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varjohaltia) wrote2006-06-28 08:03 pm
varjohaltia) wrote2006-06-28 08:03 pm
Of Mystery and iTunes
I've been without TV for a pretty long time now, but during my trip in Vegas I actually ended up watching a few episodes of Law and Order: Criminal Intent. One of these episodes featured a character named Nicole Wallace. Once I got back home, suffering from my sore throat and consequently having a few nights to myself, I went to see if any CI episodes were available on iTunes, and indeed there were. Not only that, but there were two episodes featuring the very same character! How intriguing!
By now you may have checked the Wikipedia entry -- if not, do it now, so I can skip my explanation ;-)
No, this is more about why I like LO:CI. It reminds me of Der Alte, Inspector Morse, Derrick, and all the other policy procedural dramas / mysteries of the European flavor, where unlikely intelligent and well-read detectives catch unlikely intelligent and well-read criminals. Mmmm.
The only complaint I have is that iTunes picture quality isn't that stellar, and the player has a really, really horrible blanking issue; this is something no video player since the mid 90's should exhibit. Anyone else have the problem, or a solution for it? It appears as if the current and previous frame have a sharp boundary somewhere in the middle of the frame. For example, if someone moves from left to right, the top half of them is a bit further to the right than the bottom half?
By now you may have checked the Wikipedia entry -- if not, do it now, so I can skip my explanation ;-)
No, this is more about why I like LO:CI. It reminds me of Der Alte, Inspector Morse, Derrick, and all the other policy procedural dramas / mysteries of the European flavor, where unlikely intelligent and well-read detectives catch unlikely intelligent and well-read criminals. Mmmm.
The only complaint I have is that iTunes picture quality isn't that stellar, and the player has a really, really horrible blanking issue; this is something no video player since the mid 90's should exhibit. Anyone else have the problem, or a solution for it? It appears as if the current and previous frame have a sharp boundary somewhere in the middle of the frame. For example, if someone moves from left to right, the top half of them is a bit further to the right than the bottom half?
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I haven't seen much deinterlacing issues with iTunes -- which is good, because I have seen other videos where it IS and issue, and it's really aggravating!