Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] watching streaming shows from NBC...

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 10/9/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Jonathan King wrote:
>
> > As usual, you mock that which you do become.
>
> Are you becoming a Crackberry yet?  Try to resist!  Note that your first
> one was free!

Resist what? I can stop playing with my Blackberry whenever I want to.
But why would I want to put down My Precious? It's not just
push-email; it's also a portable web browser and so much more...

> > So we have been watching a fair bit of The Office recently (we were
> > given the UK version on DVD and got hooked, then watched the US version
> > on Netflix). NBC is now streaming this, among other shows, for free on
> > their website. This beats trying to watch the thing at 9 PM on
> > Thursdays, so we gave it a whirl last weekend. The good news is that the
> > video quality is certainly acceptable; better than DVD but not quite HD.
>
> How do you know it is better than DVD?  To me it looks a little worse, but
> similar.

I didn't count lines, but I thought the resolution was better than
DVD, but the streaming does introduce some artifact into the picture.

> More important question:  Is there a way to view it full screen?
> Or do you use some kind of zoom feature?

You can get a full-ish screen, with like a couple of inches of
blank/filler/control space on each size. This is fine on a 32" monitor
aka HDTV set.

> Related question:  Can you watch them OK under Linux?  If so, what are you
> using?

Dunno; I was watching it on a Mac.

> Thanks for telling us about those shows.

But speaking of addictive things...

jking

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