John

How is it that some chinese ripoff stuff gets the "keepin' it real fake" treatment while other stuff doesn't?

Guys, be realistic. Nobody really gives a shit about these features. They won't take the place of the computer you're using to comment with right now.

Big deal. It's news and weather.

Adding these things along the way will just make it seem like little bonuses you get throughout the first bit your Wii ownership.

There's no way Zangief could afford a place in Williamsburg with a job like that. Totally unrealistic story.

Being a die-hard Etymotic fan makes laying my eyes on these things that much worse.

I'd love to attend and have beers with Pete.

Actually, Apple doesn't do much (if any) iTunes encoding in-house. Any label or distro who wants Apple to sell their material must use iTunes Producer, which rips, encodes, and FTPs the CD to their ingestion stage. (Without DRM - this happens at the point of sale)

For older albums issued under this plan, Apple simply has to pull material from their storage systems and send it over for pressing.

@ #1:

Wow, I'm really impressed that they are servicing your imported unit, which technically isn't even under warranty here in the states. Either that support person just doesn't know any better, or Nintendo's policies rule.

This is a hilarious situation, seeing as how eMusic sells DRM-free MP3s for 25 cents each.

These specs don't sound any different from previous models - I doubt much has changed.

However, the sets are very nice for what you pay - My LT26HVX was 500 shipped from Amazon (without any rebates, mind you) and it falls just short of sets costing twice as much. It has an LG display panel and performs pretty well.

But yeah, I've read both good and bad things about customer service - depends on your luck. That's the risk you take when you pay half price, I guess.

They might not jump out of you while browsing the TV section at Best Buy, but Syntax holds more of the US HDTV market than you think.