Posts by ratsrcute

I have been using VLC successfully for a long time on XP. When I recently switched to windows 7, keeping all the hardware the same, I'm now getting "tearing" (the appearance of horizontal lines) on shots that have a lot of horizontal...

I can't seem to find a forum about VHS, so thought I'd ask a question here. For those who are still way back in the dark ages and recording on VHS tape, can I get a suggestion for a source of blank tapes that is either particularly high...

Regarding The West Wing Season 3 on DVD, can someone tell me which disc has the episode "100,000 airplanes"? I want to rent just that disc from Netflix. According to Wikipedia it's episode 11 of season 3, so it should be on disc 3 or 4.

Thanks. Those are some good ideas. I have rated pretty much everything I've seen, at least seen recently enough to remember. About 400 films and TV shows I think. I find a difficulty in rating TV shows. Many TV shows are really good...

Quote: Originally Posted by mproper Put it this way: If you lie to the ratings algorythm, it'll "influence" it, sure. Probably make some things more accurate, while making other things less accurate. Just like if you weren't lying to...

Quote: Originally Posted by mproper You are thinking too hard Huh, I guess the mathematicians who invented the statistical theory netflix uses were "thinking too hard." The recent winners of the Netflix Competition were "thinking...

Thanks for the reply, but these are Tyvec sleeves, the same width as CDs. A shoebox is much too large. Edit, I realized that Kleenex boxes are almost the right size---but too narrow by 1/3" or so. Darn, that would have been a good...

I'm burning a bunch of DVDs for a friend and using Tyvec sleeves for maximum storage protection. I would like to use some kind of "file box" for them, but really don't need anything beyond a cardboard box that is the same width as the...

I'm interested in how best to work with the Netflix "raters like you" algorithm. It does fairly well at predicting my rating, but is sometimes off. In understand how to work with the algorithm, and influence it to my advantage, it...

Okay, but I'd still like to know if what I got already is the Premium line. Does anyone have a box of Premium they can check the label of? Thanks, Mike