MarvinisaLunatic

They shoulda saved this for after they crowned the diva search winner so they could "initiate" the winner.. and Torrie Wilson is a cheap pop whore

If you use the PS3 as a bluray player, using HDMI would allow you to take advantage of DTS-HD, but otherwise theres no difference between using HDMI and optical.

I have a good core lineup (Kevin Martin/Josh Smith/Andre Miller/Vince Carter/ J R Smith) thats young (with the exception of VC) but Im not that satisfied with the rest of my team.

I've heard conflicting reports about Bedard. Some say that he, Markakis and Guthrie make up the O's untouchable list. But there was an article a few weeks ago (I wish I could find the source) that indicated the team would deal him if they could get a similar package to ones being discussed for Johan Santana. You can add Brian Roberts to the Untouchable list..PA loves him. The concensus is that Andy McPhail wants to do everything he can to sign Bedard to a long term contract however Bedard seems unreluctant, and who could blame him I suppose for not wanting to commit the prime years of his career to the Titanic of all Baseball franchises. I dont think they'll trade him in the offseason for the plain and simple fact that they'll easily get a better offer at the trade deadline from a playoff contending team desperate for a starting pitcher, unless of course he gets hurt which is a big possibility since he's not exactly mr durable..which would be the Os luck. Also, good rumor on is that the Os might go after Posada for a 1-2 year contract and have him tutor Matt Wieters. They are going to do everything to get rid of Ramon Hernandez and bring a veteran catcher in for a 1 year deal to bridge to Wieters in 2009, and Posada makes sense somewhat.

I knew that was going to be the case the minute he turned down the Os job. Tejada is gone unless he ends up named in the Mitchell Report which is what everyone in Baltimore is apparently worried about. They want him gone..theres also worry that ARod will take some of the market away for him..who knows. Bedard wont go anywhere in the offseason but Im unfortunately pretty confident he'll get dealt at the trade deadline next year..which really makes me mad.. Oh, and the D-Rays claimed Os pitcher Kurt Birkins off waivers.

They shoulda done something with Duggan in the spirit of the movie Saw coming out. He should review it.

Hornswaggle/Coach match makes a better fit

A) On Demand - My GF has a comcast DVR and she has on demand, and if you try and watch a movie, you cant pause for more than 5 minutes or else you have to restart it over from the beginning which is very annoying considering the FF speeds are slow. With Directv it saves it to the DVR's hard drive so you can watch and pause as you like. Its still streamed to the receiver by way of your internet connection. It still starts with a minute or so of you selecting the program just like comcast so its still pretty much "on demand" but better because its actually saved to the hard drive and you can watch it over and over without having to redownload it or whatever. As an added bonus the on demand stuff can be scheduled ahead of time via the receiver or on the internet so the download is done when you get home from work or whatever. B) #of National Channels - There are 16 RSNs included in the 79 80 figure. There are still 49 non-Network/RSN/full time/PPV HD channels available right now including new channels that just launched in the last month and are scarecely available anywhere else (NHL Network HD, MGM HD, Smithsonian HD and Fox Business HD) MGM is awesome as they have the older James Bond movies in HD. And there are still 25 non RSN channels coming by the end of the year as well as 17 more RSNs. Not to mention that Directv is the only place that offers the NFL/NBA/NHL/MLB season pass programs in HD. All of these channels will cost $15 by the end of the year ($10 til then). And to top off everything, the picture quality of the MPEG4 channels blows away everything Ive seen in HD with the exception of HD discs, its even better than OTA HD.

Im concerned that the level of hype for this game is going to lead to the biggest letdown ever if the game isn't 100% flawless and awesome in every way possible.

I wouldnt laugh..they just took away the #1 thing cable had against satellite "satellite cant give you on demand!!" (and Dish Network has on Demand now as well)..It works as long as you have a fast internet connection. Plus, in enabling DoD, they've also paved the way for multi room sharing (something I dont think cable offers??) on a home network and media sharing between a computer and the recievers. Plus the HR20's can have their hard drives upgraded as easy as installing an ESATA HD in the back (IM thinking of buying a 1TB HD myself, which would triple the 50 hrs of HD I can record and store currently) I can already stream music from my PC to the box now, video is supposedly going to be supported as well. Combined with the HD Smackdown Directv has levied on cable (79 HD channels right now) I think Cable is in a bad place, and Directv is getting ready to launch another satellite for even more HD channels and services.

Sears is going to have the Toshiba HDA3 HD-DVD player for $169 on Black Friday from 5am-noon and they also usually give out $10 gift cards to the first 100 customers. The HDA3 comes with 300 and Bourne Identity plus its eligible for 5 free movies via mail. It goes back to $299 at Noon. Pretty much a tip as to how the Black Friday sales are going to go..Toshiba HD-DVD players will be on sale everywhere for about that price and Wal Mart will even supposedly be selling the HDA2 for $197 as a normal price as well. This holiday season is going to be the telling point in the HD-DVD vs Blu Ray format stalemate (refuse to call it a war). With Toshiba heavily discounting players to be really cheap, it might tip their way but Sony is putting the $399 40 GB playstation out. And theres the $800 Samsung dual format player that if given a discount might be a better option for a lot of people. Some people are saying go buy it at Sears now since BF is less than 30 days away and get the difference when the sale starts (wouldnt have to be there at 5 am either, but at least before noon) but Id be affraid that Sears wouldn't honor it or something stupid.

At least I have no worry about him playing for the Orioles.

As long as they can keep upping the gore factor and the deaths, you probably can plan to go see SAW 27 around Halloween of 2030 because idiots will keep going to see the movies for no other reason than those two things.

PD is easily the best new show of the Fall Season, its not even remotely close. ABC picked it up for a full season which is a good sign from ABC. Its doing well in the ratings for ABC which surprised me, as I figured its one of those "way to wierd shows to be a big hit ratings wise". And Chi McBride (Emerson) is easily my favorite character.

Its been proven Chuck's ratings go up a good point or so when Prison Break isn't on due to FOX showing baseball and with PB going back on hiatus after next month, that should save Chuck. Unfortunately, I think Journeyman's biggest problem is its 10pm time slot..I mean, why cant it air at 9 or even 8 (on another night?)

Some of this is a spoiler but I wont spoiler tag all of it just for the fact that its relatively a small spoiler in the scheme of things:

I hope the last ep wasnt the end of Michael Rappaport's run on Earl...

I took Mark Blount on my team. News today was that he was traded to Miami and he'll be Shaq's backup. Riley is saying he doubts Shaq will be able to play more than 8-10 minutes straight so Blount will get playing time..I dont know if that helps or hurts his value though..

Court Jesters 2.0 select J.R. Smith

Hardy/MVP isn't meant to happen.

They obviously want Austin to win the fan vote so Santino can come in and get stunnered..

Link to the JWDA The fact is that he can only do that if its a domestic attack. Bombing Iran wouldn't be enough unless they retaliate or something.

Im pissed the upgrade to Drew didnt come with an upgrade to HD..

I didnt realize it but the Broncos are playing a home MNF game opposite Game 5 (if necessary of course).

Im browsing the games for VC and comparing to scores/reviews online and I have to say that its sad that for the most part there have been more "must download" VC games than "Must buy" games at retail.. Im also gonna have to get more points cause 2000 just isnt enough.