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I have downloaded movies and it sucks. I have T4 here at my home/office. It might be fast but there are limits to the movies and most of all, my server is the only place to store 5TB of HD movies. Then if it crashes I lost my money. <br  /><br><br  /><br>Downloads are great if you want to watch something like Friday, get stoned, and forget that you ever saw it. That way when your 24 hours of owning it are up you can feel good not knowing where it came from.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-19_05:22:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "d342e4652ea6460d283d89b404e69b1c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Best Buy has not dropped HD DVD - their simply naming Blu Ray as their prefered HD player.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_13:42:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ac54f2e0264dfda5c81f219867f4208", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257662": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I respectfully disagree with a lot of what you have said here.<br  /><br><br  /><br>You suggest is that Blu-ray had a \"marginal\" lead in disc sales in 2007.  If you consider between 2 and 3 times as many discs to be marginally more then what do you consider to be substantially more?  Even the discs that Warner released on both formats sold better on Blu-ray than on HD DVD.<br  /><br><br  /><br>You suggest that parents searching for a Wii purchased a PS3 instead.  The market research I have seen simply do not support this.  In fact the research I have seen shows that the XBox 360 Arcade edition that was $270 over the holidays was by far the biggest beneficiary of the Wii shortage.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Finally you suggest that HD Downloads are going to become mainstream somehow.  Currently only about half of Americans have broadband to their homes.  Of that number a very minuscule number have more than 3.0 mbps.  Worse is that this is time-share bandwidth so if several of your neighbors are using it then you do not get all 3 mbps.  The US infrastructure just cannot support wide acceptance of HD downloads.  In fact if you look at most companies that are attempting to roll this out: ATT, Comcast, etc.  All of them are talking about having it ready in \"a few years\".<br  /><br><br  /><br>On top of the issue of there not being enough bandwidth to support the HD downloads, there is the issue of people having to purchase another set-top box for their television.  How do you propose to sell this to joe-six-pack?<br  /><br><br  /><br>\"Hey Joe, we have this box that lets you rent movies for $5 a piece.  You only get to watch the movie once for that price though.  Oh yeah, one more thing, once you start watching the movie you have to finish watching it within 24 hours or lose it. And the box will cost you $300\"<br  /><br><br  /><br>Joe, \"Uhm, so what is the difference between that and the PPV system my cable company offers now?  It sucks and we have had it for years.  Is the picture quality better than upscaled DVDs?\"<br  /><br><br  /><br>\"Well no, actually it is not as good as upscaled DVDs and you have to subscribe to the $70 per month Internet package to use it reliably.\"<br  /><br><br  /><br>Joe, \"Right, I will get back to you...\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:08:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "95e81a51e9a6caf363242461d52b251e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "With the end of the format war, it seems to be popular for the media to invent or parrot the notion of a new format war between Blu-Ray and HD download.  The simple fact is that there is no technology today, or in near future, which offers near HD quality downloads as a viable, cost effective, and responsive commercial service.  The best current services can offer is 720p resolution, but at much lower quality encodes.   Blu-Ray provides 50GB of data storage at much higher bandwidth than DVD or any current affordable dometic internet service, and we&#039;re beginning to see movies encoded to use an entire Blu-Ray disc, including uncompressed audio.  Regardless of the technology involved....and it only takes a few hours of research for the so-called trade press to verify the technical limitations of download services... the press seem to be ignoring en-mass both the reasons people buy movies on physical media have more to do with impulse purchases, portability, sharability, and retention/collection, than with the desire for pay-per-view.  Do your research, apply some reasoning, and come up with some sensible articles.<br  /><br>And, BTW, the HD-DVD did not fail because Toshiba raised the price of players in the critical purchase period before Christmas.. it failed because the only basis HD-DVD could compete was on price, and by LOWERING prices, HD-DVD alienated the very manufacturers on whom they were reliant to validate the format and drive the market.  HD-DVD pricing was TOO LOW, to have ever won the war, as it invalidated th business cases of Toshiba, and their partners.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:16:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "2ef993fc00847b0312bc50aededf58ab", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey, so HD download is going to be the future eh captain?<br  /><br>Will I actually own the download? Like hold it with my grubby little hands, put it up on my shelf, will I actually own it? So I will pay what like $10, $15 bucks for a movie in a downloadable form sitting on someone else&#039;s server, keep it on my DVR until I run out of space and delete it, and when I want to watch it again re-download it again,... err... hmmm sounds awfully like renting much like Netflix or Blockbuster with no late fees. <br  /><br><br  /><br>Do I really own the movie?<br  /><br><br  /><br>Did you know Blu-ray 2.0 allows you to download a 1GB portable version of the movie in MP4 format so you can put it on your PSP. Cool eh? Solves that portable problem you talk about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_14:41:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "6db87d566bb9d528c0e6308cb40611cc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tom, don&#039;t be so dense:<br  /><br><br  /><br> <a href=\"http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15717/best_buy_backs_blu-ray\" title=\"http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15717/best_buy_backs_blu-ray\" target=\"_blank\" ref=\"nofollow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15717/bes...</a><br  /><br><br  /><br>What does that tell you that Best Buy will only \"promote\" Blu-ray? That they are phasing out HD DVD, they will not spend money on the product to promote it etc. Get a clue. And NetFlix dropped HD DVD alltogether. <br  /><br><br  /><br>HD DVD = dead man", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_15:28:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4000b5a8aecbde58761adbfdac7b9ac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257666": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK you don&#039;t \"own\" movies unless you are a studio, you license rights.  <br  /><br><br  /><br>How many movies do you need to have on your shelf?  I rent (netflix) 9.9 movies I watch and I never want to see them again, there are maybe 1 or 2 movies a year I want to watch more than once and, if I really thought about it, most of those I could probably rent.   If a rental costs $4 and buying costs $20, you have to watch 5 times before you break even.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Downloads work best for rentals, you get them in about 30 seconds when things are working right if streaming, and if you want to watch them on the road you download and cache them. <br  /><br><br  /><br>So yes, its like Netflix, which is why Netflix is moving to downloads.  <br  /><br><br  /><br>As far as downloading MP4, why buy the Blu-Ray first?  Just download the format you want to watch.  Save you a ton of time on transcoding.