Hair-splitting commentaries on society, culture, and current events: Plasmatronic World Cup games shown in LD, Dobly

Hair-splitting commentaries on society, culture, and current events

Attempts to find the deep and profound in things light and straight-forward. Social commentary, cutural criticism, and philosophical observations and musings intended to complexify, connect, and rightly, or wrongly, amuse. Assembled with reckless abandon, and served up with pleasure. Menu choices and philosophical observations include: politics, current events, online communities, online trends, academic movements, theory, web and internet research, and literature.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Plasmatronic World Cup games shown in LD, Dobly

There's a line in This is Spinal Tap that audiophiles love to quote. It's when the band's spiritual distraction (I'm not going to say guru), St Hubbin's girlfriend, asks if the album's recorded in Dobly. Nigel takes the piss out on her for that; as we do when we quote the scene. I do it still when I'm shopping for music gear. Just to show my age I suppose. "Does this play dobly?" "Do you have it in Dobly?" "Was this recorded in Dobly?"
I've been seeing a lot of Dobly recently, and I'm getting a bit tired of it. Every single flatpanelplasmatronicdisplay I've seen world cup games on has looked Dobly. Dobly compressed, Dobly saturated, Dobly horizontally stretched. Circuit city recently reported strong sales in part on the popularity of these newfangled pixellated panels. I'm Dobly unimpressed. If these broadcasts are available in HD, why are we still getting them in LD?

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posted by adrian chan @ 9:18 AM

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Name: adrian chan

Location: san francisco, California, United States

I'm a social interaction designer, consulting to social media companies, and part-time social technology theorist. I'm fascinated by communication issues, and try to stay abreast of new technologies while maintaining a critical distance (helped by a passion for theory and philosophy). Of late I've been v interested in climate change and issues facing the planet's well being and future. I'm an audiophile and music nut, and play guitar for pleasure. Because I consult I spend a good deal of time in cafes. Where I will frequently become over-caffeinated.