What was the last thing you bought?

[jeffbert]

The Japanese boxed set of 1960's Tetsuwan Atom - episodes 108-193 (also known here as "the 89"). Happy Birthday to ME!!

Should be here in about a weeeeek

You simply must keep me informed of your progress in watching these! Please, q & comments!

[Tetsuwan Atom]

The Japanese boxed set of 1960's Tetsuwan Atom - episodes 108-193 (also known here as "the 89"). Happy Birthday to ME!!

Should be here in about a weeeeek

Good for you finally get to see them after waiting SO LONG !!! even though it's in Japanese ...

But be aware of taxes though i had to pay 50 Euro's extra for mine unless you got it from Yesasia where it recently came available on again because that would mean it get's shipped from Hong kong instead of Japan.

[jeffbert]

The Japanese boxed set of 1960's Tetsuwan Atom - episodes 108-193 (also known here as "the 89"). Happy Birthday to ME!!

Should be here in about a weeeeek

DISC #19 STARTS W/ EPISODE #94.

disc 28 has color images of various stories; as does 29, also a few story boards.

#36 has a short film about a little xmas party given (I assume) to the children in an orphanage, complete w/ toys.

What will you use to play these region 2 discs?

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

What will you use to play these region 2 discs?

Jeffbert:

Many computer DVD drives and software (Especially on Linux) can be region-less. I think AprilSeven mentioned she was going to play them on her computer. The lucky thing about Japanese Video's is that they used the NTSC system for their analog TV sytem, same as in most of NA (US/Canada/Mexico anyway). They probably adopted our system because it gave them a head start on developing electronics to export here (smart!).

BTW, I have an OPPO Video DVD player that has been hacked to play ANY region disk, I found the cheat codes on line to enter via the remote control. Many high end DVD players can do this, if you can find the secret codes.....
This DVD player also plays MP3 disks as well as certain computer video files (.avi)

[AprilSeven]

@Jeffbert - salotreup is going to help me with the necessary software - and I believe I might possibly be able to play them right away on my older computer (a 2001 HP Pavilion running XP) - I could be wrong about that - I'll figure out a way! Thanks for the tips on what else is on the disks.

[Tetsuwan Atom]

@Jeffbert - salotreup is going to help me with the necessary software - and I believe I might possibly be able to play them right away on my older computer (a 2001 HP Pavilion running XP) - I could be wrong about that - I'll figure out a way! Thanks for the tips on what else is on the disks.

Well for one thing there is a player called VLC who basically plays of everything right away works for me anyway.

I also have a modified ps2 that i use to play of all regions on my TV and the issue of NTSC and PAL is of the past anyway only older TV's still go by that problem digital TV's are no longer limited to the NTSC/PAL thing you just have to deal with the regions which i still have a problem with when it comes to Blu-ray ....

[AprilSeven]

A Nook HD+ with 32 GB (plus a Bluetooth speaker, stylus, and will be adding a Bluetooth keyboard and and a 64 GB SD CARD) - so probably tomorrow I'll be visiting from my Nook.

I'd been wanting to get a tablet, but both the Ipad and Surface were a bit more than I want to spend -- Barnes and Noble dropped the price on Nook in a big way, and it looks like I'll be able to do a lot of what I'm interested in (and it can utilize Android apps).

I would have liked the camera feature in the Ipad, or the ability to actually run my business software on the surface - but this was a fraction of the cost!

Any of you guys have one of these? Any opinions?

I also got WordPress for Dummies (8 books in 1!) - redoing my office website and have to drill down into what makes WordPress tick. Ahhhh all set for a nice, long, geeky holiday weekend!

[Juanita]

I bought myself some stuff to make a pair of earrings with. The main pieces are two Chinese coins from the Ching dynasty on the 1800s. They look really cool, and I can't wait to put them together

[Prettywitchiusaka]

Recently, I just bought the Richard Donner cut of Superman II off of amazon, and am patiently waiting for it to arive in the mail

[Earthshine]

Yesterday I bought a HUGE plastic bin from Wal-Mart to hold all of my cosplay, it barely fits in my walk-in closet. I also bought a large fish-tackle box to hold my theatrical makeup. I think I'm going to need to get one of those tough-sheds for all my costumes or something soon...