HD DVD / Randomness...Peter Torr's blog on HD DVD, JScript, the Pet Shop Boys, and anything else he feels like blogging.What Ive Learnt about Coffee Lids- December 17, 2007 When I first moved to the US over eight years ago, I thought it was very odd that people put lids on their take-away coffee. I found it quite strange to drink through a hole in a lid rather than to just drink directly from the cup, and routinely discarded the lids in order to enjoy my beverage the old-fashioned way. I thought it odder still that people would walk and drink their coffee at the same time, but it didn't take long for me to realise that this was a supremely useful activity afforded.http://blogs.msdn.com/ptorr/archive/2007/12/16/what-i-ve-learnt-about-coffee-lids.aspx HD DVD Emulator for Xbox 360!- December 14, 2007 It's finally here! The Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator went live today, enabling content authors to test their HD DVD content in a real-world consumer player before committing it to a shiny disc. This can save a lot of time and a lot of money for those folks building advanced HD DVD titles. It might help you save your hair, too :-) "But," you might be saying, "doesn't Microsoft already ship an HD DVD Simulator for free Why would I want this emulator" Good question. Here are just a few reasons why: The.http://blogs.msdn.com/ptorr/archive/2007/12/13/hd-dvd-emulator-for-xbox-360.aspx Open Season Hits 2; World Scratches Head- December 5, 2007 If you follow the High-Definition format war at all, you're probably familiar with the weekly sales breakdown published in Home Media Magazine and other places. If you checked them last week, you would have seen something strange. Something very strange. At 1, you have Live Free or Die Hard on Blu-ray. This makes sense, since it is both a new release and the action genre fits the "PlayStation 3" demographic of many Blu-ray disc buyers, but then at 2 we see the animated comedy Open Season. Now..http://blogs.msdn.com/ptorr/archive/2007/12/04/open-season-hits-2-world-scratches-head.asp... |