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" Update the nation I'm Robert and I -- Norton eighteen nation as your guide to the message the content and the Vista home theater in the matter what your budget is Blu-ray are ones that like cable over the art right thumb drive. It makes it -- We what you're. Only in this so did we get started out what you watch and this week."

" I'm watching a show called secret girlfriend thought secret girlfriend it's a Comedy Central -- It's not an HD but pop -- funny good adult cubicles I'll leave it at that. And on the HD side of things I was the -- enjoyed the tenth anniversary special my favorite cooking show good seats on the food network that was an HD. It was all brown is just my favorite. The bad food scientists out there in the world and anything in coming catch yourself and do that by. Also I was also dragged my local sports bar that has something like 21 brand new 1080 PL CD screens surrounding me. And I was treated to Portugal's victory. Over -- 40 for the World Cup well they're going to the World Cup eventually overruled the player obviously and soccer this would be soccer. I guess that's just epic epic fun. The people around me were having a blast and it gave me -- I enjoy soccer to Washington but it also with 21 other TVs -- But it is those things to watch presidents cup NASCAR but it hockey season is so you're right that's it and baseball and football. And is the World Cup get reviewed each he. Ever get better. It better that's that was my big question because the -- there are showing it was a wide screen but it wasn't it didn't look -- to me with a -- compressed so I'm hoping at least when they bring. The World Cup twenty -- that will be changed. The shape it was that's particularly it sports the HD. Two good things that --"

" So what is the I've been watching life. Basically all of -- HBO. And meaning -- is one of those weeks were like they keep giving -- device small child to watch standard definition cartoons and nick junior which used to be. -- in which none of you care about but it will say I've been watching serenity on Blu-ray. And I'm and one of those days where it's like I'm I'm looking at the CDC at the C deal with it. -- On the news -- select. I like that for select simply TV's gonna play -- video from Amazon's library of streaming movies for users download an Amazon video on demand widget. Widgets are like the big thing like thin is one of the big Big Three TTVs -- in the year and widgets that what's going on with the whole widget scene area are all TV screen but he's missing -- other competing widget."

" Some companies are doing there on things like sharp's latest awkward moment with Internet capabilities they have they're pretty much. Hands on menu system that kind of content however you look at TVs like what Sony is doing and then of course -- they're agreeing which systems as well and it's easy to immigrant widget into -- TV compared especially when they get content from third party. Provided at little cost like really have to do is just enable functionalities it has set itself. Now I know the busiest -- is that using Yahoo! widgets yes the other widget -- one of the favorites right now I believe it has police restrictions and terms of what else you want mixing with it that's -- lot of manufacturers HDTV manufacturers to jump on it. In that hey if we at this functionality rocket is locked into something we've not like change right away. That's that's probably my biggest concern actually it's like poker and get locked into one proprietary -- little playground for video delivery man. It's gonna leave the company kept hanging in terms of what consumers want of the customers wanna."

" I don't LG is delivering Netflix directly and very few visas and a widget system as it is -- the operating system of the television there."

" they just take the API directly from whatever content provider can go like the new voodoo HD upgrade for their set top boxes basically the Blu-ray player boxes. That was just this and upgraded firmware between the players all the sports street about the content. Not necessarily which package at all it's just yet another -- they have the states in the memory in the kept the capability. In the box. They just -- that feature. I think it's great glitzy product that's over year old still getting updates like that that functionality for fortieth here subscribing to service night by HGTV's -- is different and upgrade I. Never got to firmware update of my goal my old had been repeated creates a soccer and it more come together -- a few weeks ago we talked about."

" Use stated California the California energy commission was group -- the higher performance on HT TV's well the plasma display coalition has. Freak the delete expletive out that all the recent. Well it did basically their calling what the California acute energy commission's about plasma TVS_E. misinformation campaign -- out. Outdated information about plasma T means it quotes energy statistics for models never sold. In the US and that it -- completely ignores the plasma TVs that have been manufactured at the current energy star specs. It the FBC basically that the plasma display coalition. This. Believes that this policy should be concentrate on getting old glades analogue the last teams here he's got a home and replacing them. With energy star certified products that are already in the market site in their own stats where 36 -- CRT can easily consume close to 300 watts. That's approximately twice the energy of -- 42 inch plasma. And of course the plasma TV is displaying -- more information on the screen oh my goodness plasma manufacturers are pissed of the CA is pissed. And I am quite sure somebody wants to -- this too we just have heard from them yet. It's -- it's been funny actually watch the sort of like that that this there's this giant press releases -- great read the link to show notes."

" And it starts it's good to see that kind of service out there that the manufacturers really pay attention to right because that is really dramatically lower power consumption for television product and -- of many consumer electronics categories as well but. In particular -- just the last figures literally 50% reductions I've seen. Especially LC -- classes I'd never thought be able to get energy start certification they're doing it. Although usually you're not seem nearly as broad picture -- appointment room as well -- there -- a lot of -- against the -- probably just because they'll -- he's become so competitive. But happily you know it's it's fun to watch political arguments about television -- it's kind of music a little bit cheerful news that I actually had a cheerful news. Hidden it well it more cheerful that is what my favorites at top players western Digital's been."

