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| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 11 11:29 | ||||||
| Do you have an idea for a new poll? Post it here and it may be included as a future poll. | ||||||
| hwoodwar posted 2003 Feb 11 11:41 | ||||||
| How about one for the number of hours (or days), total of all encodes, one has spent encoding VCDs, XVCDs, CVDs, SVCDs, XSVCDs or DVDs? | ||||||
| tenders posted 2003 Feb 11 14:10 | ||||||
| holy crap!! when did this new poll ideas start? i visit several times a day and have never seen this? but,
it gives me an idea!!! how about a new poll (you will need baldricks help/ok) that would notify people of new features via email,you know like "new poll ideas". granted it would be a simple "yes" or "no",but its all i have on short notice. :lol: | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 11 15:11 | ||||||
I just started this today. | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2003 Feb 11 15:19 | ||||||
| I usually capture:
1. Home videos 2. Anime 3. Star Trek 4. Music videos 5. other | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2003 Feb 11 15:21 | ||||||
| I have X number of movies in my collection. | ||||||
| Craig Tucker posted 2003 Feb 11 15:53 | ||||||
Been done, well for DVD's anyway. http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=139542 | ||||||
| deadmonty posted 2003 Feb 11 15:54 | ||||||
| How about:
I Own CCE 1. Because it's really worth spending $2000 to backup my own DVDs 2. Because it's really worth spending $2000 to backup Blockbuster's DVDs 2. Because my company bought it for me 3. I pretend I bought it just to appease the Moderators Paul | ||||||
| sterno posted 2003 Feb 11 16:18 | ||||||
| How many hours a day are you usually on the computer?
0-3 4-9 10-16 17-24 25+ Accepted 2/11/03 | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2003 Feb 11 16:25 | ||||||
| I capture with which codec?
1. Huffy 2. Picvideo MJPEG 3. Morgan MJPEG 4. MPEG 5. Uncompressed I capture at what resolution? 1. 352x240/288 2. 352x480/576 3. 480x480/576 4. 640x480/576 5. 704x480/576 6. 720x480/576 Darryl | ||||||
| tenders posted 2003 Feb 11 16:53 | ||||||
| my favorite genre is:
action adventure comedy romance thriller horror sci fi war drama tgpo :toma: | ||||||
| Craig Tucker posted 2003 Feb 11 17:10 | ||||||
Also been done http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=139997 | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2003 Feb 11 17:58 | ||||||
| I like to use:
1-Pass 2-Passes 3 or more Passes My wife/girlfriend won't let me make any passes. My nickname isn't "crash and burn" because of my computer skills. | ||||||
| tenders posted 2003 Feb 11 18:02 | ||||||
hmmm.. how about some sort of poll on the quality of peoples encoding methods and how it compares to an actual dvd :icon5: | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2003 Feb 11 19:38 | ||||||
| I have X number of UNWATCHED movies in my collection waiting for me for when I get off the damn computer. | ||||||
| Gargantuan posted 2003 Feb 11 19:46 | ||||||
How bout which computer brand name do you trust/think is the most reliable/your favorite? a. HP b. Sony c. Dell d. Gateway e. Small Business/Computer Shop f. CompUSA g. Fry's Ya? :thumbs_up: Or Naa? :thumbs_down: | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 12 07:13 | ||||||
And where is Apple??? | ||||||
| paulb posted 2003 Feb 12 07:40 | ||||||
| How about;
I mainly use this forum for help with; Capture/convert/DV Home Video to DVD Rip DVD's Archive old VHS/8mm to DVD Archive old VHS/8mm to VCD/CVD/X etc.. | ||||||
| Gazorgan posted 2003 Feb 12 08:05 | ||||||
| How about:
I Burn X media a month; 1) 10CDR/2DVDR 2) 25CDR/5DVDR 3) 50CDR/10DVDR 4) 100CDR/20DVDR 5) 250CDR/50DVDR 6) Like TGPO, I own stock in Ritek | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2003 Feb 12 08:33 | ||||||
| How big is your TV?
1. 19" 2. 27" 3. 32-36" 4. 36-60" 5. I measure it in feet Accepted 2/20/03 What kind of TV do you have? 1. standard 2. flat screen 3. 16x9 wide screen 4. flat plasma 5. rear projection 6. LCD/DLP projector I get my TV broadcast via: 1. rabbit ears 2. rooftop antenna 3. analog cable 4. digital cable 5. analog satellite 6. digital satillite Accepted 2/17/03 My internet connection is: 1. I don't have internet 2. dialup 3. DSL 4. Cable 5. Satellite 6. T1 | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 12 08:38 | ||||||
Done that before http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137006 | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Feb 12 08:43 | ||||||
| How about a poll that doesn't have tgpo as a choice? ;)
Will | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 12 08:50 | ||||||
We've got those as well http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=138343 http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137951 http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=135257 http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=142007 I always pictured the tgpo option to be like the Cowboy Neal option on slashdot. Just a stupid, fun option. | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Feb 12 08:51 | ||||||
| I know the moderators will never allow this poll but how about...
...How many people are genuinely backing up dvd's and how many are copying? I appreciate this will demonstrate the level of for what this site is used for (and I know Baldrick is quite rightly very keen not to advocate warez of any kind), but I for one would like to see the numbers. Will | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Feb 12 08:54 | ||||||
Only four then? ;)
Yeah, I know, I was just kidding with you :) That's why I often do Elvis impressions and handstands in the office (helps me get through the hum-drum of the day!). Will | ||||||
| mckeomat posted 2003 Feb 12 11:50 | ||||||
| Hey TPGO, what about:
'my favourite moderator is...' It's potentially controversial and it allows you to include an option related to yourself :D Accepted 2/12/03 | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Feb 12 12:36 | ||||||
That is a damn fine idea. Could even add one for "....the biggest pain the ass moderator is" ;) :) | ||||||
| Treebeard posted 2003 Feb 12 12:55 | ||||||
| How bout-
I am..... 1. Single 2. Divorced 3. Widowed 4. Married 5. Married w/ children 6. Stalking tgpo | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 12 18:06 | ||||||
I like it. | ||||||
| birdygal posted 2003 Feb 12 18:43 | ||||||
| The lenght of time it took to read these posts,guides, trial and errors to make your first successful VCD or DVD
Honest answers won't make the newbies feel so stupid we were all one once from Capture to edit to final product for a DVD standalone whether vcd or dvd How many did it right the first time? | ||||||
| Baldrick posted 2003 Feb 12 19:51 | ||||||
what about: 'my favourite administrator is...' :freak: :adminfinger: :slurp: | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 13 10:29 | ||||||
1. Baldrick 2. Owner of Vcdhelp.us 3. tgpo should be one | ||||||
| q1aqza posted 2003 Feb 14 05:46 | ||||||
| How about a poll of the best tgpo poll :lol: | ||||||
| Craig Tucker posted 2003 Feb 14 06:24 | ||||||
| How about a Poll
Do you vote in polls. 1. Yes 2. No Should be quite a 1 sided vote :hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha: | ||||||
| macleod posted 2003 Feb 14 07:16 | ||||||
| I mentioned this in passing while doing another poll (my favorite administrator), but wanted to put it here as well....
How about a poll for the people with avatars to explain the significance of them. Or a combination of their avatar and user name. Mine is macleod, and if no one guessed it, it is because I am a HUGE highlander fan. | ||||||
| sterno posted 2003 Feb 19 19:10 | ||||||
| Your eating habits are best described as:
a. Omnivorous b. Vegetarian c. Vegan d. Carnivorous e. See-food diet, anything that doesn't eat me first f. Pizza g. tgpo's Cannibal Diner (so that's why his avatar has no flesh...) | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Feb 20 02:26 | ||||||
LOL! Best one yet. Please, please, please moderator-people ;) | ||||||
| macleod posted 2003 Feb 20 07:41 | ||||||
| I was writing some comments in another forum and though I'd pass it along here. We all have stories about rebates. Maybe a poll to see which company stinks at doing rebates (always trying to screw you over). Its a toss up between Office Max and Compusa. Figured would use stores vs. individual vendors. | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 20 10:28 | ||||||
| I bought a cd-rom drive with a mail in rebate. THe company never sent it to me, but Circuit City gave it to me, in cash. In the end they paid me $9.99 to take the cd-rom from them :lol: . I never did get the company's rebate. | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2003 Feb 20 11:48 | ||||||
| It is a fact: VHS resolution is:
1. 720x480 2. 640x480 3. 352x480 4. 352x240 5. 320x240 :-) | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2003 Feb 20 11:53 | ||||||
| Favorite network to capture from:
1. Cartoon Network 2. SciFi 3. MTV 4. Porn channels 5. Networks (CBS/ABC/NBC) | ||||||
| Tbear posted 2003 Feb 20 11:59 | ||||||
| How about? How many DVD players do you have.
Or What type of player? holds 1 3 5 10 50 100 200 300 | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Feb 21 03:08 | ||||||
| How about...
"I'm in...." 1) Construction 2) Medical 3) Clerical 4) Computers 5) tgpo's bathtub etc. Just a thought :) Will | ||||||
| rhegedus posted 2003 Feb 22 18:04 | ||||||
| fave snacks when watching movies?
regards, rob | ||||||
| deadmonty posted 2003 Feb 23 15:39 | ||||||
| How about:
When alone and watching the sort of movie Blockbuster cannot provide, I eventually use: 1. My left hand. 2. My right hand. 3. Both hands (aren't I lucky) 4. The cat. :oops: Paul | ||||||
| bbb posted 2003 Feb 23 16:03 | ||||||
| This one should stir up controversy and should be interesting for movie fans everywhere:
Back in 1985, when you watched Back to the Future in the movie theater, did you see "To Be Continued" at the ending? 1. Yes, I remember it clearly just like yesterday. 2. No, um ... I mean no. 3. I don't recall but I'm pissed that they took it out of the recent dvd. | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 23 16:45 | ||||||
According to imdb.com there were never there. They were only added to the vhs copies..... I like questions like this....keep em' coming.
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| DEmberton posted 2003 Feb 24 05:16 | ||||||
| Here's my suggestion:
How long does it usually take you to get the shrink wrapping off a CDR? 1. 5 seconds or less. 2. Between 5 seconds and 30 seconds 3. Between 30 seconds and 1 minute 4. Between 1 minute and 3 minutes 5. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! :P | ||||||
| Oracle posted 2003 Feb 24 08:00 | ||||||
| When will the Apple MAC finally die.
1) Its already extinct 2) 3 Months 3) 6 Months 4) 12 Months 5) It will stll be going strong in 5 years | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 24 11:00 | ||||||
Never! Did you get this idea from the slashdot poll? | ||||||
| bbb posted 2003 Feb 24 19:30 | ||||||
Can you still try this poll anyway. I am curious of the results. | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2003 Feb 24 21:24 | ||||||
This is an interesting one. I keep fighting myself to reply to it already. Darryl | ||||||
| Oracle posted 2003 Feb 25 05:05 | ||||||
| the alternative POLL - keep Porn Alive........ | ||||||
| pbhalerao posted 2003 Feb 26 01:35 | ||||||
| My favourite box set is:
1. Star Trek I to VI + The three of the "Next Generation " 2. The Original Star Wars Trilogy 3. Back to the Future Trilogy 4. The Godfather Trilogy 5. Indiana Jones pack 6. James Bond pack | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 26 11:02 | ||||||
I just might. | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2003 Feb 26 22:23 | ||||||
| In one of the forums someone asked what type of pens people used to label their discs. It got quite the response...sharpie, staedtler lumocolor etc. Is it Poll worthy?
Accepted 3/3/03 | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Feb 28 11:52 | ||||||
Give me more 'real' options. I just use a sharpie, and I can think of many funny ones, but I need as many "real" options as you can think of. | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Feb 28 14:19 | ||||||
For crying out loud, where's the fun/interest in that? :) Will | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2003 Feb 28 18:56 | ||||||
| I thought this was interesting: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=145831
Esp. the labels vs. markers debate. | ||||||
| gmatov posted 2003 Feb 28 23:45 | ||||||
| TGPO,
How would you go about starting a poll to see who uses what for VCD-SVCD, with what processor, and a particular package ( conversion), with a particular movie DVD? It would have to be the same DVD, as it wouldn't mean much if you did a 4 hour movie and I did a 2 hour movie, and others did something totally different. I've been using DVDx and getting fair results, with about a 5-6 hour, from the disk, render time, SVCD, defaults for almost all. Personally, I'd suggest Harry Potter, as anyone who has kids probably has the DVD, besides which, I like the movie. Things are too complicated to setup in some of the packages in the guides on the site. Also some of the integrated packages, Gordian Knot, etc. Are there settings in DVDx that would speed things up, and still, or, maybe give better output than my defaults? I would like to know if my render times are adequate, or if I'm going thru a whole bunch of motions that cause me to fall asleep half way thru. I'd be grateful if you could advise. George BTW; A sharpie has never spun off any of my disks at 48X, so that's my vote. | ||||||
| gmatov posted 2003 Feb 28 23:56 | ||||||
| dphirschler,
no one really lives in Kennesaw, GA, do they? The law is you must own a firearm in that town, ever since Morton Grove, Ill, outlawed them. Didn't everyone move to Morton Grove to get away from all the violence? Or did everyone start walking lightly? George(Icould go on forever, but this ain't the place, I just couldn't resist.) | ||||||
| JamesB69 posted 2003 Mar 01 00:02 | ||||||
Ha i like this one, especially number 3(by the way you have two 2's). It could be for any software, especially more expensive ones, ie Scenarist | ||||||
| JamesB69 posted 2003 Mar 01 00:19 | ||||||
| I would like to see one that asks people the source for most of their VCD, SVCD, DVD.
1. Capture - Home Movie 2. Capture - TV 3. Downlaod 4. DVD Rips 5. Captured video of TGPO Or maybe what do you burn most often 1. DVD 2. SVCD 3. VCD 4. CVD 5. Is that DVD + or -? 6. Im too poor to burn anything i just author stuff for my 1 gig harddrive. | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Mar 01 06:45 | ||||||
Done before. | ||||||
| gmatov posted 2003 Mar 01 22:47 | ||||||
| TGPO,
If you're requesting ideas, is mine too dumb, too basic, too far away from the forum where I should actually post it? Too dumb>Newbie Too basic>Newbie Too far away> duh, just where would I go? To another site entirely, you must not know what you're doing. Thanks, George | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Mar 02 13:36 | ||||||
| The problem with asking about specific DVD conversion is the shear number of programs available. I would have tons for the PC, and tons for the Mac, and Tons for Linux. THe problem is that I only get 10 options per poll, and you idea would require more than that. But it is a good idea and I ask you to keep em' coming. | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Mar 03 15:49 | ||||||
| Who'd you reckon has the nicest pair of bristols?