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_15:29:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "d068c8437b37f443921f4aee79003304", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "imaballa, you are pretty dumb too. Your arguement is that you won&#039;t physically own the movie? Duh, isn&#039;t that what happened to music too? Since when has there been an incline in CD sales? Not for a couple years. iTunes and online music downloads are winning, why wouldn&#039;t it happen for movies? Be a visionary, and don&#039;t hold onto what will not last forever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_15:30:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4000b5a8aecbde58761adbfdac7b9ac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have all the latest equipment Sony PS3, Toshiba HD A35, Very high speed internet connection, etc. I am happy to see Blu Ray winning. However, Joe Six-pack will not be downloading Hi-def movies any time soon....Mark my words \"packaged media\" is here to stay for a long time. You are misguided to believe the majority of people will all be downloading their Hi-Def content any time soon. Yes, you and I may be downloading some content to our media servers. Don&#039;t however underestimate the desire for the average person to own something physically tangible.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_16:12:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "51b73b214a3ada54cfe15059bb3a8817", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@Rob,<br  /><br><br  /><br>Your speaking purely from personal experience. You might purchase 1-2 movies at the most a year, and  rent 9.9 movies from netflix, but not everyone is like you.<br  /><br>In 2007 $16 billion in DVD consumer spending says so of DVD movie purchases. The sales of DVD have been one of the highest ever with a slight dip from $16.5 billion from 2006. <br  /><br>DVD rentals have held a $7 billion in consumer spending for several years now with no increase. <br  /><br><br  /><br>I myself purchase a decent number of movies, such as Spiderman series, 300, X-men, and Shrek to name a few(which it turns out are the top sellers of 2007). I just feel these are must own movies, I also rent from Netflix, and blockbuster when I don&#039;t want to wait from Netflix, and usually if I like the movie alot I would buy it. However, just like G4TV Attack of the show segment DVDuesdays, there are Movies many people consider Renters or buyers.<br  /><br>I would consider HD movie download to substitute my rentals, but I would never substitute digital downloads for actually physically owning the movie.<br  /><br>I&#039;m an average white collar worker, Software Engineer, me and my co-workers talk about movies all the time, all family folks who purchase movies on a regular basis, we make up part of that populous that contribute to that $16 billion spendature. <br  /><br>There are many factors why digital downloads would never substitute, physical media purchase:<br  /><br>1) The technology for streaming is light years away; even using FIOS the HD content is still compressed not as good as HD movies on Blu-ray fully uncompressed 25GB movie. There are definite bandwidth issues especially the way America is setup right now.<br  /><br>2) DRM, if you want movies you can download to your DVR, then transfer them to a mediacard for portable use, how does that circumvent copyright issues? The logical answer would be the movies would be DVR locked.<br  /><br>3) There is a huge population that still purchases movies, more so then rent them. With Netflix you pay a flat monthly fee and rent movies, which in a way emulates how digital download would work semantically, you pay a flat fee averaging out to your usual purchase/rental cost and you can re-rent old movies if you want to re-watch it, but realistically thats not how it works in the world. Owners still purchase movies because they want to physically own them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_16:42:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "6db87d566bb9d528c0e6308cb40611cc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here is how I see things happening:<br  /><br><br  /><br>Movie downloads will replace regular DVD movies, for the general consumer that really doesn&#039;t care about movie quality. Whether they watch it on their PC, or cownload it from their cable provider via VOD (which is already huge I might add), this will be their format of choice.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Blu-ray will be there for the true movie buffs, the trend setters and people that really help new technology take off. <br  /><br><br  /><br>Blu-ray won&#039;t be going anywhere, anytime soon.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Just my $.02 cents", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-13_17:47:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "c523dc768ab617fb216c9def9769a7b0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257672": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just got a 1080p HDDVD player from Tesco last night for \u00a3179 with 2 HDDVD movies included (one of them the awesome looking &#039;300&#039;) and a HDMI cable, all in the the box.<br  /><br><br  /><br>I am very happy with my purchase and it plays normal dvd&#039;s aswell (i can use the other side of the disc in a NORMAL DVD PLAYER TOO!) ... something you CANNOT do with bluray.  and you cant get bluray for that price.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Once I can download movies (HD MOVIES) i will move to them permanently though.  That is the future.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-23_14:15:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "0d80d92642a7f77808e6afbde534e7d9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257673": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wonder if we don&#039;t have two boat anchors instead of one in our HD players.  It seems like the claim to fame of Blu-Ray is the PS3.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Unless your TV is 60 inch and 1080p and you are sitting 2 feet away from the TV I just don&#039;t think HD gives that much.  I did enjoy March of the Penguins in HD, but that&#039;s the only movie I&#039;ve seen where it mattered and that didn&#039;t matter to the tunes of hundreds of dollars.<br  /><br><br  /><br>I think the main concern of the movie companies is that DVD&#039;s really AREN&#039;T copy protected. Blu-Ray provides slightly better security in that regard.<br  /><br><br  /><br>From my viewpoint, I think the movie companies are trying to entice us away from DVD with a marginal improvement in picture quality.  Let&#039;s get serious about the claimed sound improvements too...  Unless you have dog hearing, you couldn&#039;t tell the difference between DVD and either HD format.<br  /><br><br  /><br><br  />", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-15_10:37:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "bd06af7ea362649a5159fa9f9d08156a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257674": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There was a time when Rob Enderle was proclaiming that HD-DVD is the WINNER! How the Mighty has fallen, I said at the time that Blu-Ray has the advantage having better studios supporting it. But Rob and HD-DVD fanboy Jeff even argued that content libraries does not matter and that stand-alone player sales matter most. WRONG!!! As I said then, what good do cheap players be when there&#039;s only few titles for it.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Can I say it Loud, I TOLD YOU SO!!! Jeff, Eat your words! HA HA HA", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_03:04:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "0dc10e6e1d504984933f88baa4e87bba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To Andyx - Who&#039;s Jeff?<br  /><br><br  /><br>\"Jeff, Eat your words! HA HA HA\"<br  /><br><br  /><br>You moron.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_04:41:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4000b5a8aecbde58761adbfdac7b9ac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Either way, PS3 owners win. Even in the outcome of digital downloads they win.  We have already seen previews floating around the net of PlayTV in the UK.  We know the PS3 can play Hi-Def downloaded content from the PS3 store. To me, it&#039;s only a matter of time before Sony either makes a client of their own to place on the PS3 to play downloaded movie content, or has a third party do it (think NetFlix).<br  /><br><br  /><br>The PS3 is now starting to showoff what Sony execs were saying 2 years ago before its release, and that is that it was designed to be future proof.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_05:54:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "9a01b38b2b1ddf3ce148c6d86e8c2f5f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Stan you&#039;re the Moron,<br  /><br>Read \"Wal-Mart HD DVD: To Be or Not To Be?\" Talkback April 27, 2007 and you&#039;ll know what it&#039;s all about.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Commenting without knowing the details makes you the MORON!