" DT VP. -- media player from the hard drive manufacturers got it upgraded now have a version with an ethernet Jack. -- to set top box is no longer hard drive all only it's called the dead ED TV life media player to good upgrade we just need to add support for like Netflix Amazon Hulu. You know pretty much everything else up there immediately back but it will -- on -- will play from a local hard drive it'll basically stream content over your home network nice addition to a very clean little box. A -- they have like deal and they support for. Simplified straying from record asked about something that a bit to do we're a Massey -- the big gigantic pile of set top players you guys keep sending in suggestions to -- to -- three dot com and in the probably next week -- riveted to a one week for the for now until. Probably at least like the end of the year there that many of them out there. To me that we mentioned like you know we're gonna talk about like the Samsung ET no it's not -- itself it's a long list even talking about Blu-ray players if he's he's he's."

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" Unless you've been living in a -- you know Netflix is now offering a select number instant viewing titles and 720. You need is -- Netflix enabled set top box that its HD capable like the broken digital video player. The Xbox-360 -- wait to hear any of the numerous Blu-ray players that also support Netflix video streaming music broadband Internet connection. Now we also know that plenty of you're watching lots of content that way so here's our top five list of Netflix streaming movies in HD and helping -- is our producer mr. Rogers. Thanks for having me on my shot you're welcome so shall we get started with big right hand first is. -- pick. Hudson -- now this is possibly one of Bruce Willis is most underrated works ever by understanding -- big -- some of the comedy elements of our senator Barack but what about bad. -- villains that I can ever ask for her husband forget the guy's name but. Has arguably the greatest ones and out of your mind which one might think. Right my favorite is actually serenity this is just means farewell film for the firefly TV series. I have a lot of loose ends in the story as well it's kind of uncovering the origins of that we humanity political thing is if you've never watched the series firefly you can still enjoy the movie because it's a standalone feature so. If you've always been wondering what are buzz been about not sure he wanted to -- series -- and it. And I had to get a quick shout out to discovery's extreme engineering show this is episodic programs that cover usually the construction or that that the the design have a particular -- somewhere around the world. And they have. Quite a few episodes available for streaming and it it it there it's an easy check. And speaking of TV there's a lot of TV series on each team in Netflix now the cool thing is just. If you've never -- lost the office 30 Rock heroes you can catch up because they have at least three or four seasons available to download it district -- And you know it it's great because you don't need to go -- by Abbas said we produced to show a picture of mailbox you just click on about it -- Awesome work clogging up your -- those season this spring you don't have to download the whole box at. In order just to see media person this. It's too extreme in favor so what I'm totally. Another great title the -- upon a documentary about Steve what is typically the pocket costs for world record. And the machinations of this rival to discredit and maintain its title as the man with the highest don't -- score. I think whether or not you like arcade game. It's just title we're checking out for from the drama the behind us and the -- unbelievable record alleviate pain is funny and you know what you actually care a lot about the character even though it's it's it is a stylized documentary. I highly recommend that anyone who enjoys it and it felt. Now speaking of films one Angel and a lot with Japan's vibrant that this is a Guillermo del Toro movie. It's just basically Spanish fairy tale for adults about a little girl who discovers collaborative. That connection to a magical underworld. During a very tumultuous period during. This Spain's civil war. So it ties and a lot of kind of -- have always into it and you know it's very stylized and it wasn't wasn't really sure how well would hold up. But history but it holds up as well as dvd. We'll deal. And sharing similar title will be just like star Jennifer Connelly and David -- This tells that are on the character Sarah must travel to the city of goblins be elaborate to rescue her kidnapped brother."

" Now if this one they love about the movie Jennifer Connelly and David belly I mean come -- if you watch David Bell. I mean as soon. One I enjoyed a lot was Conan the barbarian I'll clean out. Conan the barbarian is a classic Arnold movie where he's basically at his best as a big must -- yeah. Now I have a lot of the unintelligible grants that we've come to expect from Schwarzenegger but it also has James Earl Jones as the classic set worshipping -- It's awesome if you're into swords sorcery or just into action flicks. It's not that anyone can joint however I will recommend that you do not show two young children because there are plenty of opposites. And we have -- at the film about the court martial of -- lieutenant Rick Moran a soldier during the in The British Army during the second or war. Now this is a dream movie for history buffs as well as military busted explores the political reasons behind the war. As well as can be -- look military code of justice. At the time for The British Army so. It's a great all around me I mean. How conflict but definitely -- out there right now I understand you have the new releases for this week."

" Awesome our blue releases for the come October 20 2009. The mind that the last vampire. The crew. Easy rider. Monsoon wedding criterion collection. Transformers revenge of the fallen. You have -- 100. And waterworld -- and and I actually never saw more. You probably one of the lucky individuals that didn't have to suffer through that movies -- is not as bad as opposed meant. But it is is an indescribable mess. It is one of those zones that featured everyone's favorite tonight union soldiers Kevin Costner got the and relatively correct the only thing the only upset of the movie is Dennis Hopper. Okay so doing gonna type -- yes awesome. So here's here's a crazy funny yet that got another thing about the end of Republican Netflix. And you mentioned this before is that -- most of those Netflix HD movies are actually 480."

" The majority of mark their creditors forty line material and progressive format -- the streaming -- but the new select video at 720. It's actually -- twelve leading by seven point fairly compressed compared to say your Qaeda sources you're getting from over the air. Television or from say either satellite or cable. I was and deathly Blu-ray we're talking a much lower bit rate in order to be able to stream that efficiently to you they're not giving you. You know fifty megabit over your over your week Internet connection goes completely does that say about 58."

