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[Pando]

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/epis...tab-interactive

I wanted to mention that there is an upcoming show on National Geographic Channel on Sunday, Nov 2 at 8PM (in US) about Opportunity and Spirit, and it contains breathtaking vistas and animations of the rovers' travels to Victoria crater and in Gusev. They showed a preview, and it was absolutely stunning in HD.

There are some videos on the website as well:
Opportunity Video

Folks - set your DVRs!!!

[dvandorn]

I've had this program saved on my DVR since last November, and have watched it several times. But in late developments, I started planning to get an HDTV a few weeks ago, and while I needed to wait for my "extra" paycheck of the month to go get the HDTV, I went ahead and got an HD DVR from Comcast a week ago. (I feel gluttonous -- I have my old SD DVR in my bedroom now, and a brand-new HD DVR in my living room.)

I noticed that "Five Years on Mars" was being re-run in HD on the NatGeo HD offering here during this last week, so I recorded it, figuring I'd want to play it in HD as soon as I got the new TV.

Well, I got the new TV last night. Decent brand, 32" 720p LCD, which works for the room it's in, and which gets an outstanding picture. Also does very good surround sound without any separate speaker deployment.

As soon as I got the thing connected up (really easy to do with an HDMI cable), I started playing "Five Years"... in HD.

Oh.

My.

God.

I ran out of swear jars, guys.

If there's any way for you guys to catch some of this recent programming in HD, I highly, highly recommend it. (Also got to see the end of the Kaguya special on Nat Geo in HD this evening, BTW, shaking myself for not noticing it was on earlier. Also worth several swear jars. Seeing the Moon pass underneath as the Earth rises, in full HD... 'twas superb.)

-the other Doug