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_07:06:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "0dc10e6e1d504984933f88baa4e87bba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257678": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You didn&#039;t answer my question Andy....who the hell is Jeff? Did you mean Rob?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_08:23:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4000b5a8aecbde58761adbfdac7b9ac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257679": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You did not read the web page, refer to the comments then you&#039;ll know who Jeff is. He&#039;s probably one of the most fanatic of HD-DVD fanboys. He&#039;s not Rob, I think.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_08:38:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "0dc10e6e1d504984933f88baa4e87bba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257680": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now guys lets all play nice.  Digital HD downloads sounds like a great idea.  HD video content on the X360 looks awesome, not the same quality as a bluray however.  Video downloads is great for rentals but not for those who collect.  Anyone that collected vinyl records in their youth are probably still enjoying those records as collectors many years later.  The problem with digial downloads is digital rights management (DRM).  I remember reading about a music download service that went under and all ATRAC files with DRM were going to be useless after the service goes bye bye... remember the Connect Music store.  I am sure if Universal kicks the bucket that my DVD of The Transformers will still work perfectly on my PS3 or any DVD player in my home.  Bluray 2.0 giving consumers that ability to make a compressed copy of a movie to be used on other devices (like the PSP) is a great idea.  My question is how is the DRM?  <br  /><br><br  /><br>P.S.: Rob... can you please not compare the Wii to the other three systems.  Though its a crowd favorite, the attach rate is less than stellar which puts the developers in a situation of not making any money on a top selling system.  Nintendo seems to be the only one really celebrating the mega success of the Wii.  Developers are more willing to put games on the X360 and even the PS3 to make money... ask Activision, ask Capcom, ask Namco, but dont ask Nintendo.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_08:41:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "887f02e2b979b8f2949cc2f7e260bf57", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@Kerbe,<br  /><br><br  /><br>As I have mentioned in my 1st post, in Blu-ray 2.0 the compressed movie file is only 1GB you can put on PS3 to watch on the go. 1GB is probably your \"Video On Demand\" quality, however remember it still looks stellar on the PSP&#039;s 4.5\" Screen. I don&#039;t think you will have too much DRM issues there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_09:00:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "6db87d566bb9d528c0e6308cb40611cc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To Andy:<br  /><br><br  /><br>Ah...didn&#039;t catch that, or read all of the comments. Can I still call you a moron? :D", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_09:02:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4000b5a8aecbde58761adbfdac7b9ac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is there really an Xbox 360 shortage? <br  /><br><br  /><br> <a href=\"http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15749/microsoft_claims_xbox_360_shortage\" title=\"http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15749/microsoft_claims_xbox_360_shortage\" target=\"_blank\" ref=\"nofollow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15749/mic...</a><br  /><br><br  /><br>I call B.S. here (posted on it too)<br  /><br><br  /><br>HD downloads on the Xbox 360 are still way to pricey, you don&#039;t really \"own\" them and the quality sucks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_09:03:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4000b5a8aecbde58761adbfdac7b9ac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257684": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To Stan<br  /><br>Nope, a moron in our language is a kind of delicacy made from sticky rice, eaten as snack or dessert. ;D", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_11:58:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "0dc10e6e1d504984933f88baa4e87bba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@imaballa<br  /><br><br  /><br>Thanks for the update which is a lot more detailed than your original post of \"Did you know Blu-ray 2.0 allows you to download a 1GB portable version of the movie in MP4 format so you can put it on your PSP. Cool eh? Solves that portable problem you talk about.\"  In that case, thats just Sony fluffing up the functionality of the PS3 and PSP and does nothing for the masses that may have an iPod or a laptop PC or some other portable media player.  There goes your DRM my friend.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_12:17:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "887f02e2b979b8f2949cc2f7e260bf57", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Stan and Andy are now friend!<br  /><br><br  /><br>Yay!<br  /><br><br  /><br>Beers on me!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_15:42:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4000b5a8aecbde58761adbfdac7b9ac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@Kerbe,<br  /><br><br  /><br>Yea, the PSP reads MP4 format so at first it was a pain when I realized my PSP wouldn&#039;t read Divix files like all the episodes of \"Heroes\", that was until I found a nifty little transcoding tool that converts divx to MP4 format and vice versa.<br  /><br>I don&#039;t know what video formats ipod will take but converting that 1GB \"lite\" version of the movie \"300\" MP4 into divix or wma would be a cinch. <br  /><br><br  /><br>I already have a nice little Blu-ray collection, with all the great deals going on all the time like Amazon likes to do blu-ray movies for $19 once in a while. Very tempting.<br  />", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-14_16:31:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "6db87d566bb9d528c0e6308cb40611cc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am in agreement with the multitude of comments above that HD download is greatly lacking compared to physical media and that this article is bunk.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Just think about the bandwidth issues if tons of folks started using the internet to get QUALITY 1080P content!  The internet would crawl to a halt.  Maybe 15 years from now if we concentrate on more infrastructure improvement the net could handle massive 1080P content downloads...but by then everyone will have dozens of movies on Blu-ray.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-15_07:39:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "5c970f5c98f92f95b3fbf3d7eca634d1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Fascinating post Mr. Enderle.  Rather provocative.  Two questions then:<br  /><br><br  /><br>#1 - Does this mean you think the currently HD-DVD studios (Universal, Paramount, Dreamworks) should (Or perhaps will) forego delivering their content on Blu-Ray and focus instead on digital deliveries.<br  /><br><br  /><br>#2 That Microsoft will/should not put a Blu-Ray drive in a future version of the XBox 360?<br  /><br><br  /><br>I tend to believe, the Sony strategy of delivering content on hi-def packaged media AND as digital downloads seems more viable from a business perspective than focusing entirely on digital downloads.  Particulary in the short to medium timeframe (5 years out).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-15_09:48:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "cd60f69f8bdc3d9114354c923547508b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i think people are going to be really disapointed in download offerings. this article talks as if we are ready to go. perhaps you should speak to a few ISP&#039;s and see just how happy they will be with people downloading 10gbs per movie (and that compressed to a level that is not comprimised), not to mention the &#039;extras&#039; and also the increased cost in additional harddrives and power they consume.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-18_06:20:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "abebe8d7201ec9b4a8adacc597e03d83", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257691": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Did this guy do any research before he wrote this?  