" That there -- two really good quality. And yeah and that's one thing we do one point is don't expect Blu-ray equality how great it is a much better viewing experience in the standard Netflix streaming. He has in fact I often. Watch the Netflix you know boxes of CH TV show like -- anti heroes on Netflix versus just watching those milk. Ideally hopefully in some of these upcoming boxes but the better and better video processes to help improve that quality when you watch on mark mark explains. What you want to some relief so Blu-ray players actually use the video processing -- for the player to help improve the video quality of even lower that rate -- but. Either way good stuff. Cool all right coming up next upgrading your DVR's hard drive but first let's take a little -- when the sponsors Squarespace. -- sophomore."

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" gets -- talk about. -- okay broken box. Very soon. Revision 3 all of our program going to be available directly in the broken box streaming -- with a broken box convenient if you have the -- network connection you'll even get it in the high definition 720. 720. He would normally damn I just added the 720. HD in seventh when he couldn't. Darn good if you have TiVo that's a really easy weight -- Speaking of the -- you Pilar agree -- TV if you got the stock -- grab your DVR chances are after seeing him your favorite show. Maybe a couple of movies and needs the -- out of space. Or it might have noticed that say. Fifty episodes of blues closed pick up almost exactly the same amount of space as two movies. How do you find that out by the leading wonder what's going on here well in short -- takes up more space than standard -- on my DirecTV DVR power base he takes about six and a half times as much space as an hour standard definition TV. They can pack it's kind of nice is they give you mpeg four upgrade you can pack almost not quite almost twice as much mpeg four HD video as mpeg two encoded HD media. Pretty much look the same but the mpeg four is more at issue in terms of hard drive space. How much video do you think you can fit on one terabyte hard drive a lot a lot you let me correct sir most people. Yeah I mean look of one terabyte drives in the U around the 150 hours of HD. And nearly 900. Hours of standard definition media according to the information up -- week he's dot com. To my understanding is the compression rate is variable the more motion in the frame the more space it'll take Pepsi at a hockey he -- like camera movement or more action flick. That's Vatican's at a higher bit rate than something that's relatively static the person talking to screen on the new ship. So if you get a tiny socked hard right indeed -- our chances are your hard drive is 300 or 320. Gigabytes you probably want to upgrade. What's nice though if you don't have to crack the case open and most DVRs these days and like in the past where the -- a long complicated paying full. That is ideally what talk about early hard drive upgrade Boston based they have eight port on the case you're run in the -- would be in the great yours I."

" The internal upgrade so I pulled a little harder about. Used a free online tool was able to to format the drive would need to be done here basically swapped out I think it's 250 gig drive with the default. Put in a terabyte drive and I certainly yeah a hundred. 150 hours reached you but it does look like ball under so hours of -- if I needed it it's a ridiculous and distort my particularly for just one person. And -- one person yeah you're renting a whole couples factor these spousal. And battery and every household I walked into we've got two people with a DVR you're essentially looking -- a race to make sure that the percentage of how full the drive is never gets above say 70%. -- something's not gonna get recorder or something important can get a race. -- And connect external hard drives in an epic story that."

" If you get DirecTV delegates are putting our nature twenties. 11 external. The SATA drive keys didn't work well rested and have worked basically. An external drive is SATA cable and whatever size hard drive yet like up to two terabyte hard drive which would be like 300 hours of beats the you plug it in and what happens so I gotta warn experts on the DirecTV when you plug in the external drive you no longer have access to the internal drive there's no way to use both the internal and external drive which -- sucks but. Well it happens but basically what it does you reboot in general copy the information it needs to run on the external drive. And then issue grab additional programming its stores and on the external drive. Now if you really wanna -- the content you've already got stashed or your internal drive them DirecTV box the folks that we he's dot com. -- I actually do that where -- copy information on your hard drive if you buy one other upgrades to charge after nine bucks for the service. They're BEK and the ES dot com. As far as an I haven't seen -- DIY vs of that so weak -- that's a nice little package that go there and they carry it really cool site abuse them for apple TV upgrades TiVo upgrade in the past good people there. Are there that your thoughts of what the original. These are great companies out there that proper along so that together there usually on the leading edge of of this stuff. So I go there next rule that can get two terabytes of my DVR fault that they can I do myself a teacher without -- you know I'll I can just a crack open my case stuff in a one terabyte drive he was happens. That's not releasing -- or write to him try to get into that."

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" Let's do it are -- writes in from hot that would be Texas. What is suggested for anybody on the hunt for big screen bargain. Love your show very informative he -- but a pretty sad that you don't talk a little bit more about DOP screens. And he can't -- the wall but so. I've bought a 65 it's -- eighty. LB 999. Dollars and I have to say the pictures wonderful. Bright very vibrant colors when it comes a size and price I don't think anything to be a good deal. In a result taxes. I don't know -- the second company would be anymore it gets bigger issues. I haven't seen is there anybody other than Mitsubishi. What's been killed -- because basically like they -- the last of the beat rear projection screens. Survive and for 65 -- for some financial TV it's like 720 would be like four grand right now. -- Yeah. -- different news 1080 65 and scream about 4000 dollars there -- Cuba last opera I think part of belief is that one that the prices of LCD and plasma is it dropped considerably in two. You can you can fit a lot more LCD or plasma televisions inside the container ship coming from Japan or Korea or China that you can't shake you to -- rear projection televisions. More units in less space equals lower shipping costs as one of the many factors that goes into driving down. The cost of the television you can also fit more than in in basically warehouse more big bucks storage. And quite frankly the demand actually is diminished rapidly as LCD flat panels and plasma flat panels and a bigger. For less money the market for for rear projection screens because."

