Re: [TV orNotTV] L&O: LA

2010-10-06 Thread PGage
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:02 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: > > You might want to see if you can find Law & Order: UK. It's updated > > versions of Original Recipe episodes, transplanted to the U.K. They just > > started running on BBCA, and I find

Re: [TV orNotTV] L&O: LA

2010-10-06 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:02 PM, David Bruggeman wrote: > You might want to see if you can find Law & Order: UK.  It's updated > versions of Original Recipe episodes, transplanted to the U.K.  They just > started running on BBCA, and I find them as enjoyable as the average L&O. If I happen upon on

Re: [TV orNotTV] Hey, cool, Conan has a blimp!

2010-10-06 Thread Wesley McGee
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > http://teamcoco.com/blimp > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > So that's what happened to the Nickelodeon blimp! -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message

Re: [TV orNotTV] L&O: LA

2010-10-06 Thread David Bruggeman
You might want to see if you can find Law & Order: UK. It's updated versions of Original Recipe episodes, transplanted to the U.K. They just started running on BBCA, and I find them as enjoyable as the average L&O. David From: Kevin M. I confess -- as

Re: [TV orNotTV] L&O: LA

2010-10-06 Thread Wesley McGee
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > Second, one reference to pop culture is fine, but multiple references > in the span of a few minutes isn't good. Facebook, TMZ, Perez Hilton, > and others all got a mention in the pilot episode. Dick Wolf's > franchises are designed to be played a

[TV orNotTV] Hey, cool, Conan has a blimp!

2010-10-06 Thread Kevin M.
http://teamcoco.com/blimp -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email

[TV orNotTV] L&O: LA

2010-10-06 Thread Kevin M.
I confess -- as mentioned before -- the iTunes Store moves slowly in Kazakhstan, and the power was out one day this week, and I only have internet at work, so I still have a few minutes of the pilot episode remaining to be downloaded. But I have two points to raise about what I have seen so far. F

Re: [TV orNotTV] DVD question

2010-10-06 Thread Doug Eastick
For those geeks into ripping DVD's (with DVD Decrypter or other apps) and then shrinking them to fit standard home-burnable discs, here is the link to DVD Shrink. http://www.mrbass.org/dvdshrink/ Even if you just scroll through the page you will see how the software gives you the space per t

Re: [TV orNotTV] DVD question

2010-10-06 Thread Jon Delfin
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 5:41 PM, David Risner wrote: > Are you talking using a DVD writer on your computer or a mass-produced DVD > for sale? The latter. I was curious why "In Treatment" puts five episodes on each disc, and wondered how many they could have included (so that I didn't have to wait

[TV orNotTV] Will MSNBC.com divorce MSNBC?

2010-10-06 Thread Wesley McGee
Did you know MSNBC and MSNBC.com are separate businesses? Yep! MSNBC is the network that was launched as a joint project between NBC and Microsoft in the channel space formerly occupied by the America's Talking network. MSNBC.com was the companion website that was the news portal for both NBC News

Re: [TV orNotTV] DVD question

2010-10-06 Thread jeffrey marousek
As compression algorithm technology improves, these numbers change. I remember first generation mpeg2 hd video needed 18mbps to look good. Now 12 is standard. Mpeg4 looks great at 6. On Oct 6, 2010 4:42 PM, "David Risner" wrote: Are you talking using a DVD writer on your computer or a mass-prod

Re: [TV orNotTV] DVD question

2010-10-06 Thread David Risner
Are you talking using a DVD writer on your computer or a mass-produced DVD for sale? DVD-9 is the most common format for commercial disks and is 2 layer, single sided giving 8.54GB of space. I hear they are now doing 3 layer disks which, I would guess, would give you about 12.75GB. How much time

Re: [TV orNotTV] DVD question

2010-10-06 Thread Joe Hass
Using a standard non-commercial DVD burner and DVD, two hours. The key to commercial DVDs is the ability to optimize the content, so it truly depends on the type of video and the quality. On Oct 6, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Jon Delfin wrote: > Does anyone happen to know the capacity of a standard DVD?

Re: [TV orNotTV] DVD question

2010-10-06 Thread Jason Carpio
6.8 gig dual-sided On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Jon Delfin wrote: > Does anyone happen to know the capacity of a standard DVD? How long is > the greatest-length movie that could fit on one (no extras, no > commentaries, no foreign language tracks, no promos, no nothin')? > Thanks. > > jd > >

[TV orNotTV] DVD question

2010-10-06 Thread Jon Delfin
Does anyone happen to know the capacity of a standard DVD? How long is the greatest-length movie that could fit on one (no extras, no commentaries, no foreign language tracks, no promos, no nothin')? Thanks. jd -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you

[TV orNotTV] This is ESPN

2010-10-06 Thread Jason Carpio
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=11815864 Is ESPN one big gathering spot for pervs? That's 3 in one year, right? -- Jason Carpio jcar...@gmail.com Not sent from an iPhone -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Shannen's next project

2010-10-06 Thread Gil Templeton
Thanks...but not interested. - Original Message - From: "Jon Delfin" To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 11:36:24 AM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] The Shannen's next project We can probably also tell you how it ends, if need be On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 a

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Shannen's next project

2010-10-06 Thread Jon Delfin
We can probably also tell you how it ends, if need be On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:56 AM, David Bruggeman wrote: > TV movie. > > > From: Gil Templeton > > Is this a TV movie or a (sob) series? > > - Original Message - > From: "Kevin M." > To: tvornottv@

Re: [TV orNotTV] The Shannen's next project

2010-10-06 Thread David Bruggeman
TV movie. From: Gil Templeton Is this a TV movie or a (sob) series? - Original Message - From: "Kevin M." To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 9:20:46 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] The Shannen's next project Her smoky voice