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will i ever win?
@Izzy,

The time consuming part is loading the discs one by one into the PC.

I first ripped an ISO using multiple PC's, stored it all on the Drobo.

Then I wrote a program that did the following:
1.) Mount .ISO via Daemon Tools
2.) Slysoft AnyDVD man in the middle decryption.
3.) Transcode main movie using DivX on Q9550 @ 3.8GHz, 8GB, XP64.
4.) Delete source .ISO.

Rinse, Repeat.

I ripped all the menus and extras out, as I don't really care for these and the XBOX360's DivX implementation lacks the menu features, or I can't figure it out...

It only takes ~17 minutes per DVD, sadly this was before the latest DivX with CUDA support, I could've trimmed that down to ~10 minutes utilizing the GTX260 I have.

I had a few hiccups along the way, had to re-rip several DVD's since the .ISO's were deleted, but the entire process took only two weeks.
I had the DVD version of this, it was decent once you hooked a PS/2 keyboard up to it for text entry, maybe BD discs will automatically populate the title info...

Then, 1 TB HDD's hit the scene and I got a Drobo and ripped all those DVD's to DivX, I shared the Drobo via my PC through Windows Media Player (Library Sharing) and stream all that right to the XBOX 360, and onto the TV, works awesomely!

Moral of the story, now the changer collects dust.
So for the word search on top, I found the following,


RAP, RHYTHM&BLUES, CLASSIC, FUNK, LATIN, ALTERNATIVE, COUNTRY, JAZZ, OPERA, TECHNO, REGGAE, DISCO, PUNK, GARAGE.

Anyone find others?

Or am I the only one who didn't read the article?
and i would actually use it.
for the love of god let me win something
Meh, I'd rather spend 100 hours not being seen in front of a hideous trailer.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm looking for a wireless trackpad to use with my older (2.5 or so years old) C2D MacBook that's perpetually docked to my home theater. Something sleek, thin, not too small, made of high quality materials. Ideally, it would natively support all of (Snow) Leopard's multitouch inputs, and even more ideally, it would have a charging dock / base. The only problem is that I'm not sure that such a thing even exists. Think you can throw me a bone?"
 

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