Monday, November 14, 2005
Thursday, November 10th 2005
I have been working with gentleman from England this week. He is one of our vendors. I was telling him that my Ashes 2005 DVD set has not arrived yet. He told me that it could take some time but I should get it. That was comforting and I guess I will continue to wait, after all I wouldn’t think that what I consider the “holy grail” of cricket, Lords, would ever take me to the cleaners. Just as I suspected, Lords came through with the goods and my DVD was at my house when I got home from work. It was exactly what I had envisioned , 3 DVD’s in a holder and the back edge of the DVD’s formed a picture of the Ashes urn.After explaining to my wife what it was, I raced to the DVD player with the anticipation of a young boy on Christmas morning. This excitement was short lived as I was dealt an unexpected, crushing blow. My DVD player came up with the message of “unsupported format”. “How could this be” I said to myself. After some research on line, I found out the format of the DVD, because it is a product of England, is not supported by DVD players in the United States. To say I was devastated would be an understatement. Just when I was about to face the fact that I had made a grave mistake and would have to spend more money to buy a region free DVD player, I read that it should play on my laptop or computer without any issues. From what I read, I should use WINDVD and it should allow me to change the region from # 1 (U.S) to # 2 (U.K). With much apprehension, I put the DVD in my laptop and launched WINDVD. I was prompted to change the region and once I did, SUCCESS, my beloved Ashes 2005 DVD started playing in all it’s glory. First, let me say that this is more than I expected. The clarity, footage, coverage, sound, etc..are unbelievable! I have finally witnessed a game of real Cricket. This is the missing link that I have been waiting for. I can see real bowling, batting technique, fielding and everything that up until this moment, I could only imagine and dream of. Even seeing a real wicket was pure joy. Above all, I was witnessing the masters of the game in all their glory. After watching some of this I came to the following conclusion: I know I will succeed at this sport and now more that ever, I know I have what it takes. I am now more motivated that ever before!!!
I have been working with gentleman from England this week. He is one of our vendors. I was telling him that my Ashes 2005 DVD set has not arrived yet. He told me that it could take some time but I should get it. That was comforting and I guess I will continue to wait, after all I wouldn’t think that what I consider the “holy grail” of cricket, Lords, would ever take me to the cleaners. Just as I suspected, Lords came through with the goods and my DVD was at my house when I got home from work. It was exactly what I had envisioned , 3 DVD’s in a holder and the back edge of the DVD’s formed a picture of the Ashes urn.After explaining to my wife what it was, I raced to the DVD player with the anticipation of a young boy on Christmas morning. This excitement was short lived as I was dealt an unexpected, crushing blow. My DVD player came up with the message of “unsupported format”. “How could this be” I said to myself. After some research on line, I found out the format of the DVD, because it is a product of England, is not supported by DVD players in the United States. To say I was devastated would be an understatement. Just when I was about to face the fact that I had made a grave mistake and would have to spend more money to buy a region free DVD player, I read that it should play on my laptop or computer without any issues. From what I read, I should use WINDVD and it should allow me to change the region from # 1 (U.S) to # 2 (U.K). With much apprehension, I put the DVD in my laptop and launched WINDVD. I was prompted to change the region and once I did, SUCCESS, my beloved Ashes 2005 DVD started playing in all it’s glory. First, let me say that this is more than I expected. The clarity, footage, coverage, sound, etc..are unbelievable! I have finally witnessed a game of real Cricket. This is the missing link that I have been waiting for. I can see real bowling, batting technique, fielding and everything that up until this moment, I could only imagine and dream of. Even seeing a real wicket was pure joy. Above all, I was witnessing the masters of the game in all their glory. After watching some of this I came to the following conclusion: I know I will succeed at this sport and now more that ever, I know I have what it takes. I am now more motivated that ever before!!!
# posted by americancricketer @ 6:22 AM 
