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Posted: Aug 20 2010 06:05 pm

Ha! My question is fairly simple.

What does Lord of the Rings and Lost have in common?

Posted: Aug 20 2010 06:06 pm

Doesn't Kingdom of Heaven mostly take place in Jerusalem? That's technically on the Asian continent...definitely not Europe.

Posted: Aug 20 2010 06:08 pm

Oi, just roll with it.

Wizard Joined: Jun 12 2009 Posts: 4209

Oh, damn.. I know this one, but it doesn't come to mind.

Posted: Aug 20 2010 06:14 pm

Dominic Monaghan plays Charlie in LOST, and Merry the Hobbit in LOTR.

Posted: Aug 20 2010 06:33 pm

I was going for the "L and O" answer, but that's correct too. Yay Klimbie!

Ask away!

Posted: Sep 02 2010 12:44 pm

Alright, since you didn't give out a question in over a week, I'm hijacking this one.

So, when we decided that DVD wasn't high definition enough for us, we turned to the newly-mastered blue laser technology, which has a shorter wavelenght and allows more microgrooves on a surface of a disk - this is where HD-DVD and Blu-Ray came from.

But, there were also attempts to upgrade, expand and otherwise spiffy-up the DVD format. One of those attempts produced an open specification that is compatible with all DVD players and allows for manufacture of DVD discs that are virtually unbreakable - and can be bent like a tube, too! What is the name of this awesome technology?

Posted: Sep 02 2010 12:50 pm

HD Dvds?

Posted: Sep 02 2010 02:09 pm

...No, I already said it's a completely new format that uses the blue laser technology. Read questions just a bit more carefully, eh?

Posted: Sep 02 2010 03:11 pm

Nekkoru wrote:

Alright, since you didn't give out a question in over a week, I'm hijacking this one.

So, when we decided that DVD wasn't high definition enough for us, we turned to the newly-mastered blue laser technology, which has a shorter wavelenght and allows more microgrooves on a surface of a disk - this is where HD-DVD and Blu-Ray came from.

But, there were also attempts to upgrade, expand and otherwise spiffy-up the DVD format. One of those attempts produced an open specification that is compatible with all DVD players and allows for manufacture of DVD discs that are virtually unbreakable - and can be bent like a tube, too! What is the name of this awesome technology?

The flexible DVDs do exist, and can be purchased online, such as:
http://www.bullseyedisc.com/flexible_dvd.htm

As for the reader technology, are you referring to UDOs? (Ultra Density Optical)?

Posted: Sep 02 2010 04:09 pm

Shit, sorry for letting this thread die for a bit. Forgot I got the last question correct.

I'm fairly certain you mentioned this in the chat once, yet I still can't recall the name. Damn.

Posted: Sep 02 2010 04:19 pm

Knyte, I am indeed not. This is an open standard that's compatible with DVD and it allows production of thinner discs without the license of the DVD forum - and it has a very specific name.

Klimbatize, I did mention that... I have The Seven Samurai on it. Awesome film, awesome format Very Happy

Altough I refer to this format as an extenstion of the DVD format, it doesn't mean the same technology wasn't applied to the CD format as well.

Keep hunting. Questions are posted to be answered, so I'm going to spout some hints.

Posted: Sep 02 2010 11:10 pm

High-Definition Versatile Disc?

Title: Midnight Scientist Joined: Dec 07 2006 Posts: 518

EcoDisk?

Posted: Sep 03 2010 02:20 am

Advanced Optical Disc?

Posted: Sep 03 2010 04:38 am

Kenthegod, @om*d, I don't know where you get those WRONG names!

Knyte, are you referring to HD-DVD? I already said that wasn't it. Unless, y'know, you meant something else.

Posted: Sep 03 2010 11:05 am

No, I am talking about "HVD" format. Not HD-DVD

HVD uses regular DVDs and plays on regular DVD players. (Some, anyways.) So, it fit your question pretty well.

Quote:

High-Definition Versatile Disc (HVD) is an Asian standard of advanced high-definition technology originally developed in China by AMLogic Inc., for high-definition video. The format resolutions support 720p, 1080i, or 1080p on version 1 discs. Version 2 of the format added high-resolution beyond the standard fare of HD for use on non-TV monitors that support higher resolutions, up to 1880p.

A modified MPEG-2 MP@HL video-codec is used and the format supports audio encoded in Dolby AC3, DTS, Dolby EX, DTS ES, and Prologic 2 audio formats.

All HVDs use standard DVD discs. While the format is referred to as HVD it has no relation to the Holographic Versatile Disc format that came along later and used the same acronym. There are only a few DVD players which support this format. PowerDVD, VLC media player, and Nero ShowTime are the only known software packages to handle the format as the MPEG files are non-standard. Though popular in China, the format, much like VCD, has had little acceptance outside of Asia. Discs are rarely found for sale outside of Asia.

I'm really running out of ideas.

I know there are EcoDiscs, which are thinner DVDs, but they hold the same capacity of a DVD5.

Posted: Sep 04 2010 05:24 am

This still isn't what I'm thinking about, but you're really, really warm.

EDIT: New hint time. This format is really popular in Eastern Europe and is a common material for bonus discs that come with various magazines. That makes you just a google away from the answer.

Posted: Sep 11 2010 05:02 am

Right, you all have pussied out on me, so here's the correct answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVHD.

The first person to post after me gets to ask the next question.