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March 20

Question on Blu Ray.

I've got a quick question on Blu-Ray discs. Basically, I have a PS3 and of course, it plays Blu Ray discs, but it is connected to a standard definition television. If I were to play a Blu Ray movie, would it display on the SDTV? Obviously, the quality won't be HD, but there's some videos I'm interested in that are only available on Blu-Ray. I would think that it would display, as the games are written on Blu-Ray discs, but I wanted to double check before I go buying anything. Thanks. Cheers, DoomsDay 02:55, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

It will display in Standard Definition. The data itself isn't any different, it just contains additional data to improve the resolution. The TV can only display its maximum resolution. (Note: This is true regardless of whether it's a PS3 or any other Blu Ray player).Brewfangrb (talk) 06:57, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. One advantage to the Blu-Ray might be that you can zoom in farther without losing resolution, if your player supports this feature. StuRat (talk) 07:10, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

From experience... Use a PS3 connected to an analog television using the PS3's RCA video cable. Play a DVD move and then play a Blu-Ray movie. The main difference is in motion. Until you watch a Blu-Ray, you won't notice that fast motion on a DVD is blurry. Fast motion on the Blu-Ray is clear. I've found that cartoons are good to make it easier to see. I used Cars, which I have on both DVD and Blu-Ray. On the DVD, the car's mouths get blurry when they are talking. On the Blu-Ray, they don't get blurry. So, the end result is a slightly better picture using Blu-Ray. -- kainaw™ 20:50, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

New Zealand Islands

Australia has Triple J Hottest 100 Vol. x. Does South Island (New Zealand) or North Island (New Zealand) have any sort of compilation cds?96.53.149.117 (talk) 09:57, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Digimon Chronicle Spirit X Evolution???

In the article on Wada Kōji, it mentions he sang an opening, two evolution songs, and an ending for something called "Digimon Chronicle Spirit X Evolution". Is this a video game, a new Digimon anime, vandalism to the wiki, or something else entirely? I know for a fact that at least some of the songs are real. 163.41.144.196 (talk) 15:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Battlestar Galactica Music

What is the really-important music that Hera randomly wrote down in the last few episodes? I really like the music and i am wondering if i can download it. Any help is appreciated. I AM NOT A CYLON! ;)  Buffered Input Output 16:01, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

IIRC, it's a version of "All Along the Watchtower" put together by Bear McCreary, the show's composer. Tomdobb (talk) 17:17, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Exactly, and a kick-ass version to boot; it was first played on the third season finale. The music is by Bear McCreary; see Music of Battlestar Galactica (reimagining)#All Along the Watchtower. The track is available on the Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 soundtrack and can be downloaded from http://www.bearmccreary.com/ in Quicktime format. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 17:57, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Here's a direct link to the MP3 [1]. You can read lyrics to the song here [2]. 216.239.234.196 (talk) 18:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Stupid question : Does that riff actually appear in the non-battlestar versions of the song? 66.31.229.247 (talk) 19:23, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Since its a cover, I'm going to go ahead and say yes. I'll modify this statement once I can give it a listen. Another good (and most popular) cover of this song is by Jimi Hendrix, I would highly recommend it. Livewireo (talk) 19:39, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

I think the arrangment is an original by Bear McCreary. But the song's been covered dozens of times so it's hard to say for sure. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 12:44, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Who sings that version? Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 22:59, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

H2G2 inconsistency?

Near the end of "So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish," Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and Fenchurch left an Earth that had witnessed space aliens landing in Britain. In "Mostly Harmless," Tricia McMillan could not show her Rupert tapes because they'd think she was nuts. What gives? 69.203.78.244 (talk) 22:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy series has many inconsistencies. The author claimed to be proud of them. APL (talk) 23:00, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

What is H2G2?68.148.145.190 (talk) 02:46, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

H2G2, or rather H²G², is a common abbreviation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, — Tobias Bergemann (talk) 07:17, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Inconsistencies in H²G²? Never! Tricia came from a timeline where she didn't leave the earth with a (disguised) Zaphod and an earth that had not been exploded to make the bypass (though we all realize that's merely an excuse). Since that earth hadn't been exploded, it couldn't have witnessed the Vogon attack and (logically) also could not have been visited by the robots since that only occurred after Ford left the doomed earth. Since the alternate earth wasn't exploded, there was no way/reason for Ford to ever leave and therefore no reason for him to return in the ships filled with robots and lizards. Therefore, the guys from Rupert would be the first "known" alien visitors. Simple! Or, if you don't like that, you could just say that the psychiatrists had no reason to blow up the world since that universe's Zaphod wouldn't have had the calming influence of Trillian and could conceivably have run up an infinitely high psychiatrist's bill, keeping them in the green even with the ultimate question firmly known. Matt Deres (talk) 02:02, 24 March 2009 (UTC)