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What is with this “Add-On Item” BS on Amazon?

I just want to buy a Component cable for my Wii.
I see a bunch of different brands, like Nyko, Monster, Nintendo, then the brands I never have heard of
I found a cable that is $10 from a company I have heard of… When I try to check out …  I couldn’t find a “check out” button!
This is an “add on item” and needs to ship with a $25 purchase.
What? I would buy Nintendo’s offical ones but they are laughably overpriced at $50. (Even on Nintendo’s own website they are $30!) 

http://www.amazon.com/Official-Wii-Component-Video-Cable-Pc/dp/B000JJRV90/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1371335582&sr=8-6&keywords=wii+component

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http://store.nintendo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=117711&currency=USD&catalogId=10001&tranId=0&lastAction=setCurr&storeId=10001&languageId=-1&categoryId=62705&ddkey=http:SetCurrencyPreference

What the heck is this? Since WHEN did amazon say “oh this is a cable, hence you need to buy $25 worth of stuff to get this!” Why????
What if the cable that came with my Wii broke!? I HAVE to buy $25 worth of junk when ALL I WANT IS A CABLE!?

“Comming soon to DVD!”

I have ALWAYS, hated Ads on DVDs, specially ones you can’t skip - which is why one of my DVD players I have a hacked Firmware, cause you CAN skip them but they don’t want you too.

I have always heard from a small group of people at my old school how bad DVD was because it doesn’t offer enough space.
I always wondered then, Why do they have “coming soon to DVD” and other Ads! If they barely have enough space shouldn’t that be the shit that gets canned?
Also I hate they say “Coming soon!” It implies you bought this DVD RIGHT as it was released, and you will never watch it again. If anything you should advertise “____ on BluRay!”

Howl’s Moving Castle (film) + My Neighbor Totoro Random thoughts?

I just got these on DVD and… I have some odd thoughts… don’t worry no spoilers…

Howl’s Moving Castle -
1) Whats with the DVD box art? I say this cause It’s the 2006 DVD release even though EVERY other (except spirited away) DVD box was the 2010, and the store JUST got them in… I dunno seems kinda weird…

2) Because it’s from 2006 It’s funny to see the “Coming soon to DVD/BluRay!” - I always wonder why they do this - I’ll rant about this later, but in short shouldn’t they just advertise the new DVD, rather then say “it’s coming soon” implying you’ll never watch this DVD again or have bought it just a few months after it’s release?

3) I can tell it was a book turned into a movie… and that the movie was altered to fit Miyazaki like Characters… cause some of the plot… well feels unexplained and it’s almost like the characters don’t realize something is happening, or it’s completely normal.

My Neighbor Totoro -
1) Elle Fanning could your voice grate on my ears any more! I am slowly understanding why people hate kids in movies, and videogames… I don’t hang out with young kids but I can’t imagine their voices can be this annoying… - sorry :(

2) The Box art lies? I don’t think we ever meet this girl… Shes in Sarsuki’s dress… but has pigtails like Mei… I mean this frame is based off a scene in the movie. I recognize it, and thats fine, but why are both characters one? was an earlier version of this movie about 1 girl? Why didn’t the Box art change? It looks like a Cel over a background, it be easy enough to take her off and replace her with the new characters. Howl’s moving Castle’s Title is taken from the movie (It’s like a single frame and in the movie I thought looked slightly awkwardly animated..)

3) Is it just me or does Mei kinda look like a frog xD I dunno somthing about her eyes and big mouth makes me think “frog”

Seriously this Macrovision is pissing me the hell off.

I only atm have 1 input for my TV, and I don’t wanna move a 100Lbs TV JUST to switch connections.
FUCK DRM.

Also I’m just wondering… WHY THE FUCK DO THEY STILL HAVE THIS DRM! - seriously some BluRay players still have this!!

It is litterally >10x faster to just copy the Disc, rather then record the thing live, AND EVEN THEN, you can always Screen capture on your computer!

Microsoft invading Nintendo Events at Bestbuy?

According to some people Microsoft employes have been going to Best Buy to talk about why people should get an Xbox One, over the WiiU…
DURING the WiiU events! - Where the public can play WiiU games they are showing at E3.

If this is true, this is really desperate of them.

I hate DRM… just about any kind

Very few forms of “Copy protection” I am ok with.
Why? Cause most are actually quite noticeable, specially to people who care about quality.
Then it’s pure annoying cause somebody WILL find a way around it, or it will become absolutely pointless, or a hassle in the future.

My DVD player, which for it’s time was a really high end DVD player, has a “copy protection” called “Macrovision”.
What it does is it detects if your DVD player is hooked up to a VCR, if so the players signal will fluctuate, this theoretically prevents you to record your DVDs to VHS.

The problem are:
1) On a CRT because they are Analog, a stronger signal leads to a brighter image. The image is constantly going bright to dark.
2) On an LCD - because they are digital, they need a consistent stronger signal, otherwise they will not recognize the device. - This often happens to old videogames on new HDTVs.
3) It doesn’t properly detect VCRs. It detects ANYTHING that tries to pass through the signal, so if you have a passive splitter because you don’t have enough/correct ports on your TV, you are affected.
4) NOBODY USES VHS TAPES ANYMORE, so now it’s just making the device a hunk of junk.

I am now in the market of finding a BluRay player or DVD player with 5.1 surround, through Analog cables, also having COMPONENT. - which is becoming Rarer!?

seriously I don’t understand… Component (Green Red Blue) is better then Composite ( yellow ) and Composite can’t even output HD so WHY are BLURAY players not putting Component anymore? - oh I know COPY PROTECTION ON HDMI, or you get crappy picture quality pick your poison!