30-06-2003 05:23									#31
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Murphy's law

whenever you call a technician to fix something, it starts working correctly when they get there.

	30-06-2003 05:24									#32
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quote: Originally posted by Asher I fixed it. I unplugged it, roared loudly at it and stomped, and went to dinner. When I got home, I plugged it in to show my brother what was wrong with it, and the problem was gone. He called me a dumbass and hit me. :/

Sounds like typical tech behaviour to me!

Any further words from me would just be speculative drivel, so I'll save you the hassle of reading them.

	30-06-2003 05:25									#33
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quote: He called me a dumbass and hit me.

good to hear it works

	30-06-2003 05:26									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident Murphy's law whenever you call a technician to fix something, it starts working correctly when they get there.

That's an interesting application of Murphy's Law.

But I am the technician, I'm the computer/tech/hometheatre guy. My brother just wanted to know what the hell I was talking about.

	30-06-2003 05:27									#35
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usually I'm the technician as well. Whenver I get there, it works fine

but I'm suprised you don't know about degaussing. Look into that.

	30-06-2003 05:28									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident but I'm suprised you don't know about degaussing. Look into that.

I know about degausing, and it was one of the first things I tried.

	30-06-2003 05:36									#37
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Hmm, actually that is a common solution (which is strange). Unplugging and re-plugging seems to work WAAAY more than it should .

Then again, I was also told that some high-end electronics now tend to shut down during high electrical storms (because of surges) to prevent being fried. Of course that could be all BS, but that's the only thing that makes sense to me of why that works.

	30-06-2003 06:26									#38
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So everything ended just fine (I mean, we even got to know your brother hit you and called you a dumbass).

	30-06-2003 06:32									#39
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Sony obviously quivered in fear from both my roaring at their TV, and my thread demanding they die...

	30-06-2003 06:37									#40
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quote: Originally posted by Asher In May 2001, we bought a new TV for the living room: a Sony WEGA XBR400 36". It cost us $3500CDN at the time. It was HDTV capable, excellent picture quality, etc. We thought it'd be good for many years, because Sony supposedly is of quite good quality for electronics. Well, here we are now, June 29th, 2003, with an expensive, heavy (~250lbs) TV and a warranty that expired in May 2003. And the display is ****ed. The top-left of the screen usually has an onscreen display thing that shows the current video mode (TV, DTV, DVD, etc) that's usually bright green in color. And now, it's blue but slowly fades into cyan near the bottom corner of the label. I thought it may have just changed the setting somehow inadvertently, but I couldn't find any settings. And the menu itself on the TV looked different, I can't explain it really because I can't remember the old one, but the colors looked off. So I tried booting up the Xbox to see if it was just the video connector on the digital cable box, but the Xbox also looked screwed up. The colors in the games were all noticably off, including some tie-die styled backgrounds that should be blueish... Grrr!! Are these things engineered to self-destruct after their warranty period?

Haha!

	30-06-2003 06:43									#41
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the only other possible reason was an alien spacecraft was hovering above or near your house. and then later moved away.

	30-06-2003 09:50									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Hmm, actually that is a common solution (which is strange). Unplugging and re-plugging seems to work WAAAY more than it should .

Not really. Modern TV sets (same with newer computers - the front power switch is actually a "soft" one) don't actually switch off when you turn it off, it's just in standby mode, otherwise you can't turn it on with a remote control.

Now, when you unplug it, electronic components get a chance to really revert back to ground state.

	30-06-2003 09:52									#43
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I just got a HDTV and it aint sony

Now time to rock that Soul calibur in High definition goodness first thing I come back from an exam tomorrow.

	30-06-2003 09:52									#44
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It seems nobody cared enough to download the .WAV

Oh well, it was fun to make.

	30-06-2003 09:53									#45
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quote: Originally posted by Zero I just got a HDTV and it aint sony Now time to rock that Soul calibur in High definition goodness first thing I come back from an exam tomorrow.

Soul Calibur doesn't support high definition, just 480p. Which is the same definition, just in progressive scan. It's widely known as DTV, while HDTV is 780p & 1080i.

	30-06-2003 09:57									#46
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Soul Calibur doesn't support high definition, just 480p. Which is the same definition, just in progressive scan. It's widely known as DTV, while HDTV is 780p & 1080i.

somewhere I read that says PS2 version supports 580i or something like that.

Xbox version however, supports HDTV no doubt...

SC2 supports widescreen format as well... so that should be fun to do tomorrow.

	30-06-2003 09:59									#47
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There's no such thing as 580i.

And apparently the Xbox version will be in 720p, or at least have an option for it. I'm hoping they actually get a stable framerate at 720p.

	30-06-2003 10:00									#48
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quote: Originally posted by Zero 580i or something like that.

Notice "something like that".. Its 5 something.

EDIT: 525P is the one I was actually talking about.

	30-06-2003 10:02									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Zero Notice "something like that".. Its 5 something.

There's no 5-somethings. Nor 6-somethings.

The options are, 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p.

PS2 & Gamecube are physically incapable of outputting anything higher than 480p.

	30-06-2003 10:04									#50
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well I own the game and I get an option to up the res to 525p.

I really dont know what to say other than that.

	30-06-2003 10:06									#51
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quote: Originally posted by Zero well I own the game and I get an option to up the res to 525p. I really dont know what to say other than that.

525p is PAL, no?
Or maybe not, PAL is 576 lines...

I've no idea what 525p, but I can state for absolutely certain that it isn't a real HDTV setting. At least outside of Japan.

From the google results I turned up, it seems to be a Japan-only resolution. And I've no idea why, you wouldn't be able to tell apart 480 lines from 525...

	30-06-2003 10:08									#52
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i dunno all i know is that i get that option if i hold onto triangle and X during boot up screen. (blah blah japanese texts 525p, question mark? yes or no)

	30-06-2003 10:10									#53
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It's something different from NTSC, PAL, and HDTV, it seems.

Like from this tech info page: http://www.leader.co.jp/english/newpro/443d_gl.html

quote: HDTV: 5H 525p: 6H 625p: 5H NTSC: 3H PAL: 2.5H

(don't ask me what the H means, it's just important to note the categories)