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Those black bars are actually contained in the signal, unlike with anamorphic DVDs.
See, the Best Buy guy (I know, I know) tried to assure me that it would crop vertically, so 4:3 broadcast 16:9 would look better. But who knows? That TV was squishing the hell out of the picture, and in the end, for a 26" diagonal, you end up with very little vertical screen height.
I just bought a new TV, 27". I thought about HDTV, but figured to not spend the cash now, since I turn TVs over every three years or so. It'll be good.
I have a program that moves songs from iPod to iTunes, but I don't remember what it's called now. If you want I'll check tomorrow.
Is there a (possible for the home amateur) way to record the sound from a DVD without the track that would go to the center-channel speaker? I need a soundtrack of WWII background, and I wanted to use the opening 20ish minutes of Saving Private Ryan, but I don't want it to be immediately identifiable, or to pull attention, so I'd like to remove the dialogue, etc. I can get this while listening by disconnecting my center speaker, but I'm wondering if there's a way to somehow filter out that track while recording.
Help?
There are rumors that Apple is going to release a Monitorless, sub-$500 Mac.
OK, there have been rumors to that effect for years, but they're suddenly more concrete.
I have a really dumb question: I have an iChat account. Can I use iChat to talk to someone on AIM? If so, is there something in the iChat menu that can help me do this?
Any Filemaker Pro users about?
I have a calculated field which produces a number. I have the layout formatted so that the field is showing as a dollar amount with a dollar sign and 2 zeros. I now need to use this figure in another field (which I will send as an email. Within the field, I cannot get the formatting to have a dollar sign or zeros. If the amount ends in 50 cents, it shows as .5, not .50. Does anyone have any ideas?
Nevermind-- I think I figured it out.
anyone here have ReplayTV? opinions? it's about $50 cheaper than Tivo and seems to have all the same features. so that's why i'm asking.
Can I use iChat to talk to someone on AIM?
Yes. At least, that's how DH and I chat during the day. (Him on iChat, me on AIM Express.) I think all you need to do is get an AIM screenname to log on with.