1) Jennifer Aniston 2) That lass from Charmed, the 'milano' one 3) Cameron Diaz 4) Halle Berry 5) Viv Tyler 6) tgpo in drag Will | ||||||
| Craig Tucker posted 2003 Mar 03 18:16 | ||||||
You might need to explain the term Bristols, for those non UK members :agree: | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Mar 03 18:19 | ||||||
Boobies. I think I know who would lose than poll.. :cry: btw, it's Liv Tyler, and Alisa Milano(sp?) | ||||||
| Craig Tucker posted 2003 Mar 03 18:24 | ||||||
And there was me thinking they were old cars :roll: | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Mar 04 02:27 | ||||||
LOL! :lol: I was hoping someone would ask me, so I could upload an image!!!!!! BTW, is it me or does this emoticon: :agree: look more like "hey baby, fancy some lovin'?" (to quote Barry White) and less like 'agree'? On second thoughts it looks like me on the dance floor :lol: | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Mar 04 02:32 | ||||||
Yeah, me too. I've never liked Jennifer Aniston ;) :lol:
No shit?? :lol: How dumb have I been looking recommending 'One NIght At McCool's', if only for Liv's soapy cleavage :agree: GGGGrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!! Must go shower, -3° I think! Will | ||||||
| mjvgiese posted 2003 Mar 04 11:28 | ||||||
| I don't know if this has been done before, but how about what kind of cd's everyone uses?
By the way, I love the polls! I participate in them all! :D | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Mar 04 11:56 | ||||||
Sounds good to me. Maybe next one? | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Mar 04 11:58 | ||||||
| Ya'll give me some choices. | ||||||
| hothandiman posted 2003 Mar 04 12:12 | ||||||
| How about...For printing jewel case labels I use:
1. Nero 2. Easy CD Creator 3. Neato 4. Stomp 5. Avery 6. Spreadsheet/Word Processor 7. Publishing Softawre 9. Other Another might be..I get my DVD cover artwork from: 1. Scanning the original 2. Amazon.com 3. Yahoo Movies 4. Postersfast.com 5. cdlabels.com 6. Other | ||||||
| hothandiman posted 2003 Mar 04 12:15 | ||||||
Opps, I forgot the tgpo answers!!! Sorry Poll one: tgpo's xerox machine Poll two: tgpo's porno site | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Mar 04 12:25 | ||||||
| What is it with ya'll and TGPOorn? Do ya'll just really like thinking about me? Naw, just kidding.
I like the cover poll. I may give that one a try. | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Mar 04 13:59 | ||||||
Ritek, Datasafe Boy, this is fun stuff, I'm practically gagging with excitement over the anticipated result ;) | ||||||
| sterno posted 2003 Mar 04 18:22 | ||||||
| Am I the only one that has a little trouble thinking of "that milano girl" in a sexual way because I remember when she was the kid on "Growing Pains"? | ||||||
| sterno posted 2003 Mar 04 18:54 | ||||||
| I prefer pens with:
a) Black ink. b) Blue ink. c) Red ink. d) Some other color ink. e) Ink color doesn't matter to me. f) I prefer a pencil. g) I don't know how to write. h) Whatever color ink I stole off tgpo's desk when he wasn't looking. | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Mar 05 02:02 | ||||||
Being a Brit I don't have that problem. Phew! Will | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Mar 05 02:22 | ||||||
| Jeeeshhh!
Labels, pens, covers???????!!!!!!!!!!! For crying out loud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you kidding me??????!?!?!?!? How come you never pick any of mine? ;) Will | ||||||
| baker posted 2003 Mar 05 14:25 | ||||||
| POLL:
Men only!! Which would you rather, world peace or a bigger penis??? 1)world peace 2)bigger penis 3) tgpo.. whatever well??? Seriously though it would be interesting. I say we get a 5:1 percentage in favor of bigger penis!!! Baker | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2003 Mar 05 20:34 | ||||||
| I'm curious how many people actively participate in the forums. Q. In an average week I post on DVDRHelp: 0, 1X, 2-10X, 11-50X, so much I can't keep track, I'd like to but TGPO cut me off.
btw Silky31: If you're a Rocky Horror Picture Show fan then this guy is doing the Time Warp :agree: , | ||||||
| 130T|_|L15/\/\ posted 2003 Mar 05 21:08 | ||||||
| Best Classic Computer Brand!
Acorn Computer Amstrad Apple Atari Commodore Fujitsu IBM NEC Panasonic SHARP sinclair SONY SORD Tandy Radio Shack Limited Texas Instruments | ||||||
| SVCDummy posted 2003 Mar 05 21:42 | ||||||
| How about...
I have a collection of coasters because: - Me? Coasters? Nah, perfect burn every time - I put the damned things in upside down - too many beers - crappy media - flaky burner - I.Q. only 3 points above plant life - I really need coasters for my beers (see above) - I ran out of toys for the dog to play catch | ||||||
| SVCDummy posted 2003 Mar 05 23:49 | ||||||
| Try this one...
I clean my CD's/DVD's with... - a soft cloth - glass cleaner - spit and a shirt tail - an aftermarket CD cleaning device - a dirty hankie - sandpaper and turpentine - Sh*t, if it gets dirty I throw it away | ||||||
| SVCDummy posted 2003 Mar 05 23:58 | ||||||
| Or maybe this...
The thing I do most with my 'puter is... - real office type work - play games (offline) - play games online (I have no life) - visit newsgroups or chat rooms - other general internet surfing - look at porn - set my coffee on it to keep it warm - play with the mouse ball - rip and burn | ||||||
| SVCDummy posted 2003 Mar 06 00:06 | ||||||
| Or maybe...
My favotire pointing device is... - a traditional 2 button mouse - a retarded 1 button MAC mouse (LOL) - a graphics tablet - a touch pad - my finger (I have a touch screen) - my finger (the universal F*** off sign) - a trackball - a joystick - a dipstick (ya know yer a redneck if...) | ||||||
| SVCDummy posted 2003 Mar 06 00:12 | ||||||
| What about...
I work at my 'puter while sitting... - on a cheap desk chair - in a posh leather office chair - on an ergonomically correct contraption - sitting? I'm to hyper to sit. I type on the run. - at the kitchen table - on the floor - in my Lay-Z-boy recliner - on the crapper - on TGPO's lap | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Mar 06 02:23 | ||||||
:lol: :lol: Damn. Now it looks like me doing the 'time warp'! :lol: Will | ||||||
| damnim posted 2003 Mar 06 17:44 | ||||||
| Correct spelling of words and the use of proper English Grammer should be used in Forum Posts;
Yes No Maebe Which Moderator uses the best form of English Grammer. | ||||||
| 130T|_|L15/\/\ posted 2003 Mar 07 21:01 | ||||||
| Do you care about spy-ware?
1. What is ad-ware? 2. Yes. 3. I use an Apply like tgpo. 5. I am ad-ware. 6. I do the spying for spy ware. 7. I work for gator. 8. I work for doubleclick.net. 9. I own the patent for spam. 10. I use Linux OS like Jon. 11. I use a Commodore like VIC. 12. I use a 900-baud modem. 13. What is spy ware? 14. I am infinity 15. I am all. | ||||||
| JamesB69 posted 2003 Mar 07 21:27 | ||||||
| What OS do you use on your own PC?
1.Windows 95 2. Windows 98 3. Windows 98 SE 4. Windows ME 5. Windows XP 6. Linux 7. Unix 8. Mac OS 9. I have a dual boot system 10. (insert something here im out of ideas) | ||||||
| 130T|_|L15/\/\ posted 2003 Mar 07 21:49 | ||||||
| Do you vote in polls?
1. No 2. Yes 3. I inflate polls | ||||||
| SVCDummy posted 2003 Mar 08 00:39 | ||||||
| Hmm.... Maybe yet another:
I do most of my writing with... - A Mont Blanc pen - an HMTL editor (or other code editor) - one of the MS word processors - a #2 pencil - a famous Linux based word processor - an Apple product - a text-2-speech converter - finger paints | ||||||
| SVCDummy posted 2003 Mar 08 01:07 | ||||||
| Ok, here's another...
When I'm not reading the computer screen I like to read... - a reputible newspaper - the Wall Street Journal - a gossip tabloid - a best selling novel - a comic book - tea leaves and tarot cards - x-rated magizines - other magizines - uh, I just look at the pictures - poetry | ||||||
| mattscholey posted 2003 Mar 08 04:53 | ||||||
| When did you/when do you plan to get recordable DVD?
1. 2000 (I don't think it was around before that) 2. 2001 3. 2002 3. Got it in 2003 4. Plan to get it in 2003 5. 2004 6. 2005 7. Whenever I'm the last person I know who hasnt got it 8. I'll try and avoid it, Im happy with VHS 9. I'll try and avoid it, I'm happy with VCD 10. I'll try and avoid it, I'm happy with SVCD 11. Never record anything so it would be a waste of money. Hope you like it! Matt | ||||||
| q1aqza posted 2003 Mar 17 04:30 | ||||||
| A bit of a boring one compared to some of the suggestions but it would be useful for a Poll to owners of the Sony DRU500 on which media type they use for their DVD backups / authoring:
1. DVD-R/W media 2. DVD+R/W media 3. tgpo's coasters I'm thinking about getting one of these burners and I'm curious as to which media most people use on them. | ||||||
| Quigonsean posted 2003 Mar 17 07:54 | ||||||
| I must say the best so far is the CCE one, followd by"I vote in polls yes;no"
I think though as good as the CCE one is do the same replacing CCE with Maestro, Spruce up, and Scenarist" Thats 3 great polls right there, plus the origanal. Sean | ||||||
| Quigonsean posted 2003 Mar 17 08:02 | ||||||
| I have to answer SVCDummy's Above "I work at my computer.."
I work at my pc, laying in bed. I got it setup on a rotating elevating hospital table, well the monitor is. The tower sits on a milk crate next to it so I can reach drives, my keyboard is on the bed next to me My mouse is on a pad on a book on a pillow next to my cat who is inbetween the keyboard and mouse. At foot of bed have table with Window AC unit on it with dryer hose hooked to back and run thru wall to expell the hot air out into basement, and TV and VCR sits on AC unit. I can lazily lay in bed in front of boob tube with AC blasting directly in my face while posting in here like I am now. In all honesty I have it set up like this cause I got 6 herniated discs and sitting in a chair at a desk kills me after about 20minutes. Plus it makes good while capping vid, I can kick back and watch. Sean | ||||||
| Quigonsean posted 2003 Mar 17 08:49 | ||||||
| Here is one
I just finally tore myself away from the pc to take a leak, damnit now I have to: 1) Take another leak cause I held it too long 2) Take a crap 3) Touch myself in an impure manor 4) Touch tgpo in an impure manor 5) Change my underwear 6) Wash my hands, wait who the hell does that anyway it takes too much time and you can never get your hands completly dry. Sean | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2003 Mar 17 08:53 | ||||||
| DVD movies are priced:
1. too high 2. too low 3. just right Darryl Accepted 3/19/03 | ||||||
| SVCDummy posted 2003 Mar 17 09:41 | ||||||
Way to go Sean! I never imagined that kind of setup. Aside from the injuries, it sounds like heaven! Good Luck | ||||||
| Quigonsean posted 2003 Mar 17 09:48 | ||||||
| Its great, the only problem is its so damn easy to fall asleep. I drift off constantly while playing on the puter, couse some of it has to do with the good drugs I take for said injury. But I love this setup.
Sean | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2003 Mar 17 10:48 | ||||||
| I like the one about the classic omputers.. I had a TI 994A myself, but I think the classic is the Commode-64. Great gaming machine. The Atari 800 was pretty good too.
Darryl | ||||||
| Quigonsean posted 2003 Mar 17 11:37 | ||||||
| Skate or Die on the Commoder64 still rocks I wish I still had it. | ||||||
| kas187 posted 2003 Mar 18 11:20 | ||||||
| how about finding out how many people visit this site per day or week or whatever... it'll be interesting to know about peoples interest on video capturing encoding and all the rest of it.... | ||||||
| Craig Tucker posted 2003 Mar 18 12:30 | ||||||
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/stats.php | ||||||
| eats**t&die posted 2003 Mar 25 10:12 | ||||||
| I would be interested to find out what kind of browser people are using to surf the web: Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc etc.
I also like the idea of the classic computer brand. How about: My very first computer was a: Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad, Atari, etc etc.... | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Mar 25 11:54 | ||||||
| Netscape, IE, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Camino...any other? | ||||||
| crazeplaya posted 2003 Mar 25 16:51 | ||||||
| How about one of these:
1. How often do you browse DVDRHELP.com 2. How often do you post in the forums 3. How many backups do you make a week 4. Which brand of DVDr media do you use 5. Which DVD burning software do you use 6. How often do you do a forum search before posting a question 7. What percent of your DVDRs burn sucessfully 8. Which other video editing sites do you visit often 9. What percent of your backups are legal 10. What method of backup do you use i.e. VCD, DVDr etc 11. What do you use DVDRHELP.com for mainly i.e. guides, forum, polls, user comments etc 12. How old are you Or perhaps a poll to help you decide which one to use :lol: | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 Apr 06 23:30 | ||||||
| the pointing device thing.... what, only 1 vs 2 buttons on the mice, no "fancy optical thing with a scrolly clicky wheel in the middle" option?