" Iran local discount store a popular chain date they have them feature prominently right up front and people people look at the price an excuse screen size. And that is the draw it's arguably the best value for the big screens. You won't find -- we're projection TVs and more under fifty inches when all sixty plus now that I think 83 inches Mitsubishi has -- new model. You're the underdog -- the harbor reviewer are you seeing anything that's gonna like you what it what's it what what's the downside of GOP's screen these days up. Overall screen brightness compared to a flat panel particularly against an LCD panel you're you're you're not gonna have the same level of absolute brightness coming out of the front of the screen. Also. -- viewing angles have always been an issue with. Flat panel told her without rear projection televisions and that because they're focusing the majority of the light coming out of that screen directly at the viewer through big for -- and it's really concentrate in the light so its its brightest when you're sitting front center so you get off the side. We're particularly up and down -- to be the biggest problems moving up or down like you while on the floor and look up the screen. So I'm there was a picture there right that's improved quite a bit but it's still one big issues overall. And helping us it's just there are very few companies like -- mention they're very few companies actually manufacturing race that's anymore so. And literally. Mitsubishi's so do you want to get do you see the project army -- projectors kind of taken over people who want the wall of of move because they are doctors are under thousand dollars now offered a decent 1080. Yeah even more the -- becomes even more of a factor in a situation with a front projector you got to have good like control. And the room you know it helps to have a very dark room in order to produce a very well contrasting picture it. Rear projection helps defeat some room lighting issue because you're protected from behind. And you're not you know instead of having light hitting the screen causing major issues with a front trajectory it's that it's getting it from behind creating you know. It's more directly. So. There are benefits like that it really it's just straight up value if you can't afford a flat panel like plasma in -- that's in screen size. -- projection does offer terrific I just. Just -- keep the family group sort of in front of it if if you're seated in that in cash and you're gonna have a -- have a pretty darn good viewing experience no doubt about that. And a performance overall well. I would say that they're starting to catch up in terms of things like on LCD is for pixel -- the good things -- 120 -- 240 -- You have similar issues though in rear projection particularly DOP that is -- spinning color -- You're not projecting all three colors at once or multiple color once you're you're doing red and blue and green and you're cycling through that. That because interest in artifacts like rain but war facts about things like that under under highly contrasting scenes so. It's a tough call I mean again that number one benefit of -- protections that is straight about it that's really what comes out."

" Leave your right if you needed cheap TV for the party room. -- easily explain impressive after what we almost never talk about OS-X on the show. I would be the apple operating system. We got a question for Walt basically here's the question I have many Blu-ray movies but I can't Watson -- college because I didn't bring. My TV you're PS3 to school probably wise choice for your grades your study habits. Are there any external Blu-ray players -- work about 2.4 -- back in history anyway why exploration OS-X snow leopard without using boot camp or any other weird being. I don't any windows PCs in the what did you Blu-ray from IMAX screen rights bread dead. Well here's a deal just about being the external Blu-ray drive worked just fine but your iMac the problem is there is no OS-X Blu-ray playback software that we've seen -- where. So you are stuck with a weird things like boot camp in booting into windows. Look you could try VMware fusion and parallels to base their emulation software that lets you run windows applications in the side of OS-X I have heard of anyone having any success using Blu-ray playback software on them because I believe HTTP gets broken through the for -- virtualization pass through. We have all the major Blu-ray home theater PC software on the way so we'll do -- to his -- couple emulation tools and the chance to check out but so far right now I think you're stuff. Means you're stuck doing the weird stuff. Until apple launches their onslaught that's will play back as well that I -- see what happens sooner rather than later but I haven't seen so. Kind of a pain for the Mac OS-X users -- the mr. jobs that'd be a degree in at least not yet he's -- And their convention that you know the Pixar thing. Take the Jolie ratchet recently re launched the all new interest weekly theme songs and more ways for you the audience to get involved this week she'll always huge. To talk about new game and charted through the hotly anticipating where the wild things are movie as both -- new TV she'll flash forward also The Totally Rad -- guys played video games for 24. Hours straight to help raise money. For pediatric cancer research you can check it all out at revision3.com slash TRS. And be sure to come back every Tuesday for every new episode of The Totally Rad Show where revision3.com. Slash TRS people. Bought picked up on turning to this -- I I just finished the first one month target and then it picked up on turn two and the first thing -- did was -- rated the audio setup. And they had an option for dolby digital 51 or DTS 51 thing I sat there quiet room went back and forth I really couldn't hear the difference. He brings it up his if you we've been. Dolby true versus the TSE's years probably so I personally would like it cage match that up between the the older guys and -- the yes guys. Have them go back and forth and try to convince us who OF US fixed you what that actually discussed the technology I would. Attempting a bloodbath. That up poking there there is no that he could poking pillows."

