Technology Topic

Originally posted by stj0691Anyone know a good pair of headphones to buy?

Originally posted by U2Nick[..]

iPod ones, but they cost like $30 alone

Originally posted by stj0691[..]

iPod headphones suck..... Gerard knows of a good pair

Originally posted by MWSAHA question: I tried to copy the Chicago DVD this afternoon, but DVD Shrink says the resulting VOB-files (Audio and Video_TS) will be too big to burn on a DVD! So is it possible that the Chicago DVD is bigger than 4.7GB or is there something wrong?

Originally posted by MWSAHI can't be compressed any further, it's stuck at 4.9GB. And I don't wanna compress. I copied Paris too and that once gave me a big VOB file which Nero couldn't handle with burning. So I gave Shrink the order to produce an image (.ISO) of it, I burned it with Nero and so I got it. Dunno if that will help with Chicago.

Originally posted by HarryAha, I'm guessing you're not aware of the thing young kids do when you get a couple of paper cups, join them with a piece of string and use them as walkie-talkies? No, I don't understand the logic behind them but I guess it's cheaper for parents than having to get hold of handheld radios for their children to break them lol...

...basically, I was saying that you don't seem to be satisfied with simple technology, unlike myself

My phone is outdated, considering how science has come in the last 3-4 years, but I don't care because I just want it for texting and talking lol.

Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

Try removing the 5.1 or 2.1 channel sound. Go Open Disc > Re-Author > drag the biggest file in and then remove some of the audio channels, and it may well call for sacrificing some quality like down to 70% - which is kind of a big loss, but not massively. The picture quality looks pretty crap anyway, so it's not like it's gonna get any better. Actually, out of interest, I just tested it out and I got it down to an acceptable size to burn to a single-layer DVD. That was re-authoring and only keeping AC3 5.1 English sound, and 90% picture quality. Not bad.

I've tried doing it before and I got it to 4.6GB - remembering, blank DVDs (single-sided) are only 4.35GB in total, 4.7GB they never have been. Take 7% off physical storage sizes, always, and you'll get the true amount - this is why you only usually get 143-146GB on a 160GB hard drive. So really, it's kind of misleading.


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In Shrink, you go to Edit > Preferences > Output Files and tick the boxes called "Split files into 1GB chunks (recommended)" and "Logical remapping of enabled streams". That should fix the one-large VOB issue.


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Aye, I love the paper-cup walkie talkies. And you can even colour them so they look like they have different skins - what a concept.

Originally posted by U2NickI just bought the software update for my iPod Touch....... lets see what it brings... wait, still downloading

Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

You have to buy a software update, when the last seven years have been free?

Cough *bullshit* cough.

Originally posted by AliSooo...no ideas on the sony ericsson drew?

Originally posted by Ali709Amazon Link
Doesn't look so pricey! But it doesn't seem to have 3G either...are we talking about the same phone here?!