this funky silver webscroll optical only cost Ł7.99 from the discount random-stuff-each-week clearance house and it has got to be one of the inventions God himself sent inspiration for... a mouse without a wheel just isnt a mouse any more. find my fingers scratching at the panel gap between the normal buttons on library machines with my middle finger, wondering why the page aint moving. Thems with extra thumb & pinky buttons on the side are a bit silly though. And a mouse with a ball is just plain annoying :) Lets see now, a poll... How many music video CDs do you have, cluttering up the shelf and gathering dust, unwatched and unloved since you 'archived' the vids. (needs editing for length of course). 0 - "music VCDs"? (or: i have hundreds and watch them religously :) ) 1-5 - a few, mainly just collecting stuff from CDExtras together 5-10 - a good number, cd extras (inc quicktime conversions) and anime music vids make up the bulk 10-20 - every dvd i buy is a single or a concert recording and i immediately rip them out to mvcd... with all the cd extras and amvs (i'm somewhere in the 5-20..) 20+ - there is no law but do what thou wilst.. TO MAKE BUT NOT WATCH MVCDs tgp0+ - supplies all the dancing and psychedelia i need how many mp3 cds do you have? * 0 - mp3s on cd? madness. besides i have nothing that would play them, no standalones and my PC is a 486. * 0 - i have a small number of cds, and tapes/minidiscs.. why bother? * 1-5 - a few, some fun things or tryouts from the web, a small number of my favourite albums ripped in Musicmatch or WMP * 6-10 - a fair amount, I could easily put them all in a changer and go a week without hearing a repeat. I have an average number of 'real' CDs and most or all are ripped. * 10-25 - it's starting to look like a lot; a good couple weeks of music sounds more than "300-ish hours". I have an above average number of CDs and ALL the albums and ALL the singles are ripped. I have a portable mp3CD player and/or some kind of other standalone to play them in. Alternately a few gigs of my hard disc are set aside for jukeboxing the best parts. * 25-50 - it's a definate stack and they have their own section on the shelf or even a shelf to themselves. People think I have a lot of real CDs and far too many CDRs; all the same my recording frenzy has started to encompass old tapes and records too. Musicmatch is the main man for speed but I have dabbled in LameVBR and formats such as OGG. * 50-100 - I'm in college and we have an intranet with file sharing. Spindles are cheap. I haven't slept in a week. Must keep downloading, get best value out of network hookup. Need coffee but can't find mug under piles of hastily labelled CDRs. * 100-250 - I have probably 10 or more discs that are partial or complete duplicates of others, but I have no way of telling. It's getting hard to even remember rough details of whats on the first 10 let alone all the others. They are taking over the room accompianied by a large number of divxs and VCDs; I have bought a big hard disk to copy them all onto for organisation and 'just in case'. I am EddyH. * 250+ - ordinary geeks and hackers fear me. Ordinary kazaa and dc++'ers look up to me as some kind of God. I have no life outside of MP3s and DivX, beer and pizza, and the internet. No time. I have a toilet installed in my computer seat and mail order couriers are directed to deliver to the window. My computer has a terabyte of storage and is nicknamed "The Depot"... by me. * TGPO is all the jukebox I need, who wants mp3s. Just pull the string and listen to that wonderful tinkling music. :p Do you have a personal organiser, palm pilot, or other pocket computer? * No... my life is a mess * No, my life works just fine without one * No, a paper diary/addressbook and my cellphone's memory work just fine * A little 64kb pocket organiser with a 3-line display and squidgy micro keyboard * Small memory (4mb or less) / slow (16mhz) mono Palm pilot. It holds my addresses and a couple useful utils. * Medium memory (8-16mb) / slow mono Palm pilot, perhaps with the new USB/Memory card system. It has my life, a compact office suite, and perhaps a clip-on keyboard. * Flashy big-memory (anything over 8mb) / fast (33mhz plus) colour Palm pilot with lots of programs and accessories, like overpriced VGA cameras.. but I don't really use it that much. It's just for show. * A Pocket PC. I don't even know how to turn it on reliably but it sure impresses the ladies / fellers down in marketing / the college library. * I'm oldskool, I've got an Atari Portfolio (or HP100, etc) * I'm hardcore, I've hacked my Ti83 calculator to do the same job * tgpo is my touch-sensitive organiser with a built in stylus receptacle Garcon! I'll take two plates of longwinded weak ideas with a side order of tongue dans joue garnished with playful disrespect, mercy bo-cups. I reckon someone can pull something out of that mess. Tomorrow I may have actual ideas but they should do for now. Final one. Studio Ghibli? * Pardon? Something about gutting chickens? * Bless you. Here, have a tissue. * G-ib-ley... * Anime s***e. Shove it, japanigeek. * Whips Disney. No doubt. * Genki-da, ne? Suburashi... * A nice alternative, but taste is always subjective. * All looks the same, like a bunch of boring egg yolks... * ...but the genius is in how those eggs are scrambled into a number of tasty omlettes. * I saw Spirited Away because of the oscar. I don't get it. * Will be hiring tgpo as voice actor on their next film to keep costs down. | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 Apr 06 23:36 | ||||||
| PS I -love- DEmberton's shrinkwrap poll.... i'd score about a 4.5 on that 5-point scale.
$$*%&*(!!!! shrinkwrap.... and eats---&die's "first computer" idea.. the results of that would really be telling. just remember to split PC into at least three or four parts IE quick pentium-class machine, 486 to slow pentium (200mhz?), 2/386, original PC/XT, as it'll probably get the lion's share if it's just "PC"... and the votes should skew ever lower through those categories. ie interesting: How many relative PC newbies do we have, bitching about speed problems when they've only ever used something with three or four figures on it's mhz, vs oldskoolers for whom owning a 16bit machine was a status symbol? :D | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2003 Apr 06 23:43 | ||||||
| EddyH you kill me! The MP3 one was a Tour de Force! Bravo! :lol: :lol: | ||||||
| Psycho_Dad_Rules posted 2003 Apr 07 02:36 | ||||||
| How about.....
My favorite way to "resize" DVD9 to 5 is 1. DVD2One 2. Instant Copy 7 3. DVD95Copy 4. DVDShrink Greetz, pSyChO dAd | ||||||
| i-on-s posted 2003 Apr 07 03:10 | ||||||
| How about "Favorite music to do it too"
1 - RNB 2 - Metal 3 - Soft Rock 4 - Rap 5 - Oldies 6 - Polka 7 - Techno 8 - Silence 9 - TGPO Booty music vol 8 :lol: | ||||||
| sterno posted 2003 Apr 07 03:44 | ||||||
Heh, I have the exact opposite opinion. Trading the middle mouse button for a wheel is one of the worst rip-offs that's ever been forced on me. The spring strength is never the same as a real button so the click doesn't feel right, plus it's the wrong shape and size to be convenient. It also means I'll have a lot of trouble finding an optical mouse I actually like.... I guess it'll end up in the same category as finding a decent keyboard with the Caps Lock and Control keys in the right places (Caps Lock in the lower-left, Control above left-shift). | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 Apr 07 16:57 | ||||||
| Ahhhhh Sterno, dont tempt my fingers to resist seven-eight years of reprogramming... (old atari - first computer of any real long use - was a similar tab-ctrl-shift-caps setup).
Incidentally, just to make you sick, my keyboard gives the option for that. A pair of DIP switches on the bottom allow to select between "standard" and "swapped" (the current standard :) ) Ctrl/Caps positions, and AT or PC/XT compatibility (10 or 12 F-keys, "logical existance" of the strip between the main keys and number pad..). Helps that it's 17 years old of course :D And hasnt yet skipped a beat. No bloody $%*(&!!! annoying Windows™ keys either. (just what is a linux or DOS user to do with those, pray tell, keyboard manufacturers?) Suppose I'm lucky that, despite having 3-button mice before, it was never something that got used. I don't click the wheel (it only has annoying functions) but the rolling function is infinitely useful. Scrolling, zooming, option rolling, etc, saving a good second and much brain itch each way on zipping over to the scrollbar/zoom control/selection arrows. (test-clicks wheel vs normal buttons... yep... it's a fair bit "heavier" than the left & right ones) I-on-S. Polka... but chance would be a fine thing. Zippy P, inspired by reality.. BTW are you volunteering to crop all them for length? It's sorely needed I know :D Hm. One more. The target demographic may be a little narrower, but (again inspired by bitter, tired reality): The Most Disappointing thing about College/University. * Not like Animal House. * Not like American Pie 2 * Not like Road Trip * Generally not like hollywood and other popular media makes it out to be. * Not anywhere near cool enough moments * Not anywhere near enough sex * Not anywhere near enough beer * Far too much beer! * The price of everything * How quickly noodles lose their novelty * How dull it gets after freshman year (or even IN year 1) * How hard and dull your favourite, easy subject becomes in final year. * How many people seem to have far more money than you and no worries about paying for tuition and accomodation ("that's life kid: suck the box"). * How embarrassing tgpo's "incredibly impressive party piece" turned out to be. Accepted 4/8/03 Hmmm. And a slightly simpler one: Window seat? * Yes please! Wheeee. * No thanks, I'll sit in the aisle, for a view of the TV, easy access to the toilet, drinks trolley... and emergency exits. * No thanks, I like to sit in the middle seat and get squashed between two obese albanian women with excruitiating body odor, while I watch VCDs on my portable player and iTrek glasses. No window required. * I hate planes, trains, and buses. Too hot and they give me travelsickness. Every seat's a window seat in my car, even if it takes 10x longer and a ride on a container-ship to get there. * I hate plebs. Every seat's a window seat in my learjet, especially the pilot's. * Powered transport is evil. All you need is the open air, a saddle, a set of reins, and tgpo. | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Apr 07 20:22 | ||||||
| I like the school idea....maybe tomarrow. | ||||||
| rude_skankin posted 2003 Apr 08 13:23 | ||||||
| I know that this site is mostly about video, but how about seeing what kinds of music we all listen too? Or favorites?
1. Rock'N'Roll 2. Rap 3. Country (if one wants to call that a form of music) 4. Alternative 5. Reggae 6. SKA 7. Punk 8. Oi! (does this even still exist?) 9. Classical 10. Pop (or as I like to call it, poop!) 11. Other witty option here 12. TGPO singing showtunes in the shower Just a thought Or this one, though for only the serious music lover :) 1. Ska 2. First wave 3. Second wave 4. Third wave 5. Ska is dead 5. Punk 6. Oi! 7. Ska-Punk 8. Pop-Punk 9. Punk is dead 10. Oi, what this crap poll about anyway?! 11. TGPO singing the soundtrack to Quadrophenia, (We are the mods, we are the mods, we are we are we are the mods!) :D Anthony | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 Apr 08 20:51 | ||||||
| "Oi, Oi, and indeed thrice OI!"
but there's only so much of that you can take before your brain caves in... or is caved in with a steel toecap :) (runs off singing "Oi to the World"... # Hajj was a punk just like any other boy #....) | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Apr 08 21:12 | ||||||
| rude_skankin I love the ideas! I'm a punk fan, but also love Oi music, and yes it is still around. For the second poll 5-8 for the first poll 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 12 :D | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Apr 17 09:06 | ||||||
| Have we done the "I'm in...." yet?
ie. construction, IT, medical, clerical etc? And if not, why not?!?? ;) Might give us an idea on what we all do. Anything's better than the "I use a pen to write on my cd's!" Jeeeshhh! Will | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 Apr 23 19:17 | ||||||
| Bored and in a car mood again
I shift with my... ..left hand ..right hand ..both hands ..umm.. I don't! ..thumbs ..thumbs & forefingers ..left foot ..spouse's permission only* ..pinkies ..wait.. my chauffeur TGPO takes care of that! That should cover all bases of L/R hand drive manual, auto, wheel-mounted tiptronic (paddles & buttons), bikes (lovely thumbshifts and horrid twistgrips), mo'cycles (inc vespas/c90s), computer keyboards :) , rich people, walkers, and the reason for the * - the poor henpecked guy spotted on "Britains Worst Drivers" a couple nights ago :) beh.. | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2003 Apr 23 20:36 | ||||||
Left foot! (see avatar) What about..No shifting, 1 speed only! :P | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 Apr 26 19:37 | ||||||
| Well, that'd be covered by "I don't" :D
You a Speedway nutter then Zippy? another poll..... I have: a big one a little one a medium one enough to be happy nothing at all something else! best bit about that one is, you let the voter make up their own mind as to what it means. Abstraction at work. | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 Apr 30 20:17 | ||||||
| MpegObsession, if you can point me towards a decent mpg2 encoder that i dont have to pay for (with a CQ option like TMPGs, hopefully, or a decent 2-pass) then I'll take up your 97 minute challenge.. | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 May 01 20:12 | ||||||
| Sure I heard (ie saw :) ) tell of a free mpg2 encoder *somewhere*. Quality was probably bobbins tho, and i sure hope it wasnt BB.. :roll: | ||||||
| viperjay9 posted 2003 May 01 20:28 | ||||||
lol thats a good one | ||||||
| i_am_dave posted 2003 May 03 09:47 | ||||||
| Here are a few ideas, don't know if any of them have been suggested:
--- What does tpgo really mean? Trans-Gendered People Only The Great Pokemon Owner The Good Public Orator The Great Programming Oracle It means nothing, thats his real name He should tell us all what it means when the poll is over.... --- What type of DVD media do you use? +R -R Both Neither Whatever tpgo tells me to use --- On which continent do you live? Antarctica Asia Australia Europe North America South America On tpgss home planet | ||||||
| Craig Tucker posted 2003 May 08 10:29 | ||||||
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=142007 | ||||||
| i_am_dave posted 2003 May 08 11:07 | ||||||
| Craig,
Yeah, I bumped into it about 4 hours after my post. I would still like to know what 'tgpo' stands for. tgpo, Care to enlighten us? :) | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 May 08 11:35 | ||||||
| http://www.dvdrhelp.com/glossary#tgpo
The Great Pat-o It is a nickname I got back in 7th grade. Eventually I got tired of typing it all the time, so I shortened it to simply tgpo | ||||||
| Cornucopia posted 2003 May 12 21:27 | ||||||
| Ok, here's a good one I think:
The Best Bond-- 1. Sean Connery 2. George Lazenby 3. Woody Allen/David Niven (for the hardcore fans) 4. Roger Moore 5. Sean Connery, again 6. Timothy Dalton 7. Pierce Brosnan 8. tgpo 8) Scott | ||||||
| eats**t&die posted 2003 May 19 00:45 | ||||||
| :idea: How about: Splitting Movie To 2 Or More Discs
1. No, never. I would rather go back to VHS than change discs during a movie. 2. Doesn't bother me, my player holds more than one disc. 3. Yeah, I'll do whatever it takes to maintain the original quality. 4. Only if the movie is worthy. 5. Like TPGO I have trained my dog/cat to change the discs for me. I realise this will probably fire up a heated discussion like it usually does, but I am interested in seeing the numbers. Of course the options could be altered a little so it would be relevant to DVD, VCD... etc... etc. Or how about: How Much Video Quality Are You Willing To Sacrifice To Put A Movie On One Disc 1. None, if I know it's not 100% I wont enjoy the movie, I will just pick at every flaw I can think of. 2. 0-5% "It's only 5% who cares" 3. 5-10% "No one will notice" 4. 10-20% "Umm.. well I guess it still looks OK" 5. 20-30% "Just gotta make sure I'm atleast 5 feet from the screen at all times" 6. 30-40% "That's OK I'll just watch it on my little TV" 7. 40-50% "Write something amusing here" 8. I will do whatever it takes, and if it cant be done then I wont try. I'd rather go out and buy a second copy of the original. | ||||||
| i_am_dave posted 2003 May 21 09:11 | ||||||
| How about Gilligans Island.
Who do you think is the hottest castaway is on Gilligan's Island? Gilligan Skipper Mr. Howell Mrs. Howell Ginger Mary Ann Professor | ||||||
| Pimpleg posted 2003 May 22 00:38 | ||||||
| :lol: Simpsons Already Did It!!!!!! :lol: | ||||||
| keithsebastian posted 2003 May 22 00:44 | ||||||
| What do you guys do with coasters?
- That's my idea for a poll | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 May 23 18:21 | ||||||
| eats***, that sounds interesting.....
