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High Def Delight

August 4th, 2008

Video Interlacing: Enemy of the peoples

I was busy ripping some episodes of The Legend of Prince Valiant (a cartoon series from the early 1990s), one of the first things I did was to check if the video was interlaced, so that I could change my settings appropriately.
You see, to reduce flicker, television shows played at standard definition transmitted a half […]

By Christopher Swenson -- 1 comment

July 28th, 2008

Evan Almighty is Almighty Family Fun

 
Most of us would probably say that we have faith in a higher-being and whether you call him Jesus or any other name I bet that if he came down and told you to build an Ark you would be like; “Yeah right”.  That is the surface story of “Evan Almighty”. 
This is a great […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

July 23rd, 2008

Reign is Raining Talent

 
 
We all remember where we were on 9/11.  We remember what we were doing, where we were going, and especially how we felt watch our nation under attack.  However, there are so many that remember that day for other reasons.  That was the day that they lost their husbands, wives, children, sisters, brothers, and best […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

July 22nd, 2008

The Bourne Ultimatum is the Ultimate in Action

 
Jason Bourne is back. 
 
If you saw any of this trilogy you know that mean there will be lots of fighting, stunts, and a crap load of killing.  With Ultimatum they don’t disappoint. 
 
Matt Damon reprises his role as the troubled, memory lost secret agent in this “last” installment of the series.  In this movie […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

July 19th, 2008

Fun in The Sun

 
Although not a big Diane Lane fan I was persuaded to rent “Under the Tuscan Sun” a few days ago.  I must admit that although the person that recommended it to me has rarely steered me wrong I was a little less than thrilled with this suggestion.  Not that I think she can’t act and […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

July 17th, 2008

The Golden Compass Is Great But Not Quite Golden

 
 
Yes everyone is so excited for Nicole Kidman right now with the birth of her baby girl so as a fun tribute I decided to rent “Golden Compass”.  I’m not really sure what I was expecting but I am pretty sure that I didn’t get it.
 
If you’re not familiar; the basic premise is that there […]

By Tiff -- 2 comments

July 14th, 2008

Mad Money is Mad Fun

 Okay so gas prices are peaking over $4.00 a gallon and more and more people are getting laid off; what is a girl to do? Why not take a job at a federal reserve bank and steal a few million just to get by? Sound like a plan to me or at the least a […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

July 2nd, 2008

Playing back my DVDs

One of the things I find most annoying in the world are my DVDs. My wife and I have hundreds of them, and they’re so cumbersome: they take up a lot of space, are prone to being scratched (either by human hands, dropping, or faulty DVD players), and a myriad of other problems. […]

By Christopher Swenson -- 0 comments

June 21st, 2008

PS. I Love You = PS. I’m Bored

 
I love a good romance.  I even like a little tragedy in the mix.  Personally I think it adds a little realism to the story.  So I fully expected to love “PS. I Love You”.  You have a tragic story of a young woman who loses her husband and has to rebuild her life and […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments

June 18th, 2008

Bueller….Bueller…..Has Anyone Seen Bueller?

 

Yes everyone has seen it and if you haven’t then you need to climb out from up under the rock you have been living under forever.  Yes everyone knows the story and yes most of us own it on VHS.  However, this is my pick of the week for DVD purchase. 
Not only are you getting […]

By Tiff -- 0 comments