[Promotum] Phantom Menace DVD in stores today

[Edmund A. Hintz]

     Went to Fry's in Palo Alto this morning looking for a trackpad (saw 
the doc this AM, says I've got minor carpal tunnel on my left arm, 
moderate on my right-it's the mouse that's messing me up), they didn't 
have it, but I wandered into the DVD section to see if Phantom Menace was 
there yet. They had a shelf full, it's a 2 disc set and they priced it at 
$17.99, very nice. Got it back to the office and threw it in my Mac OS X 
10.1 system, and it's just incredible (evidenced by the crowd of gawkers 
around my workstation). I remember being unimpressed  by the resolution 
of the film in theaters, but wow is it crisp on the DVD (on a Sony 21" 
CRT, Apple G4/450 DP, OS X). The CGI stuff is absolutely awesome. Even if 
you think (as I do) that Phantom Menace was by far the weakest of the 4 
films, it's still worth having just for the clarity of the picture. 
Sadly, I'm afraid I won't be able to afford a surround sound system 
before next year. But now I have a reason to do so, right?  ;-)


Peace,

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