The DVD player has to be sent out to be realined about every year and a half.  I didn't expect that.

Birdie,

I don't want to accuse that sales clerk of not quite knowing what he/she was talking about because maybe there are some brands of DVD players that need to be realigned every year and a half. BUT two of my friends and I have owned DVD players for between three and two and a half years, we all watch DVDs frequently (around 6 to 10 a month), and not one of us has ever had our player realigned. In fact, I've never even heard or read about a make or model of DVD player that has to be realigned after such a short period.
Maybe I'm just not talking to the right people or reading the right articles. Maybe all three of us have just had really good luck with our players. I don't know. But I'd love to know where that sales clerk got his/her information...
My advice to you would be that the next time you go browsing for a player, you might want to try a different store.

(I came across Rt 6 last summer to go to RI and saw an old roller coaster that was once Lincoln Park Looked like a ghost town did you ever go there?

Jennifer,

I don't know about Birdie, but I used to go to Lincoln Park all the time as a kid. It was only about 5 miles from where I lived back then, and I live less than 4 miles from there now. Sometimes when I have to go to North Dartmouth (pronounced North Dotmeth by most locals ), I'll take Rt 6 rather than Rt 195 because it's usually quicker, and when I pass by Lincoln Park I can't believe what it looks like now compared to what it used to be like 30 years ago. There used to be three really poplular amusement parks around back then (Lincoln Park, Crescent Park and Rocky Point) and all three of them have since closed. Sad really.

but I think there really is an argument here to be made for mental instability.  It certainly explains Peter Bradford  .

So THAT'S what explains Peter Bradford! Thanks for finally putting your finger on it, Luciaphil.

Another thing that really annoyed me is that this happened back in December but was not addressed by the school board until AFTER the high school wrestling championships - coinkeedink - don't THINK so! 

And the really sad thing, CastleBee, is that attitude isn't unique in this country. You really have to wonder about the twisted value system some people seem to have, a system where prestige, money and doing well in a championship is more important than the welfare of the students they're supposedly looking out for.

About a year ago there was a discussion on the old VN board about one of the reasons some fans have experienced problems playing the DS Special Edition DVD being that there's as yet no standard recording/encoding format for DVDs. Well, it looks like the industry is finally getting its act together by trying to come up with that standard. The only problem is it still hasn't been decided if this new standard will be compatible with DVDs that are already on the market. But I suspect that the industry would be making a colossal mistake if it didn't make the future geneneration of DVD players/recorders able to continue to at least decode and playback the already existing recording/encoding formats.


DVD Recording Standard Stirs Interest

Nine top companies have signed on to create a new DVD recording standard, hoping to ease the current confusion in the market. Today, consumers must sign on--by dint of the brand of recorder they pick--to one of three standards: DVD-RAM (backed by Matsushita and Toshiba), DVD-RW (endorsed by Pioneer), or DVD+RW (pushed by Philips, Sony, and others). Competing standards and the still-steep prices of DVD recording hardware are serving to hold back what otherwise looks like a breakout market.
The as-yet unnamed new standard will be cross-platform, encompassing consumer set-top hardware and PC hardware. "The goal is to have one standard and not have anybody jump ship on it," says Andy Marken, communications coordinator for the Recordable DVD Council.
The nine companies are Hitachi, LG Electronics (maker of Zenith products), Matsushita, Philips, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Thomson. Toshiba is not currently involved but is expected to join soon.
According to one estimate, the standard could be published as soon as mid-2003. Whether the standard will be backward-compatible with existing DVD formats is not yet clear.
     
For more on the promise of this standard, click here

Originally posted by mfmiozza on February 09, 2002 at 13:35:22:

Arashi's

If anyone can help me I'd be eternally greatful!

That's #56, Arashi. 

 Originally posted by mfmiozza on February 07, 2002 at 18:19:26:
In Reply to: Re: "That 'place' in Brazil...?" posted by Ben on February 07, 2002 at 06:30:40:

I could hear him saying, "You must mean Belem, Vicki -- er, Julia -- er, Elizabeth ..."

ROFL!!


But as for you other two:

Incidentally, this famous lake was a South American body of water that Sister Imelda neglected to cover in geography class way back in grade school. After all these years, I wonder why?

The first syllable had definite meaning, but then so did the last two taken together.

Are you both sure you're not STILL in grade school?

Posted by mfmiozza on February 02, 2002 at 22:14:55:
In Reply to: Re: TLATKLS Alert by Bob the Bartender on February 02, 2002 at 17:44:42:

we are treated to a wonderful view of the Tappan Zee Bridge which spans the Hudson River from Nyack to Tarrytown, NY!!! Another great DS blooper!

Palm trees are one thing; they were definitely out of place. But a bridge in and of itself isn't really a blooper. Who's to say that the Tappan Zee Bridge wasn't playing the part of a bridge that could actually exist in a town like Collinsport, ME?