Isn't it supposedly better to buy some playstation thingy over a blu-ray player? (Being uninformed about game things I have no idea which one is the one you should get.) The reason has something to do with updates which the gaming thing does and the regular bluray player will not.
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sumi - Sep 13, 2008 5:30:50 pm PDT #7649 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
Jessica - Sep 14, 2008 4:25:19 am PDT #7650 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't know about regionality and Blu-Ray players, but the updated version of the Philips deck that a bunch of Buffistas have is very easy to make region-free, and upconverts to 1080p. (And reads PAL, NTSC, SECAM, Divx, etc out of the box. And is cheap as hell.)
I think it's this one, except that mine is silver, not black.
§ ita § - Sep 15, 2008 10:10:27 am PDT #7651 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But it doesn't say it plays Blu-Ray discs. Am I missing something?
Jessica - Sep 15, 2008 10:21:14 am PDT #7652 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, no it doesn't. (Sorry, I was thinking if you had and HDTV and a DVD library, an upconverting DVD player would be cheaper and almost as useful as a Blu-Ray. But it wouldn't play Blu-Ray discs.)
And I really hope at some point the Blu-Ray consortium buys the right to the name HD-DVD, because I feel silly typing Blu-Ray over and over again.
omnis_audis - Sep 15, 2008 10:53:51 am PDT #7653 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
But it doesn't say it plays Blu-Ray discs. Am I missing something?whew. I thought the iPhone opened the wrong item or something.
And I really hope at some point the Blu-Ray consortium buys the right to the name HD-DVD, because I feel silly typing Blu-Ray over and over again.doubtful. I think just B-R is starting to be the norm.
I'm hoping maybe the xbox360 will have an affordable B-R attachment like they did for the HD-DVD.
Kevin - Sep 15, 2008 11:21:16 am PDT #7654 of 25501
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Google Chrome ported for Mac and Linux: [link]
Atropa - Sep 15, 2008 11:37:02 am PDT #7655 of 25501
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Isn't it supposedly better to buy some playstation thingy over a blu-ray player? (Being uninformed about game things I have no idea which one is the one you should get.) The reason has something to do with updates which the gaming thing does and the regular bluray player will not.
That is why we are getting a PS3. ita, send Pete mail and he'll give you the full explanation of why getting a PS3 is the way to go for picking up a Blu-Ray.
DCJensen - Sep 15, 2008 6:39:28 pm PDT #7656 of 25501
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Google Chrome ported for Mac and Linux: [link]
"Note: requires OS X 10.4 or higher and an Intel CPU, PowerPC Macs are NOT supported."
gah
Jessica - Sep 16, 2008 3:39:30 am PDT #7657 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
PowerPC Macs are NOT supported
Yeah, looks like I'll have to wait for the official version.
Tom Scola - Sep 17, 2008 3:06:59 pm PDT #7658 of 25501
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