tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14077588.post116038774917422473..comments2023-10-10T13:09:28.302+01:00Comments on Middle-age Ramblings of a Yorkshireman Down Under: Useless Technology (aka Monday Morning Rant)Jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08225156954312253401noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14077588.post-1160652149067095842006-10-12T12:22:00.000+01:002006-10-12T12:22:00.000+01:00I beleive it is a manual correction that you can a...I beleive it is a manual correction that you can apply in jumps of 1/10 of a second.Jasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08225156954312253401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14077588.post-1160651849809489672006-10-12T12:17:00.000+01:002006-10-12T12:17:00.000+01:00Why thankyou! It's nice to hear that you think the...Why thankyou! It's nice to hear that you think they're spot on though.<BR/><BR/>How does an amp no it has a lip-sync error? It's not like it's watching the picture!!.....<BR/><BR/>Secret? Ah yeah, secrets cost money....GFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507847272166921117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14077588.post-1160651189872673132006-10-12T12:06:00.000+01:002006-10-12T12:06:00.000+01:00It's funny I didn't think your comments needed fee...It's funny I didn't think your comments needed feedback as I thought it was pretty much to the point and spot on!<BR/><BR/>Now all I need is your secret of getting the AC3 codec to do 5.1 surround sound and I am sorted! :P<BR/><BR/>PS The Amp I want has a function to deal with lipsyncing errors... How cool is that!Jasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08225156954312253401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14077588.post-1160575117402612542006-10-11T14:58:00.000+01:002006-10-11T14:58:00.000+01:00Come on mate, are you going to comment on my entry...Come on mate, are you going to comment on my entry - I'd love to know your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Or post something else it's boring here...GFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507847272166921117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14077588.post-1160393258479405952006-10-09T12:27:00.000+01:002006-10-09T12:27:00.000+01:00I read this post over an hour ago, but had to go a...I read this post over an hour ago, but had to go away and give it some thought before my entry - mind you, that doesn't mean this is a long thought out reply!<BR/><BR/>Firstly, I have absolutely no idea how you train your parents regarding the correct use of TV and why you can't record different channels and stuff.<BR/><BR/>I always think that an understanding of how the technology does something makes me understand it well. What I mean is if someone tells me you can't play the music off your iPod through the PC by connecting it's connector cable that's not enough for me. I need to know why I can't, and want to understand the technical reason for it - I mean after all, iTunes can see the songs. Anyway, you can - you just have to convert the iPod to run on disk mode (like any other USB drive).<BR/><BR/>In the same way, if I know that the receiver of the freeview box is picking up (and displaying) a single signal how can it possibly record a second signal, without having a second receiver (which it doesn't)?<BR/><BR/>I love technology and I feel that by immersing myself in it, I get great use out of it - but also by taking the time to understand how it works I get to use it better and so on.<BR/><BR/>I mean, come on (and I know you understand this too), but a few years ago we were stripping VOB files, editing IFOs, re-building Program Chains, VTS Sectors and so on. How many people out there when they put a DVD in their player understand how the data is encoded, how the structure of the disc sits and so on?<BR/><BR/>So back to your original comment....yes technology outdates doesn't it? Mind you I've been kinda lucky with respect to things like MiniDisc (as in I didn't buy one) and so on. The one I'm fighting the resistance of is buying a new iPod, even though the one I have is just over a year old and was part of my 30th Birthday present from my Mum!!<BR/><BR/>Video? Never use it - ever. I have tonnes of videos in my loft and I just don't do anything with them. I'd love to have the time to convert them to DVD I told myself over the years, but never did. Of course, I have all these DVD-Rs which are becoming obsolete as I'm putting things in DivX AC-3 format and storing them on the Media Center.<BR/><BR/>Of course in a year or so I'll maybe have to change that as it'll be in some wireless format that allows me to watch my films in different rooms and will need to be encoded differently!!<BR/><BR/>Thinking of that, and my earlier VOB comment. Why do we need DivX, AVI, WMV, XviD, MPG and so on? That's the problem with technology, not the speed it evolves.<BR/><BR/>OK, equivalent rant over. :)GFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507847272166921117noreply@blogger.com