Greenguy---you're awesome!! Hosta folk are the best and you are one of those *best*! I'd be very happy with only your offer of the HP, so don't mess up any of your others to be so generous with me! I was seriously considering getting into the car and driving the distance to get it, afterall, this a.m.! I had a 'tc' of one, but lost it with all the others last year!!! I am very reluctant to do tc's again, cause I'm just not vigilant enough to nurture them to maturity! And-- I thought I wanted to be a nurse!!! I guess the world should be grateful I didn't go that route, afterall!LOL Again, thank you for your generous spirit and the offer of a piece of your HP! I promise to 'hover' over it and hopefully will not lose another HP!!! While on the topic of HP--what has been your experience with it--does it multiply quickly? Actually--it probably hasn't been available long enough for you to know--yet, right??

haven't really watched many music videos since the early 80's on mtv... don't remember many either!! even tho i wasn't a michael jackson fan, i seem to remember some of his videos most(thriller, billy jean, etc)maybe they played them alot??? also remember a couple of genesis videos...(misunderstanding in particular) my kids showed me one a couple of years ago which was very cool (don't know if it was FF) that had the band in protective clothes and googles and it was a whole series of ball/s (i think)going on a mousetrap like course and ended with colorful paint getting dumped on all of them... very clever... i don't have time to search for it, but does it ring a bell with anyone?? it's a worthwhile view!!

DVD format can be better, if it's available, but there's not many bands etc releasing CD and DVD format albums, but the DVD should be better in theory, but CDs are still better than the online digital formats, although I believe Itunes may offer a higher quality alternative to MP3 - I'm not sure, since I've never used the itunes store. Itunes the software will store your cd music at a higher quality than mp3 if you tell it to, but it will chew through your disk space at an alarming rate, and might result in skipping if your hard drive's having trouble keeping up. MP3s (the usual format for portable or computer based music) are, as somebody said, a 'lossy' format but not bad, in most of the applications they're found in. DVD audio in some cases isn't actually any better than CD, in fact the compression used for the sound as part of MPEG-2 (which is the DVD video format) is essentially the same as MP3- so in fact, your CDs may be of a higher quality, I'll argue. However, DVDs support a number of different audio formats, from 44.1 - most likely if it's surround sound, to 96khz and as high as 192khz, so DVD may offer the edge at times. The sample rate is where it's at - the reason why analogue - reel to reel audio tape or vinyl- is arguably superior is it isn't sampled, you get the whole, continuous sound wave, rather than bits of it or 'samples' CD's sample rate is 44.1 khz or kilohertz - good Pro audio such as DAT works at 48khz- better Some DVDs and pro disk recorders can do 96khz and sometimes higher - best (although the current pro standard is mostly 96khz) Unfortunately, even the CD could have been much better had they designed the standards a little higher, it was musical and physiological ignorance that made the frequency response a little limited. However, there are now 'super cds' that use higher rates, although it's more a question of too little too late, and DVDs will seamlessly replace them. I doubt you can even easily buy a cd-only burner for your computer now, and dvd burners are now less than $50. Having said that, for most people the robustness of cds and their quite-good quality means it's a no-brainer over vinyl. Buying cds is still your best bet even if you use iTunes and ipods etc all the time, for one, if your computer craps out and you haven't backed up your music, you lose it all and would have to buy it again.... and tunes from the itunes shop can't be played in anything but an ipod, which frankly sucks and is I'd consider, a restriction of trade- but that Norweigian guy who cracked the DVD code has cracked the itune format code. I think that's a good thing and doubt it will increase piracy but will be better for end users. Itunes is so easy to use, having to 'rip' your cds is not really much of a hardship.

Pssst Lars, I do need your entire record collection please, but I think there might start to be some loading issues soon. No pressure, but we may need a new thread, or, you should definitely do this again soon/at some point:)