Half of it doesn&#039;t make sense and the other half is wrong.  Where ever he got his sources, he should start looking some where else.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-18_06:49:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "918dfcadaec4d5dbc8019d9fc675bbf6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bjorn, have any facts to back up your statement?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-18_07:41:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4000b5a8aecbde58761adbfdac7b9ac", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I quite enjoyed your post on the format wars. Yours was one of the few I found that analyzed the demise of HD-DVD, instead of solely forecasting the future. I especially liked your argument about the Nintendo Wii. As much as insiders and tech aficionados may not want to believe it, what drives sales is the average consumer, generally clueless but looking for a good buy. Sony&#039;s brightest idea was using the average consumers in the video game market as a  fulcrum for Blu-Ray sales. The average consumer is generally unsure of which direction to go (especially in a format war), so when they saw one item bundled with a complete game console, the advantage was obvious. <br  /><br>In fact, I would argue that the real clincher in the format war was definitely the PS3, because it had the lowest barrier to entry. If you looked at either format, you had steep requirements to get anything out of it - an HDTV, an HDMI cable, and the unit itself. Two of those units costed at least 800 to a thousand dollars. For any average consumer, the price was ridiculous. However, the PS3 doubled as a game console, and one which had multitudes of fans. They may not have had an HDTV, but it was okay, because the blu-ray player they were using also happened to be enjoyable without an HDTV, because of the gaming ability. Right there, one of the barriers to entry was lowered. Obviously, to get the full experience, upgrading to an HDTV was necessary, but not immediately. The Playstation 3 was also the cheapest blu-ray player around (much cheaper than a good HDTV), so it had a definite advantage.<br  /><br>Sony, of course, used this to its full advantage. It always touted the number of players, claiming it had its format in a million and a half homes. Of course, 1.4 million of those were PS3s. ( <a href=\"http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/06/20/ps3-and-blu-ray-players-outnumber-hd-dvd-5-to-1/)\" title=\"http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/06/20/ps3-and-blu-ray-players-outnumber-hd-dvd-5-to-1/)\" target=\"_blank\" ref=\"nofollow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/06/20/ps...</a><br  /><br>And while the North American adoption of the ps3 may not have been huge, it was rather large in Europe and Japan, where the rival Xbox 360 was unpopular, and where the Wii was nowhere to be found, as you stated.<br  /><br>In fact, it this could be best illustrated by looking at the shifting allegiances of a very lucrative industry: Adult videos. Say what you want about the adult industry, it is a perfect litmus test for a format. In the beginning, Blu-Ray tried to adopt a family-friendly stance, and banned pornography from its film repertoire. The porn industry responded by going to HD-DVD. However, companies were bombarded with requests for HD adult content on the shiny new Blu-Ray player that they got when they bought their PS3. Since there was such a market for Blu-Ray pornography, and since Sony desperately needed a way to pull ahead of HD-DVD, a compromise was found, and adult films were made in Blu-Ray HD. The point here is that once an industry which cares very little about the technical advantage of HD media decides to adopt a format, it has become desired by the mainstream. And, since Sony had spent an arm and a leg getting Blu-Ray players into the PS3s and into homes, the momentum for mainstream demand rested solely in the camp of Blu-Ray. ( <a href=\"http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/01/17/blu-ray-loves-porn-after-all)\" title=\"http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/01/17/blu-ray-loves-porn-after-all)\" target=\"_blank\" ref=\"nofollow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/0...</a> I think that, while Time Warner&#039;s decision may have capitulated the change, the real underlying reason that the format war was won by Blu-Ray rested solely in the lowest barrier of entry that the PS3 represented.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-18_17:40:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "79ee920320e27686128276f7cf5ef656", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Real good thing about blu-ray. Benefit right now there is no way to broadcast in 1080p the bandwith is to large for the resolution and the 60 frames per seconds thats a lot of information and the really one of the only ways to watch a movie besides in movie theater to watch 1080p and it looks great!  Downloads will probably be if not already are in 1080p but who groups around a computer and watches a movie usually its only one person maybe two who sits and watches a movie on a computer,  but you could use your computer and run it to a tv (via hdmi).  you run into a lot of computer format ratios.   A lot of tv&#039;s don&#039;t agree to well with computer resolutions.  In lamers term watching a seting up a Blu-ray playes is quick and easy and majority of the customers like plug-n-play put the dvd in and go with it and the pix is outstanding.  Blu-ray is here to stay and eventhough were in this digital and download world.  Blu-ray one make a lot of customers like simplicity happy.  (Besides the software uprgrades to these players which that helps me out of being a TV Repairman and other home electronics).  Thanks that was a great article!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-19_10:29:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "488aa4a91d3fb4d2f52fc0e77fee8a21", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I had comments but got a e-mail to verify my e-mail I put a lot of good info in there I hope you can post it. The e-mail told me to go to this link and verify my e-mail this is the only place I see to put a e-mail in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-19_10:34:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "488aa4a91d3fb4d2f52fc0e77fee8a21", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "25257696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So according to Rob HD-Downloads will probably become the new mainstream.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Maybe Rob should be a bit more careful with his predictions.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Aug. 2005:<br  /><br> <a href=\"http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback67.html\" title=\"http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback67.html\" target=\"_blank\" ref=\"nofollow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback67.html</a><br  /><br><br  /><br>Dec. 2006:<br  /><br> <a href=\"http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback234.html\" title=\"http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback234.html\" target=\"_blank\" ref=\"nofollow\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback234.html</a><br  /><br><br  /><br>Just saying...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-02-21_04:57:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "18ca58ea85df2c8849695c688d3d1b2f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "user_voted": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "hide_user_votes": true, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "uploads_url": "http://media.disqus.com/uploads", "thread": {"total_posts": 0, "paginate": false, "per_page": 0, "slug": "how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter", "offset_posts": 0, "num_pages": 1, "days_alive": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 44061419, "pagination_type": "append", "num_posts": 36, "closed": false, "queued": false, "killed": false, "moderate_all": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "f9e449f58a02107dc99306f0819d288c", "use_yahoo": true, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": true, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "mediaembed": [], "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001"}, "media_url": "http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001"};
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			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {






