Posts by Bill

HD DVD fights back in the US

re: HD and Blu-Ray player?

There's one or two, such as LG's BH100, BH200, or Samsung's BD-UP5000. Personally, I'm waiting for such a combo player, but one that is more affordable and will play all the latest features of the new Bluray format which are said to cripple existing Bluray-only players that can't be upgraded to the new feature set. A lot of people are saying that ONLY the PS3 can be upgraded to the new feature set of the standard's latest revision. That's dumb, and I'm sitting out until that problem is resolved, and for prices to come down to what I feel are acceptable, which is in the $250 range for a full up to date all-format player.

Sony threatens to evict naughty gamers from Home

So?

OK, so they kick you out of your virtual-universe? Who cares? I tried out Second Life, but didn't get it. What's the point? I haven't logged in for almost a year now. I can't imagine why anyone cares. I suppose somebody does, but they should be out having real-life fun instead of watching some rendered avatar doing those things.

Second Life will dwarf the web in ten years

Bigger than the web? Nah.

I downloaded Second Life a while back. I wandered around a bit and interacted with a couple things. I didn't really know what I was supposed to do. I guess I just don't get it. I haven't loaded it up for almost a year, and will most likely delete it if I think to to get disk space back. (I forget it's there for long periods at a time) And I'm a geek. Sony made a big deal about their virtual universe part of the PS3. I can't figure out why to care. Why would I want to sit around watching a 3d rendered guy watching TV or riding a bike or whatever instead of just watching TV myself, or riding my bike myself, etc. for real? Why would I talk to 3d rendered pretty girl avatar when I could be talking to a real life pretty girl in person? The entire idea seems like a gimmick to me.