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3x would be a great exaggeration for anyone who followed the threads at AVS, with the commentary from the relevent insiders. The biggest additional expense of Blu-ray was the requirement for AACS for pressed titles. IIRC the rule of thumb was roughly $1.50'ish for a 30GB HDDVD and about $1.75-1.90 for a 50GB Blu-ray. We never did get pricing or yields on HDDVD combos...

It would be better if KOTOR3 is not the MMO... but I would hope the MMO is based in the KOTOR (if not TotJ-KOTOR) time frame. Good reason for lots of lightsabers from people not bound to strict Orders, etc. ANYTHING but the time period anywhere in the original trilogy, especially the time between IV and V.

Read good reviews of it at AVS. I have the Nyko and it works flawlessly with my Harmony 720. I usually power up the PS3 by putting either a game or movie in anyway and almost always eject the disk and hit power when I'm there picking it up. Hopefully Sony will allow mapping of the PS button one of these days.

20 minutes? Never heard of an install taking that long. My 360 OTOH is getting a nice layer of dust. The PS3 just feels so much more polished and integrates with the 7.1 setup flawlessly. The main thing is that I never fear the Red Circles of Doom like I do with the 360, which feels like Russian Roulette before asking for the coffin delivery.

I saw all of the wave 3 sets at Frank & Sons but instead bought the new SW Evolution figs (Darth Nihilus and Darth Bane rock, as does Vader's Secret Apprentice and the Jango/Boba. A bit disapointed in the Qui-Gon, though). Almost couldn't resist getting the Fred removable helmet CG/scarred trooper... I really wish they made the chest articulation like Cobra Commander instead of where it is. I hate that ball joint as it ruins the sculpt of the fig IMO.

Can't wait for Heat and Ben-Hur. I'll find the Dirty Harry set hard to resist... I already have Batman Begins and V for Vendetta on HDDVD so will not re buying those right away...

Silver PS3 for Japan. http://kotaku.com/352633/new-satin-silver-ps3-for-japan-[update] I hope we get an 80,120, or 160GB silver here. I'd like backwards compatability, SACD, and all the USB ports for my main tv room. I could accept a 40GB for the bedroom but all my HT stuff is silver...

Love my FP, so I would definitely recommend it.

Must.Have.YF-21.ASAP!

My 24" Dell does 1920 x 1200. I sit maybe 2-3 feet from it. My 60" SXRD does 1920 x 1080. I sit 8-10 feet from it.

All depends on the size of your screen. By 60" or so, it should be noticible from a decent range (6-8 feet or so), but if you just came up on it, you woudln't be able to tell as much as if you did an A/B right there.

Got Blade Destro today. I very much like it. The cape is a bit awkward on any pose other than arm down. MY real nitpick is the size of his head. If that's a "real" mask, it's either paper thin or Destro has a teeny tiny pin head. It should be a big bigger than other heads. I really wish they had done it as a clamshell so he could take it off like he did in the comic (at the end of the Snake Eyes trilogy was it? When the Baroness was all confused and distraught and what not). Ah well, I love the gold sheen and how it wasn't the dull plastic of the original release. I almost paid an outrageous sum for gold headed pimp daddy Destro.

Assassin's Creed is really repetitive. It's graphics are great but the gameplay gets pretty old after the 1st few missions. It's a shame they couldn't have put the depth of Oblivion in there, for example. DMC4

Looks like it has some potential, but most likely they'll screw it up.

Hate those multi-packs. Snake Eyes versus the Red Ninjas could have been very cool if it was an ordinary Snake Eyes v3. As is, it's still pretty decent to build up some more red ninjas. I hate the 3 packs. I would have liked 2 regular CG's with a CG officer. The variant hooded Cobra Commander is neat but the nature of that set precludes army building, as does the Cobra trooper one (who in their right mind wouldn't have the smurfy blue CC yet, yet still want that set? That set SHOULD have been 2 regular Cobra troopers and a Cobra officer (maybe). They need to do some sets like they had for the old 3 3/4. Something like 4 CG's, red CC, red Baroness. All in one, army builder with the variants.

Yes! Imagine the variants. Maybe sell them in two packs or something, too. I'd have to have 2 or 3 regular ones, at least one scout, and at least one missile launching regult.

Also distorted helmets. Most figures with helmets tend to have "normal head sized" helmets. So when you have the removable helmet, they either need to go to pinheads or the RH figs have oversided heads/helmets compared the non-removable helmet figs. This is most common with clones/stormtroopers from the Star Wars line.

As nifty as removable helmets are, I would prefer swapping anyways. Ball jointed heads make it easier.

Argh. What's the release date on this thing again?

Ah, well that's progress. Is the Crimson Guard removable helmet? That would be another good choice for the "Fred head." Agreed. I still have the blowgun and vintage v2 and v3. I think I burned my vintage v1 Snake Eyes as a kid.

I'd have preferred Snake Eyes v3 to v4. Still should be good if done in better (more realistic) colors than the pastels and neon red weapons. Whoah. That is v3. Why are they calling it v4? Awesome! I definitely want to see Kwin and Dr Venom. Any word on Fred (VII) in or out of CC Power Armor? What about an Iron Grenadier and Sergeant Major to go with IG Destro?

They would still be missing 70% of the exclusive content available on the other format. There's no hope... not even for coexistence at this point. They can merely try to prolong the inevitable. Indeed. "Blades of Glory is still one of our exclusive titles..." "Blades of Glory?!! Are you F@%!#& kidding me?!!" I laugh out loud whenever I watch this clip. Downfall was a good movie, too.

On a funny note wrt the Format War and Warner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=friS4OOcdgQ

Never been any lag on COD4 or Warhawk or Resistance online for myself. Up to 32-40'ish. 20 more players at those graphics sounds significant but most of the weight is being pulled by the individual PS3's so doesn't seem unbelievable to go to 60 or so.

Resistance is a great game. I used to have a blast with the online deathmatches. I've always wanted to get back to it after Warhawk but even though I'm still doing Warhawk, COD4 takes up all the other time... I even stopped playing BF2 finally.