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Hehe. The return of an old favorite!!! KHAAAAAN! make sure sound is on

Please note that this only took place in one movie. Empire. He never kills a single person in Jedi (unless you count the Emperor). . . and the only people he kills in ANH are rebel pilots rather impersonally, and Obi-Wan. They couldn't have him being all mean in Jedi since we had to like him again by the end!

Vader? Meh. About five years ago, maybe. But. . . well, this site puts it best:

YellowLightMan, here in your favorite thread. Well, that's my response, at least. The original charge is immediately before it. I interpret having my "head up your ass" as essentially the same thing as brown-nosing and/or kissing ass. And, he never corrected my interpretation, so I think that's what he meant. H

And I can't believe that I was recently accused of kissing A1 ass! H

I wouldn't be able to follow this so well if you guys weren't quoting back the entire thread to each other in each response! H

Well, you certainly seem to have reversed that situation rather handily.

Hehe. Oops. Mind you, you'll be able to see the HD channels over the coax, S-Video, and other connectors, but the box will have "down-encoded" them to standard TV resolution. To get the pure HD signal, you need to use the component cables and also make sure that you plug into an HD-capable input on the back of your TV. H

Nice try... What yours with preteen boys? OUCH! Nice one. H

Uh, YES! You can't get HD unless you use the component cables!

So, just so we're clear, you're trying to transplant pointless M7 fights into every thread now?

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but in the Hobby Handbook, there are images of destroids being used alongside infantry, trenches, etc. I would assume that this is against other humans. But, then again, this is probably just model makers having fun and not necessarily canon. H

Where did this come from? It's priceless! Did you write this Pat? H

kazuo, sorry I never responded. I didn't notice the edits because they didn't cause the thread to be updated and moved to the top of the forum page. Looks like you got it figured out though. Congrats! H

Not to be a whiney little jerk, but I wish people would put a little more time/effort into figuring out the best possible poll questions. This poll could have definitely used the following possible answers: Yes, I will buy it with a valkyrie, as long as the valkyrie is a previously unreleased one (CF, etc.) Yes, I will buy it even if it comes with a previously released valkyrie (Hikaru 1J, etc.) You get the idea. Again, I don't mean to nit-pick, but a poll is only as usefull as the questions it asks. . . H

But rants are fun and educational for the entire family. Oh, and because I seem to be the only one here that remembers history. I'll keep this simple so it doesn't turn into "OMG, that liberal is using the facts again!11". The U.S. started the UN, therefore using most peoples logic the UN is infalliable since it is a project of the US. /end Political fun The UN was formed by the victors of WWII, not by the United States. . . though it wouldn't have been possible without US support just as the League of Nations was a shame without us. The victors of WWII got permanent seats on the security council. . . unless you count France. . . who wasn't a "victor" since they surrendered and were occupied. . . but we let them have a seat on the council anyways because we pitied them. The US supported the UN because it was seen as a means of keeping the Soviet Union in check without the need for another cataclysmic war. Now, with no Soviet Union to keep in check any longer, the UN has outlived its usefullness. It is now a corrupt organization where petty thugs and craptacular despotisms get votes that are held up as being morally equivalent to the votes of true democracies and constitutional republics. Or, I can just sum it up by saying: Syria has a vote on the council for human rights. 'Nuff said. As for this thread not being political. . . this thread is political by its very nature. The UN is a political organization. And this thread is about its PR campaign. So, I'm not sure how this thread is supposed to stay non-political. I'd say, either let it be political or shut it down. H

What do you mean, "chances"? I mean, "take a chance" that I'm losing some of the video quality I paid for when I bought the TV, DVD player, and HD service, because I bought cheap cables. Again, I think the cables are a rip-off. But I still sometimes decide to be ripped off for the piece of mind that comes with knowing that I have cables that are definitely more than I need. H

MS makes a standard HDTV cable set for the X-Box that should be $20-30. You can also get a set from Monster Cable for $100 or so. . . personally, I've gradually come to the realization that Monster is a total rip off. Unless you have special needs for super-shielded cable and/or you notice any problems with the less expensive stuff. . . go with the $20-30 one. And, this is coming from a guy with four Monster component video cables in his HT setup. So, well, I'm not totally immune to their marketing hype. But, each time I bought one (I don't like to take chances with component video), I felt violated.

