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    Image of mynamesafad mynamesafad
    01/15/09

    In reply to Emperor Workstation Priced at $40,000
    for $40,000 I could make a lot better tech set up in my room.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    01/16/09

    @mynamesafad: for $40,000, in most parts of the country these days you could buy an entire HOUSE, outfit every room with a Alienware PC and Dell 24" widescreen monitor, and still have enough money left over for a year's supply of Cheetos.
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    Image of mkat_tdc mkat_tdc
    01/16/09

    @weatherman: wow. I need to see these parts of the country
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    01/16/09

    @mkat_tdc: Contact any of these folks and I'll bet they'll even buy your plane ticket out. :)
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    01/15/09

    In reply to Emperor Workstation Priced at $40,000
    I dunno. I might be convinced to buy it if it played the Darth Vader theme song each time it opened.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/15/09

    @FrankenPC: Are you referring to the Imperial March or the theme song from "Darth Vader", the short-lived 70's sitcom about a pretty Sith Lord from a small backwater planet who, at age 30, moves to Boulder, CO after breaking off an engagement with her boyfriend of two years, and lands herself a job as a beat reporter on the city desk.


    There's her tough-but-likeable boss Darth Sideous; sympathetic, long-suffering copy editor Grand Moff Tarkin; and buffoonish admiral Kendal Ozzel who was as clumsy as he was stupid.

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    Image of sqeakytoy of the apocalypse sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
    01/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: did'nt they have Burt Reynolds as Tarkin and Dom DeLouise as Ozzel in that series?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/15/09

    @sqeakytoy of the apocalypse: You're thinking of the Kashyyyk Run movies. "Darth Vader" had Dick van Patten, Pam Dawber, and Bob Newhart.


    There was also a couple of spin-offs, notably "Needa" about a failed Admiral and divorcee who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Ord Mandell.


    It was partly based on the feminist 1972 novel "Apology Accepted, Admiral Needa". However, to make it more appealing to television audiences, Admiral Needa's physically abusive husband is toned down a bit and is just a somewhat belligerant drunkard (ably played in a guest appearance by a young Sam Elliot).


    I'm on a classic American lit kick right now. I'm almost done with my copy of "They Shoot Tauntauns, Don't They?"

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    Image of Fuji-kun Fuji-kun
    01/15/09

    In reply to Emperor Workstation Priced at $40,000
    this is stupid.
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    01/15/09

    @Fuji-kun: Don't strain yourself.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/30/08

    In reply to How To Calibrate Your New HDTV (and Not Lose Your Mind)
    Don't forget that transporting plasmas must be done upright.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/28/08

    In reply to How To Calibrate Your New HDTV (and Not Lose Your Mind)
    For those who are looking for a hi-def calibration tool, every Sony Blu-Ray has a calibration tool that is accessible by typing in 7669 (Sony on a phone).
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    Image of hk458 hk458
    11/28/08

    In reply to How To Calibrate Your New HDTV (and Not Lose Your Mind)
    THX also puts this tool in games.


    I calibrated my HDTV with my PS3 and a copy of the Bourne Identity.


    ...Didn't have the glasses though =[

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    Image of attdude attdude
    11/28/08

    In reply to How To Calibrate Your New HDTV (and Not Lose Your Mind)
    How do you access the calibration tool?
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    11/28/08

    @attdude: It is generally accessible within the Options/Set Up menus of your DVD. There will be a THX logo on the screen if it is present.
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    Image of Spotpuff Spotpuff
    11/28/08

    In reply to How To Calibrate Your New HDTV (and Not Lose Your Mind)
    I'm confused about how this works vs an icc profile on a monitor. I realize you're not trying to display "true" colour, but still.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    11/28/08

    @Spotpuff: The two are really not comparable in any way. ICC profiles are designed to closely replicate PC display colors to match known print colors, and to standardize color settings for creation of content. The ICC colors are (typically) based on international standards for actual physical color samples. AdobeRGB 1998 being the most widely used default. For most users, with the video card using a default profile, there will be little difference.


    The THX optimizer, on the other hand, is designed to help recreate the brightness, contrast and saturation settings to an arbitrary setting that THX has chosen and that certain film makers have adopted so that the viewing experience is as close to the original as possible.

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    Image of DaneB DaneB
    11/28/08

    In reply to How To Calibrate Your New HDTV (and Not Lose Your Mind)
    Don't you really need a high def calibration tool (I think on some Blu-rays) to get the best calibration? The color and all should come out looking great, but you're using an SD source to calibrate an HD device.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/28/08

    @DaneB: The THX calibration tool appears to only calibrate for color, brightness, and contrast. None of these are affected by the resolution.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/28/08

    @Darklighter: Blu-Rays are usually transferred with a higher saturation to them, though. There is more difference than just resolution between a Blu-Ray and a DVD.
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