Is it me or have all the Prestige Editions been ordered in the UK? The HMV link I had now returns to the homepage...

And once they have a damage model of the Skyline, they'll be able to cover 90% of the cars instantly!

Looks like a good little movie, I think the opening is too drawn out though. Love the focus/depth of field(?) on some shots. And your mate in the blue shirt's "war face" needs some work

Beats anything I saw when I did media in yr11, in fact it beats most of the stuff I saw at A level...

This is a shame, BMW seemed to be improving in F1 until the start of this season. Now they're not doing so hot they pull out...

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Is it the brand BMW that seems to turn normal people into ****s? (on public roads)

Over here, it's the Audi drivers you want to look out for. They're not hard to miss with their stupid bling-bling LED "running lights" mind.

*thread goes wooosh over head* All I see is pictures of shiny engine parts. Am I missing something?

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Warning: Tinfoil hats required...

The fact the vaccine killed people could just be a f***-up on the manufacturer's part. As long as they make suure it doesn't happen again, it's all good. I don't believe the conspiracy bollocks personally.

What would have stopped swine flu is every country refusing landing rights to any flight from Mexico (before they took off obviously ) when the flu became an issue over there. Just like in the films, we missed our first chance at containment...

Just out of interest, how were your brakes and tyres after the track day? I've been thinking of doing a day but I don't particularly want to buy new tyres (or new anything really) after.

And there I was thinking it was just me.

Ford Puma 1.7?

FWD but fun, 4 seats, cheap insurance, quick... not the easiest to park and the back seats are tiny. You can get a very tidy 02 (last ones made) special edition for £4k.

Batteries can be bought online I think, they're a "NP60 3.7V 1050mAh" which is common in phones and things AFAIK. It takes SD cards upto 16GB (apparently it hates Kingston cards though).

Hard case? As in carry case? It comes with a pouch, no idea if you can get other cases.

This would probably be a good choice for onboard stuff, it doesn't cost much more than a basic bullet cam and is easily sucker-mountable in cars.

Ooh just a note on the resolution, it does the common HD camcorder trick of filming in anamorphic 1440x1080 then outputs 1920x1080 files. But hey, if it's good enough for GT5, it's good enough for me.

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I'm not much of a technical guru in the camera department, but isn't 1080p quite, well... shit, for a resolution?

For photos, yes. For TV and console gaming, no. These have been stuck at 720x576 for years, so 1920x1080 at 30fps is quite an achievement and a huge improvement in detail. Remember digital cinema is only circa 4MP (AFAIK) at the moment, and that's on a screen a couple of storeys high but it still looks good.

EDIT: I'm willing to bet most people still don't play PC games at anything more than 1280x800 on average unless they have a serious setup. You may be one of the lucky few there!

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Scrabby: Nice, I was looking at the Panasonic SD10 but I don't use it enough to justify £300+.

xaid0n: Should be more than enough for vLogging, do you need HD for that though?

Jack: Sure, I'm thinking of mounting it to the car inside next time I go driving. The Youtube clip is obviously much lower bitrate, there's hardly any pixellation in the actual clip. It gives a good idea of the CMOS's colour reproduction and performance in different lighting though.

hazaky: It's memory card based, I didn't think the storage method affected quality tbh. The "little cameras" have matured a lot recently as HD sensors and the image processors to handle them are cheap and good quality can be had for very little money now.

If anyone's in the market for a high def camcorder at the moment and doesn't have much to spend, I'd like to recommend the Hitachi HV656E. It does 1080p at 30fps and gives pretty good picture quality, has 5x optical zoom, face detection, manual settings, macro mode and LED video light.

Picked it up for £117 from Argos this afternoon after a fruitless search for a Toshiba Camileo H20. As far as I'm aware, the only difference is the form factor and the Hitachi is £40 cheaper.



Sample video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... tAxk0&feature=related

In the US, this is sold as the Sanyo HD100 in Walmart.

I don't work for anyone related to this camera btw, it's purely a "hey, look what I found!"

I hope it is only available to current owners or Aston will end up being the new "cock" brand if every Audi, soft-roader and Merc Sportcoupe owner buys one.

The Dolce and Gabanna "Codename" watch is my choice, saw it when it featured in a newspaper's "Top 100 watches of 2008" or something. It's also available with a white strap/face as well as coloured dials.

Genuine leather strap, good looks, good name, stopwatch- and is affordable too.

I read something like this this on SomethingAwful a few years back, it seems pretty true...

"North Korea seems to be the disruptive kid in the classroom of the world. For the last 50 years it's just been sat in the naughty corner getting angrier and angrier throwing its toys around and shouting at everyone else."

The STCC videos were brilliant, they really merged sim and real racing... if that makes sense

Sounds like Touring Cars are going back to their 90s saloon heyday then! FWD only is good, means the drivers can go all out without having to keep the rear in check.

Bring back the Fiesta support cup, I reckon.

2006-2008: 2001 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Freestyle
The successor to the Fiesta Zetec and good, fun, small FWD hatchback for a first car.

2008-Present: 2001 Ford Puma 1.6
Quick, handles like a dream, a bitch to reverse but who cares?

2010? BMW 120d or Mazda MX-5
Tough choice...

That was a good ending, because even in the last episode you still wondered if it was real and he was insane.

Loving the second series, the first was slightly weak compared to LOM but the second is much better.

I reckon Martin Summers is the guy in the bed in series 2 episode 1, where the nurses look at him and say "he hasn't got long left" and the report about Alex is on TV. No idea how they're sharing the same "dream" though...

I don't know what 3G is like in the States but over here you can get a 3G Pay as You Go USB thing for £30 and then pay £10 a month top up for 1GB of internet. If you really want internet but your parents don't want to have Wi-Fi/ethernet and can get your hands on $x then this is the easiest way.

Digging through the temp files sometimes works for some apps, alternatively save your work regularly as two files eg: save as save1 then next time as save2 then next time as save1 etc in case one corrupts, then you don't lose much.

It's the new Think 25 rule- if the checkout person thinks you look under 25, you get ID'd. If you get it wrong as a cashier and sell alcohol to someone underage, you lose your job so people err on the side of caution. Don't blame the guy on the till.