easy to be critical..

totally agree with Les.

fans cried out for years for the return of the series, when we eventually got it the fanboys came out in their droves, yes the series felt scary when I was six , but then that was 1974 and Tom Baker was(is) god.

the new series is a different doctor and a different Doctor Who, its success, despite the BBC constant interference is scheduling is continuing. At the end of this series we'll have long gaps as the specials are aired and bugger all to watch bar the repeats on BBC3 - moan all you want then.

@ anon coward

If I was posting drivel like that, I'd probably post anon. as well lol.

go back to your 360 rrod fanboy site and stop posting infantile comments about a subject which you clearly have zero knowledge of.

don't be a silly anon

@anon

cable not connected...

clutching at straws?? wise up!!

plot? lost? toshiba?

toshiba have really lost the plot on this one.

who in their right mind will buy an hddvd player because its advertised 'winning benefit' is ' it'll make your existing dvds look even better'

won't please the movie studios who are trying to get us to buy all those dvds again as hddvd/blu ray...

i smell revenge

chris

sony haven't given away blu ray disks free for a very long time. when the did it was 'casino royale'.

hddvd players around xmas were being sold with up to SEVEN (crap) titles free.

everyone on both sides is guilty of spin(no pun) but really, who cares about extra content/java/data transfer rates.

does the movie look great, does the sound, well..sound great and am I willing to pay for it?

insert blu ray into answer section..

(btw spellchecker?)

@ tim and hddvd list

only problem is:

hddvd isn't selling.

consumers vote with their purchases and not all blu ray titles are region coded - bbc's blue planet for example.

whether or not the firmware updatable 'prop-up consoles' are up to 'spec'(?) is of no matter they are in the homes now in apparently greater numbers(with regular updates increasing function), not in QVC warehouses.

if I was a movie studio putting out disks I'd look at the customer base.. where do I make most money, from the largest growing market and protect(as best possible) my output.

as a consumer I rent a couple of blu rays a month from lovefilm for 4 and a half quid, stream movies and music from my pc to it and play online where pc exploits are non existant- great etertainment for a 39 year old computer geek.

blu ray.

hilarious!!

Paramount laughing all the way to the bank!

An Xbox with a Blu Ray drive on the horizon - M$ fanboys buying lots of humble pie and hiding in the corner eating it whilst sitting on their redundant hddvd drives.

whoooaa! too early in the morning for so much sarcasm..

nope - flame on

ds hackability..

.. is prob the main reason they are selling so many consoles..

buy the console and a certain well known mod cartridge, a couple of 2 gb micro sd cards and hit a few rom sites..

voila! console sales a-plenty..

great business plan.. gotta luv nintendo

yeh right!!

bundle crap films with a crap brand...

great way to promote NEXT GEN technology. In a way it's sad to see the

obviously struggling hddvd format plummet to such depths of misery.

perhaps the next ploy will add the jackass trilogy(coming soon..), 15 of the worst-movies-you-would-never-admit-you-owned; and a free 50" TOSHIBA hd tv..

and if you really push the salesperson they'll even throw in the hdmi lead.. and Paris, since she's lost most of inheritance boo hoo

scorched..

perhaps we should just have a 'bit of a scorching' or 'a minor burn on the buttocks' instead?

perhaps kenny works for the Holy Order (Extended Section)of the MPAA?

commonly known as MPAA HOES

no offense but calm down

hey tony!!!

"To elaborate on my point about not being bothered about DivX, all the films I watch are on purchased or rented DVD or BluRay discs, like most peoples legal collection of films, right?"

love the 'cockwaving' expression btw!

