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  1. Josh Lowe

    A Few Words About A few words about... ™ 12 Monkeys -- in HD-DVD

    I purchased this disc yesterday and I'm currently viewing it. First of all, it's one of my favorite films. It's one of three films that came out in 1995 that together have had a significant influence on the way I see film and the way I create: Twelve Monkeys, Se7en, and The Usual Suspects...
  2. Josh Lowe

    Official XBox 360 HD-DVD add-on Review Thread

    I have the 360 HD-DVD add on connected via VGA to my Westinghouse W4207 42" LCD and I've got to say I'm very impressed with the quality of both the player and the display for the money. I wanted a relatively inexpensive, lightweight upgrade to my previous HT configuration (ISF cal panny 53WX42...
  3. Josh Lowe

    In market for 42" 1080p LCD

    One of my local BBs had a few of these left by 7AM, most of the BF madness was focused on the Panasonic 42" plasma, the Toshiba 50" plasma, and the Westinghouse 32" LCD. The Westy 42" LCD (W4207) went somewhat unnoticed. I took a gamble and bought one at the sale price and I am tremendously...
  4. Josh Lowe

    *** Official *** XBox 360 Hardware DISCUSSION Thread

    1080P = Not an ATSC standard 720p/1080i = ATSC standard of high definition Sony president = lying for the purpose of undermining standards because their product does not adhere. Typical Sony attempt to make the world proprietary, just like their failed betamax, minidisc, ATRAC, spyware...
  5. Josh Lowe

    *** Official *** XBox 360 Hardware DISCUSSION Thread

    Sony attempting to corrupt the HD standard for the sake of marketing. BOYCOTT ALL SONY PRODUCTS http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/9931/X...ios-President/
  6. Josh Lowe

    *** Official *** Xbox 360 REVIEW Thread

    I'm becoming fairly confident the heating problems are due to poor ventilation. The 360 moves a -lot- of air and in even a typical entertainment center will probably be recycling hot air being blown out the back in pretty short order. Orientation also seems to matter - my 360 is horizontal and...
  7. Josh Lowe

    *** Official *** XBox 360 Software Discussion Thread

    Having spent some significant time in PGR3 both single player and online, I'm about 80% satisfied with it. The graphics and sound are phenomenal. The integration of iPod support at the OS level is slick, I can simply override the PGR soundtrack with my own without having to even bother digging...
  8. Josh Lowe

    *** Official *** XBox 360 Software Discussion Thread

    I assume that DVD content isn't being scaled and is displayed in 480i/p since the MPAA seems to hate seeing upscaled content being output over component video.. I'm still wondering.. if games are being automaticaly displayed in whatever resolution you've selected (1080i in my case) then why...
  9. Josh Lowe

    *** Official *** XBox 360 Software Discussion Thread

    James - A lot of your questions about resolution can be answered by doing searches in the Display forum.. to sum it up - "HD ready" means the device is capable of displaying HD resolutions (720p and 1080i) but requires an external device to supply the signal - IE it has no integrated HD tuner. A...
  10. Josh Lowe

    Home Theater Direct Speakers

    I've had a set of HTD Level 3 mains, center, and surrounds for over 3 years now. They have been excellent speakers for the price. The subwoofer, however, is not what I would consider up to scratch. I had one fail and then replaced the second one with an SVS. My center channel recently took a...
  11. Josh Lowe

    *** Official *** XBox 360 Software Discussion Thread

    Hey, I'm a little confused. My 360 will be arriving tomorrow, and in anticipation I picked up Gotham 3 and Tiger Woods 2k6. I noticed on the Tiger packaging it lists both 1080i and 720p as supported resolutions. On the Gotham 3 packaging it only lists 720p. My TV doesn't do 720p, all it can...
  12. Josh Lowe

    Sideshow/Weta LOTR Collectibles

    One can always hope. Nobody ever made a respectable toy representation of the Death Star or a Star Destroyer, either. :frowning:
  13. Josh Lowe

