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  1. My wife (late 30s) is not a big fan of Anime but there have been a handfull of shows we've watched together which she has enjoyed, including Please Teacher, Kurokami, and surprisingly Code Geass. She has NO interest in anything with the word Gundam in it (my maine interest <sigh>). Ghost in the Shell was a bust as well. I thought she would like Macross Frontier but there was just too much mecha and fighting I guess for her to get past the first episode. She likes all the Miyazaki movies of course but thats in a class by itself. I know thats not much to go on, but any suggestions of something to try would be much appricated. Conventional media she likes includes Twilight (who doesnt?), Hunger Games, Teen Wolf, Coronation Street and Downton Abby if that helps.
  2. I've never seen so much steam as I have in the two hours of Steamboy. LOL.
  3. For initiates to Anime, Code Geass is probably one of the best you could do. So well rounded, appeals to a broad spectrum (if he liked that Gundam 00 might be a shoe-in). From what you've said about him the GITS:SAC suggestion is good. Have you had him screen Akira?
  4. I'm sure I'll get flammed for saying so, but I still use WMP (with CCCP)...
  5. But why would you want to upsample a video at the file level in the first place? Unless you have software which is RADICALLY better at scaling compared to your GPU or TV (which is possible but on the fringe), then you are taking a huge step backwards. Granted, I say that but for myself I convert all vids to an mkv container, keeping the video and audio codecs (ie NO recoding), and play them on my Oppo BD-83 which has an EXQUISIT scaler built in.
  6. Couple issues with hooking up PCs to "TVs". Yes TVs are basically big monitors but its a little more complicated than that. First, you must make sure your GPU is outputing the correct resolution: your tv's native resolution, in your case 1920x1080. Although rare, some GPUs get bad EDID info from the TV and scale whatever you chose as a resolution to something else. Your TV should be able to verify what signal format is being sent. Check your TV to make sure it is not scaling. Even a tiny bit will throw everything off. Most TV's, even very expensive ones, default to "overscanning" just a bit where they crop the image slightly (resulting in say a 1900x1060 picture) which is then scaled. Look for a setting called "naitive", "1:1", "full pixel" or something like that. The other thing that can go wrong between PC and TV is signal format. TVs like to talk YCrCb (4:4:4, 4:4:2, 4:2:2 etc). PCs like to talk RGB. Either signal can be Video level or RGB level. A good TV should accept and correctly display anything but most trip up with certain combinations, some might not even display certain ones at all. If your GPU lets you chose try changing from RGB to 4:4:4, or vice versa.
  7. A friend of a friend lent me a VHS of Akira 20 years ago. The rest is history.
  8. I'm much the same. I dont get hung up one way or the other. I've watched Gundam 00 both ways multiple times. I will say that I do like dub when there is a lot of fast paced action or unusually detailed artwork as I can appriciate it better, but then again I re-watch stuff a lot and sometimes it gets to the point with subs that I'm not even reading anymore.
  9. Macross Plus. I still have the VHS (dub) set. Cost me $80 back in the early 90s.
  10. Looking for recommendations for something that my wife might enjoy. She likes romance (but not the really juvenile stuff) and dramas (but not the weird gory or r-rated stuff). Examples of stuff she's enjoyed in the past include Code Geass, Please Teacher, everything Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, etc. She doesn't like anything Gundam, wasn't interested in GITS SAC at all, and is easily offended. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
  11. Win 7 Ultimate on all PCs. Every few months or so I try Ubuntu...honestly I do, but its just too far off center to be used day in day out as a desktop OS.
  12. PC, period. Keyboard and mouse is the real reason though. Most games I like simply cannot be played with console controller.
  13. I could name at least one remarkably annoying character from every Anime Series, OVA, or Movie I've ever seen. Its almost like its a requisite part of the formula.
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