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And knowing is half the battle. 408231[/snapback] GI JOE! ... Wait, this is a Transformers thread...

Okay, last question. I'm not trying to be a pain here and after this I'm just going to start googling this stuff on my own (I've been remiss in keeping up with this stuff). . . If HDCP won't work over analog, and therefore someone with only component (analog) inputs on their HDTV can't use it, what is the point of there being analog/component outputs on a Blu-Ray DVD player? 407913[/snapback] Because they like to point and laugh? The currently-available HD-DVD players have composite outputs too, and those are a sick joke by any standard. Seriously, there's 2 reasons. First is that 512p is a little bit better than the current 480p cap, and you'll still benefit from better encoding regardless. Second is that HDCP is set on a per-disk basis. If the disk doesn't activate HDCP, you can use component, RGB, or DVI for HD signals. But if the disk DOES activate HDCP, you can't. With luck the HDCP flag will wind up like the Macrovision flag on DVDs, and almost never be used. But you shouldn't have to count on luck.

And now I know.

That's also where it lands with Seamonkey, and probably all Gecko-based browsers. On Internet Explorer(and apparently Opera) it rests nicely above them. There's a bit of discussion about it in the site updates thread in the news forum. I DO like that this one is actually a special MW promotion instead of just a random "buy our stuff" link, or even a random "buy our Macross-related stuff" link.

Ya know, I've never seen anything past Beast Wars, and only two or three episodes of that. Can someone explain Evil Prime/Black Convoy/Whatever? He looks pretty nice every incarnation I've seen, but I have NO idea how he fits into the story.

The OVA isn't NEARLY as bad. It's not a direct-from-VHS rip and has half-decent image quality(and no hard subs). It DOES suffer from some issues, most notably a way-too-dark transfer. Someone neglected to tell Manga that Colonel Millard is a black man, not a sihouette. But next to the movie, it's golden.

What does Kyon's sister have to do with anything? 408073[/snapback] Took me a second to get that. Yeah... At least there's people putting an effort into translating the print stories too. So there's a bit of extra stuff to look forward to.

Yes. And it rules.

Just saw this. It is pure awesomeness.

What does Kyon's sister have to do with anything?

I think I saw that plot in the original series, actually.

I recommend Saitek. I use a P880. It's been replaced by the P990, which uses the same d-pad, along with the rest of their product line. I've heard good things about Thrustmaster's pads, but they feel funny in my hands.

Yes. Yuki owns all. ... Unless Haruhi gets mad at the world again.

It's not obvious to me! What was it? 407927[/snapback] They were launching the Gun***!

A. ROM form means the original carts. You want ROM images. Except disk games are disk images. B. Planetemu doesn't have the CD games, which the PCE Macross titles are. I'm not sure of a reliable place to get them.

Everything I've seen says the R2 MacPlus movie is a proper DVD release instead of a VHS rip. But no subtitles.

Haruhi wins the interweb, intarweb, internet, intranet, extranet, and IRL. And Kyon sucks for talking Yuki out of wearing glasses. Even if it WAS an accident.

HDCP WON'T work over analog. But the point is to prevent ANY HD copying, not just digital copies. So if HDCP is enabled, the player HAS to disable HD analog signals. It's not possible to have HDCP-compliant component or RGB lines, so the HDCP license forces the player manufacturer to cripple analog outputs.

Well, it COULD be a Linux box. Like the NetYaroze before it, Sony had some very serious schizophrenia and did everything they could to ensure that no one BOUGHT PS2 Linux. I wouldn't count on it. My bet is they're spewing gibberish, like usual.

Fair enough. I do tend to look a bit longer-term at things. Short-term, I guess they DID accomplish their goals, more or less.

Heh. I JUST finished watching that. Too bad the episode itself referenced that OTHER mech franchise.

On other system recommendations... Try NEStopia for the NES game. I've heard BSNES is currently the best SNES emulator. That'll cover Scrambled Valkyrie. ... Meh. If BSNES doesn't work(takes a heck of a machine. My comp is borderline, I get lots of crackling sound), try ZSNES. It has better sound emulation than SNES9x, the third major SNES emu..

Well, they COULD have meant PC in a diffrent sense. That it was a general-purpose computer instead of a fixed-function device. But the quote makes it clear how they meant it. They've had so many crazy PR statements the last few years that I'm not sure what to make of their comments anymore.

Soooo, how do they plan to market this??? By saying "ZOMG PLAYSTATION GIVE US MONIES!1111" Pretty much. They seem to be using the PS3 to force BluRay into homes, and they've priced themselves out of the market in the process. That's what they said when DVDs first appeared too. Wait a few years for prices to fall and HDTV to become more mainstream. THEN start making predictions.

Except for one major problem. BluRay uses the HDCP copy-protection scheme. If HDCP is enabled, than analog outputs as well as digital outputs that aren't HDCP-enabled are restricted to... I think it's 512p. Without HDMI, which includes HDCP in the spec, or the incredibly rare DVI+HDCP, there's no guarantee you'll be able to GET HD playback out of your HD media. A second problem is that I don't think the dinky multi-out connector Sony's been using since the PS1 is capable of delivering high-bandwidth signals, and that's the connector the PS3 uses for analog output. It'd be nice if I was wrong, though.