Grahame

Black Doves A heartwarming Christmas tale of friendship, deceit, bloodshed and revenge. I may never think of Paddington the same way, again. Quite a ride, and we should have a series 2 to look forward to.

A Man on the Inside What starts out as a comedy caper mystery, sends a love letter to San Francisco with its location shoots, finally in blends in a poignant reflection on aging and loss. Well worth binging.

More Brit Nibbles

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/7xKJlttCb2

Heard the wind make The Golden Gate Bridge "moan" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/13/golden-gate-bridge-hum-noise-san-francisco

Brit Nibbles

Apropos: https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average-encore

Gemini AI Summary So will @HemiSam become EVSam or not?

Not Yacht Rock.

Discs, we don't need no stinkin' Discs! https://www.techradar.com/televisions/home-theater/kaleidescape-strato-v-movie-player-review

Happy Birthday, youngster?

4K or "4K" ? https://www.howtogeek.com/4k-blu-rays-have-an-ai-upscaling-problem-buyer-beware/

Not Turkey

And then there is this.

@blessingx "The Holy Grail of Blu Ray Players Is Finally on Sale and I'm Not Waiting Until Cyber Monday to Buy It" https://www.cnet.com/deals/the-holy-grail-of-blu-ray-players-is-finally-on-sale-and-im-not-waiting-until-cyber-monday-to-buy-it/

Some properly quick GT's with the occasional fake Brit accent.

What serious headcaser doesn't keep all the original packaging and components in a drawer "just in case" "it might be useful" Plus a hard case, (franiec?) grip, and card reader because: d-_-b As new condition? You be the judge. As for shipping it all, @MexicanDragon would approve. Or in freedom units As for the does it still work question. Well the battery charges. Although given it's age you might want to get some more new NB-6L compatible batteries and a charger to avoid disappointment, Likewise for the SD cards. Does it still work? Well it powers up, takes pictures and (720p!) video, And the SD card mounts in the reader as an external drive , where you access the .jpg and raw/cr2 files Image quality looks good MVI_1357.MOV

@n_maher Just Sayin' Also: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3385227

Thanksgiving And a selection of desserts, with a nice cup of tea.

Happy Thanksgiving d-_-b ! There are still some things to be thankful for. #NFLO

Happy Birthday Bryan!

@blessingx When you have decided on your player, you may want to stock up on physical disks, before they go up by 25% https://www.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/s/KTp3KdbUzJ Assuming they aren't scratched. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=357027 https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=343923&page=3

RIP Jim Abrahams https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jim-abrahams-dead-airplane-naked-gun-hot-shots-1236071689/ The Abrahams in Zucker, Zucker, Abrahams. But that's not important right now.

Good round up here https://www.techradar.com/news/video/the-best-4k-blu-ray-players-you-can-buy-right-now-1321481 But wouldn't you rather scratch that retro tech collectors itch and track down a discontinued Oppo ? Say the UDP.205 Imagine if Leica used to make a 4K blu ray player.

Slickdeals thread on Amazon offer. https://slickdeals.net/f/17908263-500-apple-mac-mini-desktop-w-m4-chip-16gb-ram-256gb-ssd-at-amazon Same price at Costco, but with 2 year warranty https://slickdeals.net/f/17897529-costco-members-apple-mac-mini-desktop-w-m4-chip-16gb-ram-256gb-ssd-500-free-shipping Other people are of the same opinion regarding a 256GB system drive, but there are some upcoming hubs with storage potential e.g. "Spring 2025" https://satechi.net/landing/new-stand-and-hub-m4-mac-mini