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   From: no@spam.thanks   
      
   Steve B wrote:   
   > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:41:39 +0100, Max  wrote:   
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   >> I commute and I download some stuff to watch on my MP3 player. The   
   >> picture is incredibly sharp, and although the screen is tiny, the   
   >> viewing distance is closer, so the overall effect is not all that   
   >> different to watching a standard TV from across the living room. I   
   >> find it handy for watching things in chunks of time where I'd   
   >> otherwise be doing very little - five minute waits for trains, ten   
   >> minutes in a queue and so on.   
   >   
   > The problem currently is battery life.  I was on a 14 hour flight from   
   > Vancouver to Hong Kong last year and I had my iPod with me.  I loaded   
   > it up with the first season of "The IT Crowd" and got through 1   
   > episode before I realized it had consumed nearly half my battery.   
   >   
   > The mobile videos are good for commuter distances, but they have a   
   > long way to go before they can be a complete solution.   
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   The IT Crowd was quite good, ay.   
   How many seasons did they do?   
      
   I am starting to enjoy "Hyperdrive" a bit more, but still, give me RD   
   any day.  Part of it may be that a live audience really helps actors   
   lift their game.  Same is true for musicians too.   
      
   Also, it's a bit too much like "The Office" and "Extras", neither if   
   which I found all that funny.   
      
   Now if Chris Barrie was in it......... :-)   
      
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