		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var cookieFailure = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.Templates.cookieFailure(post_id);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'cookieFailure': cookieFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=digitaltrends' +
		'&t=how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_default_text) +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';




	this.commentCount = function() {
		var total_posts, num_posts, offset_posts;

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;
		offset_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.offset_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.pagination_type == 'num') {
				num_posts = (offset_posts+1) + '-' + (offset_posts+num_posts);
			}
			return Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			return Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}
	}
	
	this.header = function() {
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + Dsq.Templates.commentCount() + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://digitaltrends.disqus.com/how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		

		return html;
	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += '<div style="display: none" class="dsq-realtime-alert"></div>';
		}

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" class="dsq-realtime-alert"></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showModeratorActions(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>';
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showHelp(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.HELP + '</a>';
		
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain_name + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span class="dsq-request-user-stat"><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> <span id="dsq-request-user-stats-comments' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span></span> \
							<span class="dsq-request-user-stat"><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> <span id="dsq-request-user-stats-liked' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'liked' : 'liked') + '</span></span> \
							<span class="dsq-request-user-stat"><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> <span id="dsq-request-user-stats-points' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span></span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div id="dsq-authenticate' + pid + '" class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.png" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};
		
		var _sharingOptions = function() {
			var html = '';

			for (var s in Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing) {
                if (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(s)) {
                    var service = Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing[s];

    				if (service) {
    					var checked = service.auto === true || (Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == s);


						var updateLabel = (s == 'twitter' || s == 'facebook');

    					if (service.enabled) {
    						html += ' \
    						<div> \
    							<input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-' + s + pid + '" ' + (checked ? 'checked=true' : '') 
    							+ (updateLabel ? 'onclick="Dsq.Templates.updateSharingLabel(this, ' + post_id + ')"' : '' ) 
    							+ ' /> \
    							<label for="dsq-sharing-' + s + pid + '"> \
    								<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/v3/icon/16/' + s + '.png"> ' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' <span>' + s + '</span>'
    							+ '</label> \
    						</div>';
    					}
    				}
                }
			} // for
			
			html += (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? '' : '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '...</a></div>');
			
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe-menu"> \
								<label class="dsq-subscribe-label"> \
									<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="checkbox"' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? 'checked="true"' : '') + '/> '
									+ Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL 
								+ '</label> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
					? (display_sharing_options ? _sharingOptions() : '')
					: '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"> \
							<span class="dsq-share-on">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON
								+ '&nbsp;<input id="dsq-sharing-twitter-label' + pid + '" type="checkbox" disabled="true" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing['twitter'] && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing['twitter'].auto ? 'checked="true"' : '') + '><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/v3/icon/16/twitter.png">&nbsp;\
								<input id="dsq-sharing-facebook-label' + pid + '" type="checkbox" disabled="true" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing['facebook'] && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing['facebook'].auto ? 'checked="true"' : '') + '><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/v3/icon/16/facebook.png"> \
							</span> \
							<span class="dsq-share-on-label">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_THIS_COMMENT_ON + '...</span> \
						</button> \
						<div class="dsq-panel">' + _sharingOptions() + '</div>')
					+ '</div>'
				+ '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' 
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
				    ? (Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					                                ? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					                                : Dsq.Strings.GUEST))
					: 'Login and Post')
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>' // dsq-post-footer
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a onclick="Dsq.Post.showParent(' + _meta.parent_post_id + '); return false" href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">' + Dsq.Strings.IN_REPLY_TO + ' ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		
		html += Dsq.Templates.showPostLikes(post_id);
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showPostLikes = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		var total_likes = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].points;
		var user = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].user_voted;
		var expand_likes = (total_likes > 1);

		if (total_likes) {
			html += ' \
			<div class="dsq-sub-header"> \
			<table> \
			    <tbody> \
    				<tr> \
    					<td class="dsq-sub-header-right"> \
    					<span class="dsq-user-like">';

    		if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.hide_user_votes) {

    		    html += '<span id="dsq-like-pts-"' + post_id + '">'
    		            + total_likes + ' ' + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(total_likes, 'person', 'people')
    		            + '</span> ' + Dsq.Strings.LIKED_THIS + '.';
    		} else {
    		    html += (user ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/' + user.username + '" target="_blank"> \
    		            <img src="' + user.avatar_url + '" class="dsq-user-like-avatar" alt="" /></a>' : '');

    			html += (expand_likes ? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.showUserVotes(' + post_id + '); return false">' : '')
    			        + (user ? 
                        (user.display_name ? user.display_name : user.username) 
                        : '')
    					+ '<span id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '">'
    					+ (user ? 
    					(expand_likes ? ' and ' + (total_likes - 1) + ' ' + Dsq.Strings.MORE : '') 
    					: total_likes + ' ' + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(total_likes, 'person', 'people'))
    					+ '</span> ' + Dsq.Strings.LIKED_THIS + '.'
    					+ (expand_likes ? '</a>' : '');
    		}
	
    		html += '</span></td></tr> \
				    </tbody> \
			    </table> \
		    </div>';
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';

