More on the PoG DVDs

But first, a quick lesson that deals with the issue I was dealing with.

Safe Zones
Early TV picture tubes distorted the image near the edges, so it was decided that the picture would be overscanned with the edge of the picture hidden by a plastic bezel. However, when working with video on a computer you see the whole image, so you must always be aware that the edges of your image will not be visible on a TV. The non-visible portion of the image corresponds roughly to the area inset 5% from each edge (about 36 pixels from each side and 24 pixels from the top and bottom). The area inside is often called the "action-safe zone." Make sure that anything that has to be seen is inside this zone.

Additionally, there is another region that is inset 5% from the edges of the action-safe zone known as the "title-safe zone." Older picture tubes still produced some distortion outside this zone, making text harder to read, so titles were always including inside this zone. Most TVs nowadays don't have a problem with text outside of this zone, but it's still common practice to use it. You may want to play it safe, but if it's not possible I wouldn't worry about it, since the likelihood of someone viewing the video on an old TV that has this problem is low.

From:
http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~edemaine/SoCG2003_multimedia/graphics.html

The "garbage" I picked up is located outside of the Safe Zone, which is why I only noticed it on the computer. The image looks fine on a TV set. I'm not going to bitch about image flaws that people watching the broadcast would have never noticed.

So, DVD dumpin' is a-go-go!

Last night I managed to do Genetic Engineering, Ray Bradbury, The Devil and Voice/American Artform. The latter were recorded in SLP back in 2000 and some of the image is jumpy and iffy, but other times it's suprising clear.

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I think that Fullmetal Alchemist Profiles, AKA the English translation of the first Perfect Guidebook, needs to be forced down the throats of anyone who wants to touch FMA fan fic with a ten foot pole. Heck, I refuse to write for that fandom and this book is giving me too many ideas.

The book has fairly detailed discussions on the technology and culture of at least the manga end. Oh, and maps, because maps rock. On top of this, it's all written rather cutely. Hughes explains the country's political structures, Winry covers the cultural end. If you've read everything, you've got it covered mostly, although there's sections that deal with the creator that are rather wacky.

With all the effort gone into building a world for the series, it rather annoying that fandom trashes the background completely. There is no buttsex section. Get over it.