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    Joey Styles made a special appearance at the ECW house show in White Plains, New York this evening just a few minutes ago, announcing that the September 11th WWE return to Madison Square Garden will feature a combined Raw/ECW taping, making it the first official appearance of the new ECW brand in the World's Most Famous Arena.

    Umm, you better be telling the truth there. This was the deciding factor in me buying myself a birthday present of getting two tickets for this show.

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    1 1 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Sony $23,000,000 -51.1% 3,807 +4 $6,041 $91,217,000 $72.50 2

    2 N Step Up BV $21,065,000 - 2,467 - $8,538 $21,065,000 - 1

    3 N World Trade Center Par. $19,016,000 - 2,957 - $6,430 $26,818,000 $65 1

    4 2 Barnyard: The Original Party Animals Par. $10,069,000 -36.4% 3,311 - $3,041 $34,085,000 $51 2

    5 N Pulse Dim. $8,456,000 - 2,323 - $3,640 $8,456,000 - 1

    6 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $7,207,000 -34.5% 2,941 -495 $2,450 $392,400,000 $225 6

    8 5 The Descent Lions $4,600,000 -48.4% 2,095 - $2,195 $17,527,000 - 2

    7 N Zoom SonR $4,600,000 - 2,501 - $1,839 $4,600,000 - 1

    9 4 Miami Vice Uni. $4,547,000 -55.5% 2,659 -367 $1,710 $55,112,000 $135 3

    10 7 Monster House Sony $3,300,000 -45.5% 2,434 -595 $1,355 $63,678,000 $75 4

    11 6 John Tucker Must Die Fox $2,950,000 -52.0% 2,213 -353 $1,333 $35,701,000 $18 3

    12 16 Little Miss Sunshine FoxS $2,600,000 +75.7% 153 +95 $16,993 $5,640,000 $8 3

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    Yes, digital cable is different from HD.

     

    Digital cable broadcasts shows in either 480i or 480p, while HD broadcasts in 720p or 1080i (1080p someday, but not yet.) Fox, ESPN and ABC use 720p while everyone else uses 1080i.

     

    I have no idea what a integrated digital tuner does, but I am sure Marv does.

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    The only way I'll get a PS3 is if it turns out that the BR's bad PQ is from the software and not the hardware.

    There are several factors that can have affect the PQ of a title. The video source is probably the most important thing. If the source isn't very good, the PQ won't be great.

     

    The only fair way to compare the PQ for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is to watch the same movie on both formats.

    First BR vs HD-DVD comparison.

    And right now, it seems that the problems are with the software. The codec that the BRs are using are MPEG2, which is old and isn't that good as others.

     

    But this is the wrong thread for this discussion.

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    HD-DVD doesnt have the capability (READ: DISC SIZE) to do 1080p.

    After some reading and asking other forums, the HD-DVD discs are capable of 1080p. The player just can't play it yet.

     

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    I see 1080p.

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    I just think Leena needs one of those silly looking hats.

     

    That's a good idea. I'll look for my Elena Bovina hat.

     

    Also, off-topic, Mole is quickly passing you for "posting about HDTV in every post". Don't let him win. He's a drooling idiot.

     

    Yeah, but he's backing the wrong Next Gen DVD format..and most of what he knows is through me passing my knowledge along..

    Yeah, I got some of it from you and the rest from google and the AVS forums.

     

    And your BR love blinds you Marvo.

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    Are you talking about this quote:

     

    (MasterThrasher @ Aug 10 2006, 05:38 PM)

     

    "I have a question similiar to this. DVD's carry a 480i signal right. On another message board, someone wrote that the Xbox 360 upscales games to 720p/1020i because only HD-DVD's and Blu Ray discs store actual 720p/1020i.

     

    I think his assumption is wrong but I could be wrong."

     

     

    The person on that message board has no idea what they are talking about.

     

    Xbox360 games (excluding Gotham) render natively at a minimum of 720p. Some games will render natively in 1080i as well.

     

    The only scaling the 360 does is scale that original game resolution (720p in most cases) to whatever your selected output resolution is ... if you selected 1080i it will scale 720p to 1080i. With games that natively render in 1080i as well it wont need to scale to 1080i.

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    And you have to remember this: the 360 isn't TRUE HD. The 360 is just upconverting the games to either 720p or 1080i, since it still uses DVDs for their games.

     

    But at the same time, I am not even sure how good the PS3 will look. Maybe it is just the Samsung player or it might be the codec they are using for the software, but the BR PQ looks like shit right now. Sony is also having trouble getting the laser to read the dual layer discs right now, so the BR discs are only at 25GB for the moment. I don't even trust the PS3 right now.

