Lebanese Canadians also include
Ah, Andrea Martin is American, as I learned on This American Life. ETA: And Wikipedia says she's Armenian, not Lebanese!
Young Simon: So... how'd the Independents cut us off? Young River: They were using dinosaurs.
'Safe'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Nov 27, 2009 6:48:12 pm PST #21737 of 30001
hip deep in pie
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2009 6:50:38 pm PST #21738 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jane Lynch rocks. Megan Fox may never make the site, but Jane is always welcome--thank you.
Polter-Cow - Nov 27, 2009 6:52:01 pm PST #21739 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Much of my programming and setup is designed to run in either 1080i or 1080p.
What is the difference?
Also, in the hypothetical future where I am forced to finally buy a fancy new TV because I really want to play videogames on it, would I need 1080 or 720? I always hear about 1080, so I don't know what the big difference is between 1080 and 720. I can't remember whether I've played games with both.
DavidS - Nov 27, 2009 6:54:31 pm PST #21740 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ah, Andrea Martin is American, as I learned on This American Life. ETA: And Wikipedia says she's Armenian, not Lebanese!
Interesting. If she's Armenian-American then she's got something in common with John Belushi.
Did everybody already know that Helen Mirren's mother was Russian?
Lee - Nov 27, 2009 6:57:09 pm PST #21741 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jane is always welcome--thank you.
In that case, I'm going to send you some more.
!!!
NoiseDesign - Nov 27, 2009 6:57:45 pm PST #21742 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
1080 and 720 refer to the lines of vertical resolution. 1080p is 1080 Progressive so it's very high resolution. It really only comes truly important on very big TVs. We have a 47" LED backlit LCD so you can see the difference. 1080i is an interlaced signal so on each frame refresh half of the lines of resolution are redrawn.
Broadcast TV does a top resolution of 1080i, Blu-Ray can do 1080p.
Polter-Cow - Nov 27, 2009 7:01:26 pm PST #21743 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aha, thanks. If I upgraded in the near future, I would probably be getting something like a 30" at the most (I have a 27" CRT at the moment), since I don't have that much space. Probably smaller, since it would be wider than this thing. In that case, I would probably be looking for a 720 or 1080i, then?
NoiseDesign - Nov 27, 2009 7:05:18 pm PST #21744 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
You'd be looking at 720p. On something like a 32" that's a decent option. I'm very fond of Samsung LCD panels. We have a 47" Samsung in the house and I have a 40" Samsung in the studio.
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2009 7:06:55 pm PST #21745 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not all channels that do HD do 1080. When I was shopping around it was mostly a gaming concern. But more stations are coming on board, and of course there's Blu Ray. But I haven't made that leap yet either, since I have a mixed region collection of DVDs and I'm not certain about interoperability.
NoiseDesign - Nov 27, 2009 7:11:24 pm PST #21746 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
Very true, a fair amount of the HD content on TV is also 720p, I forget that the TivoHD usually indicates that.