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  1. Max Leung

    Exclusive SVS SB-2000 Subwoofer Giveaway

    Subscribed! :)
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    Books you've read in 2010

    I just finished "The Unincorporated Man" - it's an okay read. Simple in style and heavy on exposition - lots of monologues just like in Inception! :P   Now I'm starting Peter F. Hamilton's Evolutionary Void - 3rd book in the trilogy that just came out. A huge sprawling space opera that is...
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    Books you've read in 2010

    I finished reading the Takeshi Kovacs "trilogy" (Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, Woken Furies) by Richard Morgan. Kind of like film-noir SF. Not bad! The science wasn't the best but the writing is pretty gnarly and entertaining! Now I'm reading "The Incorporated Man" - another SF novel, where...
  4. Max Leung

    Things I've noticed about HTF since returning.

    Heh yeah I think I saw a familiar name, but with "Owner" next to it. :)
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    Things I've noticed about HTF since returning.

    Quote: Jack, same reason for me - well sort of - I went to that "other" forum to 'fight' the future there! But another reason why my postings dropped to a trickle here was that I spent a huge amount of time on my HTPC and writing thousands of posts on HTPC setup and technical...
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    Contact coming in October!

    Let's hope this version is at least as good as the Sky-HD h264 1080p broadcast from last year. Even if the video isn't as good, the audio should be stellar!
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    got a green light on the mancave!

    Wow that's a big budget. Consider using black velvet cloth around the walls and ceiling to limit light reflections from the screen?
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    Books you've read in 2009

    Peter F. Hamilton's The Temporal Void. Pretty good continuation of the Commonwealth series. Charlaine Harris' Dead Before Dark (Sookie Stackhouse). Not very exciting, but I do hope to catch the True Blood TV series soon.
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    Testy Area 51

    That princess in DragonSlayer was pretty hot! But I wonder - the baby dragon feeding might have pointed me towards cannibalistic hentai in my later years! It warped my little mind.
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    Blu-ray Review HTF Blu-ray Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

    Sam: Yes, I have the same "issue" with audio - it is VERY quiet. I have to turn up the audio +10 db over the usual listening volume. It can be quite a shock when you go to the main menu after an episode finishes playing!
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    I Can't believe it has Come to this

    New ways of organizing DVDs? For me, more like, thinking of how to get rid of our DVDs.
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    Testy Area 51

    Hand puppet ending? That'd be awesome! What, you haven't drunk the Blu kool-aid? OMG Steve! Get your catwoman to punish you! Or am I confusing you with someone else? Hmmm. It's been a while... Oh and I like the Wallace and Gromit tie-in... you should be a Warner exec!
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    Testy Area 51

    Maybe Warner delayed the Contact Blu-ray so they could work on the epic battle with F18s taking on giant alien motherships! Either that, or Warner is working extra hard on their new DNR encoders to make Contact look like a claymation movie!
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    Testy Area 51

    I feel dirty watching that video!
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    Testy Area 51

    Gonna go to the Comic Expo thingy (is that what it is called?) in Calgary this weekend - maybe I'll have a chance to see kaylee and helo!
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    Testy Area 51

    Russell: testy meet, in edmonton? But---why? I thought Edmonton was too minor of a city for such a thread as huge as this??? Hmmm haven't been to the princess theater in a while - but I guess we don't have to worry about hockey hooligans this year huh? :O
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    Testy Area 51

    BTW Parker - I'm shocked - *SHOCKED* that you remember me!
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    Testy Area 51

    Russell, I remember you! Yeah, I am from Edmonchuck! Not living there right now though. 300 km south in some hick town. I knew most of the people that were inspiration for the characters in the Space Moose comic, but I never met the famous Adam Thrasher himself - even though he was in one of my...
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    HDMI, RBGHV and Resolution

    I don't think a receiver that converts HDMI signals to analog RGBHV exists. And if it did exist, it would not allow copy-protected (HDCP) signals to be converted to analog anyways.
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    Testy Area 51

    Hmmm I realized I posted my 5000th message last year. Well well well. And I have been absent for almost a year too.
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    Testy Area 51

    random thought: Compressing a Blu-ray dual layer movie to fit on a DVD-R is sacrilege.
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    HDMI, RBGHV and Resolution

    I don't think you can get 1080p over RGBHV out of ANY blu-ray player. They only put out component video using 1080i. If you use a PC with a Blu-ray player + software you can probably do it. The wiring should have been HDMI in the first place. :frowning:
  23. Max Leung

    HTF Anime Discussion Part VIII

    Oops - after running the translator, it looks like each box is 21,000 yen each. Ouch! Translated version of http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20090416_125542.html
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    HTF Anime Discussion Part VIII

    Hey, looks like Bandai announced the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex complete series, for release in Japan, August 25th, 2009 (I think that's the date). It includes TrueHD japanese soundtrack, english DD51 soundtrack. However, I did not see anything other than Japanese subtitles on...
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    HTF Anime Discussion Part VIII

    Hmm, it's been a LONG while since I've been in this thread --- or the HTF for that matter! I'm enjoying some anime on Blu-ray disc right now...but so far the PQ has been hit and miss (Tekkonkinkreet is a big hit for PQ though).
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    HTF Anime Discussion Part VIII

    Alanna: I don't know if anyone licenses the Nana anime yet, but you could try giving that a go if it ever gets released here. Same manga author as Paradise Kiss. I also highly recommend the Paradise Kiss manga.
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    HTF HD-DVD Review: Happy Feet *HIGHLY RECOMMENDED*

    I'm having issues with banding/posterization in the underwater scenes. Particular at the 27 minute mark. I'm using an HTPC, via DVI. HometheaterSpot's review also reports posterization. It is also noticeable on an LCD monitor and not just my Benq 8700+. Another person on AVS reports that the...
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    HTF Anime Discussion Part VIII

    Ergo proxy gets pretty cool - although I stopped watching at around episode 13 because it appeared to have jumped the shark. I may rewatch it, and finish it, one day. I heard that it ends well, so that is promising. :) Some rumors/reports that Bluray versions of some anime will be released...
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    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Departed -- in HD

    What? David you don't have a 1080p projector yet? I'm SHOCKED! Shocked I tell you! You still using that dinosaur Benq 8700+ right? Me too. *sigh* The PQ on this was really good. Headshot blowback in HD - beautiful!
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    HTF Anime Discussion Part VIII

    Tony, thanks for the info. More cursing, violence, and sex? Oh yeah!
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