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From: Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com>
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Subject: Re: AMD weighs in on HD versus 4K
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:56:59 -0400
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On 6/1/2025 9:29 AM, Xocyll wrote:
>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
>> say:
>> 
>>> On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 08:34:15 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
>>>> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The
>>>> Augury is good, the signs say:
>>>>
>>>>> Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote at 09:22 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
>>>>>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
>>>>>> say:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5/27/2025 9:02 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Recently, Frank Azor -one of the bigwigs at AMD- pointed out that the
>>>>>>>> vast bulk of PC gamers (and even more with consoles) still play in HD
>>>>>>>> resolutions rather than $K or higher. Close to 60% of gamers on Steam
>>>>>>>> still have 1080p monitors. Many of the most-played games don't even
>>>>>>>> use the added RAM necessary for HD. As such, Azor says, AMD's primary
>>>>>>>> focus won't be on catering to the UHD/4K gamer, but to the larger
>>>>>>>> market where 4-8GB VRAM are sufficient.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I feel the same about TV/Streaming/Movies and such.  HD is just fine,
>>>>>>> I'm not shelling out for the overpriced 4K TVs and re-buying all my
>>>>>>> DVDs/Blu-Rays for 4K discs.  Most people can't even see a difference
>>>>>>> between HD and 4K.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hell I don't even buy Blu-Ray if DVD is an option - I literally see no
>>>>>> difference between them, so 4K Ultra was never in consideration.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe if I had one of those huge-ass TVs I'd see a difference, but the
>>>>>> 39" I have, you see none.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Xocyll
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
>>>>>> a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
>>>>>> Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
>>>>>> FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Same, I prefer DVD just bc it is a massive hassle to set up the Bluray
>>>>> decryption stuff on a machine, and I literally couldn't care less about
>>>>> the quality increase.
>>>>
>>>> Ahh I don't bother, I just play both disc types in a combo dvd/blueray
>>>> player that is hooked to the TV.
>>>>
>>>> I dislike the menus in blueray, cause they stay open for several seconds
>>>> after you unpause, blocking the screen, dvd menus vanish instantly.
>>>
>>> Any discs I get are immediately ripped to HDD and then shoved in the
>>> closet with the other ten-million DVDs. I have no time for searching
>>> for the disks, fiddling with the player to open its door, putting the
>>> disk in, waiting for it to spin up, being forced to watch the
>>> inevitable logos and "you wouldn't steal a car" bullshit, navigating
>>> menus, watching more trailers and then realizing I didn't want to
>>> actually watch THIS movie but the other one, so I have to repeat the
>>> whole process.
>>>
>>> Rip once, double-click movie file, watch. That's the life.
>> 
>> 
>> Maybe I'll do that eventually, but it's a bit of a hassle, since some of
>> the movies are on blue-ray and I don't think either computer players
>> support anything but cd/dvd.
>> 
>> That and it would have to be done on the older and slower machine with
>> the faster internal dvd players, vs the fast new system with an external
>> and therefore slow-as-hell dvd player.
>> 
>> Plus I'll need to buy a new 5TB external HD to stick them all on, and
>> money is kinda tight right now, what with the new meds.
>> 
>> Get released from hospital after 3 months, with a bunchy of new
>> prescriptions which totaled over $900 for a 1 month supply.
>> 
>> New tech is gonna have to wait - blew that budget on the new monitor I
>> had to buy since one of mine died, and that was well under $200.
>> 
>Ouch, and sympathies.
>
>As for ripping discs, I have been using MakeMKV for years. 
>https://www.makemkv.com/download/  No player should be needed to rip the 
>discs and I've found VLC Media Player handles the files just fine.  All 
>this on a Win10 machine that doesn't have the hardware to go to Win11 
>(which I have no intention to ever willingly "upgrade" to.)

Been using VLC for ages.    I dislike .mkv as a format - not supported
by various dvd players, like some won't read .avi - every one supports
..mp4 though so that's the format I use for most stuff.

The point of the external HD is I have a 2TB one and it plugs into the
USB jack on the dvd/blue-ray player just dandy.
That USB jack won't take a USB stick over 32GB, but accesses a 2TB HD
just fine, which means I can watch recorded TV shows and ripped stuff on
the 39" TV instead of a 27" monitor and use a more comfortable chair.

Or indeed spin the stand 90 degrees and watch from bed.

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr 

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