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Regarding the "all content always available on the network with no hard drives" concept. It reminds me of a conversation I had a few years back with Jay Forrester of MIT (he invented the original core memory used by computer). He described to me a project he worked on in the early days that used...

Malcolm, Thanks, I really thought I did a search, but didn't see it. Nick

I started watching this intruiging film last night to check its suitability for family viewing and have a few questions. 1. The case says that the film is 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, but the film started with a banner that said "This film has been modified to fit your screen." What was the...

The most comprehensive one I have seen is: http://videoeta.com/dvd.html Click on the month names to see the (very) comprehensive release schedule. Did you know there will be 141 DVDs released on April 6? Nick

As far as I'm concerned, the DVD of the year is hands-down Star Trek: TNG Complete Series (all seven seasons). The studio did an outstanding job with the whole delivery. Considering they were all released this calendar year, they are a serious contender. Nick

Another idea is to show something that is widely known and already has a widescreen ratio. That object is a business card. The standard North American business card has an approximate ratio of 1.73. Using a computer screen, you could show what the business card looks like shown in its entirety...

DVDs are influencing how people talk about things in other industries. Here's a snippet someone emailed me... "BMW's Easter Egg A hidden feature launches the M3, but faster in Europe. Popular Science, October 2002 There's a cheat code in the software running the BMW M3s sequential manual...

Sony DVP-FX1 (portable player): No Monster Song glitch. Noticeable layer change at 84:01, but I can live with it. Nick

My receiver is getting repaired, so I can't test my Monsters, Inc. disc. I haven't seen anyone describe their experience with a Sony 7700. Anyone out there to comment on how the disc plays on this machine? Thanks. Nick

For those interested in linking their Profiler database with their Palms, I do a two-stepper that suffices for now. First, I export my database to a CSV file format. I then use a Palm based database application (I use HanDBase 3.0) to import the data in. Since I generally have my Palm with...

1. When there are only two things to choose from on a menu (such as choosing between DTS or DD), when the highlighting of the selection is not obvious. 2. DVDs without English subtitles. 3. Forced looking at anything before the main menu. Nick

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Ditto on my Sony 7700. Nick

I never heard of this one. Is it a good family film? (kids are 7 and 10) Are there extremely scary moments? Thanks for any help. Nick

Hunt For Red October and any James Bond film Nick

I didn't believe it when I saw it, but at my local Target store, they had A Beautiful Mind Widescreen for $17.99 and the Fullscreen at $19.99. I'm absolutely pleased, but I have to wonder why the differentiated pricing? Any ideas? Nick

Interesting question that I never thought to ask before. I receive a newsletter that explores the linguistic origins of words and phrases, and this appeared in the Q&A section today:

In the order I bought them. (really) Nick

All right, now here is an embarrassing admission -- after all this discussion, it just dawned on me that my Pontiac Montana minivan which has a DVD player can be used to listen to commentary tracks while I drive. That is SO obvious! I have no idea how that never occurred to me before. Nick

This notion of recording the commentary track onto a CD to listen to in a car is a great idea. I have both a DVD player and a separate CD burner on my computer -- I will try to figure out how to do that. Well, um, maybe not -- it may take lnoger to figure that out than it would to just listen...

Even though I am deeply disappointed when a DVD does not contain a commentary track, I am sorry to admit that of the approximately 200 movies that I own that have commentary tracks, I have only listened to two of them. I barely have time to WATCH the movies I own let alone listen to the extras...

I guess I must have sounded much more pessimistic than I really am regarding the WS TV manufacturers having influence on the studios and the release of WS content. I believe that there WILL be some positive effect, but that the greater lasting leverage in is educating the consumer -- since the...

While this discussion of widescreen TV manufacturers is an interesting direction, it's the movie content, and the viewers' understanding of OAR that will determine the outcome. This would be a classic chicken and egg situation if the movie content were not widescreen to begin with -- and the...

Here is my email that I sent to Disney: To whom it may concern, It has come to my attention that Disney is deciding to stop distributing its movies in Widescreen format. This is most disturbing to me. My family will only buy DVDs that are in their Original Aspect Ratio (OAR). We USED to...

Well, thanks to the good advice here, I was able to edit the UPC code for the set by appending an "01" after it. Then I added a new copy of the collection, appended the UPC code with an "02", and continued this for all seven discs. In the description area for each disc, I detailed the episode...

I'm one who likes to store and count my DVDs as separate discs when they come in box sets. In the past, when I recorded them into DVD Profiler, I have always been able to find UPC codes for each disc, thereby getting a separate entry for each disc. Has anyone figured out how to do this when...

First, the context... Every three or four weeks, my wife, two kids (10 & 7) and I have a Family-Movie-Night. We prepare a meal of cut up fruits and vegetables, and some additional warm finger food stuff, and spread out on the floor in the family room where the home theatre is. It is a...

Since Snow White goes quiet for a decade after this month, I'm curious about what other HTF members thoughts are about what an effective eBay strategy might be. How long do you wait before selling, and what kind of prices do you think it will generate. (I'm talking about shrink-wrapped...