			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>'
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> ' + Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, (Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).checked ? 2 : 0));
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id, text) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		var mediaembed = Dsq.$('dsq-media-embed-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (mediaembed) mediaembed.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + text + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			if (mediaembed) mediaembed.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}

		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};

	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.Urls.GET_COMMENT_MESSAGE + '?post=' + post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/comments/moderate/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.showUserVotes = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/show_user_votes.js'
			+ '?post_id='    + post_id
		);	
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		var user_vote_is_displayed = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].user_voted;
		var update_text;
		
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].points += 1;
		
		if (user_vote_is_displayed) {
		    update_text = ' and ' + (points-1 || 1) + ' more';
		} else { 

		    update_text = points + ' ' + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, 'person', 'people');
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id)) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = update_text;
		}

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};
	
	this.updateSharingLabel = function(el, post_id) {
		var label = el.id.replace('-' + post_id, '');
		label += '-label' + (post_id ? '-' + post_id : '');
		Dsq.$(label).checked = (el.checked ? 'true' : '');				
	};




	this.onPaginate = function() {

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments-title').innerHTML = '<h3>' + Dsq.Templates.commentCount() + '</h3>';
	};

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id, true, 'dsq-popup-unapproved');
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://digitaltrends.disqus.com/how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/noavatar92.png';
  this.GET_COMMENT_MESSAGE = 'http://digitaltrends.disqus.com/get_comment_message.js';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gecko = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value) {
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(-1*24*60*60*1000));
		document.cookie = name+"=;expires="+date.toGMTString()+"; path=/";
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			var retval = parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
			return !isNaN(retval) ? retval : null;
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};
	
	this.getFileDirectory = function(user_id, name) {
		var dir_a, dir_b;

		if (name === undefined ) {
			var name = 'uploads';
		}
		
		if (user_id >= 32117) {
			dir_a = user_id / 10000;
			dir_b = user_id % 10000;
			
			return Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/' + name + '/users/' + dir_a + '/' + dir_b;
		} else {
			return Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/' + name + '/users/' + user_id;
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(stat, text) { return '<span class="dsq-profile-stat-' + stat + '"><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml('comments', Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml('liked', Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml('points', Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered

		Dsq.Popup.position();
		
		// if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
		// 	Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		// }

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};
	
	this.helpLogin = function() {
		
		var html = ' \
			<p>In order to properly log you in, your browser needs to accept cookies from all domains.</p> \
			<p>Open up Settings > Privacy. Then, make sure <strong>Accept cookies from sites</strong> is checked. Also, make sure <strong>Accept third-party cookies</strong> is checked as well.</p> \
			<p>After closing your settings, you may try logging in again.</p> \
			<p>Optional: If you would rather add an exception just for Disqus, click "Exceptions..." and add disqus.com as an allowed domain.</p> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Enabling cookies');
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
		
		Dsq.Popup.position();
		
	};
	
	this.position = function() {
		
		if (!Dsq.Popup.activePopup) {
			return false;
		}
		
		var popup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		
		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">36</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://digitaltrends.disqus.com/how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter/latest.rss"><img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://digitaltrends.disqus.com/how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
	 <button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-all-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this, 0);">Show all comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://digitaltrends.disqus.com/how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.cookieFailure = function(post_id) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || !Dsq.Utils.gecko) {
			// If the user is logged in, we can ignore the cookie failure.
			return;
		}

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var dsq_auth = Dsq.$('dsq-authenticate' + pid);
		var cookie_warning = document.createElement('div');
		cookie_warning.innerHTML = ' \
			<p class="dsq-alert-message dsq-error"> \
				<strong>Warning:</strong> A browser setting is preventing you from logging in. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpLogin(); return false">Fix this setting to log in</a>. \
			</p>';
		dsq_auth.appendChild(cookie_warning);
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
								 	<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on Digital Trends" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:44061419" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									 <img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/openid-login-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false">OpenID</a> \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'digitaltrends',
			't'				: 'how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}

			// insert post as a sibling after dsq-append-post-{id}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node.nextSibling);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.showParent = function(id) {
		var author = Dsq.$('dsq-author-user-' + id).innerHTML;
		var post = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML;
		
		post += '<br /><br /><a href="#comment-' + id + '">Jump to comment</a>';
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(post, author + ' said...', id);
	}

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'how_blu_ray_won_the_fight_and_why_it_probably_wont_matter'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = '<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
					<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span> \
						<table class="dsq-moderator-settings"> \
							<tr> \
								<td><strong>Automatic Closing</strong></td> \
								<td>Do not allow comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Using 0 days will disable this feature.<br /><br /> \
								<p class="dsq-form-actions"><button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button></p> \
								</td> \
							</tr> \
							<tr> \
								<td class="last"><strong>Moderate all comments</strong></td> \
								<td class="last"><input type="radio" id="dsq-thread-moderate-all" name="moderate_all_comments" value="1" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.thread.moderate_all ? 'checked="true"' : '') + ' />\
										<label><strong>Yes</strong>, moderators must approve all comments before they are published.</label> <br/><br/>\
										<input type="radio" name="moderate_all_comments" value="0" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.thread.moderate_all ? '' : 'checked="true"') + ' />\
										<label><strong>No</strong>, comments don\'t need to be approved before they are published.<label>\
										<p class="dsq-form-actions"><button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateModerateAll();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button></p> \
								</td> \
							</tr> \
						</table> \
					</div> \
					Go to the main <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '" target="_blank">settings page</a> for more options.'
					+ '';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

  this.showModeratorActions = function() {
      if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
          return;
      }

      var html = '<div class="dsq-moderate-options"><table><tr>' +
                 '<td>' + Dsq.Strings.ACTIONS + '</td><td><ul>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleClosed(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.closed ? Dsq.Strings.OPEN_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.CLOSE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleKilled(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.killed ? Dsq.Strings.RESTORE_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.REMOVE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '</ul></td></tr></table></div>' +
              '<p>Go to the full <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/comments/moderate-threads/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
      Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, Dsq.Strings.MODERATE_OPTIONS);
  };

	this.showHelp = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		var html = '<ul class="dsq-thread-help">';

