Comments on: 25th Anniversary of PCjr http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:13:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1311793 Jim Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:09:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1311793 The dvd-upconvert has been around for a while, I bought a hd-dvd player with the feature in it back around thanksgiving. It works well enough for what it is. As for HDdvds, I'm content to pick up movies in hddvd format for 50-60% off. Unlike blu-ray. The problem with both formats wasn't the format itself or the picture quality (roughly the same) but ... no extra content for the price. Why pay 20% (or more) extra for a disc that effectively has the same content but at a higher resolution? Hence why the market hasn't worked. You'd figure hollywood would have figured that out by now, but they're too into trying to contain the movie download hype to actually do any new interesting content. go figure. The dvd-upconvert has been around for a while, I bought a hd-dvd player with the feature in it back around thanksgiving. It works well enough for what it is. As for HDdvds, I’m content to pick up movies in hddvd format for 50-60% off. Unlike blu-ray. The problem with both formats wasn’t the format itself or the picture quality (roughly the same) but … no extra content for the price.

Why pay 20% (or more) extra for a disc that effectively has the same content but at a higher resolution? Hence why the market hasn’t worked. You’d figure hollywood would have figured that out by now, but they’re too into trying to contain the movie download hype to actually do any new interesting content.

go figure.

]]> By: JimD http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1311608 JimD Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:23:14 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1311608 #10, Pedro, Yeah, and make people PAY FOR THAT KEYBOARD TOO !!! Mac Fans just drink too much Apple-Flavored Kool-Aid !!! #10, Pedro, Yeah, and make people PAY FOR THAT KEYBOARD TOO !!! Mac Fans just drink too much Apple-Flavored Kool-Aid !!!

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1311374 pedro Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:43:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1311374 #9 That keyboard has a really crappy feeling to it. It takes stevereeno's reality distortion field to make people go "what a cool keyborad" #9 That keyboard has a really crappy feeling to it. It takes stevereeno’s reality distortion field to make people go “what a cool keyborad”

]]> By: JimD http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1311298 JimD Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:45:18 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1311298 "25th Anniversary of PCjr" - Yeah, and the 24th Anniversary of the PCjr FLOP !!! Too little computer for too much money !!! And that crazy keyboard !!! “25th Anniversary of PCjr” – Yeah, and the 24th Anniversary of the PCjr FLOP !!! Too little computer for too much money !!! And that crazy keyboard !!!

]]> By: Chris Mac http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1311204 Chris Mac Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:05:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1311204 I still have my old 486 win95 machine sitting in the corner hooked to an 11x14 flatbed scanner. It'll still scans stuff unseen by the naked eye. I keep it around as a daily reminder that my network is faster than my local drive, sans RAID. I still have my old 486 win95 machine sitting in the corner hooked to an 11×14 flatbed scanner. It’ll still scans stuff unseen by the naked eye. I keep it around as a daily reminder that my network is faster than my local drive, sans RAID.

]]> By: IBM Pc Jr Fan http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1310837 IBM Pc Jr Fan Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:21:36 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1310837 I plugged in a 25 year old PC Jr and monitor that had been sitting stored for years - in disarray Started like a champ Try that with your new "modern computers" in their time I plugged in a 25 year old PC Jr and monitor that had been sitting stored for years – in disarray
Started like a champ
Try that with your new “modern computers” in their time

]]> By: rcool http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1310755 rcool Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:50:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1310755 Named my arrogant boss after it - PC Jerk. Named my arrogant boss after it – PC Jerk.

]]> By: Mister Mustard http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1310736 Mister Mustard Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:22:02 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1310736 What up with that "hiccup" at around 2:00? The audio goes "This seems {hic}", and then on to the next topic. Huh. What up with that “hiccup” at around 2:00? The audio goes “This seems {hic}”, and then on to the next topic.

Huh.

]]> By: Mister Ketchup http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1310729 Mister Ketchup Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:15:10 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1310729 MS should revive this unit and add Vista, to make it a real pig. MS should revive this unit and add Vista, to make it a real pig.

]]> By: Mark Derail http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1310683 Mark Derail Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:24:32 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1310683 IBM PCjr - the very first REMOTE Ctrl+Alt+Del, the range on that keyboard was incredible. :-) Don't bother with a DVD player. Get a POPCORN machine. http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/ You can't squeeze more pixels from a DVD than what was used to build it. Wikipedia: DVD-Video discs use either 4:3 or anamorphic 16:9 aspect ratio MPEG-2 video, stored at a resolution of 720×480 (NTSC) or 720×576 (PAL) at 29.97 or 25 FPS. Blu-Ray OTOH can play discs that are encoded from the source at 720p or 1080p. Over twice the pixels. To help see the difference, use you computer. Play a DVD quality video on your PC without resizing the window or maxing it. Then get from a Torrent a true HD video - search for 720p or 1080p, and play that file on your computer. IBM PCjr – the very first REMOTE Ctrl+Alt+Del, the range on that keyboard was incredible. :-)

Don’t bother with a DVD player. Get a POPCORN machine.
http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

You can’t squeeze more pixels from a DVD than what was used to build it.

Wikipedia: DVD-Video discs use either 4:3 or anamorphic 16:9 aspect ratio MPEG-2 video, stored at a resolution of 720×480 (NTSC) or 720×576 (PAL) at 29.97 or 25 FPS.

Blu-Ray OTOH can play discs that are encoded from the source at 720p or 1080p.
Over twice the pixels.

To help see the difference, use you computer. Play a DVD quality video on your PC without resizing the window or maxing it.

Then get from a Torrent a true HD video – search for 720p or 1080p, and play that file on your computer.

]]> By: edwinrogers http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1310658 edwinrogers Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:52:42 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1310658 Regarding upscaling DVD players, try before you buy, with your own disks if they'll let you. Regarding upscaling DVD players, try before you buy, with your own disks if they’ll let you.

]]> By: QB http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/08/18/25th-anniversary-of-pcjr/comment-page-1/#comment-1310641 QB Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:24:56 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=21187#comment-1310641 Not a single comment about updated Android SDK and T-Mobile rolling out a HTC based phone this year? Not a single comment about updated Android SDK and T-Mobile rolling out a HTC based phone this year?

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