I want to flip the b/w so that I'll have the positive images. Is there a way to do that...?

IrfanView will do it, too.

Thanks, guys. DebetEsse was able to flip them for me, and my computer had enough to stuff to try to fix the exposures and things myself. (I think I'm going to rescan a few of them, because there were two or three where, even increasing the contrast to the max, I couldn't get any facial features. They're here [link] , if anyone else feels like trying. My dad's got Photoshop Elements on his computer, so I'm going to give that a shot when I have a chance.)

Cashmere, as far as I know there's no actual titles which use that functionality..

iPhone update due out fairly soon:

• The ability to send an SMS message to multiple people is now there
• Google Maps application can now pinpoint your location using cell tower triangulation
• Google Maps can now display the Hybrid map view
• You can now drag and drop application icons on your home screen
• The home screen supports pagination
• You can now add web bookmarks to your home screen

I just don't know if it's strictly an HD DVD thing or is available on both formats.

That sounds like an HD-DVD feature to me. (One the major points in HD-DVD's favor is all the supercool interactive features it promises. Unfortunately almost nobody releasing movies on HD-DVD is taking advantage of them.)

If you're going to be buying a PS3 anyway, you could probably pick up a standalone HD-DVD player for under $200 (that would also play standard def DVDs).

Kevin, I came across this page yesterday, which has mapping tools it says works on an iTouch or iPhone.

That sounds like an HD-DVD feature to me. (One the major points in HD-DVD's favor is all the supercool interactive features it promises. Unfortunately almost nobody releasing movies on HD-DVD is taking advantage of them.)

That's too bad. DH will literally pull out an atlas while watching a movie. He is itching to see this feature in action.

Looks like RIAA is going after personal use:

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Now, in an unusual case in which an Arizona recipient of an RIAA letter has fought back in court rather than write a check to avoid hefty legal fees, the industry is taking its argument against music sharing one step further: In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on his personal computer, the industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer.

I don't understand this at all. What are they going to do? Go after everyone who owns an ipod?

Unfortunately almost nobody releasing movies on HD-DVD is taking advantage of them.

Yeah. I'm afraid this will be like the multi-angle option on DVDs. I understand that porn uses it pretty often, but the only other time I've seen this used EVER is on the Moulin Rouge special features (the dance numbers).

I've seen a couple of Special Edition DVDs that had alternate viewable angles for certain scenes, but I believe they were all "behind the scenes" angles of the scene in question, and only available for certain parts.

The best HD-DVD is, believe it or not, Two Fast Two Furious (or The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, I've forgotten which one). It uses a wide variety of the HD-DVD special features, so it's a good technology demonstration - unfortunately, it's The Fast and The Furious.

The Serenity HD-DVD uses interactive menus (meaning the menus overlay the film), but that's it.

There's a few cute ones - an aquarium HD-DVD, which is full of fish tanks which look very pretty, and a fireplace one, which does exactly what it says on the tin.