This will make you feel old

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I've started making this face at people at the end of my sentences: >.<

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38584

Zardasher wrote:

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22 feckin years ago...

The voice of the gods is flipping useless. Sounds like someone's dad.

"Mortals! Clean your room or no Mini-Kievs!"

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:37

Mr Christmas wrote:

I've started making this face at people at the end of my sentences: >.<

Is that a face? I thought it was Shin offering up her puckered anus.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Zio-lent Night wrote:

davprezzie wrote:

I had the pleasure of sharing a bus journey with a gang of studenty geeks t'other day as they were loudly remembering kids programs form their youth, a conversation I have had myself many times. EXCEPT! In place of bona-fide classics like Knightmare, Pole Position and Funhouse, they were loudly remembering Keenan & Kel and Goosebumps and other such tripe, along with a raft of manga inspired fluff on channels I'd never heard of.

Pole Position was chuffing awesome wasn't it? I used to really like that one.

Mysterious Cities Of Gold ftw, though. And I've got the whole first series of The Real Ghostbusters saved on my computer at home.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pole-Position-C ... 739&sr=8-1

Pole Position.

Complete.

£10.98.

Merry Christmas.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38584

Dudley wrote:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pole-Position-Complete-Collection/dp/B0014JGFFK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1228995739&sr=8-1

Pole Position.

Complete.

£10.98.

Merry Christmas.

Out of stock Pudley. Nice try though

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Heh, so it is, Davpratty.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38584

Good old Play.com
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/5172918/Pole-Position-Complete-Collection/Product.html

Cities of Gold is on there too. I'm glad I'm skint

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

myoptinsel wrote:

Mr Christmas wrote:

I've started making this face at people at the end of my sentences: >.<

Is that a face? I thought it was Shin offering up her puckered anus.

That would explain the looks I get when I make my face do that.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:56

I've just seen the photos of the girls when they went out lat night. I feel dirty now.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:57

I've got sandwiches today. I might watch some telly tonight.

-edit- sorry, thought this was Mali's blog thread.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38584

No, that's the other one, with the dimilies

myp · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 13:02

If I can somehow shoehorn the next thing that comes into my brain into a tenuous connection with feeling old, I'll be onto a winner.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38584

myoptinsel wrote:

If I can somehow shoehorn the next thing that comes into my brain into a tenuous connection with feeling old, I'll be onto a winner.

You can't think how to do that, cos you're old.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 13:10

myoptinsel wrote:

If I can somehow shoehorn the next thing that comes into my brain into a tenuous connection with feeling old, I'll be onto a winner.

I cant wait Mypsytits
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Plissken · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 13:46

MaliA wrote:

I've just seen the photos of the girls when they went out lat night. I feel dirty now.

Where are the pix. WHERE ARE THE GODDAMN PIX?

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 14:00

Oh look at the date. I'm 40 in precisely one month. I don't feel old, most days

Morte · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 14:14

I spent the first part of this morning at Ecclesfield Police station identifying some recovered property (they found my plasma TV when they raided some scrotes house). There is a phrase that you know you are growing old when the policemen start to look young, well I can confirm said proverb, the CID office looked more like a 6th form common room.

Shin · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 0:39

Mr Christmas wrote:

myoptinsel wrote:

Mr Christmas wrote:

I've started making this face at people at the end of my sentences: >.<

Is that a face? I thought it was Shin offering up her puckered anus.

That would explain the looks I get when I make my face do that.

God-I miss a lot when I'm not here 0.o....oh no....another face

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 0:41

Shinta Claus wrote:

0.o

*looks around* Anyone going to run with that? No? Mind if I have a go? Okay, here we go. Ahem *clears throat*

Is that an upskirt shot?

*tumbleweeds*

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Morte wrote:

the CID office looked more like a 6th form common room.

Bloody hell, you must be old:

The Bill, when it was good, yesterday.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:18

When I watch this I really feel like I don't have long left. Crazy really.

It's probably been posted a million times before, but it's still fantastic.

Hey, hey, 16k - http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

It's 18 years since the GX4000 was released. A flop, but 18 years later it's still the only console that had a standard SCART socket on it therefore not requiring any proprietary cables to get the best quality picture.

Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, are you reading this? IF BLOODY AMSTRAD CAN GET IT RIGHT, WHY CAN'T YOU?

But yes, it was 18 years ago almost to this very day I went into Dixons to buy my GX4000. Crikey.

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:52

Burnin' Rubber FTW !!!

:metul:

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

chinnyhill10 wrote:

It's 18 years since the GX4000 was released. A flop, but 18 years later it's still the only console that had a standard SCART socket on it therefore not requiring any proprietary cables to get the best quality picture.

Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, are you reading this? IF BLOODY AMSTRAD CAN GET IT RIGHT, WHY CAN'T YOU?

They did, the 360 and PS3 both have perfectly standard HDMI.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Dudley wrote:

chinnyhill10 wrote:

It's 18 years since the GX4000 was released. A flop, but 18 years later it's still the only console that had a standard SCART socket on it therefore not requiring any proprietary cables to get the best quality picture.

Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, are you reading this? IF BLOODY AMSTRAD CAN GET IT RIGHT, WHY CAN'T YOU?

They did, the 360 and PS3 both have perfectly standard HDMI.

Perfectly standard if you have a posh new TV. My point stands.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Hardly posh, no posher than SCART was in 1991.

You also said "The best picture". That's HDMI.

NervousPete · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:42

On the rare, unwilling occassions when I go into the Barfly in Cardiff, full of trendy students with pork-pie hats and Byronesque/raggamuffin Doherty/Brand hair, I feel incredibly aged - like Howard Moon.

Fortunately, upstairs Dempseys, The Point and Welsh Clwb I can quite happily dance like a loon.

Morte · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 13:43

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Morte wrote:

the CID office looked more like a 6th form common room.

Bloody hell, you must be old:

The Bill, when it was good, yesterday.

A scene like that would have been reassuring...it was more like:

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 16:08

Dudley wrote:

Hardly posh, no posher than SCART was in 1991.

You also said "The best picture". That's HDMI.

Plus SCART is hardly a widespread standard. It's european.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

nervouspete wrote:

On the rare, unwilling occassions when I go into the Barfly in Cardiff, full of trendy students with pork-pie hats and Byronesque/raggamuffin Doherty/Brand hair, I feel incredibly aged - like Howard Moon.

See, I don't get that. I just think they all look fucking stupid.

Having said that, I thought the same thing when I was there anyway, so.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Mr Dave wrote:

Dudley wrote:

Hardly posh, no posher than SCART was in 1991.

You also said "The best picture". That's HDMI.

Plus SCART is hardly a widespread standard. It's european.

Shut up all of you and stop disagreeing with me!

Most large screen TV's built after 1988 had SCART on it and it was certainly being rolled out on the portables in the early 90's (I have a bloody Bush FFS from 1993 behind me which has SCART on it).

As for the widespread comment, try buying a TV without SCART on it even today. It's a bloody widespread standard for this country. America counted for jack because the GX4000 was never designed to be sold into NTSC markets.

The GX4000 delivered RGB through it's SCART connector which was the highest quality option available in 1990.

In conclusion Amstrad rule and you suck. Nyah nyah can't hear you.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Yes, but SCART is shit now. HDMI is at least as standard as SCART was when the 4000 launched. Hell, my portable TV has it and that's an incredibly expensive (lie) Acoustic Solutions set.

Amstrad were hardly first anyway, multiple machines had perfectly standard RF when that was the best around.

Quote:

The GX4000 delivered RGB through it's SCART connector which was the highest quality option available in 1990.

And the 360 and PS3 deliver 1080P through it's(sic) hdmi connector, which is the highest quality option available in 2008.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Dudley wrote:

Yes, but SCART is shit now. HDMI is at least as standard as SCART was when the 4000 launched. Hell, my portable TV has it and that's an incredibly expensive (lie) Acoustic Solutions set.

Amstrad were hardly first anyway, multiple machines had perfectly standard RF when that was the best around.

I hardly noticed Sega, Nintendo, Atari or Commodore falling over themselves to provide a SCART out. My 7800 and Master System don't even have composite.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 0:24

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

Dudley wrote:

Hardly posh, no posher than SCART was in 1991.

You also said "The best picture". That's HDMI.

Plus SCART is hardly a widespread standard. It's european.

Shut up all of you and stop disagreeing with me!

Most large screen TV's built after 1988 had SCART on it and it was certainly being rolled out on the portables in the early 90's (I have a bloody Bush FFS from 1993 behind me which has SCART on it).

As for the widespread comment, try buying a TV without SCART on it even today. It's a bloody widespread standard for this country. America counted for jack because the GX4000 was never designed to be sold into NTSC markets.

The GX4000 delivered RGB through it's SCART connector which was the highest quality option available in 1990.

In conclusion Amstrad rule and you suck. Nyah nyah can't hear you.

Yes, but Sony, Nintendo et al aren't making their consoles only for the European market, so they don't have european only connectors. If a console is capable of RGB, then it usually has an adapter for whatever output the console has.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49237

Mr Dave wrote:

Plus SCART is hardly a widespread standard. It's european.

