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There's the rub. That's why we'll wait for more reviews and see for ourselves before buying. If playing VHS is close to that of a DVD, then it's an easy buy for us. If not, we'll look for a more traditional BD.

Dinny, what Al isn't telling you is that you'll have to do his CLE for him in return. Gee, are there ethics classes involved in CLE?

Absolutely. But if you already have a large, legacy VHS collection, it won't be worth the cost to replace them all. With a player like this, you can upgrade the movies that you really love without losing the entire VHS collection. Here is a mini-review. VHS is upconverted to 1080p. The reviewer says this: "..., the BD70V makes standard VHS tapes look pretty sweet indeed. No, it's not the same as Blu-ray, or even a good DVD, but it's probably better than you've ever seen your old tapes look before." So to us, it makes it worth the extra $100 to get the best from our VHS library. Of course, we'll test it out first to verify that the upconversion is worth the extra $100. If not, we'll keep a VHS player around.

Probably not much. But if you already have the VHS, why buy the DVD or BD. I guess I understand the BD if you really want it, but not DVD at all if a VHS tape can be made to have pretty much the same picture quality.

I bought one for my wife, though the $199 laptop became a $440 laptop once upgrades, shipping and tax were factored in.

Stacy decided that she "needed" a laptop so I just ordered a Mini 9 for her. After customizing to have max memory, ss disk space and Bluetooth capability, plus shipping and tax, the total for this $199 laptop was: $441.17 Oh well, still very cheap for a nice laptop. She was pleased that the OS was Ubuntu as she likes to play with Linux.

I got an email from Dell today. They are having a general one day sale so there are other interesting things too. I haven't checked out the Dell web site but here is what was in the email: INSPIRON

My wife has a bunch of VHS tapes so we'll check out the Panasonic DMP-70V when it comes out. It should be a great bluray player and supposedly does a great job of upconverting VHS. If this is true, we'll definitely get one.

Now we know what Van Gogh's brain was doing. It was over compressing reality.

Poor Vince, poor Dinny. My heart's breaking for you.

Just be patient. Sooner or later Mike will buy and then sell a pair.

Neither, you should be using mustard instead of mayo.

My condolences. That's really awful. What you got from her helps keep her memory alive.

That's so you can use it to hang yourself when it finally sinks in how much you spent for it.

Stacy and I met her parents and some of their friends near Pismo Beach and spent the day together. It was mostly fun but I'm now exhausted. I still need a nap.

How does it sound compared to the Warthog?

Why not both?

Happy Birthday Al. How convenient it's on a Friday! :prettyprincess:

Happy Birthday Gary. You built yourself a nice present.

They are not doing too badly down 83-56 with 2:37 to go. Here's a sport at which Binghamton does much worse. They are getting creamed here.

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I don't think that UConn has much of a chance to go all the way. Losing Jerome Dyson is the reason. Guard play is key in the tournament and not having one's starting point guard pretty much kills a team's chances.

If there is a chair in reach that she can move, you really have to worry.

No problem, one Coors Light coming up.

I don't want to get rid of you, I was just trying to help out your Dad with a problem. The fact that you like the Super 8's makes it more of a problem. If you just ignored them, the problem would go away. So I suggest that you learn to ignore them or the alternative may not be pleasant. BTW Jim, she is really cute. I'm sure that you could get top dollar for her.