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" Update the nation I'm Robert and I -- Norton eighteen nation as your guide to the message the content and the Vista home theater in the matter what your budget is Blu-ray are ones that like cable over the art right thumb drive. It makes it -- We what you're. Only in this so did we get started out what you watch and this week."

" I'm watching a show called secret girlfriend thought secret girlfriend it's a Comedy Central -- It's not an HD but pop -- funny good adult cubicles I'll leave it at that. And on the HD side of things I was the -- enjoyed the tenth anniversary special my favorite cooking show good seats on the food network that was an HD. It was all brown is just my favorite. The bad food scientists out there in the world and anything in coming catch yourself and do that by. Also I was also dragged my local sports bar that has something like 21 brand new 1080 PL CD screens surrounding me. And I was treated to Portugal's victory. Over -- 40 for the World Cup well they're going to the World Cup eventually overruled the player obviously and soccer this would be soccer. I guess that's just epic epic fun. The people around me were having a blast and it gave me -- I enjoy soccer to Washington but it also with 21 other TVs -- But it is those things to watch presidents cup NASCAR but it hockey season is so you're right that's it and baseball and football. And is the World Cup get reviewed each he. Ever get better. It better that's that was my big question because the -- there are showing it was a wide screen but it wasn't it didn't look -- to me with a -- compressed so I'm hoping at least when they bring. The World Cup twenty -- that will be changed. The shape it was that's particularly it sports the HD. Two good things that --"

" So what is the I've been watching life. Basically all of -- HBO. And meaning -- is one of those weeks were like they keep giving -- device small child to watch standard definition cartoons and nick junior which used to be. -- in which none of you care about but it will say I've been watching serenity on Blu-ray. And I'm and one of those days where it's like I'm I'm looking at the CDC at the C deal with it. -- On the news -- select. I like that for select simply TV's gonna play -- video from Amazon's library of streaming movies for users download an Amazon video on demand widget. Widgets are like the big thing like thin is one of the big Big Three TTVs -- in the year and widgets that what's going on with the whole widget scene area are all TV screen but he's missing -- other competing widget."

" Some companies are doing there on things like sharp's latest awkward moment with Internet capabilities they have they're pretty much. Hands on menu system that kind of content however you look at TVs like what Sony is doing and then of course -- they're agreeing which systems as well and it's easy to immigrant widget into -- TV compared especially when they get content from third party. Provided at little cost like really have to do is just enable functionalities it has set itself. Now I know the busiest -- is that using Yahoo! widgets yes the other widget -- one of the favorites right now I believe it has police restrictions and terms of what else you want mixing with it that's -- lot of manufacturers HDTV manufacturers to jump on it. In that hey if we at this functionality rocket is locked into something we've not like change right away. That's that's probably my biggest concern actually it's like poker and get locked into one proprietary -- little playground for video delivery man. It's gonna leave the company kept hanging in terms of what consumers want of the customers wanna."

" I don't LG is delivering Netflix directly and very few visas and a widget system as it is -- the operating system of the television there."

" they just take the API directly from whatever content provider can go like the new voodoo HD upgrade for their set top boxes basically the Blu-ray player boxes. That was just this and upgraded firmware between the players all the sports street about the content. Not necessarily which package at all it's just yet another -- they have the states in the memory in the kept the capability. In the box. They just -- that feature. I think it's great glitzy product that's over year old still getting updates like that that functionality for fortieth here subscribing to service night by HGTV's -- is different and upgrade I. Never got to firmware update of my goal my old had been repeated creates a soccer and it more come together -- a few weeks ago we talked about."

" Use stated California the California energy commission was group -- the higher performance on HT TV's well the plasma display coalition has. Freak the delete expletive out that all the recent. Well it did basically their calling what the California acute energy commission's about plasma TVS_E. misinformation campaign -- out. Outdated information about plasma T means it quotes energy statistics for models never sold. In the US and that it -- completely ignores the plasma TVs that have been manufactured at the current energy star specs. It the FBC basically that the plasma display coalition. This. Believes that this policy should be concentrate on getting old glades analogue the last teams here he's got a home and replacing them. With energy star certified products that are already in the market site in their own stats where 36 -- CRT can easily consume close to 300 watts. That's approximately twice the energy of -- 42 inch plasma. And of course the plasma TV is displaying -- more information on the screen oh my goodness plasma manufacturers are pissed of the CA is pissed. And I am quite sure somebody wants to -- this too we just have heard from them yet. It's -- it's been funny actually watch the sort of like that that this there's this giant press releases -- great read the link to show notes."

" And it starts it's good to see that kind of service out there that the manufacturers really pay attention to right because that is really dramatically lower power consumption for television product and -- of many consumer electronics categories as well but. In particular -- just the last figures literally 50% reductions I've seen. Especially LC -- classes I'd never thought be able to get energy start certification they're doing it. Although usually you're not seem nearly as broad picture -- appointment room as well -- there -- a lot of -- against the -- probably just because they'll -- he's become so competitive. But happily you know it's it's fun to watch political arguments about television -- it's kind of music a little bit cheerful news that I actually had a cheerful news. Hidden it well it more cheerful that is what my favorites at top players western Digital's been."