		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a> \
						<p>Are you expecting Reactions for this thread, but do not see them? Select this option to tell the system to search again.</p> \
						</li>';
		}

		html += '<li> \
			<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/help/" target="_blank">' + Dsq.Strings.CONTACT_SUPPORT + '</a> \
			<p>For any other issues, please let us know.</p> \
			</li> \
		';
		html += '</ul>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, Dsq.Strings.HELP);
	};

	this.showMediaEmbed = function() {
			var wrapper = '<div id="dsq-media-embed-%(post)s" class="dsq-media-embed">'
												+ '<h4>Attached files</h4>'
									+ '</div>';
      var thumbnail = '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.expandMediaEmbed(%(pos)s); return false;">'
                        + '<img src="%(imgurl)s" style="width:75px;height:75px;"/>'
                    + '</a>';

			var getElement = function(postid) {
					var el = document.getElementById('dsq-media-embed-' + postid);
					if (el) return el;
					var parent = document.getElementById('dsq-comment-body-' + postid);
					parent.innerHTML += Dsq.Utils.interpolate(wrapper, {'post': postid});
					return getElement(postid);
			};

			for (var i = 0, media; media = Dsq.jsonData.mediaembed[i]; i++) {
					var el = getElement(media['post']);
					switch(media['type']) {
					case 1: // Image
              el.innerHTML += Dsq.Utils.interpolate(thumbnail,
									{'pos': i, 'imgurl': Dsq.jsonData.uploads_url + '/' + media['metadata']['thumbnail'] + '/cached75.jpg'});
							break;
					case 2: // YouTube
					case 4: // Flickr
							el.innerHTML += Dsq.Utils.interpolate(thumbnail,
									{'pos': i, 'imgurl': media['metadata']['thumbnail']});
					}
			}
	};

	this.expandMediaEmbed = function(pos) {
			var youtube_embed = '<div style="width:480px;height:385px;"><object width="480" height="385">'
													+ '<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/%(videoid)s&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param>'
													+ '<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>'
													+ '<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/%(videoid)s&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed>'
												+ '</object></div>';

			var media = Dsq.jsonData.mediaembed[pos];
			var html = '';

			switch(media['type']) {
			case 1: // Image
					html = '<p><img src="' + media['location'] + '" onload="Dsq.Popup.position();" /></p>';
					html += '<p><a href="' + media['location'] + '" target="_blank">Original</a></p>';
					break;
			case 2: // YouTube
					html = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(youtube_embed, {'videoid': media['location']});
					break;
			case 4: // Flickr
					html = '<p><img src="' + media['metadata']['medium'] + '" onload="Dsq.Popup.position();" /></p>';
					html += '<p><a href="' + media['metadata']['url'] + '" target="_blank">Original</a></p>';
			}

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Attached file', null, true, 'dsq-media-embed');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		  var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		  var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		  Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		  status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		  window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};

	this.updateModerateAll = function() {
			var value = (Dsq.$('dsq-thread-moderate-all').checked ? 1 : 0);
		  var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/update_moderate_all.js', {value:value,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
			status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
			window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};

  this.toggleClosed = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/toggle_thread_closed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };

  this.toggleKilled = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/toggle_thread_killed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		var alerts = Dsq.Utils.getElementsByClassName(Dsq.$('dsq-content'), 'div', 'dsq-realtime-alert');		
		for (var i = 0; i < alerts.length; i++) {
			
			alerts[i].style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';
			alerts[i].innerHTML = new_posts.length
			+ ' new '
			+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
			+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
			+ ' just posted.';
			