Worse - it's French. Not reknowned for their well-adopted technical standards inventions, the French.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Mr Dave wrote:

an adapter

You lose.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Cras Cringle wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

Plus SCART is hardly a widespread standard. It's european.

Worse - it's French. Not reknowned for their well-adopted technical standards inventions, the French.

It's been adopted all across Europe and other PAL territories. So that leaves you with North America and Japan.

Chinny FTW!

kalmar · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 13:43

Cras Cringle wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

Plus SCART is hardly a widespread standard. It's european.

Worse - it's French. Not reknowned for their well-adopted technical standards inventions, the French.

Scart is great - a standardised connector for video, within which manufacturers may attach signals to pins in almost entirely random and non-interoperable ways.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Cras Cringle wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

Plus SCART is hardly a widespread standard. It's european.

Worse - it's French. Not reknowned for their well-adopted technical standards inventions, the French.

It's been adopted all across Europe and other PAL territories. So that leaves you with 80% of the console market.

Feex.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Dudley wrote:

Feex.

But your figures are quite incorrect as the GX4000 was never marketed outside of the PAL regions. Therefore I am quite correct.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Yes, but you were talking about everyone else being stupid for not doing it.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Dudley wrote:

Yes, but you were talking about everyone else being stupid for not doing it.

I repeat, Chinny FTW! :attitude:

Hero of Excellence · **Joined:** 23rd Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 674

chinnyhill10 wrote:

It's 18 years since the GX4000 was released. A flop, but 18 years later it's still the only console that had a standard SCART socket on it therefore not requiring any proprietary cables to get the best quality picture.

Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, are you reading this? IF BLOODY AMSTRAD CAN GET IT RIGHT, WHY CAN'T YOU?

I'm 99% certain that the first Sony PlayStation model sold in Japan (SCPH-1000) had generic video outs.

OK, Googled it, it had standard composite and S-Video outputs, but the RGB Scart output was only through a Sony proprietary output. Oh well.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Hero of Socialism wrote:

chinnyhill10 wrote:

It's 18 years since the GX4000 was released. A flop, but 18 years later it's still the only console that had a standard SCART socket on it therefore not requiring any proprietary cables to get the best quality picture.

Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, are you reading this? IF BLOODY AMSTRAD CAN GET IT RIGHT, WHY CAN'T YOU?

I'm 99% certain that the first Sony PlayStation model sold in Japan (SCPH-1000) had generic video outs.

OK, Googled it, it had standard composite and S-Video outputs, but the RGB Scart output was only through a Sony proprietary output. Oh well.

Finally, someone who gets the point.

The GX4000 was pretty much unique at the time for letting you get the best quality picture out of it without having to go out of your way. My Megadrive requires a special cable, as does my Dreamcast and PS2. Jolly good if the new consoles finally have a standard connectors on them, but it's taken long enough frankly.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

But, as has been laboured quite a lot, the best quality socket has never been standard over a console's sales area until now. It's only Amstrad's lack of popularity anywhere that made it possible.

Even now, the 360 has to have a multi out because it can support SCART, Composite, RF, VGA and component from one socket that way rather than have 12 billion sockets on the case.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Dudley wrote:

But, as has been laboured quite a lot, the best quality socket has never been standard over a console's sales area until now. It's only Amstrad's lack of popularity anywhere that made it possible.

Even now, the 360 has to have a multi out because it can support SCART, Composite, RF, VGA and component from one socket that way rather than have 12 billion sockets on the case.

One of the more bizarre features of the GX4000 was that it had two power sockets. One for 5 volt (from a CPC monitor) and one for 12 volt (from the supplied power supply).

So why not just bundle a 5 volt unit with the console to begin with, or just tell the monitor users to use the power supply that came with the console.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:18

I now understand why I never heard of the GX4000 until recently.

AceAceBaby · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:02

You can have an xbox elite, today, with nothing but a HDMI cable from Argos and plug it right into your current LCD TV. Sorry if that's been said already, I just wanted to dogpile on the chinnywrongness.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

AceAceBaby wrote:

You can have an xbox elite, today, with nothing but a HDMI cable from Argos and plug it right into your current LCD TV. Sorry if that's been said already, I just wanted to dogpile on the chinnywrongness.

The Elite even comes with an HDMI cable.

All the other 360s have the slot too.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:39

Cras Cringle wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

Plus SCART is hardly a widespread standard. It's european.

Worse - it's French. Not reknowned for their well-adopted technical standards inventions, the French.

Like GSM?

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