Is there a non-digital TV that does progressive scan?!? I'm not trying to be snotty, I'm seriously asking! It's still possible, but less likely than on an RPTV. The RPTV CRTs are driven a lot harder/brighter in order to project a nice image on the screen. That makes them more prone to burn-in. You'd have to really abuse a CRT (IMHO) to get it to burn, I would think. . . but I'd still be careful! H

Some RPTVs are better than others. And some are bad in good ways and bad in others. My RPTV, I can see from any angle horizontally. But it's picky in the vertical. It's really about the lenticular screen and other factors, it's not necessarily the nature of RPTV. H

This might be the only place where I have a minor quibble. I've never seen a superstore that displayed their TVs in a decent way. They always have the TVs in "torch mode" with the brightness and contrast jacked all the way up to counter-act the store lighting. And they usually have a signal that is split-to-hell and not showing off a TV's true capabilities. I know it's sad, but I'd say at least 70% of my buying decision is based on online discussion forums and reviews more than what I see in a TV on the showroom floor. Once I have a TV in mind, I try to find a showroom that has it, and then I really just look for "potential" in the TV, because chances are it looks like crap as it is at your local Circuit City or Best Buy. Though you might be able to talk them into hooking up a DVD player directly to it and letting you tweak some settings. I've seen my personal TV on several showroom floors and it always looks like crap. It's everything I can do to not grab the remote from a salesperson, enter the service mode, and tweak it to look right! You might also try checking out a local "boutique" home theater specialist. They usually have their TVs tuned a little better. . . they'll cost more if you choose to buy from them. . . but you could just visit their showroom for the better conditions and then buy elsewhere (though I always feel a bit guilty doing that). H

I largely agree with JsARCLIGHT. Good advice there. Though, you might enjoy having and HD tv set simply for console gaming. You won't need an HD tuner, but you will need the $20-30 HD pack for the XBox (or PS2 equivalent). You'll then be able to play most games at 480p or even 720p in widescreen. I think there might even be a game or two that supports full HD 1080i resolution (I'm out of the loop now cuz I sold my XBox). One thing you might also consider, however, is the possibility of screen burn-in. LCD TVs don't have any burn-in problems. But CRT (standard TV tubes) and rear-projection TVs that are based on CRTs (becoming less common now with LCD-based Rear-projection). The worst screens for burn-in are plasma TVs. They burn pretty easily. I have a CRT-based Sony HDTV. . . I used to watch one show on a news channel, and then I'd geek out on my computer for about five hours every night (pre-girlfriend). . . even though the logo is "burn friendly" and rotates, I now have a permanent pink smudge where the white letters sit in the corner. Boo! You'll want to consider burn-in issues if you will be console gaming a lot. Basic precautions can keep any TV from burning in. . . but I'd personally consider and LCD-based TV or RPTV if I knew I was going to play a lot of console games because I just don't want to worry about making sure not leave it paused, or to change the game every so often from games that might have a static HUD or other image in the same place all the time. Js: I don't know anything about DLP. But it sounds promising. Does it have burn-in issues? Regarding space usage: My experience has been that tubes are the biggest and most unwieldy. . . then rear projection (my 53" Sony CRT-based RPTV is quite a bit less deep than the 36" Sony Wega tube I tried). Again, I don't know about DLP, but based on what JsARCLIGHT said, I think this might be a thinner RPTV alternative. Then, of course, you've got all your flat-panel TVs. But, as JsARCLIGHT said, LCD has a lot of limitions in black level quality, pixel response time, etc. Though, really, they've gotten a lot better just recently. H

What do you intend to use it for and what are your space constraints? Will you watch DVDs? Broadcast TV? HD broadcasts? HD over cable? Will you connect a computer to it? A game console? H

tekkaman is correct. . . there's really no good images of Roy's VF-1S in DYRL. Everything is so fast-paced when his valkyrie is shown that they didn't spend a lot of time making it look good in freeze-frame! But, I did what I could: Foker Images ZIP file There is a really nice model box-cover painting of Roy's Strike VF-1S in fighter mode. It's a "super-realistic" painting. . . and appears to be taken from earth orbit. I thought MW had it in its images area, but I can't find it. I don't have a link to it now, but I used to use it as my desktop, so I may have it at home on a CD or DVD somewhere. I'll let you know if it turns up. Found it! Here. H

That's the best reason to have such a thread that I've heard yet!