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I’ve never been convinced by the hypotheses that the Lost survivors are either in the future, on another planet, in another dimension, or on some sort of Holodeck. After last night’s season finale, I am more convinced than ever that they are on Earth, in the present, probably on an island in the South Pacific. Minor spoilers follow.
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A few random things I’ve noticed that I didn’t know when I was first playing the game that may be helpful to newbies:
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Serenity is out on HD-DVD. That’s almost enough to convince me I want an HD-DVD player, though personally I suspect BlueRay is going to win in the end.

Wow. $599. That’s a lot. I didn’t even buy my PS1 until the price came down to $199. And here I was thinking the XBox 360 was overpriced at $200 less. All I can say is that this better be one hell of a gaming console, and have some really spectacular games.
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I recently subscribed to Cablevision HDTV because the install was free and DirectTV wanted to charge me $400 to get HD ($500 if I also wanted DVR capability). You get what you pay for. After two missed appointments, Cablevision finally installed a Scientific Atlanta 4200HD receiver and hooked it up to my Dell HDTV via the S-Video input. However, the installer did not check that the HD channels actually came in HD.
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