For the record i dont care too much personally, my eyes just go to all the little imperfections because subconciously they know what to look for and are still in is-it-good-enough-or-shall-i-recode mode. I worry a little more whether other people watching it will think it looks like ass, but most the time, people dont seem too bothered so long as the movie itself is good. Plain VCD looks as good to 'em as VHS (=good enough) if well coded, and xVCD... well i've had one or two questions of "is this on the TV then?!" and "how did you get this on DVD already? hey you get a good picture out of that cheap player..." :D so singledisc isnt yet a prob with smart coding. How about..... whats the longest you'd dare put on one disc (..this after i just discovered a divx someone gave me is like 3 hours and 15 minutes.. think even I'd be splitting that.. 3 hours is already pushing it a little far.. quite how they made it watchable as a singledisc hi-rez divx, must be some kind of voodoo) | ||||||
| Marco33 posted 2003 Jun 25 06:54 | ||||||
| May have been done.
By searching this site I get answers to... 100% of my questions 80% of my questions 60% of my questions 40% of my questions 20% of my questions I don't search,I go right to the wrong forum and post stupid questions I don't ask, I make coasters till the cows come home. | ||||||
| tenders posted 2003 Jul 10 23:12 | ||||||
| hahahahahaah..i knew once my brain started working i would have an idea :!: how about a poll on people's favorite snack food while watching a movie :?: | ||||||
| pixel posted 2003 Jul 17 13:15 | ||||||
| How about:
I don't use the forum search because: 1) I didn't know there was a forum search. 2) I like other users getting annoyed at me. 3) I love pointless posts. 4) I can never find anything I look for. 5) I PM my favourite users with my questions. 6) I am a NASA monkey and know all the answers. 7) TGPO answers my questions even before I ask them. :) :lol: BTW: I like rude_skankin's idea of the punk poll. I'm a big punk fan. (What happened to punk rock?) | ||||||
| Claire posted 2003 Jul 28 00:13 | ||||||
| We are developing freeware product - Alparysoft lossless video codec and are interested which formats to add. So our suggestion for the poll is:
Which codec format for lossless video compression do you preffer: - VFW - WDM - DirectShow - Other - I'm not interested in lossless video compression we would really appreciate :-) | ||||||
| Phunkie Munky posted 2003 Aug 11 08:27 | ||||||
| I Make My Menu's With::
#1 PhotoShop #2 PaintShop #3 MS Paint #4 Other #5 I dont, me mum makes them for me #6 I dont bother about Menu's, who needs them anyways. | ||||||
| lordsmurf posted 2003 Aug 11 08:43 | ||||||
| Will ARNOLD WIN?
Or better yet, IF ARNOLD WINS, what will be his first duty as CA governor? 1. Instill Kindergarten Cops in all the schools. 2. Provide Terminators to the Justice Dept of CA? 3. Order Hollywood to make more Conan movies in Death Valley? 4. 5. 6. Send the new T-whatever-her-number-was to terminate tgpo! Okay, need some help filling in the holes. Some of you ahve ideas, I'm sure. | ||||||
| Phunkie Munky posted 2003 Aug 11 09:12 | ||||||
| #4 Go on a terminating rampage and destroy the world, HA HA HA!!!
:2gunsfiring_v1:.......... :turned: :turned: :turned: :turned: *crowd he killed* | ||||||
| tgm4883 posted 2003 Aug 11 09:34 | ||||||
| how about,
I visit dvdrhelp.com: 1. Once a month 2. Once a week 3. Once a day 4. Whenever I have a question 5. dvdrhelp.com is my homepage 6. I sleep next to the server(s) that dvdrhelp.com is on or I come to dvdrhelp.com because: 1. I have questions that I need answered 2. I want answer others questions 3. I am bored 4. It's my homepage 5. I am on a search and destroy mission for people posting questions about warez. 6. I think tgpo is soooo cute. | ||||||
| flaninacupboard posted 2003 Aug 11 10:08 | ||||||
| Section two. yes to four and yes to 6 :D | ||||||
| flaninacupboard posted 2003 Aug 13 11:30 | ||||||
| How about:
I prepare a short sample of music (~30 secs) and place up an uncompressed version, an MP3 compressed and then decompressed version, WMA decompressed version, etc. and see if people can work out which is the original? Fun or boring? | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Aug 13 11:33 | ||||||
| Sounds fun, but hard to implement. The voting on the main page goes only by the choices, so the voters would have to enter the forum and listen then vote. Try it in the audio forum though. It should cause some discussion. | ||||||
| smearbrick1 posted 2003 Aug 13 13:59 | ||||||
| How about a poll on favorite past polls? | ||||||
| tygrus2000 posted 2003 Aug 14 00:07 | ||||||
| The Internet will...
1. be a vital source of daily information for decades to come. 2. become the center of all human knowledge 3. be a valueable media distribution platform 4. continue to get pimped up with ads and porn by greedy dot-comers 5. not survive the nuclear holocaust 6. not be useful until there is a 6 inch fibre optics line to TGPO's house. | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2003 Aug 14 19:43 | ||||||
| 7. Get very odd once the generation-Z'ers grow up and we have a world of adults where the internet has always been there. Heaven knows what will happen then. | ||||||
| tlegion posted 2003 Aug 27 19:48 | ||||||
| The name of this place should be:
1. dvdrhelp.com 2. dvdcopy.com 3. videodisc.com 4. novcrzone.com 5. screwmpaa.com 6. tgpo 5 The most shameful DVD marketing practice: 1. Producing 'Best of' sets instead of complete seasons (warner) 2. Offering complete seasons as one package after selling individual episodes (paramount) 3. Calling 'Artwork on Disc' a special feature (Disney) 4. No chapters (goodtimes) 5. Regional Coding (mpaa) 6. RCE (warner) 7. One 30min episode per dvd @ $20 (some anime) 8. Advertising 'uncensored' or 'unrated' and still having nudity blurs and profanity beeps(mtv, comedy central) 9. Sitting on classic libraries (prince planet: mgm; marine boy: warner) 10. Touting a film as being on TGPO's top 10,000 list :protest: And just because a poll was done several years ago, does not mean it can't be done again. Perhaps the underlying situations have changed, ie opsys (does anyone still use fat/fat32 if they don't have to), computer mfg (name brands don't necessarily suck anymore), r/rw drive type (dvdr/rw: last poll $600, now under $200), | ||||||
| j1d10t posted 2003 Aug 27 20:32 | ||||||
| I'd have to add to the most shameful DVD marketing practice list:
Releasing a movie on DVD with just the movie (and maybe a trailer), then releasing the same movie on DVD with special features (deleted scenes, bloopers, making of, etc.) a year or so later. Releasing something on VHS only, then a year or so later releasing it on DVD (think Star Wars Episode I). Releasing any movie on DVD that doesn't have TGPO in it :) :lol: :lol: | ||||||
| SquirrelDip posted 2003 Aug 27 23:48 | ||||||
| How about favorite beer... Not looking for brand but type of beer:
1. Ale 2. Lager 3. Stout 4. Porter 5. Pilsner 6. American Style Light 7. TGPO, pass me another Zima | ||||||
| thayne posted 2003 Aug 28 00:47 | ||||||
Hey! you stole my idea! I was just gonna post that :evil: For me? Sierra Nevada Pale Ale mmmmmmm, yummmmmmy..... | ||||||
| Gees posted 2003 Sep 06 23:49 | ||||||
| How about: "What did you do while drdrhelp.com was down?"
answers could include things like: - slummed around on doom9 - sought professional medical treatment - learned a whole new language - finished DIY or other project that's needed doing for years now - actually let someone else in the house get a turn on 'puter stuff like that :c) could be pretty funny and.......... enlightening! :cD Accepted 9/16/03 | ||||||
| stiltman posted 2003 Sep 06 23:55 | ||||||
| Or
Why did DVDRHelp.com go off line for 2 days? DMCA RIAA Baldrick went bankrupt TGPO got busted for porno operation via DVDRHelp.com ....etc | ||||||
| Gees posted 2003 Sep 17 17:27 | ||||||
| Thanks for posting my prior idea. :c)
One thing I've been wondering about is how many site visitors are: - now involved in or - plan to be involved in DVD production/transfer, video editing, etc. for profit And how many are doing it: - strictly as a hobby or - for friends & relatives only. plus a must have TGPO option, of course! :c) | ||||||
| yongkuk posted 2003 Sep 25 13:59 | ||||||
| Best American Comedy. To redress the balance.
considerations- Seinfeld curb your enthusiasm fraser simpsons cheers rosanne Barney Miller | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Sep 25 14:03 | ||||||
It's been done before. http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=177799 | ||||||
| watchmaker posted 2003 Sep 25 14:17 | ||||||
| How long do you keep you Netflix DVDs?
1) 4 Hrs or less 2) Overnight 3) Two days 4) Three or four days 5) Never bother send them back | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2003 Sep 25 15:35 | ||||||
| Best Burger:
1. Krystal/White Castle 2. McDonalds 3. Burger King 4. Wendys 5. Jack in the Box Darryl | ||||||
| tlegion posted 2003 Oct 07 09:43 | ||||||
| Greatest/Most Notorious 'Borrowing' of an idea:
Star Trek: Enterprise 2nd Season (SW2: Attack of Clones) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Babylon 5) Harry Potter (Legend of Rah) Amistad (Echo of Lions) Ice, Ice, Baby (Under Pressure) My Sweet Lord (He's So Fine) Bittersweet Symphony (Last Time) | ||||||
| Styro posted 2003 Oct 08 16:41 | ||||||
| Follow-up to current rental period poll...
Do you ever copy your rentals to temporary media (to be erased after watching) to get out paying late fees and/or get more movie faster? Yes - harddrive only Yes - RW Yes - Other No - That would be un-ethical No - That would be illegal TGPO rules my rental world! | ||||||
| Rookie64 posted 2003 Oct 16 15:37 | ||||||
Since the season is upon us, -what are the best horror movies ever made/or scariest movie scenes and/or -what horror movies should served for Thanksgiving instead (the all-time turkeys) -who are ya dressing as this year/your favorite halloweenie (we all know everyone wants to be tgpo :lol: ) How 'bout everyone putting a mask on your Avatar on the 31 8) | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2003 Oct 16 15:47 | ||||||
| I like that. Next one will be best movie to watch on Halloween | ||||||
| stiltman posted 2003 Oct 16 18:37 | ||||||
| How about "Add a Camcorder Forum"
Yes No | ||||||
| Devanshu posted 2003 Oct 16 20:52 | ||||||
| How about
"dvdrhelp" - Is my homepage - Is in my favorites - I like to exercise my fingers | ||||||
| tweedledee posted 2003 Oct 16 21:03 | ||||||
| What about "do you smoke?"
or "what do you smoke?" | ||||||
| FOO posted 2003 Oct 16 21:04 | ||||||
| " I play on DVDHelp from work instead of home ....
80% 60 % 40 % 20 % I wouln't even think of playing on DVDHelp on company time unless TGPO was my boss. | ||||||
| Devanshu posted 2003 Oct 29 16:32 | ||||||
| How about...
How do you hang the toilet paper in your home? Over the roll Under the roll Vertically I've never really noticed until tgpo pointed it out | ||||||
| MrPinche posted 2003 Dec 02 11:06 | ||||||
| Which technology is better?
Plasma DLP LCD Good old CRT TGPO | ||||||
| stiltman posted 2003 Dec 08 15:17 | ||||||
| What Monitor do you own and use most?
1. 15" CRT 2. 17" CRT 3. 19" CRT 4. 21" CRT 5. 15" LCD 6. 17" LCD 7. 19" LCD 8. 13" LSD 9. What ever TPGO will lend me | ||||||
| fritzi93 posted 2003 Dec 08 17:18 | ||||||
| I visit this forum frequently because:
1) Nobody's answered my question yet! And I want an answer now :!: :boom: 2) I'm looking for any and every opportunity to show off. :sly: 3) I'm a lurker too scared to post a dumb question. But they all get asked anyway (and repeatedly). :lol: 4) If I didn't, I might miss a TGPO joke. :wink: | ||||||
| dwill123 posted 2003 Dec 08 20:13 | ||||||
| How about:
Rock Rap Metal Country R&B Jazz | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Dec 22 04:11 | ||||||
| Did you get what you wanted for Christmas
1) yes 2) no 3) sort of, but my 5' 6" blow-up of tgpo is stuck in the mail I imagine the responses would be funnier than than the poll results, I get a tonne of shite every year :lol: Will | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2003 Dec 22 04:12 | ||||||
You missed an option.... ....I don't use it, I use the rug, wall, trousers :x :lol: | ||||||
| stiltman posted 2003 Dec 23 01:10 | ||||||
| How much spam do you get a day/week/month
1. 10% OK so someone at work is screwing with me 2. 20% Dang what's the deal here? 3. 30% I find it to be a rather annoying 4. 40% of everything I get damn it! 5. 50% I'm tired of telling them to stop sending it me 6. 60% I have givin up on the opt-out list link 7. 70% I just realized the opt-out list link was a scam! 8. 80% of everything I get is for either enlargement drugs or how to please the woman in 5 minutes 9. 90% Geez, I hate all those AOL forwarding morons 10. 0% I don't get any Ha Ha 'user 11. tgpo won't top sending me pregnant MAC pictures...that sicko! | ||||||
| Treebeard posted 2003 Dec 29 16:12 | ||||||
| On new years eve I will do or did :
1 Get so trashed i dont remember what i did 2 Im too old to stay up til midnight 3 spent the night w/ spouse/girlfriend watching tv 4 last thing i remember is Tgpo dressed up like an oompa loompa. | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2004 Jan 11 05:15 | ||||||
| 1 )Who's the biggest moderator wanker, the one with his head so far up his arse he can smell his own fetid breath.
2) Who's the biggest member wanker, the one with his head so far up his arse he can smell his own fetid breath. Just a couple of thoughts. Will | ||||||
| hech54 posted 2004 Jan 13 00:18 | ||||||
| What Drives You?
1)I only buy domestic cars because foreign cars are junk. 2)I only buy foreign cars because domestic cars are junk. 3) My thumb. 4) Public transportation. 5) I just bum a ride off of tgpo whenever possible. | ||||||
| p0rnLiME posted 2004 Jan 14 06:33 | ||||||
| Do you know anything about Norway? Yes\No.
And it would be funny if people posted what they claimed to know about the country :D This one works with other countrys to. | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2004 Jan 14 07:23 | ||||||
I would love to do this one, but I'm afraid it would royally piss off the people listed in the poll. :? | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2004 Jan 16 13:52 | ||||||
Fuck it, just put me and you in :lol: No, on second thoghts, don't :lol: Will
I would love you to do this one, but I think you're afraid it would royally piss off the people listed in the poll. ;) Will | ||||||
| pacmania_2001 posted 2004 Jan 16 20:42 | ||||||
I'm game. :D | ||||||
| johns0 posted 2004 Jan 16 21:45 | ||||||
| My pc was:
1.built by myself 2.bought in the store 3.built in the store for me 4.built by a friend 5.borrowed from a friend and never returned 6.found in a neighbour`s house | ||||||
| Redeye07 posted 2004 Jan 16 22:17 | ||||||
| How did you find DVDRhelp.com?