" DT VP. -- media player from the hard drive manufacturers got it upgraded now have a version with an ethernet Jack. -- to set top box is no longer hard drive all only it's called the dead ED TV life media player to good upgrade we just need to add support for like Netflix Amazon Hulu. You know pretty much everything else up there immediately back but it will -- on -- will play from a local hard drive it'll basically stream content over your home network nice addition to a very clean little box. A -- they have like deal and they support for. Simplified straying from record asked about something that a bit to do we're a Massey -- the big gigantic pile of set top players you guys keep sending in suggestions to -- to -- three dot com and in the probably next week -- riveted to a one week for the for now until. Probably at least like the end of the year there that many of them out there. To me that we mentioned like you know we're gonna talk about like the Samsung ET no it's not -- itself it's a long list even talking about Blu-ray players if he's he's he's."

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" Unless you've been living in a -- you know Netflix is now offering a select number instant viewing titles and 720. You need is -- Netflix enabled set top box that its HD capable like the broken digital video player. The Xbox-360 -- wait to hear any of the numerous Blu-ray players that also support Netflix video streaming music broadband Internet connection. Now we also know that plenty of you're watching lots of content that way so here's our top five list of Netflix streaming movies in HD and helping -- is our producer mr. Rogers. Thanks for having me on my shot you're welcome so shall we get started with big right hand first is. -- pick. Hudson -- now this is possibly one of Bruce Willis is most underrated works ever by understanding -- big -- some of the comedy elements of our senator Barack but what about bad. -- villains that I can ever ask for her husband forget the guy's name but. Has arguably the greatest ones and out of your mind which one might think. Right my favorite is actually serenity this is just means farewell film for the firefly TV series. I have a lot of loose ends in the story as well it's kind of uncovering the origins of that we humanity political thing is if you've never watched the series firefly you can still enjoy the movie because it's a standalone feature so. If you've always been wondering what are buzz been about not sure he wanted to -- series -- and it. And I had to get a quick shout out to discovery's extreme engineering show this is episodic programs that cover usually the construction or that that the the design have a particular -- somewhere around the world. And they have. Quite a few episodes available for streaming and it it it there it's an easy check. And speaking of TV there's a lot of TV series on each team in Netflix now the cool thing is just. If you've never -- lost the office 30 Rock heroes you can catch up because they have at least three or four seasons available to download it district -- And you know it it's great because you don't need to go -- by Abbas said we produced to show a picture of mailbox you just click on about it -- Awesome work clogging up your -- those season this spring you don't have to download the whole box at. In order just to see media person this. It's too extreme in favor so what I'm totally. Another great title the -- upon a documentary about Steve what is typically the pocket costs for world record. And the machinations of this rival to discredit and maintain its title as the man with the highest don't -- score. I think whether or not you like arcade game. It's just title we're checking out for from the drama the behind us and the -- unbelievable record alleviate pain is funny and you know what you actually care a lot about the character even though it's it's it is a stylized documentary. I highly recommend that anyone who enjoys it and it felt. Now speaking of films one Angel and a lot with Japan's vibrant that this is a Guillermo del Toro movie. It's just basically Spanish fairy tale for adults about a little girl who discovers collaborative. That connection to a magical underworld. During a very tumultuous period during. This Spain's civil war. So it ties and a lot of kind of -- have always into it and you know it's very stylized and it wasn't wasn't really sure how well would hold up. But history but it holds up as well as dvd. We'll deal. And sharing similar title will be just like star Jennifer Connelly and David -- This tells that are on the character Sarah must travel to the city of goblins be elaborate to rescue her kidnapped brother."

" Now if this one they love about the movie Jennifer Connelly and David belly I mean come -- if you watch David Bell. I mean as soon. One I enjoyed a lot was Conan the barbarian I'll clean out. Conan the barbarian is a classic Arnold movie where he's basically at his best as a big must -- yeah. Now I have a lot of the unintelligible grants that we've come to expect from Schwarzenegger but it also has James Earl Jones as the classic set worshipping -- It's awesome if you're into swords sorcery or just into action flicks. It's not that anyone can joint however I will recommend that you do not show two young children because there are plenty of opposites. And we have -- at the film about the court martial of -- lieutenant Rick Moran a soldier during the in The British Army during the second or war. Now this is a dream movie for history buffs as well as military busted explores the political reasons behind the war. As well as can be -- look military code of justice. At the time for The British Army so. It's a great all around me I mean. How conflict but definitely -- out there right now I understand you have the new releases for this week."

" Awesome our blue releases for the come October 20 2009. The mind that the last vampire. The crew. Easy rider. Monsoon wedding criterion collection. Transformers revenge of the fallen. You have -- 100. And waterworld -- and and I actually never saw more. You probably one of the lucky individuals that didn't have to suffer through that movies -- is not as bad as opposed meant. But it is is an indescribable mess. It is one of those zones that featured everyone's favorite tonight union soldiers Kevin Costner got the and relatively correct the only thing the only upset of the movie is Dennis Hopper. Okay so doing gonna type -- yes awesome. So here's here's a crazy funny yet that got another thing about the end of Republican Netflix. And you mentioned this before is that -- most of those Netflix HD movies are actually 480."

" The majority of mark their creditors forty line material and progressive format -- the streaming -- but the new select video at 720. It's actually -- twelve leading by seven point fairly compressed compared to say your Qaeda sources you're getting from over the air. Television or from say either satellite or cable. I was and deathly Blu-ray we're talking a much lower bit rate in order to be able to stream that efficiently to you they're not giving you. You know fifty megabit over your over your week Internet connection goes completely does that say about 58."

