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TooLFooL
Disgustipated
Joined: 26 Feb 2004
Location: USA
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Do you:
Use installation disks/wizards? or..
Manually set-up?
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I am just a worthless liar,
I am just an imbecil
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GKar
Dunce with me
Joined: 15 Jul 2003
Location: In the corner, on a stool
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Of the top ten most responded to posted topics, which one one was most helpful or interesting to you?
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ntscuser
Mimzy
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: United Kingdom
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This question was recently posted in uk.media.dvd by someone else and I think it deserves a wider audience:
"If there was only one HD disc format, would you buy a HD disc player right now?"
What I want to do is dispel the myth that competing formats are the only reason why people are not buying HD disc players.
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gadgetguy
Contestant
Joined: 14 Feb 2002
Location: Michigan, USA
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| ntscuser wrote: |
This question was recently posted in uk.media.dvd by someone else and I think it deserves a wider audience:
"If there was only one HD disc format, would you buy a HD disc player right now?"
What I want to do is dispel the myth that competing formats are the only reason why people are not buying HD disc players. |
This is an EXCELLENT suggestion!
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-- Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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TheFamilyMan
illuminated
Joined: 09 Jan 2004
Location: south SF bay area, CA USA
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How many movies and TV shows do you have in your collection:
1. none
2. 1 - 50
3. 51 - 100
4. 101 - 200
5. 201 - 500
6. 501 - 1000
7. 1000+
I'm in the 51 - 100 range, though I've yet to actually count them all. At least 2/3 of them are movies/TV shows for my kids.
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ntscuser
Mimzy
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: United Kingdom
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A neighboring property caught fire recently and for one fleeting moment I was forced to think about this. If your home was on fire, what is the first piece of equipment you would save?
1) The PC
2) That expensive new plasma/LCD screen
3) HD/BD/DVD player/recorder
4) A-V receiver
5) Other
In my case it was the PC as it has months of work stored on it. Everything else is replaceable. Don't spend too long thinking about this as in real life you wouldn't have the opportunity.
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SingSing
Member
Joined: 30 Apr 2001
Location: U.S.A.
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| ntscuser wrote: |
| A neighboring property caught fire recently and for one fleeting moment I was forced to think about this. If your home was on fire, what is the first piece of equipment you would save? |
0. Jewelry and Personnel document.
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MOVIEGEEK
Member
Joined: 08 Mar 2002
Location: CA,USA
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Alan69
Member
Joined: 30 Dec 2002
Location: Cary, NC, USA
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Everyone buys and watches their favorite movies a time or two, the best ones even more. But for those who have bought some TV series, how many can actually justify the purchase?
1. I'm a Trekkie. I own every DVD and watch them over and over, and still watch 6 hours of Trek a day on Spike too!
2. Easily, I've watched every episode of everything I own multiple times.
3. Watched everything exactly once. I should've just rented.
4. I own just about every series ever put on TV, but nothing ever sees the inside of a player. At least renting I would have spent less money to not watch them..
5. I Netflix, never bought anything in my life..
6. What's a TV?
I'm curious on exactly that, how many people who've bought TV series on DVD can actually justify the purchase. Even once for no commercials and in order isn't too terrible, but renting is a lot less for watching once, so it's not that great of a purchase either. Something similar may have been asked before though, I only did a cursory search
Alan
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SingSing
Member
Joined: 30 Apr 2001
Location: U.S.A.
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SingSing
Member
Joined: 30 Apr 2001
Location: U.S.A.
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Buying tech equipment and toys are no longer always a fun expereince. A lot of new technologies never really work - happened - supported. Electronics widgets break early. and often and won't work with each others are become very common. So there re people who refuse to buy a certain brand because of past expereince. It will be an eye-opener to see which brands are the worse among the worse!
Poll likes :
I will never buy from :
GE/RCA [ ]
Fuji [ ]
Sony [ ]
Epson [ ]
Panasonic [ ]
Microsoft [ ]
Dell [ ]
CVS store brand [ ]
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DereX888
Member
Joined: 24 Aug 2002
Location: beautiful
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Do you use high-definition players and buy HD movies on discs?
1 yes, I use HD-DVD
2 yes, I use BD (BluRay Disc)
3 yes, I have & use both HD-DVD & BD
4 yes, I use WMV-HD only because me & TGPO love Microsoft and our DRM-infected computers
5 no, I use standard DVD-Video and that is what I like & prefer
6 no, I use standard DVD-Video, but only because HD-DVD & BD are too expensive, or because I'm waiting until there is one universal high-def disc format
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Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order and the like. - Justice Douglas
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yoda313
POLLSTER
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Location: the real world
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| DereX888 wrote: |
Do you use high-definition players and buy HD movies on discs?