Search Engine Another forum mentioned it A relative told me A friend told me Bumped into it by accident Telepathic message from tgpo | ||||||
| Geforce posted 2004 Jan 16 22:35 | ||||||
| What do you use your cd/dvd burner more often for
1. Burning home movies 2. Burning music 3. Backing up cds/dvds :wink: 4. Burning data discs 5. PORN :D | ||||||
| indolikaa posted 2004 Jan 16 23:54 | ||||||
| The primary reason why I wouldn't allow my kids to visit dvdrhelp.com,
* DVD 'minus' R promotes negative stereotypes. * They don't need to know what mouse pus is or why Will Hay drinks it. * "Mommy, who is jeex?" * von Clausewitz, Lenin, Indolikaa. Don't tell me there's no pattern! * I own an Optorite DVD burner, they might question my intelligence. * I burn with Memorex discs, they might question my intelligence. * I burn Memorex discs on an Optorite DVD burner, they might request immediate emancipation. * I can't handle the abuse I take for using an ATI All-In-Wonder, should they be shamed among their friends for knowing this?! * DVD Burners don't make coasters, people make coasters. * Pokeman doesn't swear. * Neither do smurfs. And, of course, the tgpo option... * "Daddy, how come that girl looks like tgpo?" | ||||||
| NeWcS posted 2004 Jan 20 09:48 | ||||||
| Heres my idea
Subject: Who is sick of tgpo being in every poll. 1) Hell ya 2) Shit ya 3) go away 4) get a life 5) im hell'a sick of it 6) im not :) LoL, you know we love you!!!!! | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2004 Jan 28 05:25 | ||||||
I did that one, and I didn't ask/warn him first :lol: Will | ||||||
| stiltman posted 2004 Feb 03 10:16 | ||||||
| This poll should be added to the front page!!
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=203749 | ||||||
| Ziffelpig posted 2004 Feb 03 11:04 | ||||||
| I'd have a bigger post count if:
A: I actually knew what I was talking about B: If I could use the internet at work c: Anything I can answer has already been answered by Gazorgon,The Village idiot, Tommyknocker, Housepig , Indolika or LordSmurf. D: The moderators didn't reply so damn fast(BJ-M) E: I was a post whore and spent all my time in off topic F: I lurked less and posted more G: I didn't have a life/other commitments H: I can't just add a "me too" to every post like TGPO(only kidding but had to put something about The Great Pat O)all though this does apply to a lot of other posters) | ||||||
| Will Hay posted 2004 Feb 04 05:00 | ||||||
...which moderator is the one least known by the members. Will | ||||||
| jeex posted 2004 Feb 04 07:08 | ||||||
| how about one where we decide if i should be banned or not??
oh wait.. nevermind - will hay is a goddamn fogbreather - | ||||||
| stiltman posted 2004 Feb 04 18:25 | ||||||
| How much time do you spend in you vehicle commuting back and forth to work/school? Time is for 1 way.
My mom drives me, while I play with my gameboy 10 minutes 20 minutes 40 minutes and it sucks 1 hour dude and I can't stand it anymore 1+ hour(s) and that's on a good day (someone shoot me) Zero I use the tgpo transporter...beam my up tgpo! | ||||||
| TheFamilyMan posted 2004 Feb 04 19:17 | ||||||
| Here's my choice:
Dollar amount of the cracked software that you use to produce your DVD projects:
b) up to $100 c) $100 to $500 d) $500 to $1000 e) $1000 to $5000 f) above $5000 I refuse to use cracked software. I have a hard time believing that all the users who post problems with CCE, canopus, etc. really dumped the hundreds to thousands of $ on these packages. It would be interesting feedback. Also, I hate to see this site turn into a gutter for sexual content like so may other newgroups/forums have in the past. Maybe its a sign that this site is on its way out. | ||||||
| offline posted 2004 Feb 06 22:50 | ||||||
| What is the weirdest film you have ever seen?
2001: the bit at the end Brain from Planet Aaros The Cell The Big Meat Eater Eating Roul DreamCatcher Eyes Wide Shut: what the %$@? Delicatessen Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS Attack of the Nazi Surf Chicks Repo Man Attack of the Tomatos Tgpo's slide show last night! | ||||||
| offline posted 2004 Feb 06 23:17 | ||||||
| The head of the MPAA and the CEO of Macrovision walk together into
a dark alley where you happen to be waiting. What do you do? a) Make fair use of their intestines? b) Force them to watch reruns of "Here's Lucy" c) Introduce them to Mr. BaseBall Bat d) Explain softly that you disagree with their actions.. then kill 'em e) Hit them, pummel them, squash them, shoot them f) Thank them, steal their trousers, paint them with honey and tie 'em to an ants nest. g) Let Tgpo "pat" them slowly <shudder> | ||||||
| jeex posted 2004 Feb 07 04:20 | ||||||
| "which moderator do you hate/dislike/like-the-least?"
list of all the moderators sefy is immune though. sefy in 2004! eh? yeahhh | ||||||
| offline posted 2004 Feb 08 20:53 | ||||||
| POLL REQUEST:
I think this deserves to be made a front page poll. Not that this is a democracy (Baldrick owns it) but perhaps if the peasants revolted?? Vote: A new forum just for Digital Video? | ||||||
| offline posted 2004 Feb 08 21:28 | ||||||
| Violence In Films: Is there too much?
- Is that what you want? Is that what you want??! - You have to ask yourself one quesion, do you feel lucky.. Punk!! - I'm comming to geeeet youuuuu - I'll be back!! - Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining! - I'm gonna tear you a new arsehole!! - Yes, more sex please, we're British - Frankly my dear, I do not give a damn. - I'll ask TGPO's mom, she's down in the fruit cellar.. | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2004 Feb 08 21:31 | ||||||
| Great ideas. I'll put the DV one up for now. | ||||||
| kiki posted 2004 Feb 08 21:43 | ||||||
| How many coasters did you burn while learning how to manipulate video?
1 - 5 5 - 10 10 - 15 15 - 20 I am still burning coasters. I filed for bankruptcy and never did get a succesful burn. kiki | ||||||
| c_hernandez32 posted 2004 Feb 23 14:37 | ||||||
| How about "How do you watch your DVD's?"
On my $100,000 home screening room On my 75 inch plasma TV with $25,000 speakers On my 50 inch plasma that costs more than my car On my $10,000 home theater On my plasma TV from Gateway On my $2000 HDTV and home theater On my 32 inch TV in the living room On my 19 inch TV in my dorm room On my Grandma's huge black and white TV On my PC, can't afford a TV Watch DVDs? I can't any to burn <insert tgpo joke here> | ||||||
| g_shocker182 posted 2004 Feb 26 22:18 | ||||||
| Are you offended by adult material being posted (/ linked) in the off-topic forum? | ||||||
| Marco33 posted 2004 Feb 26 22:19 | ||||||
| With the coming of HD-DVD, the consumer will need an HDTV to take advantage of the resolution.
Now the only way that HD-DVD will overtake the regular DVD market is when HDTV's take over the regular TV market. I think that % is the catalist in the switchover to the HD-DVD format and it's stronghold on the market. I think it would be interesting to see who here has an HDTV and who still has a regular TV. That % could be a usefull gauge to predict the switchover to HD-DVD. | ||||||
| louthewiz posted 2004 Feb 26 22:27 | ||||||
| How about a forum or thread on copying backups on our computers and finding a way to play them on our computers which seems to be a topic that always pops up more often then I come to this site everyday which seems to be a good subject.. :D :D :D :D :D :D | ||||||
| mbaker_jr posted 2004 Mar 03 11:32 | ||||||
| My favorite burning software is:
(Insert list of burning programs here) | ||||||
| Sifaga posted 2004 Mar 03 17:33 | ||||||
| How many Profiles have you had on this site and maybe the reason why you changed | ||||||
| hhhhbk posted 2004 Mar 08 00:45 | ||||||
| best most reliable and compatible dvd-r media | ||||||
| Sugar posted 2004 Mar 20 08:25 | ||||||
| Why do you visit DVDrhelp:
- to produce home videos - to backup my DVDs - to escape from my partner - to escape from my kids - other | ||||||
| stiltman posted 2004 Mar 21 01:39 | ||||||
| deleted | ||||||
| kamuixtv posted 2004 Apr 02 01:22 | ||||||
| Blu-Ray "pressed" movies are coming around year 2006, what do you think about it?
- Yes, my first BR movies will be xmen3 and jurassic park4 - Let the hype past then buy - I'll stop collecting DVDs now or sell them right away. - I just rent and probably ripp it - I gonna transfer my DVDs to Blu-Ray - I just download BRDRs or BRDR-rips elsewhere - Forget it! - Nah, Blu-Ray has "blue screen of death" coz they will be using Microsoft's codec. - Nah, Ricoh/Panasonic has 1 terrabyte opitcal disc by the year 2010 - My loveones told me that I better stop this ever-changing hobby. - tgpo wrote a guide about BRD to DVDR/DIVX/XVID/(S)VCD and vice versa :D ...coz a lot of newbies are asking in www.brdrhelp.com | ||||||
| ricky1756 posted 2004 Apr 02 06:53 | ||||||
| who's the hottest
1. Halle Berry 2. Heather Graham 3. Nicole Kidman 4. Catherine Zeta Jones And for you with alternative lifestyles 5. Brad Pitt 6. Tom Cruise | ||||||
| eats**t&die posted 2004 Apr 21 05:30 | ||||||
| "Do you use your computer (surfing, gaming, encoding etc etc..) during DVD burning."
It's a pretty simple poll but I'd be interested to see the results. | ||||||
| b1tchm4gn3t posted 2004 Apr 26 21:20 | ||||||
| 1. Get you own damn avatar
2. Take someone elses avatar It has come to my attention that when I replied to a post I told someone to change their avatar because I knew they had taken mine, the reason I knew is because of the font I used to make it. I would just LOVE to know if people think its ok to 'USE' someone elses or should they GET THEIR OWN! Thank you. | ||||||
| TheFamilyMan posted 2004 May 13 11:04 | ||||||
| Let's get real here and face the music -
Total retail value of the cracked software that I use on my computer: 1. $0 2. < $100 3. < $250 4. < $500 5. < $1000 6. < $2500 7. > $2500 This would be the most interesting poll ever, and it would probably shut this site down! I don't use cracked software; though I have disks of it from friends, I cannot morally justify using it since I make my living by writing it. | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2004 May 13 12:57 | ||||||
I think this would be interesting too. How many people have used sharware software withoug contributing? Not that I am on my high horse looking down on anybody. But I think if we got some honest answers it would be interesting results. Darryl | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2004 May 13 13:00 | ||||||
| My mobo's chipset is:
1) VIA 2) SIS 3) Intel 4) TGPO 5) etc.. Darryl | ||||||
| Sefy posted 2004 May 13 19:07 | ||||||
| @jeex, i'm Immuned to what ? :shock: | ||||||
| jeex posted 2004 May 14 01:32 | ||||||
| being voted on as the least liked moderator | ||||||
| Sefy posted 2004 May 14 10:22 | ||||||
| I Somewhat doubt it :roll: | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2004 Jun 06 00:18 | ||||||
| could any mod set this simple poll:
What do you prefer: -Coke -Pepsi -I dont touch it (send them all to tgpo) thx | ||||||
| offline posted 2004 Jun 06 00:38 | ||||||
| DereX888, you forgot the bribe to tgpo :D
Seriously you can do one yourself. It's easy | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2004 Jun 06 01:38 | ||||||
| Believe it or not - I never made up any poll before :oops:
It was really easy, thx! :D | ||||||
| NightWing posted 2004 Jun 06 02:53 | ||||||
| Ok wanted to do this last december but had to travel on short notist and could not suggest as a year end pole.
In 2003 what was the greatest advance. 1) Transcoding softwares instead of full reincoding a disk. 2) Cheep DVD drives that do +- R. 3) Cheep DVD media. 4) Fare to decent DVD authoring. 5) Tgpo superior to all of the above. 6) None of the above. | ||||||
| tweedledee posted 2004 Jun 06 03:15 | ||||||
| How about.........Who is the most famous person you've ever had a conversation with? | ||||||
| chas0039 posted 2004 Jun 11 18:56 | ||||||
| I would like to see a poll on how low people think prices will drop on DVD discs. | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2004 Jun 13 11:14 | ||||||
| Does anybody make S/VCD's any more? If so, what program do they prefer for authoring.
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=946034#946034 | ||||||
| Donny661 posted 2004 Jun 14 18:03 | ||||||
| How about:
Which Site layout do you prefer? Classic VideoHelp Blue Red Green Brown Custom Jigga what? Never heard of a "Site layout" Whatever tgpo tells me to like | ||||||
| qlizard posted 2004 Jun 30 16:01 | ||||||
| Maybe this has been done before, but...
How many people on this forum have you actually met (to your knowledge)? 1) 0 2) 1-5 3) 6-20 4) 20-50 5) 50-100 6) 100+ | ||||||
| stiltman posted 2004 Jul 14 18:04 | ||||||
| Hey tgpo, I think we need this poll now.
At what speed do you usually burn your DVD at Mostly 1x Mostly 2x Mostly 4x Mostly 6x Mostly 8x Mostly DL 2x Mostly 2x on 1x media Mostly 4x on 2x media Mostly 6x on 4x media Mostly 8x on 4x media | ||||||
| Hardcoreruss posted 2004 Jul 24 17:13 | ||||||
| How many mp3's do you have on your pod/mp3 player/pc
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Insert comical tgpo option here. | ||||||
| petar posted 2004 Jul 29 05:48 | ||||||
| Who's the best Jedi
1. Luke 2. Obi-Wan Kenobi 3. Anakin/Darth Vader 4. Qui-Gon Jinn 5. Yoda 6. Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus 7. Mace Windu 8. Darth Sidious 9. Darth Maul (OK, last two not really Jedis but had the skills) 10. Darth Tgpo and his evil droid C3gpo | ||||||
| Sifaga posted 2004 Oct 20 21:44 | ||||||
| Do you own a mobile phone
Never owned one previously owned one but not now Yes i have one Yes i have more than one | ||||||
| NightWing posted 2004 Nov 26 11:11 | ||||||
| How about some xmas based ones.
1) DVD set top recorder. Burns everthing even donuts. 2) Unlimited TIVO subscription. 3) 40+ inch flat screen. 4) Dolby/DTS full audio system. 5) 100 4x DVD DL. { And no coaster! } 6) Double Layer burnner that works. 7) 1000 HDTV channels with no dups. 8) Just duplicate everthing Tgpo got and ship it here! Or Did you fight the lines. 1) Yes and got what I wanted. 2) Yes but did not get what I wanted. 3) Are you crazy! No way would I go out! 4) Went to Tgpo Electronics. But even he had a long line! | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2004 Nov 27 01:30 | ||||||
| Simple poll idea with not-so-simple question:
how often do you masturbate and why :D (sorry, Baldrick :D I couldnt resist :D)[/b] | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2004 Dec 01 11:30 | ||||||
| Hello,
How about: WOULD A SUBTITLE FORUM BE A GOOD IDEA? Kevin | ||||||
| offline posted 2004 Dec 01 12:25 | ||||||
| Subtitles on.