     

    Yes, the PS3 and 360 will look better than Wii. But how often to companies worry about the graphics than the gameplay? A lot. Nintendo is concentrating on the gameplay which I am looking forward to. I am pumped about this new controller and can't wait to get my hands on it.

     

    I'll be there day one for a Wii but will wait on a PS3 for a little while.

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    How long until Ultra-HD hits retail stores?

     

    I have a 46" CRT Toshiba 16X9 Widescreen HD TV, and I think it is good enough to hold onto until one day in the far future that Ultra-HD is affordable.

    20 years or so.

     

    ltra HD (Ultra High Definition), also called UHDV (Ultra High Definition Video) and Super Hi-Vision, is a digital video format proposed by the Japanese research group and broadcasting company, NHK Science and Technical Research Laboratories.

     

    Ultra HD is a giant leap forward from HDTV. It provides a video resolution that contains 16 times more pixels than a conventional HDTV. That is, against 1,080 lines of resolution of HDTV, Ultra HD offers 4,320. More precisely, Ultra HD provides 7,680 x 4,320 pixels in a widescreenaspect ratio of 16x9, for a total 33 megapixels. Additionally, Ultra HD offers a 22.2 channel sound system as opposed the 5-6 channel surround-sound systems commonly available with HDTVs.

     

    The biggest advantage of Ultra HD is its ability to present video that give a real-life impression to the viewer. Ultra HD achieves this by providing a higher view perspective, which is a direct outcome of the higher resolution offered by this technology. However, like any other work of technology, there are disadvantages to accompany the advantages. That is, Ultra HD video and audio - in its uncompressed format - may require huge storage volumes (3.5 TB for an 18 minute video).

     

    Ultra HD is currently designed exclusively for large audiences rather than for home use. This technology is still in a conceptual stage. Ultra HD is not planned to be commercially available until 2025. Until then, technology junkies will have to be satisfied with the standard HDTV.

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    My predictions:

     

    AFC East: Pats

    AFC North: Bengals

    AFC South: Colts

    AFC West: Chargers

     

    WC: Dolphins, Chiefs

     

    NFC East: G-Men

    NFC North: Bears

    NFC South: Panthers

    NFC West: Seahawks

     

    WC: Redskins, Rams

     

     

    AFC FR: Bengals over the Dolphins

    Chargers over the Chiefs

     

    AFC SR: Pats over the Bengals

    Chargers over the Colts

     

    AFC TR: Pats over the Chargers

     

    NFC FR: G-Men over the Rams

    Redskins over the Bears

     

    NFC SR: Panthers over the Redskins

    G-Men over the Seahawks

     

    NFC TR: G-Men over the Panthers

     

    SB: Pats over the G-Men.

     

    Yeah yeah, dumb picks. But I might as well go out on a limb since I am never right anway.

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    HD-DVD doesnt have the capability (READ: DISC SIZE) to do 1080p.

    Ahh that is right.

     

    And downconverting to interlaced and then upconverting back to progressive for what I've read doesn't affect picture quality one bit.

    Ehh, I don't know about that. Whenever you do a bunch of converting it does bring down the PQ somewhat.

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    As a comment, Sony is actually not the best when it comes to HDTV even though their TVs are priced much higher than other brands. That is however a nice TV.

    Who is the best, Marvin? I'll be in the market for one within the next 4-5 months and as far as images go, i've liked the Sony LCD projections more than the assorted DLPs. My dad's got the 70" inch Sony WEGA, which is gratuitous and possibly one of mankind's greatest inventions all at the same time. I'm open to other considerations, though, and probably looking for something in the 42"-46" range since I'm in a modest apartment.

    Well how much are you willing to spend?

     

    For one thing, don't get a plasma.

     

    The biggest CRTs get are 36" and they would be heavy has fuck, so you probably don't want that.

     

    You're not going to find any DLPs that are under 48". So your best bet would be a LCD.

     

    This JVC is pretty good. It also had 1080p, which is a plus even though nothing is being broadcast in that yet and probably won't for a while. And this Sony isn't that bad, but it is a Sony and I'm not a big fan of them.

     

    Im a fan of Samsung..

     

    As far as 1080p, sets that support it are expensive but..Blu Ray supports 1080p and HD-DVD doesn't. Thats probably not a huge bonus for BR given the # of 1080p sets out, but a future advantage for BR definitely.

    I am sure the next gen HDDVD player will output at 1080p. And I read somewhere that the BR player downconverts to 1080i then upconverts back to 1080p before it hits the screen, which would take away from it.

     

    Have you seen the difference between the HDDVD and BR Marv? HDDVD is SO much better than BR.

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