bbc america airing 2007 top gear

[crazybrew609]

for anyone who missed last seasons episodes bbc America is showing 2 a night every Monday starting at 8.. i now have something to fill the void of football


oh and has anyone else heard of the new show called "gear" which is coming out this summer which i supposed to be a rip of of top gear and fifth gear for America?

[JClark]

Sweet, what channel is BBC America in Albany?

[crazybrew609]

450

[crazybrew609]

which is gunna be great since i have already seen all of this seasons episodes and watching them again is gunna be great.. the trip to the arctic has to be hands down the BEST TOP GEAR episode of all times

[fujii13]

FinalGear.com has torrents of all the Top Gear and Fifth Gear epis usually the night of their airing on the BBC.

[crazybrew609]

yea and i have all of the episodes from the last 4 season for both top gear and final gear from the site, yet i would much rather watch them on tv... my laptop just isn't as much fun

[fujii13]

Originally Posted by crazybrew609

yea and i have all of the episodes from the last 4 season for both top gear and final gear from the site, yet i would much rather watch them on tv... my laptop just isn't as much fun

I got the original XBOX hacked with XBMC so I can watch video from any of the PCs on my network. It's the only way to fly.

[dmoffitt]

yeah but finalgear is illegal. not that I haven't ever downloaded something like this where you simply COULDN'T get it here.

... now they just have to get that shit on iTunes (waiting for Fuj to chime in with a douchy anti-apple comment but tell me a better outlet to get it on my iPhone / tv / computer legally). XBMC isn't a bad way to go, I wasn't all that impressed with the video quality (something funky seemed to be going on with the frame rate / colors, it looked like "computer" video not television when my buddy brought his over) but it's nice if you already HAVE an old xbox, might as well.

[fujii13]

Originally Posted by dmoffitt

yeah but finalgear is illegal. not that I haven't ever downloaded something like this where you simply COULDN'T get it here.

... now they just have to get that shit on iTunes (waiting for Fuj to chime in with a douchy anti-apple comment but tell me a better outlet to get it on my iPhone / tv / computer legally). XBMC isn't a bad way to go, I wasn't all that impressed with the video quality (something funky seemed to be going on with the frame rate / colors, it looked like "computer" video not television when my buddy brought his over) but it's nice if you already HAVE an old xbox, might as well.

I'll agree with you on the vid qual. I watch it on a 1080i TV and it isn't perfect, but I'd really like to try it with the High Definition pack.

As for Final Gear, it's gotten several mentions on Top Gear and Richard Hammond has even worn a Final Gear donated helmet on the show. If the presenters are OK with the site, so am I.

Not going to get into a rant about iTunes, but I can't agree with ANY technology, regardless as to whether it's from Apple (FairPlay), Microsoft (Windows Media DRM), Rhapsody (and other PlayForSure devices), etc. that lock consumers into a certain type of hardware, rather than promoting free (as in speech) and open source alternatives.

[mikecentola]

Originally Posted by fujii13

I'll agree with you on the vid qual. I watch it on a 1080i TV and it isn't perfect, but I'd really like to try it with the High Definition pack.

As for Final Gear, it's gotten several mentions on Top Gear and Richard Hammond has even worn a Final Gear donated helmet on the show. If the presenters are OK with the site, so am I.

Not going to get into a rant about iTunes, but I can't agree with ANY technology, regardless as to whether it's from Apple (FairPlay), Microsoft (Windows Media DRM), Rhapsody (and other PlayForSure devices), etc. that lock consumers into a certain type of hardware, rather than promoting free (as in speech) and open source alternatives.

That's why I waited for iTunes Plus before doing any of that...