    Sideshow/Weta LOTR Collectibles

    I just read all 28 pages of this thread and was surprised to see no rumors or questions about a Barad Dur environment. If SSW did one of those, complete with burning eye of Sauron I'd weep with joy. No news of any such creation?
  14. Josh Lowe

    Sideshow/Weta LOTR Collectibles

    Holy crap. I just checked ebay and one finished this evening at $802.55 - I don't even know what to say about that. Mine's been sitting in a secluded part of my office since I got it, more of a conversation piece than anything else (most people I work with don't have dark sinister towers on...
  15. Josh Lowe

    Sideshow/Weta LOTR Collectibles

    Hey.. I have a silly question. I have an Orthanc statue that I pre-ordered back in 2002. It's been in my office for a couple of years. I have all the original packaging - box, styrofoam, etc. It's all in perfect condition. Somebody told me today that they saw a statue like mine going for a...
  16. Josh Lowe

    Babes of TechTV.....

    Unscrewed's tie in with Playboy is lame. I thought TechTV was aimed toward everyone, not just man-boys. If I had a kid I wouldn't let him/her watch TechTV anymore, which is too bad because Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton are good guys who put together a good show. But to parade around their...
  17. Josh Lowe

    Laptop Screen Cleaner?

    I wouldn't use Windex - it contains ammonia and that might mess up the anti-glare coating on an LCD display.
  18. Josh Lowe

    Possible? Two network cards for faster web speeds?

    You'd have to be able to do something like Fast Etherchannel which lets you team two individual interfaces to act as a single "virtual" interface. To pull this off you would need two NICs in your machine that can be teamed, and software to configure teaming. You would also need a managed...
  19. Josh Lowe

    Lets see everyone's cars and other TOYS

    a vette, a viper and an esprit?
  20. Josh Lowe

    mac question

    Hopefully this isn't too late. I was going to buy a G5 tower and then Apple tanked the single CPU 1.6, moved the single 1.8 to the bottom of the line and added the dual 1.8 to the mid range. The motherboard of the single CPU G5 is missing some features you may want. The clock speed of the bus...
  21. Josh Lowe

    They'll buy anything on Ebay - Powerbook *box* auctioned off

    I have a brand new box (less than 24 hours old) to a 15" 1.25ghz Powerbook G4.. If a 1ghz box sold for $1200 then mine is a steal at $1000 even. Do I have any takers?? ;)
  22. Josh Lowe

    Supposed to fly from NYC to San Fran tomorrow AM -- I'm really really scared.

    Congratulations on overcoming your fears and having a good trip. Hopefully the earthquake didn't make things any worse. :)
  23. Josh Lowe

    VERY cool Solar System simulator (and more!)

    dling the osx version :-D
  24. Josh Lowe

    What Did Y'all Get For Christmas???

    Santa brought me a 15 inch Powerbook G4 w/ Superdrive, 512 megs of RAM, 80 gig hard drive, backlit keyboard, Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, and a wireless keyboard. :emoji_thumbsup: :emoji_thumbsup: :emoji_thumbsup: :emoji_thumbsup:
  25. Josh Lowe

    Keeping pictures of ex girlfriends...

    Since she was obviously going through your stuff when you weren't looking she deserved to be kicked the fuck out, anyhow. Only insecure psychos do that kind of stuff.
  26. Josh Lowe

    Keeping pictures of ex girlfriends...

    I still have some pics of me and my ex gf.. No reason I should pretend that part of my life never happened. Do I keep pictures of just her? No, because she's not a part of my life anymore.
  27. Josh Lowe

    Supposed to fly from NYC to San Fran tomorrow AM -- I'm really really scared.

    joseph - i should have said 'there is no more or less to be afraid of regarding flying right now than any other time.' the chances of being in a plane crash are extremely remote. the odds of dying in a car crash are far more likely, yet we get in the car without a second thought. the...
  28. Josh Lowe

    California 6.5 earthquake

    Drudge is practically in hysterics over it, the guy has some kind of earthquake fetish... yet he lives in Florida.
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