I Need A All-Supprt To DVD Convertor-

Does anyone know of any new Convert to DVD programs that support every format out there? I have Convert X to DVD and a couple others but still there are formats that they don't support-I have a HDDVD file and have found no way to convert it back to DVD-It won't play on a standard DVD player-also I have a compressed file KVCD-Someone must have a convertor that REALLY converts everything to DVD-also-what is a good HDDVD player that supports most formats-I heard Walmart has contracted with a Chinese company to make cheap HDDVD players -should be ready by Christmas and are to sell for 199.00!-

 

Blue Ray discs for like 30 or 40 GiGaByTeS... i still member the floppy days

 

Yea-When ya say the floppy days-I think flop house daze-as in a smoky crash in the Haight Ashbury in 66-wuz low tech but high minded! lol--sure wish we had the net then-we could have organized the big partys better.-or' not-come ta think of it-Me and everyone I knew were pretty far from organized haha

 

Adderall-I don't know if I told ya about Free Geek-It's a group of dedicated Linux users over in Portland. About 10 miles from here. They have a building that is a whole city block long and their mission and goal is to get people to unplug their Windows and switch to Linux-I called there one day with a question about my XP-They did not want to even talk about Windows-which was ok-I listened to the guy talk a little about Linux and he said they had free classes there a few times a week and if ya got no money they will give ya a used computer if you volunteer to help for a few hours. Nice-If ya ever get around Portland you may want to look em up-I know I told you the inventor of Linux now lives in Portland-You may be able to go visit him-They had an article on him and he seems like just a normal workin guy-he works in his basement hahaa-Kinda funny-160 miles North of him is Bill Gates-His basemnt is the size of a football field and I don't think you can just go visit him!-not that you'd want to-

 

that is awsome. i would work there for free but it is pretty far away. and btw a city block is a big area.

but yeah, if i met Linus Torvalds, i have no idea what i would say. i probably wouldnt say anything and get confused cause that guy is a real genius. he could probably turn my CIS college study books upside-down.

 

They also re-cyle cumputers-good outfit-There at Freegeek.org


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