have the benefit (for this ranking) of being dead and dying early. they didnt have a chance to make crap like "tears in heaven", mark knopfler is too low…

YEah.. Dave Navarro belongs on there as well. Like I have always said. Rolling Stones don't know jack. Angus Young #96?!?! LAWL!

Quote: Originally posted by d4nth3m4n: first off- the first two have the benefit (for this ranking) of being dead and dying early. they didnt have a chance to make crap…

Wait. If you get credit for dying young, WHERE THE F*CK IS JAMES HONEYMAN-SCOTT?? ;angryemoticon: