Word: prettier
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...industry insists that a prettier picture isn't the only reason bytes are better. Right now, Hollywood might spend over $1 billion a year manufacturing and distributing film copies. Digital could slash that: the prints can be made for a fifth of the cost of celluloid ones and, stored on a hard drive the size of a paperback, they are easier and cheaper to transport than heavy, bulky reels. (Eventually, films could be sent to cinemas by satellite or cable, cutting out transportation costs altogether.) A more diverse range of films could be offered, too, because studios could afford...
...this the right printer to spend $200 on? It's a tough question. I like Epson printers, but I value image quality and versatility (Epson's Stylus Photo R320 can print onto CDs) over speed. The bottom line: Epson may make a prettier picture, but now it's only slightly prettier, and it doesn't come out anywhere near as fast...
...Born. A movie gets to you or it doesn't, makes you cry or leaves you cold. We'll just say that, for maybe half of this film, one of us (the one with the beard) was wetter than Sandro on that night in the Mediterranean. And the other (prettier) one followed the boy's journey from the comfort of childhood into a mature awareness of human contradictions and ambiguities...
...They have a lot fewer problems, they’re less susceptible to viruses, they’re prettier, and at this point they integrate fully with all the PC applications,” she says...
Ideal Mate Now: Number-one quality: fun-loving. Absolute necessity. Also, honesty and good genes—attractiveness, fecundity, tall girls. I’d like the girl to be prettier than me. Let me explain. I am more high-maintenance than most guys, so I’d like her to be more high-maintenance than I am. Otherwise I might seem like a priss...