(Turns to Yoda) Very Funny :D Subtitles off end music | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2004 Dec 01 12:27 | ||||||
:evil: You knew what I meant.... :D :D :D Kevin | ||||||
| offline posted 2004 Dec 01 12:31 | ||||||
| Sorry? I'm hearing impaired :) | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2004 Dec 01 12:32 | ||||||
{shakes head in frustration} Kevin :D :D :D | ||||||
| macleod posted 2005 Jan 15 23:44 | ||||||
| A poll for users you continually check the link for reporting members just to see who screwed up and how bad? | ||||||
| macleod posted 2005 Jan 19 23:13 | ||||||
| are you employed?
Yes No TGPO's love Ho | ||||||
| doppletwo posted 2005 Jan 19 23:19 | ||||||
| I like the employment one but maybe with more anwsers.
I seem to see some people seem to be here 24 hrs a day. Oh wait... I guess it takes one to know one. | ||||||
| TheFamilyMan posted 2005 Jan 28 13:55 | ||||||
| Here's a poll that would be interesting.
How often do you backup movies that you have rented or borrowed? 1. NEVER and NEVER WILL! 2. Who...Me? You must be kidding, that is against the law. 3. Well, only titles that I know are out of print (so it's OK) 4. I don't give a damn; if it's a movie I want to see again some time, why not? 5. Constantly: My collection is not complete unless it includes every title that was released; it's a complusive addiction and I cannot help my self. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Oh well, maybe this isn't a very good poll idea after all..... | ||||||
| tenders posted 2005 Mar 25 22:04 | ||||||
| what do you like to eat?
chicken pork beef fish vegetarian other? | ||||||
| Noahtuck posted 2005 Mar 25 22:21 | ||||||
All of the above..... espc. "other"  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: | ||||||
| johns0 posted 2005 Mar 30 04:15 | ||||||
| What kind of pet do you have?
1.A cat 2.A dog 3.A bird 4.A reptile(alligator etc...) 5.A rodent(beaver etc...) 6.A TGPET-O(a furry little creature that pees all over the house) 7.No pets,not allowed where i live. 8.No pets since i last had a TGPET-O and had to get rid of it(BLAM!) 9.No pets,i hate them. I have a cat that stays out all night and comes into pee!! | ||||||
| GKar posted 2005 Apr 06 18:35 | ||||||
| How about posting a poll about which was the worst poll posted? | ||||||
| offline posted 2005 Apr 09 08:48 | ||||||
| Just to let everyone know, TGPO is no longer the poll boy and will henceforth be called .. er.. um, peg boy?? | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2005 Apr 09 08:59 | ||||||
Other alternatives accepted are: Pool Boy Plantation Boy Pat-o Boy Plant Boy Purple Boy Power Boy Pear Boy Plan Boy and Jim | ||||||
| Craig Tucker posted 2005 Apr 09 15:14 | ||||||
| This looks like a poll :lol: | ||||||
| Sabro posted 2005 Apr 09 17:24 | ||||||
| How Many Times Have You Asked A Question That's Already Been Answered Without Searching First.
1-5 6-9 10-200 Every Tuesday Only Cause TGPO Keeps Locking My Threads and Sends Me Dirty PMs Sabro Gaining more foes then friends with each passing moment heh ;) | ||||||
| Faustus posted 2005 Apr 09 17:25 | ||||||
| Maybe its time for a desktop rez poll. I'm sure we have had one in the past but ... things change. | ||||||
| ebenton posted 2005 Apr 09 19:14 | ||||||
| What's your favorite fish? | ||||||
| Cobra posted 2005 Apr 09 19:16 | ||||||
| To eat, or to keep?
To eat would be sea trout for me. To keep would be corydoras. | ||||||
| offline posted 2005 Apr 10 19:37 | ||||||
| Corydoras lightly grilled.. hmmm | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2005 Apr 11 22:21 | ||||||
| Do you shave your balls?
1 yes 2 no 3 not applicable (im a woman, or im ballless) | ||||||
| rhegedus posted 2005 Apr 13 01:37 | ||||||
Hoe about Pole Boy? :wink: | ||||||
| waheed posted 2005 Apr 18 04:11 | ||||||
| What type of speakers do you have on your PC?
Standard 2 Speakers 2.1 4.1 5.1 6.1 7.1 Waheed. | ||||||
| tenders posted 2005 Apr 21 22:16 | ||||||
| whats your obsession?
games movies tv sex vcd/dvd/svcd help.com or polls:) etc. hey i gotta make a post once in a while...else i might get deleted:( | ||||||
| rhegedus posted 2005 Apr 22 11:44 | ||||||
Hey, long time, no see :wink: | ||||||
| tenders posted 2005 Apr 27 14:44 | ||||||
yeah i know :( wish i could be here more, but alot going on,and on,and on,and on.....etc. | ||||||
| TheFamilyMan posted 2005 Apr 27 16:18 | ||||||
| Has a poll like this ever been done?
What hardware do you use most often for capturing analog video: 1. VIVO/AIW graphics card 2. dedicated capture card 3. dedicated capture device (canopus, etc.) 4. camcorder pass through 5. standalone DVD recorder 6. other 7. I don't bother with analog video any more | ||||||
| Baldrick posted 2005 Apr 30 04:03 | ||||||
| thefamilyman: nope, so I added it. Thanks! | ||||||
| TheFamilyMan posted 2005 May 23 15:18 | ||||||
| How big is the screen which you watch movies on at home:
1. 21" or less 2. 27" or less 3. 32" or less 4. 42" or less 5. 50" or less 5. 60" or less 6. more than 60" 7. I don't watch movies at home Sorry about the English units...I don't know how they rate screen sizes in metric...Also, the gammar is bad but it's understandable | ||||||
| EddyH posted 2005 May 29 12:10 | ||||||
| what mp3 player do you have/mainly use....
None Desktop PC DVD set-top box compatible hi-fi mp3-cd walkman small USB flash (128 or less) midrange USB flash (256-512) large USB flash (1gb or more) *** (these three could be condensed) small hard drive based player (1.5gb to 5gb) large hard drive based player (6gb to 20gb) very large HD player (30gb+) *** (these three also) portable video type device *** (could be deleted) laptop PC handheld PC or palmpilot new-style minidisc *** (deletable) a hyusabashi TGMP3O several of the above (on a REGULAR basis) other ............ what other techie or creative hobbies do you have besides messing around with videos none breaking down and rebuilding motor vehicles* other mechanical "fun" playing actual music in an acutal band making actual movies high end photography painting and/or sculpture web design other computer work embroidery or other needle/fabric work volunteer work and/or public amenity restoration painting murals on the walls of TGPOs mental asylum several of the above other * doing this myself right now. hence fun in quotes on the next line too many options for all i know but i leave it to the mercy of the mods | ||||||
| dphirschler posted 2005 Jun 09 14:09 | ||||||
| Why do you copy DVDs?
1. Skip commercials and warnings 2. Rent and rip (save money) 3. preserve original (safe from kids) 4. make copies for friends 5. research/study 6. because I can Darryl | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2005 Jun 27 16:27 | ||||||
| Hi,
How about: Which next gen dvd should win the battle? BLU-RAY or HD-DVD Kevin | ||||||
| Sifaga posted 2005 Jul 11 23:27 | ||||||
| What does it mean when you indicate right?
I will be moving to the right at the next convient opportunity. Watch out i am moving right now. I have already changed lanes and its a token signal. I havnt turned my blinker off since my last lane change. These window wipers dont work on this car. its safe to overtake me now. | ||||||
| HARRYSPADGE posted 2005 Jul 16 12:30 | ||||||
| How about a Poll on how hacked off you get when you give Forum users advice and they never respond to the advice given, not a 'Thank You' or 'No that didn't work' or 'Yeah great that did the trick' etc,etc.
I've noticed that since I've been using this forum and giving advice that there are many users who take no notice of the advice you give them, they give no response at all then go and start a new thread along similar lines of the topic you have just tried to help them with. So you just think, 'Hey why do I waste my time giving you advice if you can't be bothered to take notice of the response you get' What do you think, and if this it a bit out of line them I apologise, just having a small rant. :) :) | ||||||
| ebenton posted 2005 Jul 16 12:50 | ||||||
| Do you own an HDTV?
No Yes, with built-in tuner Yes, monitor only | ||||||
| zworg2 posted 2005 Jul 16 13:17 | ||||||
Only tooo true!>.... number of times.......i ahve seen the such.... | ||||||
| waheed posted 2005 Jul 18 19:06 | ||||||
| Would you buy your DVD/VHS collection again on HD DVD/Blu Ray?
Yes No Not Sure Who cares about HD Depends on Price I don't own a HD television Only the collectables (LOTR Trilogy, Star Wars etc...) | ||||||
| RDS1955 posted 2005 Jul 31 21:15 | ||||||
| My Idea for a new poll would be:
How many times have you asked for assistance on a particular issue without 1st doing a search for it through all the guides here at Videohelp.com? :shock: :shock: PARANOID?!?!? WHO'S PARANOID?!? :shock: :shock: | ||||||
| BoilerUp posted 2005 Oct 16 21:20 | ||||||
| How cheap will DVD+R DL media have to become before you'll stop shrinking your backups (from dual layer to single layer)?
1) 50-cents apiece or less 2) $1 apiece or less 3) $2 apiece or less 4) $3 apiece or less 5) I already don't shrink my backups 6) let me buy a double layer burner first, then I'll decide You can also specify, for example, that Verbatim double layer discs are the ones that will have to drop to that price. | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2005 Oct 18 01:09 | ||||||
| by the time they drop to less than a $1 apiece, we will be "shrinking" HD-DVDs to fit on a DL DVD-Rs, and waiting for recordable HD-DVDR to drop down with price hehe ;) | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2005 Oct 21 19:29 | ||||||
| New poll idea:
What got you started in digital video? 1. backing up your own dvds. 2. vcds (the early stuff) 3. the "coolness" factor 4. for work | ||||||
| MackemX posted 2005 Nov 29 10:50 | ||||||
| something similar to this?
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=285770 | ||||||
| davideck posted 2005 Nov 29 11:45 | ||||||
I think a "rate yourself" poll based on this would be fun!
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| lantern posted 2005 Dec 04 09:06 | ||||||
| How about a poll for favorite mpeg2 encoder?
AutoQMatEnc bbMpeg Tmpgenc CCE Basic Mainconcept Procoder HC QuEnc FreeEnc Other | ||||||
| da_place_69 posted 2005 Dec 28 06:57 | ||||||
| Heres a good one
What next generation dvd will you support 1. HD DVD 2. Blu-ray 4. I don't know 3. I'll never say good bye to the current DVD | ||||||
| tlegion posted 2005 Dec 28 10:35 | ||||||
| How do you pay for online purchases?
-Regular MC/Visa/Amex/Disc credit card -MC/Visa debit/check card -MC/Visa/Amex prepaid card (including ecards, gift cards) -Temp card number generated online by issuer -Paypal (or other service) -Check Online -Bank Transfer -Check/MO in postal mail -COD -PO / credit acct -Send Bill to TGPO | ||||||
| tlegion posted 2005 Dec 28 10:39 | ||||||
| For those without jobs:
How do you pay for your online purchases? -Parent's credit card -Spouse's credit card -Employer's credit card -Friend's credit card -Stolen credit card -IOU -Bank of TGPO card | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2006 Jan 02 21:34 | ||||||
Don't leave home without it. | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2006 Jan 03 00:37 | ||||||
| For Christmas this year I got:
- Everything I wanted. - Some of the things I wanted. - None of the things I wanted. - Socks and underwear. - All the things I wanted because I bought them for myself. - An I-pod - A lump of coal. - A blow-up TGPO doll. - I don't do Christmas. | ||||||
| ZippyP. posted 2006 Jan 17 21:31 | ||||||
| Colorizing old movies:
- Love it. I can't watch anything in just B&W. - Hate it. They're butchering the classics. - Colorizing, what's that? - Everything looks better in TGPO-vision. | ||||||
| lnetzel posted 2006 Feb 10 04:57 | ||||||
| How about a more serious one...
What is Justice? 1. That everybody get an equal share of everything. 2. That everybody get what they need dpending on their needs? 3. I'm a bystander and have no opinion. | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2006 Feb 10 18:43 | ||||||
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| DereX888 posted 2006 Feb 14 00:11 | ||||||
1 = socialism with possible hint of political correctness 2 = 100% pure communism 3 = typical average brainless members of the society whats there to poll? none has nothing to do with "justice"... BTW: you'll get 70% for #3, ~20% for #1 and ~10% votes for #2, no need for such poll :D Welcome to the majority, DereX888. You are aware of the no politics rule. This is a friendly warning. /Moderator Offline :lol: [/color] oh yeah, i know its politics :D as someone said: to buy a loaf of bread is politics... ;) its good to be among majority for once :P :P :P edit2: i knew this poll wouldn't pass just for that reason, but i still found it ridiculus to ask questions with such obvious answers, i had to reply ;) thats why i post reply here, far away from anyone's interest (except for those nosy mods like that guy who claims to be Offline :P ) | ||||||
| daamon posted 2006 Feb 24 21:51 | ||||||
| Here's a couple:
What do you do to waste time at work? 1. I don't 2. Surf the net 3. Read personal emails 4. Call friends / family 5. Play games (Minesweeper, Solitaire, Snake etc.) 6. Walk around with a piece of paper looking important 7. Attend meetings 8. Other. What? Or (this one might have been done already)... Which is the best Star Wars movie? Options 1 to 6: List Star Wars Episodes 1 - 6 7. None of them 8. All of them | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2006 Feb 25 02:55 | ||||||
| i like the star wars poll :thumbup: | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2006 Feb 25 07:49 | ||||||
Yeah I'm pretty sure a variation of that has been done already. I know there was one about the prequels. And I'm sure there was an original trilogy poll too. | ||||||
| Nelson37 posted 2006 Feb 25 10:55 | ||||||
| Not sure if this could be done, but how about some compound questions?
For Instance : 1/2 D1 looks good and my TV size is 19, 27, 32, 40, 46, larger, and 1/2 D1 looks bad and my TV size is 19, 27, 32, 40, 46, larger Or Real-time encodes look good and my source is VHS, Sat, analog cable, digital cable, and Real-time encodes look bad and my source is VHS, Sat, analog cable, digital cable Or I like Xvid and usually encode Action, comedy, documentary, sports and Xvid sucks and usually encode Action, comedy, documentary, sports. Often the individual's answer to a poll question is strongly affected by another factor not mentioned in the poll, this tends to skew the results. I think such questions would yield some more valuable information, such as 1/2 D1 seems fine until you get over 32" TV, Real-time encode is fine for quality source, Xvid doesn't do sports well, etc. These are examples only. | ||||||
| cyflyer posted 2006 Mar 05 04:06 | ||||||
| D'you think things are BETTER simply because they are newer ?
