European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 stars and stripes wednesday april 25 2007 up Day putting he video disc formats to the test note of the Day is Beautiful ifs a Good operation and ifs a Good Opportunity to work wifi the americans Side by or maj Mustapha Dahan of the moroccan army on the medical clinic set up by american military Utah army National guard in Ben Khali in Southern Morocco see stay on Page 4 list top itunes albums for april 17 1 Shock value Tim Baland 2 the Story Brand Carlile 3 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 4 life in cartoon motion Mika 5 Cassadaga Bright eyes 6 Daughtry Daughtry act coming soon travel ont hasday Why americans love Paris today in stripes Abby 19 american Roundup 2021 classified2431 comics1719 crossword18 Horoscope letters14 opinion sports3140 to listings22 weather16 your Money 13 plug in Jonathan Takiff the Gizmo oppo dv981hd is la bh100 battling formats when asked for my advice on the War of the Hig Defini Tio videodisc formats Ive been offering two options one inexpensive the other pricey plan a my first option is the Purchase of a new variety of Standar definition did player Selling for As Little As that offers up conversion of conventional 480line did pictures to a 720p 10801 or 1080p line output that complements your he set boasting the same line Dis play to Boot these signal tweaking players deliver their improved picture and sound to the set via a High Resolution Edmi connector Cable that maintains the information in the pure digital Domain one of the Best and priciest of these play ers is the oppo dv981hd which uses a High end signal processing Chip the Dudi by Farou Dja for the up conversion and has a lot of other Bells and whistles plan b the other option is to go for broke with los new bh100 Selling for 31200 ifs the first videodisc player on the Market that can spin both Blurry and a dded As Well As up converting Standar def testing testing i decided to test the oppo and la players Side by Side id run them with conventional on the oppo and my def on the la versions of the same ies Casino Royale stranger than fic Tion Eragon and King Kong Bottom line if i never had a High def disc player for comparison id be very pleased to watch movies on the oppo even blown up big images remain reasonably Sharp and color reproduction seems True i Only detected one scene in Eragon with obvious picture noise that could have been caused by the up converting circuitry Subtle but meaningful image improve ments were certainly detected however when viewing the my def versions on the la player ifs As if a thin layer of Gauze had been act oppose dv981hd Odd Story of the Day can we ban Cross just because they look absolutely hideous Stockholm Sweden a swedish Hospital wants to ban its staff from wearing Cross plastic clogs saying they generate Static electricity that can Knock out medical equipment a spokesman said thursday the slip on shoes made by us based Cross inc have become popular among Hospital staff in Sweden after being introduced two years ago by swedish hockey Star Peter Forsberg but Blem nge Hospital in Southern Sweden suspects the clogs Are to blame for at least three Inci dents in which respirators and other machines malfunctioned the mishaps caused no injuries Hospital spokesman Bjorn Lofkvist said staff wearing the clogs could turn into a Cloud of Light ing because of the Static electricity he said there were similar problems with other shoes not designed for Hospital use but the popularity of the Cross had raised the Issue to a Cross resin footwear ugly up a display at new level Rei flagship store in Denver if s been a problem for Many years but now there Are so Many people that have them he said adding officials were discussing whether the sandals should be banned throughout the Hospital or just in certain sections a spokeswoman for Force a the Forsberg controlled company that imports Cross to Sweden said the company is performing tests on the shoes we take this very seriously she said adding the shoes were very useful for Hospital staff they Are Good to work in and have a Shock absorption that really helps people who do strenuous work removed from the front of the screen on stranger than fiction i could now clearly detect the Yutsan washers pattern in the tie worn by will Garrelfs irs agent a Subtle commentary about the character when Daniel Craigs James Bond chases a Baddie across a sky High construction site Crane in Casino Royale the added clarity greatly enhanced the three dimensionality and the sense of danger likewise that baby Dinosaur really popped out of its egg in the he Eragon in Standar def King Kong often has a smeared soft focused look that even the oppo  fix in he on the la the movie got its Edge Back email Jonathan Takiff at puzzles by Papp com i 8 e difficulty hard fill in the boxes so that each Row column and 3by3 Square includes the digits 1 through 9 for solution tips 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