Ted… Dude, 480p vs. 1080p and lossy audio vs. lossless audio… I can understand why it might not be worth buying a PS3 just for blu-ray, but there is a very pronounced difference between dvd and blu-ray in terms of quality.

I bought a PS3 which I also do use for gaming. So now that I have a player, what mainly concerns me is the cost of the discs. Which appear to be improving slightly. For example, Blade Runner, Life of Brian, and I am Legend are all within $1 to $3 of the DVD version of the respective films(amazon.com). In the case of Blade Runner, the 5 disc blu-ray edition is actually cheaper than the 4 disc DVD edition. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for $28 and up HD releases.

You know those crazy WiFi people? They may not be so crazy… Didn’t you see Johnny Mnemonic?? Man, pretty soon it’s gonna make us all sick!! Heck, I can feel myself getting sick from the WiFi at work right now. I think I need to go home and sue my company. Don’t worry, my WiFi at home has been tweeked to a special soothing frequency for better relaxation.

I worked in tech support many years ago, and there was one particular person whose laptop would crash and burn every couple of weeks. Oddly enough, she could start a photo copy machine, walk away, then walk back up to it while in use, and the copies would come out blank. That is, until she walked away from it again. She had some strange EM field that hosed up computers, made copied blank, and gave us the opportunity to reinstall that dang laptop every month.

Anyway, truth is sometimes stranger than fiction….

I love how Tom thinks it’s perfectly fine to tell Dina’s husband that he’s going to dress her up in some kind of cheerleader outfit or sultry leather duds for the Audioholics party… and J takes it in stride…

J has class… Tom… probably just taking one for the team, lol.

Ok Tom, I will give you that those WiFi people are probably a bit wacky, but radiation from all these devices is a real concern. There’s an article in the NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/health/03well.html?em&ex=1212724800&en=b85e482bddecde7b&ei=5087 today about the link between heavy cellphone use and specific types of cancer. What we’re seeing now is similar to what we saw in the 60’s with smoking and cancer. Industries with vested interests are pushing their studies like crazy while doctors and researchers are just starting to see the links.

We shouldn’t be laughing at those with WiFiphobia. We should be selling them stuff they don’t need. The fist thing that comes to mind, is that we could rebrand those WiFi detector shirts into a safety device. http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/illuminated/991e/ “AH! My shirt says I have 3 bars! I have to get out of here before my right thigh goes numb!”

David, Interesting article. I think I may start using my head set more.

One thing I’d like to point out is that cellphones actually pose a different level of risk than most other devices that emit electromagnetic radiation. This is because the strength of the EMR grows exponentially as you get closer to the source. With cellphones we literally strap that source to our head. The cellphone next to your head is likely creating EMR thousands of times stronger than your WiFi router across the room. I suppose if we start wearing routers as hats, we might have some research to do.

I’ve always kinda thought that eventually we’d find out that cell phones were bad for us and that no one wanted to admit it… I typically keep mine away from me whenever possible and use speakerphone a bunch.

Reminds me of the Simpson episode where they go into the future and meet the blind Ned Flanders who “went for that trendy LASIK surgery” lol

“Reminds me of the Simpson episode where they go into the future and meet the blind Ned Flanders who “went for that trendy LASIK surgery” lol”

that’s not funny…..

and for the record, when I’m driving, I make it a point to NEVER keep my cell phone in my lap… you know, just in case!

I actually got rid of the new Raconteurs album because I didn’t think the songs or recording were as good as the first one.

I just got PS3 and have noticed the visual improvements (very impressive with games), but I’m most blown back by the sound with Blu-Ray . . . and I just have a 2.0 system. Maybe I’m just as crazy as the Sante Fe group.

jarret-

I guess I need to get the first record (which I have not heard), cause I totally dig this one. And twice as much of a good thing sounds great to me…

Both Tina and I had LASIK done so we’re all in the same boat I suppose… I think only the whiners post about their experiences online. I went from 20/900 to 20/20 in both eyes. After 8 years my right eye has drifted to 20/25… No difficulty with night vision.

Tina’s eyes drifted a tad more and she has slight halos. She wears “driving glasses” at night but during the day she’s fine. So there – another good web report about LASIK to balance the bad ones…

Wifi Crazy peaople lol