HDD is slow as hell, so consoles don't use them anymore. SSD is way faster than gigabit.
On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > The games >100 GB that precipitate people complaining their Internet is > too slow seem to be COD and Starfield. > > > > https://gamerant.com/pc-games-file-size-hd-space-biggest-huge/ > > > > The problem is often unsolvable. A 150 GB game will still take about 3.5 > hours to download on a 100 Mbps connection. The gamer probably wants it to > take 5 minutes, but even at gigabit speed it’s gonna take 20 minutes. I > suspect we’re nearing the point where HDD write speed is a limitation, > maybe not, I haven’t done the math. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *ch...@go-mtc.com > *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2025 11:42 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Movie review > > > > And that’s why I use my HD DVD along with my laser disk... > > > > > > > > *From:* Josh Luthman > > *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2025 10:39 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Movie review > > > > Most games do *NOT* fit on the 128GB blu ray. > > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > That particular theater no longer has IMAX. Apparently people didn’t > care? Just like apparently Blu Ray is dying. I read that quad layer Blu > Ray can hold 128 GB per disk, so most games could be distributed on one > disc, but nobody does that. I suspect it has to do with the trend toward > you don’t own anything, you rent and stream it, and there’s a kill switch. > > > > I’m surprised how often I mention some movie or TV show and people say > it’s not available anywhere on streaming. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2025 11:21 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Movie review > > > > IMAX is on a totally different level than most movies. There is feedback > from the IMAX department to each of the theaters as well as specific > requirements for the venue. > > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > Last movie I saw in a theater was probably the 2008 film Shine A Light in > an IMAX theater. It faithfully reproduced the live concert experience, by > which I mean you were deaf for the next 12 hours. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *ch...@go-mtc.com > *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2025 10:31 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Movie review > > > > Even a difference between off the air and a networked stream of the same > program. Oddly enough, the stream had better audio than the broadcast > version. > > > > *From:* Josh Luthman > > *Sent:* Monday, January 27, 2025 6:43 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Movie review > > > > >My only complaint was that much of the audio was much too loud and > drowned out a lot of the dialogue; especially when Dylan was doing his > trademark mumbling. > > > > Maybe that was the point? > > Did you watch it in theaters? I've read that theater sound makes these > audio situations significantly better and that home audio, obviously not as > good quality, has difficulty getting dialogue out. > > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > We went to see *A Complete Unknown*; a biography of Bob Dylan. It did not > attempt to do a very large portion of his life; just the years roughly > 1961-1965. In the beginning he was very much in his folk-music formative > years, and as his popularity grew the film depicts his frustration with the > fame that he was not prepared for. It culminates at the 1965 Newport Folk > Festival where he broke out with band and an electric guitar. Really struck > a chord (no pun intended) with me as I was a teenager in 1965 and I > distinctly recall the major controversy when he "went electric". > > The actors all did their own singing and instrument playing. Kudos for not > trying to emulate Dylan too closely, but instead doing a resonable > facsimile. > > I give it 4 stars. My only complaint was that much of the audio was much > too loud and drowned out a lot of the dialogue; especially when Dylan was > doing his trademark mumbling. > > > > -- > > bp > > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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