1 yes, I use HD-DVD
2 yes, I use BD (BluRay Disc)
3 yes, I have & use both HD-DVD & BD
4 yes, I use WMV-HD only because me & TGPO love Microsoft and our DRM-infected computers
5 no, I use standard DVD-Video and that is what I like & prefer
6 no, I use standard DVD-Video, but only because HD-DVD & BD are too expensive, or because I'm waiting until there is one universal high-def disc format |
Thanks derex but I've done a lot of bluray/hddvd polls this year already.
I think I'll start one up again as we approach the holiday shopping season come late November..
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ntscuser
Mimzy
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: United Kingdom
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How often do you delete unused files from your hard drive?
1. As soon as I've done with them
2. Once a week
3. Once a month
4. When there's no longer any space left on the hard drive
5. Why has my hard drive suddenly stopped working?
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Heywould3
still working
Joined: 14 Apr 2002
Location: always on the move
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ever cheat on online test? ie google if unsure? who would know lol.
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DereX888
Member
Joined: 24 Aug 2002
Location: beautiful
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How much do you work?
(work = doing something you are getting paid for)
0 I dont work full-time (I'm retired, student, unemployed, work part-time etc)
1 I work 35-40hrs a week
2 I work 41-49hrs a week
3 I work 50-60hrs a week
4 I work more than 60hrs a week (  )
5 I work whenever I want (I don't really need to work, I'm wealthy or rich)
6 I am tgpo! WTF "getting paid" means? 
this ought to be interesting 
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Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order and the like. - Justice Douglas
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ntscuser
Mimzy
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: United Kingdom
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Probably been done before but when making backups do you include:
a) Movie only, everything else stripped
b) Movie + menu
c) Movie + menu + any interesting extras
d) Everything, including forced previews and copyright warning screens.
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daamon
Cockney Pommy
Joined: 10 Jun 2003
Location: Melbourne, Oz
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Who's the best guitarist?
* Brian May (from Queen)
* Mark Knopfler (from Dire Straits)
* Prince
* Jimi Hendrix
* "The Edge" (from U2)
* "Slash" (from Guns 'n' Roses)
* Joe Satriani
* Karen Carpenter (from The Carpenters)
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Carpe diem.
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.
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gadgetguy
Contestant
Joined: 14 Feb 2002
Location: Michigan, USA
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How much do you care about VH poll results?
*A lot. If I voted in a minority I flog myself for hours.
*Somewhat. If I voted in a minority I reevaluate my position, but don't necessarily change my mind.
*A little. Polls are fun and it's interesting to see how different people vote. But it has no effect on my position.
*Not at all. Polls are a stupid waste of time.
*Only if there's a TGPO or Yoda option.
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-- Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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SingSing
Member
Joined: 30 Apr 2001
Location: U.S.A.
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Which video upgrade is you next immediate purchase :
Regular TV to large screen TV ....[ ]
Tube TV to Flat widescreen TV....[ ]
DVD player to BluRay Player .... [ ]
Modem/DSL internet access to Broadband .... [ ]
MiniDV camcorder to HDV camcorder ....[ ]
One ply to two ply ....[ ]
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DereX888
Member
Joined: 24 Aug 2002
Location: beautiful
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RSS feeds...
YES, I love it and use regularly!
YES, I have few subscribed, but I check them once in a while
NO, I don't use them at this moment, but I might
NO, I hate it as much as I hated Microsoft's Active Descktop and Channels
WTF is RSS - is it some another TGPO's trashy euro talk?
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Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order and the like. - Justice Douglas
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SingSing
Member
Joined: 30 Apr 2001
Location: U.S.A.
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The BEST of the cult movies
Rocky picture horror show ... [ ]
Blade runner ....................... [ ]
The Ring ............................. [ ]
One flew over the cookoo's nest ....[ ]
Kill Bill .................[ ]
Space ball ( Starring Yoda313 ) .... [ ]
Note : Brown nosing will never get you anywhere!
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DereX888
Member
Joined: 24 Aug 2002
Location: beautiful
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Do you vote in VH polls?
[ ] YES (obviously, since I just did in this stupid poll)
[ ] NO (but I made exception this time just so Yoda knows)
[ ] NO <--- should have 0 votes obviously
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Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order and the like. - Justice Douglas
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