Are dvdr's better just because they gotten to higher speeds ? Are dvd writers better quality simply because they are later editions ? Are movies better just because they are new ? Or, are things/quality getting worse because they are being made cheaper and tackier for more profit ? | ||||||
| slimpickins posted 2006 Mar 17 13:35 | ||||||
| here's a good poll
forget space/money/time restricitons, think free a) 50" hdtv with just tv b) 28" crt tv with 1000 dvd library which option best suits u | ||||||
| Cornucopia posted 2006 Mar 17 16:09 | ||||||
| #1 in one room, and #2 in another.
...well, you said it was free! (prob. #2) Scott | ||||||
| slimpickins posted 2006 Mar 18 03:36 | ||||||
| lol, just cos it was free it doesnt mean u get both
here's a good one but u have to read betrween the lines would u still like making a large collection if dvd-r's didnt exist, yes no | ||||||
| Cornucopia posted 2006 Mar 19 19:40 | ||||||
| Probably, but not nearly as much.
Scott | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2006 Mar 23 09:16 | ||||||
| I'd use dvd-rams then ;)
Heres my suggestion for poll (its been long since i saw any browser poll): What web browser do you currently use the most Internet Explorer 5.5 or older Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer Firefox 1.4 or older Firefox 1.5 or newer Opera 7 or older Opera 8 or newer Netscape 7 or older Netscape 8 or newer Mozilla 1.6 or older Mozilla 1.7 or newer K-Meleon 0.8 or older K-Meleon 0.9 or newer Other | ||||||
| tgpo posted 2006 Mar 23 10:06 | ||||||
Where's Safari?? :P | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2006 Mar 23 10:34 | ||||||
Sorry, I really had no clue they port it to windoze already :o ... but if they didn't, i can tell you already: Safari users consist of 3% to 4% of all users (same as MAC users percentage :P ) edit: however this reminds of important option that i have left out: instead of "Other" it should be "TGPO browser" :D :D :D | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2006 Apr 03 18:37 | ||||||
| How about:
What is your preferred surround sound? Dolby Surround (original mono version) Dolby Pro Logic Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1 EX DTS 5.1 DTS 6.1 OTHER STEREO Is still KING. | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2006 Apr 07 05:26 | ||||||
| you missed 7.1:!:
and mono (but i doubt this would get anybody's preferrence) | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2006 Apr 08 09:55 | ||||||
| How about:
DO YOU FRAMESERVE? YES - virtualdub/tmpgenc Yes - virtualdub/ other mpeg encoder NO - I have a divx/xvid dvd player and don't need to frameserve NO - I don't work with avi much so there's no need WHAT THE HELL IS FRAMESERVING???? | ||||||
| SingSing posted 2006 Apr 22 15:09 | ||||||
| Can I request a poll for the user satisfaction among different high speed internet ? DSL vs Cable vs Starbuck ....
You can indeed... but where is it????? Mod. | ||||||
| NormaJ posted 2006 Apr 26 11:36 | ||||||
| I was thinking of something like "how much time do you dedicate weekly to computer maintenance? i.e. running specific anti-vir, anti-adware, scanning disk, cleaning registry. How often do you defrag and format? | ||||||
| waheed posted 2006 Apr 28 09:39 | ||||||
| Do you own a GPS unit?
Yes No Thinking of getting one Dont need one Whats a GPS I have TGPO to guide me | ||||||
| TheFamilyMan posted 2006 Apr 28 15:11 | ||||||
| What do you use to timeshift TV broadcasts?
1. VCR 2. DVD recorder 3. Commericial PVR (Tivo, etc.) 4. Home brew PVR (Media center PC, etc.) 5. Some other sort of contraption 6. Friends, relatives or neighbors 7. I don't bother with timeshifting 8. What is timeshifting? | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2006 Jul 09 13:24 | ||||||
| How about:
Do electronic manufacturers make power cords long enough? Yes or No ???? | ||||||
| TheFamilyMan posted 2006 Jul 17 10:51 | ||||||
| Yet another boring poll idea:
How may DVDR's do you burn in a month? 1. 1 to 5 2. 6 to 20 3. 21 to 50 4. 51 to 100 5. 100+ 6. I only do CD-Rs 7. I don't bother with burning any sort of disk | ||||||
| offline posted 2006 Jul 17 12:32 | ||||||
| Keep 'em coming. We are low on ideas ATM :) | ||||||
| fritzi93 posted 2006 Jul 17 16:57 | ||||||
| Favorite DVD Backup Method:
1) AnyDVD 2) cladDVD 3) DVD43 4) DVDDecrypter 5) DVDFabDecrypter 6) DVD Region-Free/DVDIdle 7) DVDShrink 8) PgcEdit/PSL2 Plugin 9) RipIt4Me 10) Shrinkto5 11) SmartRipper 12) TGPO Option [EDIT] Instead of an 8, it keeps coming up as a "cool" emoticon. I can't seem to change it. :huh: There is a "Disable Smilies in this post" checkbox under the white text box, when you click on the post reply button. There is also an "Options" link on the left side to set this on for every post you make. / Offline | ||||||
| daamon posted 2006 Jul 17 17:37 | ||||||
| Toilet roll:
1) Paper MUST hang nearest the wall. 2) Paper MUST hang away from the wall. 3) I don't care. 4) I use leaves. 5) I don't know - tgpo does it for me. Feel free to add any others that come to mind... | ||||||
| SingSing posted 2006 Sep 08 09:05 | ||||||
| What is the main usage of your DVD recorder ?
1. Convert Hi-/8mm/VHS/C home video to DVD. 2. Convert miniDV home video to DVD. 3. Convert LD/VHS movies to DVD. 4. Record video from HD to DVD. 5. Record cable/on air programming. 6. All the above. 7. Making looping Star Wars movies for Yoda313. | ||||||
| G)-(OST posted 2006 Sep 08 10:00 | ||||||
| When your not on the computer, what do you do?
-sleep -work -clean -ring a friend -pub -watch tv -what do you mean when i'm not on the computer? I never leave the computer! -have withdrawal symptoms, thinking about the computer -other | ||||||
| cyflyer posted 2006 Sep 26 20:38 | ||||||
| What thoughts on digital photography vs traditional film ?
Have gone digital, film is dead Still happy with traditional film, quality is still better Digital photography still not perfected Digital cameras too expensive Changed to digital cos cannot find film any more Not enough info on future trend/film availability and processing to make a decision Camera manufacturers are messing us about | ||||||
| daamon posted 2006 Oct 04 04:02 | ||||||
| Are modern means of communication (email, text / SMS, online chat, forums etc.) destroying written and spoken language?
* Yes - Our future generations are in danger of becoming illiterate * No - It's a natural evolution * No - Itz gr8 2 c * No opinion / don't care | ||||||
| JohnnyMalaria posted 2006 Oct 19 13:40 | ||||||
| Does your standalone DVD recorder have Firewire/DV input and, if so, does it work with a connection to a computer (PC/Mac/Other)?
* My standalone DVD recorder does not have Firewire/DV input * It has Firewire/DV input and it does NOT work with a connection to a computer (please specify) * It has Firewire/DV input and it does work with a connection to a computer (please specify) * It has Firewire/DV input but I have never tried it with a connection to a computer | ||||||
| Marco33 posted 2006 Nov 01 21:00 | ||||||
| Poll:
If there was one HD (BR) DVD instead of 2 seperate formats. 1: I would already own it. 2: Still be waiting 3: Don't care | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2006 Nov 06 17:31 | ||||||
| Poll:
When in your opinion will Windows operating system be completely gone from mainstream home computing and replaced with something else? 1. Soon, Vista is its last version 2. Between 2010-2015 (after last Vista SP10) 3. Maybe between 2015-2020 (there will be yet another past-Vista Windows OS) 4. Eventually, but only way past Gates' death (2020+) 5. Never (Microsoft will take over everything eventually) 6. TGPO will take over Microsoft and create WinUnix for masses ;) | ||||||
| TooLFooL posted 2006 Dec 26 04:47 | ||||||
| Do you:
Use installation disks/wizards? or.. Manually set-up? | ||||||
| GKar posted 2007 Jan 08 20:36 | ||||||
| Of the top ten most responded to posted topics, which one one was most helpful or interesting to you? | ||||||
| ntscuser posted 2007 Jan 16 12:23 | ||||||
| This question was recently posted in uk.media.dvd by someone else and I think it deserves a wider audience:
"If there was only one HD disc format, would you buy a HD disc player right now?" What I want to do is dispel the myth that competing formats are the only reason why people are not buying HD disc players. | ||||||
| gadgetguy posted 2007 Jan 16 12:38 | ||||||
This is an EXCELLENT suggestion! | ||||||
| TheFamilyMan posted 2007 Feb 21 15:08 | ||||||
| How many movies and TV shows do you have in your collection:
1. none 2. 1 - 50 3. 51 - 100 4. 101 - 200 5. 201 - 500 6. 501 - 1000 7. 1000+ I'm in the 51 - 100 range, though I've yet to actually count them all. At least 2/3 of them are movies/TV shows for my kids. | ||||||
| ntscuser posted 2007 Apr 08 08:55 | ||||||
| A neighboring property caught fire recently and for one fleeting moment I was forced to think about this. If your home was on fire, what is the first piece of equipment you would save?
1) The PC 2) That expensive new plasma/LCD screen 3) HD/BD/DVD player/recorder 4) A-V receiver 5) Other In my case it was the PC as it has months of work stored on it. Everything else is replaceable. Don't spend too long thinking about this as in real life you wouldn't have the opportunity. | ||||||
| SingSing posted 2007 Apr 09 07:55 | ||||||
0. Jewelry and Personnel document. | ||||||
| MOVIEGEEK posted 2007 Apr 14 23:42 | ||||||
| Here's a good one:
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=327387&start=0& ... highlight= | ||||||
| Alan69 posted 2007 May 10 02:14 | ||||||
| Everyone buys and watches their favorite movies a time or two, the best ones even more. But for those who have bought some TV series, how many can actually justify the purchase?
1. I'm a Trekkie. I own every DVD and watch them over and over, and still watch 6 hours of Trek a day on Spike too! 2. Easily, I've watched every episode of everything I own multiple times. 3. Watched everything exactly once. I should've just rented. 4. I own just about every series ever put on TV, but nothing ever sees the inside of a player. At least renting I would have spent less money to not watch them.. 5. I Netflix, never bought anything in my life.. 6. What's a TV? I'm curious on exactly that, how many people who've bought TV series on DVD can actually justify the purchase. Even once for no commercials and in order isn't too terrible, but renting is a lot less for watching once, so it's not that great of a purchase either. Something similar may have been asked before though, I only did a cursory search Alan | ||||||
| SingSing posted 2007 Jul 09 17:26 | ||||||
| Hey, what about polling the greatest technology flop like this one :
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticl ... geNumber=1 | ||||||
| SingSing posted 2007 Jul 31 07:44 | ||||||
| Buying tech equipment and toys are no longer always a fun expereince. A lot of new technologies never really work - happened - supported. Electronics widgets break early. and often and won't work with each others are become very common. So there re people who refuse to buy a certain brand because of past expereince. It will be an eye-opener to see which brands are the worse among the worse!
Poll likes : I will never buy from : GE/RCA [ ] Fuji [ ] Sony [ ] Epson [ ] Panasonic [ ] Microsoft [ ] Dell [ ] CVS store brand [ ] | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2007 Aug 06 01:21 | ||||||
| Do you use high-definition players and buy HD movies on discs?
1 yes, I use HD-DVD 2 yes, I use BD (BluRay Disc) 3 yes, I have & use both HD-DVD & BD 4 yes, I use WMV-HD only because me & TGPO love Microsoft and our DRM-infected computers 5 no, I use standard DVD-Video and that is what I like & prefer 6 no, I use standard DVD-Video, but only because HD-DVD & BD are too expensive, or because I'm waiting until there is one universal high-def disc format | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2007 Aug 06 18:24 | ||||||
I think I'll start one up again as we approach the holiday shopping season come late November.. | ||||||
| ntscuser posted 2007 Aug 30 14:11 | ||||||
| How often do you delete unused files from your hard drive?
1. As soon as I've done with them 2. Once a week 3. Once a month 4. When there's no longer any space left on the hard drive 5. Why has my hard drive suddenly stopped working? | ||||||
| Heywould3 posted 2007 Sep 12 13:43 | ||||||
| ever cheat on online test? ie google if unsure? who would know lol. | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2007 Sep 16 12:09 | ||||||
| How much do you work?
(work = doing something you are getting paid for) 0 I dont work full-time (I'm retired, student, unemployed, work part-time etc) 1 I work 35-40hrs a week 2 I work 41-49hrs a week 3 I work 50-60hrs a week 4 I work more than 60hrs a week ( :shock: ) 5 I work whenever I want (I don't really need to work, I'm wealthy or rich) 6 I am tgpo! WTF "getting paid" means? :confused: this ought to be interesting ;) | ||||||
| ntscuser posted 2007 Nov 14 09:24 | ||||||
| Probably been done before but when making backups do you include:
a) Movie only, everything else stripped b) Movie + menu c) Movie + menu + any interesting extras d) Everything, including forced previews and copyright warning screens. | ||||||
| daamon posted 2007 Nov 14 23:29 | ||||||
| Who's the best guitarist?
* Brian May (from Queen) * Mark Knopfler (from Dire Straits) * Prince * Jimi Hendrix * "The Edge" (from U2) * "Slash" (from Guns 'n' Roses) * Joe Satriani * Karen Carpenter (from The Carpenters) | ||||||
| gadgetguy posted 2007 Dec 16 13:37 | ||||||
| How much do you care about VH poll results?
*A lot. If I voted in a minority I flog myself for hours. *Somewhat. If I voted in a minority I reevaluate my position, but don't necessarily change my mind. *A little. Polls are fun and it's interesting to see how different people vote. But it has no effect on my position. *Not at all. Polls are a stupid waste of time. *Only if there's a TGPO or Yoda option. | ||||||
| SingSing posted 2008 Feb 20 14:07 | ||||||
| Which video upgrade is you next immediate purchase :
Regular TV to large screen TV ....[ ] Tube TV to Flat widescreen TV....[ ] DVD player to BluRay Player .... [ ] Modem/DSL internet access to Broadband .... [ ] MiniDV camcorder to HDV camcorder ....[ ] One ply to two ply ....[ ] | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2008 Feb 21 21:05 | ||||||
| RSS feeds...
YES, I love it and use regularly! YES, I have few subscribed, but I check them once in a while NO, I don't use them at this moment, but I might NO, I hate it as much as I hated Microsoft's Active Descktop and Channels WTF is RSS - is it some another TGPO's trashy euro talk? | ||||||
| SingSing posted 2008 Mar 07 08:31 | ||||||
| The BEST of the cult movies
Rocky picture horror show ... [ ] Blade runner ....................... [ ] The Ring ............................. [ ] One flew over the cookoo's nest ....[ ] Kill Bill .................[ ] Space ball ( Starring Yoda313 ) .... [ ] Note : Brown nosing will never get you anywhere! | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2008 Mar 18 05:21 | ||||||
| Do you vote in VH polls?
