Posts by WildBill

Just picked up a Panny DMR-ES25S at Circuit City here in Raleigh NC. (Cary Store actually) They didn't have a demo model out yet and the salesman said they just got them in today. 5/10/06 I had picked up a ES15 about 2 weeks ago,...

Whew, Killed my non-shipped order with fotocon... First time in years that I didn't do my due dilligence and research a web company before I ordered with them. (and the last time for until I get senile too) :( OK, now on with the...

ncaahoops, I was getting ready to order the 15-pack of DVD-RAM disks from panasonic direct but wanted to check first. Did you ever receive your order? Is says currently available. I just ordered a panasonic ES25 btw.

Went ahead and ordered a DMR-ES25 from fotoconnection. Should be here late next week. Decent price over the phone - Better than what they got on the net and fairly close to the jr price.

I am waiting on the ES25 too. The HDMI feed and the SD cards, while admittedly not completely necessary, are going to be nice options to try out. Nice enough for me to justify the $30-$40 or so difference in price if the j and r...

Quote: Originally Posted by posg Another argument: I spend $39.95/month for all the phone time I use, or choose not to use. I spend $39.95/month for all the high-speed internet time I use or choose not to use. I spend $45/month on...

Hah, Hah... Drew, I did the SAME thing. When I first jumped on the QAM bandwagon we watched 'The Santa Clause' from PPV on someone elses dime. The family and I had quite a surprise when the movie paused, backed up and then resumed. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by drewwho Probably because they don't like us QAM'ers getting them for the "basic" cable price, and they want to sell more overpriced packages, and rent more STBs, and charge more people outragous cablecard...

Slightly off-topic to HDTV but interesting for us locals none-the-less. http://www.wral.com/news/6652148/detail.html WRAL is going to make available over the internet their broadcast.

Quote: Originally Posted by bdwork I live in Chapel Hill and am rather far from the HD towers. I was bummed out and had almost quit on the idea of getting HD channels for free, until i started reading about all of this QAM stuff. Can...