"HD Talk" - DVDTalk's New HD Column
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Re: First High-Def Revolution column.
Wow! What a wonderful wrap-up of high def discs and the format war to date! I am VERY impressed.
Only nit I would have to pick would be the lack of spacing between lines (at least on my Firefox browser). It would be easier to read if there was a half space or so between each line.
Wow! What a wonderful wrap-up of high def discs and the format war to date! I am VERY impressed.
Only nit I would have to pick would be the lack of spacing between lines (at least on my Firefox browser). It would be easier to read if there was a half space or so between each line.
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Re: First High-Def Revolution column.
Wow! What a wonderful wrap-up of high def discs and the format war to date! I am VERY impressed.
Wow! What a wonderful wrap-up of high def discs and the format war to date! I am VERY impressed.
Only nit I would have to pick would be the lack of spacing between lines (at least on my Firefox browser). It would be easier to read if there was a half space or so between each line.
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It's a nice article, even though I didn't really learn anything new.
The only line spacing issue I saw was right at the top with the title. The big "g" in High... overlaps the "No" in Notes... at least on my browser (Opera). I checked it in IE and it didn't do that. It's no big deal; I see things like that once in a while with Opera.
The only line spacing issue I saw was right at the top with the title. The big "g" in High... overlaps the "No" in Notes... at least on my browser (Opera). I checked it in IE and it didn't do that. It's no big deal; I see things like that once in a while with Opera.
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Very well written article to start off. Very keen and to the point and while some may see a little HD-DVD favoritsim in it, most of us know that you are just telling it like it is. Everything that was said was absolutly spot on. Very good job and I look forward to your next article.
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Hmm. No abnormality on Firefox 2.
Iinteresting choice for a first article. I like it! Not the same ol' crap.
Sounds like you have an inside slant, though, like you'd have to be on HD forums every day to fully understand the article. (which all of us posting here are) I wonder how it sounds to HD newbies. Definitely not for J6P. Maybe that's your aim. I'm a little confused after the "Fallacy" section as to whether you think the companies or their customers are more stupid.
Definitely interested in seeing the next one.
Iinteresting choice for a first article. I like it! Not the same ol' crap.
Sounds like you have an inside slant, though, like you'd have to be on HD forums every day to fully understand the article. (which all of us posting here are) I wonder how it sounds to HD newbies. Definitely not for J6P. Maybe that's your aim. I'm a little confused after the "Fallacy" section as to whether you think the companies or their customers are more stupid.
Definitely interested in seeing the next one.
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Absolutely SPOT ON.
You hit the nail on the head with your analysis. Very good article.
I think that Execs from CE companies and the movie Studios should read this and truly contemplate the situation.
Thank you, Josh.
You hit the nail on the head with your analysis. Very good article.
I think that Execs from CE companies and the movie Studios should read this and truly contemplate the situation.
Thank you, Josh.
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Originally Posted by PornoStar
while some may see a little HD-DVD favoritsim in it, most of us know that you are just telling it like it is.
You go to 2 restaurants and order the same meal at each. Restaurant A has reasonable prices and the food tastes great. Restaurant B charges twice as much and the food tastes like wet cardboard.
The next day someone asks you which restaurant they should go to and you relate your experience exactly as it happened. Does that make you "biased" for Restaurant A, or just honest?
The fact that Restaurant B improved the quality of their food six months later but still charges twice as much does little to change the analogy.
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
I made this analogy on AVSForum but I'll repeat it here.
You go to 2 restaurants and order the same meal at each. Restaurant A has reasonable prices and the food tastes great. Restaurant B charges twice as much and the food tastes like wet cardboard.
The next day someone asks you which restaurant they should go to and you relate your experience exactly as it happened. Does that make you "biased" for Restaurant A, or just honest?
The fact that Restaurant B improved the quality of their food six months later but still charges twice as much does little to change the analogy.
You go to 2 restaurants and order the same meal at each. Restaurant A has reasonable prices and the food tastes great. Restaurant B charges twice as much and the food tastes like wet cardboard.
The next day someone asks you which restaurant they should go to and you relate your experience exactly as it happened. Does that make you "biased" for Restaurant A, or just honest?
The fact that Restaurant B improved the quality of their food six months later but still charges twice as much does little to change the analogy.
As a columnist, you will always be questioned and accused of bias, even if you write completely unbiased material. So a thick skin is probably the best thing to have.
