[eugovector]

I would never watch TV if I had to do it in real time. My hours are a little crazy, so if it weren't for timeshifting, and I had to watch on the network's schedule and not mine, it wouldn't happen. I'd wait for the dvd, no commercials anyway.

Do you hear me, Mr. Bigtime NBC/ABC/CBS/Everybody else? Let me watch on my schedule without criminalizing it.

For the HD DVD, it was way bolted down so I couldn't look at the back. I'll google and see what I can find. I know about 15 second load time to menu. For the rest, I would guess 1080p (have to run an HQV disc to find the quality, but it should be on par), HDMI 1.3, Digital Audio out. Don't expect 7.1 analog audio out.

As far as a top 10 albums, I could do a movie list way easier (Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption...it goes on from there. Albums that could make my list would be:

Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut (Personal more than critical favorite)
Ani Difranco - Not A Pretty Girl
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
Paul Simon - Graceland
...and others I'm just not thinking of right now. It's funny, there are some potential top ten artists, like:

Dar Williams
The Mountain Goats
Aimee Mann
Mike Doughty

...that I don't know if they would necessarily make my top 10 album list. Can you have a top 10 artist who doesn't make a top 10 album?