[ ] YES (obviously, since I just did in this stupid poll) [ ] NO (but I made exception this time just so Yoda knows) [ ] NO <--- should have 0 votes obviously ;) | ||||||
| Supreme2k posted 2008 Dec 22 01:02 | ||||||
| How about something to the effect of "Have you stopped using discs?" or "Have you gone all digital?"
1. audio only (mp3s, ogg, flac, etc.) 2. Video only (avi, mkv, etc.) 3. Everything's on my hard drive 4. I carry it all on my iPod/portable. 5. I've transferred everything to vinyl That is, if it hasn't been brought up before. I bring this up because I recently got the 5990, WD TV and a couple of portables, so my discs are just collecting dust these days. | ||||||
| DereX888 posted 2008 Dec 22 01:18 | ||||||
But #1 and #2 make no sense, Supreme2k... think of it - both are natively digital (CDs, DVDs, ...) your options differ only with lack of - or use of compression (or actually use of different compressions in case of video) They all are digital... (sans #5 ofcoz) so basically everyone "have gone digital" long time ago... | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2008 Dec 23 17:58 | ||||||
| @derex888 and supreme2k - I believe the correct way to phrase it would be:
HAVE YOU STOPPED USING PHYSICAL MEDIUM ALL TOGETHER? Allbeit you'd have harddrives or thumbdrives/media players replacing discs. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try to keep it in mind. | ||||||
| Xylob the Destroyer posted 2008 Dec 23 20:01 | ||||||
| Hotdogs! | ||||||
| Starkian posted 2008 Dec 23 22:04 | ||||||
| I don't know if it's been asked before but if not
Do you watch films in 1- FullScreen / Zoom - If you're afraid of black bars in general (for example zooming an 2.35:1 film on 16:9 HDTV) 2- Original Aspect Ratio - No matter the aspect ratio , respect it ! | ||||||
| Supreme2k posted 2008 Dec 23 23:22 | ||||||
You may note that I was emphasizing the "No discs" angle more, so they make perfect sense. You're getting bogged down in semantics, as I was suggesting possible titles for the poll. | ||||||
| Epicurus8a posted 2009 Jan 12 10:58 | ||||||
| As of Dec. 19, 2008, 7.8 million U.S. households (or 6.8% of the total TV households) were completely unprepared for the upcoming Digital TV transition, according to the Nielsen Company. Furthermore, approx 2 million people are on the converter box waiting list. Moreover, there is discussion about extending the transition deadline by a few weeks or even a few months. So.....
Should the US Digital TV deadline be extended beyond Feb. 17, 2009? 1. Yes, people need more time to prepare. 2. No, people have had plenty of time to prepare. If they aren't ready, it's their tough luck. 3. Digital TV should be dropped all together. 4. Who cares about TV anymore? There are better ways to get entertainment and news. 5. Other (Please explain) | ||||||
| gadgetguy posted 2009 Feb 10 07:21 | ||||||
| This thread went off topic into a debate on printable discs.
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic363730.html#1936529 Suggests a possible poll about printable media... Do you use printable media? 1. Yes - I think it makes my product look more professional. 2. Yes - I can't read my own handwriting without it. 3. Yes - I like to make my discs pretty. 4. No - Complete waste of money. Nobody looks at the disc anyway. 5. No - Sharpie all the way. 6. No - I don't need to make my discs look pretty. 7. Sometimes - It depends on who it's for. 8. Huh? - What's printable media? | ||||||
| Epicurus8a posted 2009 Feb 12 11:50 | ||||||
| Entertainment Centers can be quite complicated these days. With that in mind, do you use an after-market "Universal" Remote for your Entertainment Center?
1. Yes, exclusively. 2. Yes, for some things. 3. No, just the manufacturers remote(s). 4. I don't use or need an Entertainment Center / "Universal Remote." 5. Other. (Please explain.) Please share your experiences and thoughts on this subject. | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Feb 12 17:21 | ||||||
| @epicurus8a - I like it. I'll do that and give you credit. | ||||||
| bendixG15 posted 2009 Feb 20 13:54 | ||||||
| Who cuts your hair - Man? - Woman? - Anybody | ||||||
| Epicurus8a posted 2009 Mar 03 17:05 | ||||||
| Are you a nerd, a geek or a dork?
Take this test and find out. http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=9935030990046738815 | ||||||
| Number Six posted 2009 Mar 28 08:36 | ||||||
| Are You A Sports Fan?
1. Yes 2. No 3. I'd Rather Watch Stainless Steel Rust 4. I'd Rather Get A Tooth Removed Without Novocaine 5. All Of The Above, With The Exception Of #1 6. Is Fly Swatting A Sport? | ||||||
| Baldrick posted 2009 Apr 04 09:13 | ||||||
| Maybe a netbook poll, do you own netbook?
Yep No, my laptop is enough No A netbook? etc | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Apr 04 18:19 | ||||||
Do you mean one of those ultra mini portables they are starting to push? Something thats more than a smartphone but short of a full laptop? | ||||||
| Baldrick posted 2009 Apr 04 18:26 | ||||||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Apr 04 19:55 | ||||||
| @baldrick - ah thanks thats kinda what I was picturing. I'll keep it mind. | ||||||
| Number Six posted 2009 Apr 16 21:01 | ||||||
| What Kind of TV do You Have - Primary Set?
1. Plasma 2. CRT 3. LCD 4. I Don't Have a TV 5. CBS Mechanical Color Set 6. Other | ||||||
| Number Six posted 2009 Apr 21 14:29 | ||||||
| OK yoda - I'll try again, maybe I'll get it right this time :lol:
What is your primary form of communication? 1. Mail, eMail, Text 2. Cell Phone 3. 2-way Radio - Includes Nextel Type Push to Talk 4. Skype or Internet Phone 5. Land Line Phone 6. Smoke Signals When I BBQ 7. I Don't Communicate - I Live in Isolation 8. Other | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Apr 22 17:10 | ||||||
| @number six - no guarentees this time. However I'll keep it in mind.
I like to let a poll run close to a week to give it plenty of response time. | ||||||
| Number Six posted 2009 Apr 22 17:16 | ||||||
| I was not rushing the current poll, and you do not have to use the new suggestion - I was just throwing it out there :) | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Apr 22 17:20 | ||||||
| Thanks. Keep them coming :) | ||||||
| freebird73717 posted 2009 Apr 22 17:43 | ||||||
| What do you use your dvd's for primarily?
Personal Video Memories (birtdays, vactions, weddings, etc) Archiving TV Captures DVD Backup Data Backup Other | ||||||
| Ally68 posted 2009 Jun 06 10:36 | ||||||
| How about, 2009 Codec.
List containers - avi, mp4, mkv, ect. List codecs - H.264, DivX, XviD Something of that nature. | ||||||
| freebird73717 posted 2009 Jun 06 10:44 | ||||||
| Ally68 it's already been done.
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic368527.html | ||||||
| Ally68 posted 2009 Jun 06 11:37 | ||||||
| Oh, I didn't find in the Poll forum because it was in the Newbie forum. Maybe it should be moved :) | ||||||
| usually_quiet posted 2009 Jun 06 17:45 | ||||||
| I don't know if this has a broad enough appeal, but how about a poll on gardening?
Do you have a vegetable garden and grow some of your own food? 1. Yes. I have a big garden that feeds my household all year. 2. Yes. I have a small garden that I enjoy all summer long. 3. Yes. I grow a few tomatoes, peppers, etc. in pots on a deck/balcony. 4. No. I have a brown thumb or don't want all the extra work. 5. No. I don't have a place to grow anything. 6. No. I avoid eating vegetables whenever possible. 7. Other. | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Jun 06 17:50 | ||||||
Why not put it up in off topic? Then those who do want to respond won't get the same brush off as they would on the main page? | ||||||
| usually_quiet posted 2009 Jun 06 18:12 | ||||||
| Thanks for the feedback Yoda, but I was just trying to help you out with a poll idea. | ||||||
| G)-(OST posted 2009 Jun 06 18:30 | ||||||
| Do you smoke cigarettes? if so how many per day?
a. Maybe a hand full of cigarettes a year, I am a social smoker b. I only smoke when I drink c. between 1 & 10 cigarettes a day d. more than 10 but less than 25 (a packet) e. a packet a day f. 2 packets a day g. more than 2 packets a day, I am a chimney & a candidate for lung cancer h. eek! It's a disgusting habit, no way! i. other | ||||||
| gadgetguy posted 2009 Jun 06 20:47 | ||||||
How come there's never a simple "no" to these kinds of questions? | ||||||
| G)-(OST posted 2009 Jun 06 21:37 | ||||||
| OK
j. simple "NO" Just kidding! | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Jun 06 21:54 | ||||||
Where's the fun in that??? :D | ||||||
| Ally68 posted 2009 Jun 15 09:26 | ||||||
| 2009 Zip Choice
With choices: WinZip WinRAR 7zip Jzip & any other zip software I would like to see the results of this poll. | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Jun 15 17:56 | ||||||
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| Ally68 posted 2009 Jun 15 20:20 | ||||||
| Thanks, I hope to see it up soon. | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Jun 16 18:42 | ||||||
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| Ally68 posted 2009 Jun 21 09:02 | ||||||
| I'm ready for the poll :) | ||||||
| G)-(OST posted 2009 Jun 21 09:50 | ||||||
| I have noticed there are quite a few Looney Tunes fans here, so I think we need a poll on:
Who is your favorite Looney Tunes cartoon character? 1. Bugs Bunny 2. Daffy Duck 3. Porky Pig 4. Elmer Fudd 5. Sylvester 6. Tweety 7. Marvin the Martian 8. Taz 9. Wile E. Coyote 10. Road Runner 11. Foghorn Leghorn 12. Yosemite Sam 13. Pepé Le Pew 14. Speedy Gonzales 15. Other There are a lot more characters than that, but I think they are the main ones. I'll start by voting for Yosemite Sam "when I say whoa, I mean whoa"  | ||||||
| Supreme2k posted 2009 Jun 21 13:30 | ||||||
| Not really. There's only about 4 real fans, and the topic seems covered well enough in the Off Topic thread. | ||||||
| G)-(OST posted 2009 Jun 21 20:24 | ||||||
I'm sure we'd have to be scraping at the bottom of the barrel after nearly 10 years, there would have been many previous poll topics that have been covered many times over in different sections of the board but still became a poll. | ||||||
| Cornucopia posted 2009 Jun 28 12:17 | ||||||
| I put my vote in for Daffy (exp. the OLD daffy), then Elmer, Sam, Foghorn, Pepe, Tweety, Wile E., and on down. Usually, the older the better, because they were often nuttier then.
Scott | ||||||
| julitomg posted 2009 Jun 28 12:51 | ||||||
I agree!, how about Tex Avery´s Screwy Squirrel? that was really a crazy one and more than 50 years ago! :D | ||||||
| freebird73717 posted 2009 Jun 28 18:49 | ||||||
| I'd like to see a new how old are you poll. The last one was done way back in 2003.
http://forum.videohelp.com/topic137951.html | ||||||
| mrswla posted 2009 Jun 28 18:55 | ||||||
| so that would make everyone 6 yrs older. :wink: | ||||||
| freebird73717 posted 2009 Jun 28 19:51 | ||||||
| Yeah but some new people have showed up and some others have moved on. I think that plenty of people would respond. Nothing wrong with starting a new poll like that. | ||||||
| mrswla posted 2009 Jun 28 19:54 | ||||||
| I was just kidding freebird. That poll was a year before I joined, so I would definitely respond. :) | ||||||
| freebird73717 posted 2009 Jun 28 19:57 | ||||||
| I kind of figured you were :D | ||||||
| G)-(OST posted 2009 Jul 02 06:19 | ||||||
My answer would be, "Too friggin old" edit: Hmmm, very interesting, I just looked at the "how old are you poll" & realized if I had voted back then (I wasn't around then, some people happy bout that) & I voted again now, I would still be in the same category, 26-35, feels like time is standing still, LOL | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Jul 03 12:04 | ||||||
Done and done. With credit to you and Craig Tucker who posted the poll. I made a few additions to the poll but left the original ranges intact. | ||||||
| freebird73717 posted 2009 Jul 31 15:57 | ||||||
| How do you watch TV?
Cable Satellite Over the Air Free DTV Hulu I watch shows direct from the networks website Who needs TV? There's nothing good on anyway I only watch DVD/BluRay A combination of the Above Other | ||||||
| G)-(OST posted 2009 Jul 31 17:48 | ||||||
| Recently I have come across a situation where I needed to install some antivirus software, I never felt I needed any until I brought home a virus via a public computer, anyway an antivirus poll would be nice, it would be good to see what antivirus software our members use, & weather they are satisfied with free versions such as, Avast Home, Avira Free etc | ||||||
| freebird73717 posted 2009 Aug 17 14:19 | ||||||
| Do you donate to open source software?
Yes. The programmer(s) deserves to be rewarded for his/her effort at offering free software. 
No. If I donated then it wouldn't be free anymore. No. As much as I'd like to donate I can't because I'm broke. ;) Sometimes. If it is really great software then I donate at least a little bit of cash to the author. Other? I donate time, testing, etc.... | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Aug 23 11:33 | ||||||
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| yoda313 posted 2009 Nov 10 17:08 | ||||||
| How about this suggestion -
Do you use the bd live feature on bluray movies? | ||||||
| johns0 posted 2009 Nov 10 17:29 | ||||||
| How about what you use for home heating,i use electric oil heaters,would be interesting to see what other types of heating people are using. | ||||||
| fritzi93 posted 2009 Nov 10 19:06 | ||||||
I like that one. :thumbs_up: | ||||||
| freebird73717 posted 2009 Nov 10 19:09 | ||||||
| Me too! | ||||||
| yoda313 posted 2009 Nov 15 08:31 | ||||||
| always fun to revisit this topic:
Do you still play your physical audio cds? Or do you still have any? (ie do you only store them and play on an mp3 player or buy all downloads now) | ||||||
| Baldrick posted 2009 Nov 15 12:33 | ||||||
What options should I use? | ||||||
| freebird73717 posted 2009 Nov 15 12:38 | ||||||
| oil
electric natural gas / propane coal none - I'm cold damnit! body heat - Yeah baby! other | ||||||
| johns0 posted 2009 Nov 15 14:41 | ||||||
| Oil filled electric heaters
Electric baseboard heaters Fan forced electric heaters Oil furnace Gas/propane furnace Pellet stove Log fireplace I stay in bed with my good old electric blanket I live in my warm car Dont need heat,i'm an eskimo. I have 20 cats to keep me warm :shock: . Dont need heating,i live in a warm climate all year |
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