I find it very handy to have my 300+ collection of dvds ripped to a couple of hard drives in good quality and stream them thru ethernet using a wee program called TVersity(google it). I also rent blu ray through tesco dvd rental (aka lovefilm)(btw El Reg -got me free ipod shuffle today so thanks for the heads up)

definition of legal I assume you refer to 'torrent etc' sourced stuff?

don't bother personally but loads do hence the popularity..

as of 16.50 today I still can't get the 2.10 update cause the network is too busy....guess I'll wait until after 10pm and all the fanboys are safely tucked up in their beds :rofl

updates

its on the psn ok but try getting it down the line! seems like the server is at a standstill..

i stream all my movies so no biggie on divx but all updates are hugely welcome - gotta luv progess!

on another point though...

always find someone on a console comment who either:

a: has no intention of using whatever but feels the need to tell everyone

b: is passionate about their console(s) and enjoys waving their cock about

and finally the rest of us who enjoy making constructive comments(mostly)

nice business plan

not.

packard bell and emachines became as 'matsui' in the minds of the public after takeup with dsg.

selling more machines might happen in the short term, but how much more damage to the name of 'dell' after DSG store staff(not their fault they don't get the necessary training) try to deal with the (user) problems?

mental image>> woman saying to friend "we got little johnny one of those dell laptops from pc world for xmas.. great job until it broke(not our fault-honestly..) and no one wanted to know us on boxing morning! never again!!" <<

going down...

age verification..

same as all the current game related US websites(unreal tournament 3 for example)

1. nice big splash page comes up(good start but inconvenient-where' the good stuff?)

2. some nice drop down boxes (luvverly)

3. message: please use drop down boxes above to confirm your date of birth..(hard to bypass this one..)

doh!

if it works for radio..

it'll work for tv. was obviously the thoughts of someone at the bbc.

their 'play it again sam ' service for radio is great. But only because there isn't a major alternative download option.

as per previous comment on p2p/hard drive recorders etc.. , its just as easy to source material elsewhere. In fact I can think of a particularly excellent bit torrent site devoted to British tv and nothing else- allegedly

its an awfully expensive white elephant...

scifi speak?

"transformational directed energy weapon"

thats gotta win a prize for innovation, or they stole it from a crap sci fi novel.

btw does the black heli look like its trapped in a ring of deflected lasers?

devoted to the job??

wow 30 hours of gameplay?

thats what I call devotion to the job.

Especially when its soo bloodthirsty and doesnt warrant a cert? Surely an hour of gameplay would have worked that one out?

sony gutted?

Anyone whos pays over the odds for anything needs their head looked at by the relevant professional.

French Wii's are now listed heavily on eBay, with the listings still in french!

As for Sony, the much sought after PS3 60gb model is the console a lot of gamers are searching for. since being replaced by the 40gb model, a lot of retailers are now selling the 40gb console for £349.

The same price I paid for my(whoops! the kids) 60gb model with 2 games.

you gotta love capitalism!

RE:Note....

I experienced CompUSA in NYC many years ago- truely frightening level of non-service at the time..

was a comfort as well of course, felt just like a DSG store - warm and cuddly a la crocodile

simple solution....

use TVersity(google itand its true freeware), and El-Reg please do a review on it

streams all types of files from your pc to xbox/ps3 etc..

fantastic!

lost customer 'losthosts'

As soon as I receive my passwords(if ever) I will be taking my business eslewhere.

This is an absolute joke. I've been locked out of my control panel for well over a week now. They had the cheek to sent another email yesterday 'announcing' the forced change of passwords for webmail too.

I don't have the time to sit on hold, trying to get through to have my details 'verified'

How will they even know it really is me in the event the hacker has all the necessary details?

exasparated...don't come close

blockbusted..

Blockbuster owned xtravision over here in NI have been BluRay only for ages.. so just following the company trend.

switching it off..

..what a good idea. if only more people took notice.

it's truely amazing how many unique and wonderful names people use for their handsets and how easy it would be to connect to them(if you were the sort of scumbag who did that sort of thing of course)

my favourite bluetooth message is the following:

"pornography has been detected on your handset. Please contact customer services immediately!'

nothing to do with Paris ;0

two points...

12. managing to put as many innuendos into one santa related article aka 'santas discharging sack' but top marks to 'fingering britney'

13. slapping the person who manages to come up with point 99..

whatever the chinese can do...

methinks this is a nice american salute to the press the chinese have been getting for their 'Moon mission'.

Nothing like a 'superpower-ed space race'

@P2P

why stop with the song, just grab the entire game