" That there -- two really good quality. And yeah and that's one thing we do one point is don't expect Blu-ray equality how great it is a much better viewing experience in the standard Netflix streaming. He has in fact I often. Watch the Netflix you know boxes of CH TV show like -- anti heroes on Netflix versus just watching those milk. Ideally hopefully in some of these upcoming boxes but the better and better video processes to help improve that quality when you watch on mark mark explains. What you want to some relief so Blu-ray players actually use the video processing -- for the player to help improve the video quality of even lower that rate -- but. Either way good stuff. Cool all right coming up next upgrading your DVR's hard drive but first let's take a little -- when the sponsors Squarespace. -- sophomore."

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" gets -- talk about. -- okay broken box. Very soon. Revision 3 all of our program going to be available directly in the broken box streaming -- with a broken box convenient if you have the -- network connection you'll even get it in the high definition 720. 720. He would normally damn I just added the 720. HD in seventh when he couldn't. Darn good if you have TiVo that's a really easy weight -- Speaking of the -- you Pilar agree -- TV if you got the stock -- grab your DVR chances are after seeing him your favorite show. Maybe a couple of movies and needs the -- out of space. Or it might have noticed that say. Fifty episodes of blues closed pick up almost exactly the same amount of space as two movies. How do you find that out by the leading wonder what's going on here well in short -- takes up more space than standard -- on my DirecTV DVR power base he takes about six and a half times as much space as an hour standard definition TV. They can pack it's kind of nice is they give you mpeg four upgrade you can pack almost not quite almost twice as much mpeg four HD video as mpeg two encoded HD media. Pretty much look the same but the mpeg four is more at issue in terms of hard drive space. How much video do you think you can fit on one terabyte hard drive a lot a lot you let me correct sir most people. Yeah I mean look of one terabyte drives in the U around the 150 hours of HD. And nearly 900. Hours of standard definition media according to the information up -- week he's dot com. To my understanding is the compression rate is variable the more motion in the frame the more space it'll take Pepsi at a hockey he -- like camera movement or more action flick. That's Vatican's at a higher bit rate than something that's relatively static the person talking to screen on the new ship. So if you get a tiny socked hard right indeed -- our chances are your hard drive is 300 or 320. Gigabytes you probably want to upgrade. What's nice though if you don't have to crack the case open and most DVRs these days and like in the past where the -- a long complicated paying full. That is ideally what talk about early hard drive upgrade Boston based they have eight port on the case you're run in the -- would be in the great yours I."

" The internal upgrade so I pulled a little harder about. Used a free online tool was able to to format the drive would need to be done here basically swapped out I think it's 250 gig drive with the default. Put in a terabyte drive and I certainly yeah a hundred. 150 hours reached you but it does look like ball under so hours of -- if I needed it it's a ridiculous and distort my particularly for just one person. And -- one person yeah you're renting a whole couples factor these spousal. And battery and every household I walked into we've got two people with a DVR you're essentially looking -- a race to make sure that the percentage of how full the drive is never gets above say 70%. -- something's not gonna get recorder or something important can get a race. -- And connect external hard drives in an epic story that."

" If you get DirecTV delegates are putting our nature twenties. 11 external. The SATA drive keys didn't work well rested and have worked basically. An external drive is SATA cable and whatever size hard drive yet like up to two terabyte hard drive which would be like 300 hours of beats the you plug it in and what happens so I gotta warn experts on the DirecTV when you plug in the external drive you no longer have access to the internal drive there's no way to use both the internal and external drive which -- sucks but. Well it happens but basically what it does you reboot in general copy the information it needs to run on the external drive. And then issue grab additional programming its stores and on the external drive. Now if you really wanna -- the content you've already got stashed or your internal drive them DirecTV box the folks that we he's dot com. -- I actually do that where -- copy information on your hard drive if you buy one other upgrades to charge after nine bucks for the service. They're BEK and the ES dot com. As far as an I haven't seen -- DIY vs of that so weak -- that's a nice little package that go there and they carry it really cool site abuse them for apple TV upgrades TiVo upgrade in the past good people there. Are there that your thoughts of what the original. These are great companies out there that proper along so that together there usually on the leading edge of of this stuff. So I go there next rule that can get two terabytes of my DVR fault that they can I do myself a teacher without -- you know I'll I can just a crack open my case stuff in a one terabyte drive he was happens. That's not releasing -- or write to him try to get into that."

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" Let's do it are -- writes in from hot that would be Texas. What is suggested for anybody on the hunt for big screen bargain. Love your show very informative he -- but a pretty sad that you don't talk a little bit more about DOP screens. And he can't -- the wall but so. I've bought a 65 it's -- eighty. LB 999. Dollars and I have to say the pictures wonderful. Bright very vibrant colors when it comes a size and price I don't think anything to be a good deal. In a result taxes. I don't know -- the second company would be anymore it gets bigger issues. I haven't seen is there anybody other than Mitsubishi. What's been killed -- because basically like they -- the last of the beat rear projection screens. Survive and for 65 -- for some financial TV it's like 720 would be like four grand right now. -- Yeah. -- different news 1080 65 and scream about 4000 dollars there -- Cuba last opera I think part of belief is that one that the prices of LCD and plasma is it dropped considerably in two. You can you can fit a lot more LCD or plasma televisions inside the container ship coming from Japan or Korea or China that you can't shake you to -- rear projection televisions. More units in less space equals lower shipping costs as one of the many factors that goes into driving down. The cost of the television you can also fit more than in in basically warehouse more big bucks storage. And quite frankly the demand actually is diminished rapidly as LCD flat panels and plasma flat panels and a bigger. For less money the market for for rear projection screens because."