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
...I think that must be browser-specific. I don't believe I have any control over that. Do other columns or reviews look the same to you?
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html
and harder to read when I use this link:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/highdef_re...elcome_to.html
(I am running Firefox/1.5.0.8, perhaps I need to upgrade.)
It isn't a big deal. The important thing is that your column is terrific!
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Originally Posted by lizard
I haven't the slightest idea why your link above and the column menu link would give a different font appearance except that it is easier to read when I use this link:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html
and harder to read when I use this link:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/highdef_re...elcome_to.html
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html
and harder to read when I use this link:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/highdef_re...elcome_to.html
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html
But not this page:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/highdef_re...elcome_to.html
I also bolded the text at the very bottom of the article, which again only took on one version but not the other. The welcome_to.html version seems to be locked in to my earlier draft.
I may have also adjusted the fonts, I don't recall. They look the same on my browser. For the next column, I'll try to standardize the template to avoid these problems in the future. If the http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html page is the one that looks best to you, we should be in good shape.
Last edited by Josh Z; 11-13-06 at 01:07 PM.
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Originally Posted by Spiky
That all depends on your job description. Is it the writer's job to give unbiased reports or to give advice? Take your pick and stick with it. Most reporters will only report on one product at a time, taking out comparisons and bias.
We're not "reporters" here. We're reviewers. A review by definition must incorporate subjective opinion as well as objective facts.
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Hey Josh I sent you an email about the logo. What do you want it to look like or do you want me to just send a few ideas? Reply here or by email.
So, you know, try to find something that incorporates all of those.
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
I made this analogy on AVSForum but I'll repeat it here.
You go to 2 restaurants and order the same meal at each. Restaurant A has reasonable prices and the food tastes great. Restaurant B charges twice as much and the food tastes like wet cardboard.
The next day someone asks you which restaurant they should go to and you relate your experience exactly as it happened. Does that make you "biased" for Restaurant A, or just honest?
The fact that Restaurant B improved the quality of their food six months later but still charges twice as much does little to change the analogy.
You go to 2 restaurants and order the same meal at each. Restaurant A has reasonable prices and the food tastes great. Restaurant B charges twice as much and the food tastes like wet cardboard.
The next day someone asks you which restaurant they should go to and you relate your experience exactly as it happened. Does that make you "biased" for Restaurant A, or just honest?
The fact that Restaurant B improved the quality of their food six months later but still charges twice as much does little to change the analogy.
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
There is indeed a difference between those two pages. You'll note that the end of the first section ends with "These are the questions that bring us to…". I originally ended that sentence with an elipse... It screwed up the formatting on the page so I submitted an edit to change that to a colon. The update only took on this page:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html
But not this page:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/highdef_re...elcome_to.html
I also bolded the text at the very bottom of the article, which again only took on one version but not the other. The welcome_to.html version seems to be locked in to my earlier draft.
I may have also adjusted the fonts, I don't recall. They look the same on my browser. For the next column, I'll try to standardize the template to avoid these problems in the future. If the http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html page is the one that looks best to you, we should be in good shape.
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html
But not this page:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/highdef_re...elcome_to.html
I also bolded the text at the very bottom of the article, which again only took on one version but not the other. The welcome_to.html version seems to be locked in to my earlier draft.
I may have also adjusted the fonts, I don't recall. They look the same on my browser. For the next column, I'll try to standardize the template to avoid these problems in the future. If the http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html page is the one that looks best to you, we should be in good shape.
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html
Last edited by lizard; 11-13-06 at 03:48 PM.
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It's a great article Josh, and I agree with everything you said regarding the two competeing formats, SD v.s. HD, and how Blu-Ray screwed up their launch.
I can see the CEs on the Blu-Ray side groaning when you mention bringing the prices of the hardware down. They tried their best to price fix the HD market at $1K and above and are now being undercut by game consoles and Toshiba's aggressive pricing scemes.
I can see the CEs on the Blu-Ray side groaning when you mention bringing the prices of the hardware down. They tried their best to price fix the HD market at $1K and above and are now being undercut by game consoles and Toshiba's aggressive pricing scemes.
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Originally Posted by lizard
I'm glad to know that it isn't just me. I suggest that you change the link you have in the first post of this thread (and the one in the "DVD Talk Headlines" at the top of the page) to the one that seems to work best:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html
http://www.dvdtalk.com/hd/index.html
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Originally Posted by bboisvert