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...that, at best, it is what it's supposed to be: a glorified DVD player. Don't get me wrong - even if you have high-definition cable or satellite TV service, it's exciting to pop in a good movie and see how much clearer it is than a standard-definition DVD. With a picture resolution of 1920 x 1080 lines (over 2 million pixels) rather than DVD's 720 x 480 (nearly 350,000 pixels), it can't help but look nicer. In fact, it is possible that our eyes really couldn't benefit from anything higher in quality...
...When I told a friend of mine about the high-definition movie viewing afforded by Blu-ray (and by HD DVD), he wasn't impressed. He said, ?This is how it's supposed to be.? Standard DVDs may sell big, but their content is simply the wrong size for the high-definition TV sets finding their way into more and more homes across the country. One high-def disc format must win, though it's still too early to know which. There will likely be a balanced roster of titles on each side by Christmas - HD DVD anchored by Universal...
...planted along the road and did not give warning as the Marine convoy approached. That collusion makes them as guilty as the ones who planted the bomb. The Marine and Army grunts who deal with the complacent and devious citizens of Iraq are being held to an impossible standard. James H. Rehrig Nazareth, Pennsylvania, U.S. It saddens me that a lot of innocent people died in Haditha. The members of Kilo Company apparently abused their power while serving there. Perhaps they were confused because they can't distinguish friend from foe. It's as though the My Lai massacre...
...sometimes say you're poor? I am poor not in material things but in the truth. I've been called a thief?the biggest ever ... The problem with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. I had to wear jewelry then, but all that was taken away, confiscated by the government. They think they have taken everything away from me, including my shoes. But actually that's my biggest defense: when they opened my closet, they found shoes instead of skeletons. They've listed my name in the dictionary?"Imeldific" is used to mean ostentatious extravagance...
...DIED. Claydes Charles Smith, 57, a co-founder of the funk-pop band Kool and the Gang?once called the Jazziacs?whose instrumental-heavy monster hits of the '70s and '80s included Ladies' Night, Jungle Boogie, Joanna?which Smith wrote?and the now standard wedding anthem Celebration, which he co-wrote; after a long illness; in Maplewood, New Jersey...