" Iran local discount store a popular chain date they have them feature prominently right up front and people people look at the price an excuse screen size. And that is the draw it's arguably the best value for the big screens. You won't find -- we're projection TVs and more under fifty inches when all sixty plus now that I think 83 inches Mitsubishi has -- new model. You're the underdog -- the harbor reviewer are you seeing anything that's gonna like you what it what's it what what's the downside of GOP's screen these days up. Overall screen brightness compared to a flat panel particularly against an LCD panel you're you're you're not gonna have the same level of absolute brightness coming out of the front of the screen. Also. -- viewing angles have always been an issue with. Flat panel told her without rear projection televisions and that because they're focusing the majority of the light coming out of that screen directly at the viewer through big for -- and it's really concentrate in the light so its its brightest when you're sitting front center so you get off the side. We're particularly up and down -- to be the biggest problems moving up or down like you while on the floor and look up the screen. So I'm there was a picture there right that's improved quite a bit but it's still one big issues overall. And helping us it's just there are very few companies like -- mention they're very few companies actually manufacturing race that's anymore so. And literally. Mitsubishi's so do you want to get do you see the project army -- projectors kind of taken over people who want the wall of of move because they are doctors are under thousand dollars now offered a decent 1080. Yeah even more the -- becomes even more of a factor in a situation with a front projector you got to have good like control. And the room you know it helps to have a very dark room in order to produce a very well contrasting picture it. Rear projection helps defeat some room lighting issue because you're protected from behind. And you're not you know instead of having light hitting the screen causing major issues with a front trajectory it's that it's getting it from behind creating you know. It's more directly. So. There are benefits like that it really it's just straight up value if you can't afford a flat panel like plasma in -- that's in screen size. -- projection does offer terrific I just. Just -- keep the family group sort of in front of it if if you're seated in that in cash and you're gonna have a -- have a pretty darn good viewing experience no doubt about that. And a performance overall well. I would say that they're starting to catch up in terms of things like on LCD is for pixel -- the good things -- 120 -- 240 -- You have similar issues though in rear projection particularly DOP that is -- spinning color -- You're not projecting all three colors at once or multiple color once you're you're doing red and blue and green and you're cycling through that. That because interest in artifacts like rain but war facts about things like that under under highly contrasting scenes so. It's a tough call I mean again that number one benefit of -- protections that is straight about it that's really what comes out."

" Leave your right if you needed cheap TV for the party room. -- easily explain impressive after what we almost never talk about OS-X on the show. I would be the apple operating system. We got a question for Walt basically here's the question I have many Blu-ray movies but I can't Watson -- college because I didn't bring. My TV you're PS3 to school probably wise choice for your grades your study habits. Are there any external Blu-ray players -- work about 2.4 -- back in history anyway why exploration OS-X snow leopard without using boot camp or any other weird being. I don't any windows PCs in the what did you Blu-ray from IMAX screen rights bread dead. Well here's a deal just about being the external Blu-ray drive worked just fine but your iMac the problem is there is no OS-X Blu-ray playback software that we've seen -- where. So you are stuck with a weird things like boot camp in booting into windows. Look you could try VMware fusion and parallels to base their emulation software that lets you run windows applications in the side of OS-X I have heard of anyone having any success using Blu-ray playback software on them because I believe HTTP gets broken through the for -- virtualization pass through. We have all the major Blu-ray home theater PC software on the way so we'll do -- to his -- couple emulation tools and the chance to check out but so far right now I think you're stuff. Means you're stuck doing the weird stuff. Until apple launches their onslaught that's will play back as well that I -- see what happens sooner rather than later but I haven't seen so. Kind of a pain for the Mac OS-X users -- the mr. jobs that'd be a degree in at least not yet he's -- And their convention that you know the Pixar thing. Take the Jolie ratchet recently re launched the all new interest weekly theme songs and more ways for you the audience to get involved this week she'll always huge. To talk about new game and charted through the hotly anticipating where the wild things are movie as both -- new TV she'll flash forward also The Totally Rad -- guys played video games for 24. Hours straight to help raise money. For pediatric cancer research you can check it all out at revision3.com slash TRS. And be sure to come back every Tuesday for every new episode of The Totally Rad Show where revision3.com. Slash TRS people. Bought picked up on turning to this -- I I just finished the first one month target and then it picked up on turn two and the first thing -- did was -- rated the audio setup. And they had an option for dolby digital 51 or DTS 51 thing I sat there quiet room went back and forth I really couldn't hear the difference. He brings it up his if you we've been. Dolby true versus the TSE's years probably so I personally would like it cage match that up between the the older guys and -- the yes guys. Have them go back and forth and try to convince us who OF US fixed you what that actually discussed the technology I would. Attempting a bloodbath. That up poking there there is no that he could poking pillows."

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