			alerts[i].innerHTML += ' <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Realtime.show(); return false">(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')</a>';
		}
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_rate == 0 || Dsq.jsonData.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/44061419/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/digitaltrends/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/digitaltrends/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1001/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-25257661">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-25257661" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257661">Tom</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257661" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257661" class="dsq-comment-message">Best Buy has not dropped HD DVD - their simply naming Blu Ray as their prefered HD player.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-25257662">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-25257662" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257662" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-25257662" href="http://www.drmblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jimmy</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257662" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257662" class="dsq-comment-message">I respectfully disagree with a lot of what you have said here.<br  /><br><br  /><br>You suggest is that Blu-ray had a "marginal" lead in disc sales in 2007.  If you consider between 2 and 3 times as many discs to be marginally more then what do you consider to be substantially more?  Even the discs that Warner released on both formats sold better on Blu-ray than on HD DVD.<br  /><br><br  /><br>You suggest that parents searching for a Wii purchased a PS3 instead.  The market research I have seen simply do not support this.  In fact the research I have seen shows that the XBox 360 Arcade edition that was $270 over the holidays was by far the biggest beneficiary of the Wii shortage.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Finally you suggest that HD Downloads are going to become mainstream somehow.  Currently only about half of Americans have broadband to their homes.  Of that number a very minuscule number have more than 3.0 mbps.  Worse is that this is time-share bandwidth so if several of your neighbors are using it then you do not get all 3 mbps.  The US infrastructure just cannot support wide acceptance of HD downloads.  In fact if you look at most companies that are attempting to roll this out: ATT, Comcast, etc.  All of them are talking about having it ready in "a few years".<br  /><br><br  /><br>On top of the issue of there not being enough bandwidth to support the HD downloads, there is the issue of people having to purchase another set-top box for their television.  How do you propose to sell this to joe-six-pack?<br  /><br><br  /><br>"Hey Joe, we have this box that lets you rent movies for $5 a piece.  You only get to watch the movie once for that price though.  Oh yeah, one more thing, once you start watching the movie you have to finish watching it within 24 hours or lose it. And the box will cost you $300"<br  /><br><br  /><br>Joe, "Uhm, so what is the difference between that and the PPV system my cable company offers now?  It sucks and we have had it for years.  Is the picture quality better than upscaled DVDs?"<br  /><br><br  /><br>"Well no, actually it is not as good as upscaled DVDs and you have to subscribe to the $70 per month Internet package to use it reliably."<br  /><br><br  /><br>Joe, "Right, I will get back to you..."</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-25257663">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-25257663" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257663">Phil</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257663" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257663" class="dsq-comment-message">With the end of the format war, it seems to be popular for the media to invent or parrot the notion of a new format war between Blu-Ray and HD download.  The simple fact is that there is no technology today, or in near future, which offers near HD quality downloads as a viable, cost effective, and responsive commercial service.  The best current services can offer is 720p resolution, but at much lower quality encodes.   Blu-Ray provides 50GB of data storage at much higher bandwidth than DVD or any current affordable dometic internet service, and we&#039;re beginning to see movies encoded to use an entire Blu-Ray disc, including uncompressed audio.  Regardless of the technology involved....and it only takes a few hours of research for the so-called trade press to verify the technical limitations of download services... the press seem to be ignoring en-mass both the reasons people buy movies on physical media have more to do with impulse purchases, portability, sharability, and retention/collection, than with the desire for pay-per-view.  Do your research, apply some reasoning, and come up with some sensible articles.<br  /><br>And, BTW, the HD-DVD did not fail because Toshiba raised the price of players in the critical purchase period before Christmas.. it failed because the only basis HD-DVD could compete was on price, and by LOWERING prices, HD-DVD alienated the very manufacturers on whom they were reliant to validate the format and drive the market.  HD-DVD pricing was TOO LOW, to have ever won the war, as it invalidated th business cases of Toshiba, and their partners.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-25257664">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-25257664" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257664">imaballa</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257664" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257664" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey, so HD download is going to be the future eh captain?<br  /><br>Will I actually own the download? Like hold it with my grubby little hands, put it up on my shelf, will I actually own it? So I will pay what like $10, $15 bucks for a movie in a downloadable form sitting on someone else&#039;s server, keep it on my DVR until I run out of space and delete it, and when I want to watch it again re-download it again,... err... hmmm sounds awfully like renting much like Netflix or Blockbuster with no late fees. <br  /><br><br  /><br>Do I really own the movie?<br  /><br><br  /><br>Did you know Blu-ray 2.0 allows you to download a 1GB portable version of the movie in MP4 format so you can put it on your PSP. Cool eh? Solves that portable problem you talk about.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-25257665">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-25257665" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257665" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257665">James</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257665" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257665" class="dsq-comment-message">Tom, don&#039;t be so dense:<br  /><br><br  /><br> <a href="http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15717/best_buy_backs_blu-ray" title="http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15717/best_buy_backs_blu-ray" target="_blank" ref="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15717/bes...</a><br  /><br><br  /><br>What does that tell you that Best Buy will only "promote" Blu-ray? That they are phasing out HD DVD, they will not spend money on the product to promote it etc. Get a clue. And NetFlix dropped HD DVD alltogether. <br  /><br><br  /><br>HD DVD = dead man</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-25257666">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-25257666" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257666" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257666">Rob Enderle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257666" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257666" class="dsq-comment-message">OK you don&#039;t "own" movies unless you are a studio, you license rights.  <br  /><br><br  /><br>How many movies do you need to have on your shelf?  I rent (netflix) 9.9 movies I watch and I never want to see them again, there are maybe 1 or 2 movies a year I want to watch more than once and, if I really thought about it, most of those I could probably rent.   If a rental costs $4 and buying costs $20, you have to watch 5 times before you break even.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Downloads work best for rentals, you get them in about 30 seconds when things are working right if streaming, and if you want to watch them on the road you download and cache them. <br  /><br><br  /><br>So yes, its like Netflix, which is why Netflix is moving to downloads.  <br  /><br><br  /><br>As far as downloading MP4, why buy the Blu-Ray first?  Just download the format you want to watch.  Save you a ton of time on transcoding.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-25257667">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-25257667" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257667" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257667">James</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257667" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257667" class="dsq-comment-message">imaballa, you are pretty dumb too. Your arguement is that you won&#039;t physically own the movie? Duh, isn&#039;t that what happened to music too? Since when has there been an incline in CD sales? Not for a couple years. iTunes and online music downloads are winning, why wouldn&#039;t it happen for movies? Be a visionary, and don&#039;t hold onto what will not last forever.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-25257670">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-25257670" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257670">imaballa</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257670" class="dsq-comment-message">@Rob,<br  /><br><br  /><br>Your speaking purely from personal experience. You might purchase 1-2 movies at the most a year, and  rent 9.9 movies from netflix, but not everyone is like you.<br  /><br>In 2007 $16 billion in DVD consumer spending says so of DVD movie purchases. The sales of DVD have been one of the highest ever with a slight dip from $16.5 billion from 2006. <br  /><br>DVD rentals have held a $7 billion in consumer spending for several years now with no increase. <br  /><br><br  /><br>I myself purchase a decent number of movies, such as Spiderman series, 300, X-men, and Shrek to name a few(which it turns out are the top sellers of 2007). I just feel these are must own movies, I also rent from Netflix, and blockbuster when I don&#039;t want to wait from Netflix, and usually if I like the movie alot I would buy it. However, just like G4TV Attack of the show segment DVDuesdays, there are Movies many people consider Renters or buyers.<br  /><br>I would consider HD movie download to substitute my rentals, but I would never substitute digital downloads for actually physically owning the movie.<br  /><br>I&#039;m an average white collar worker, Software Engineer, me and my co-workers talk about movies all the time, all family folks who purchase movies on a regular basis, we make up part of that populous that contribute to that $16 billion spendature. <br  /><br>There are many factors why digital downloads would never substitute, physical media purchase:<br  /><br>1) The technology for streaming is light years away; even using FIOS the HD content is still compressed not as good as HD movies on Blu-ray fully uncompressed 25GB movie. There are definite bandwidth issues especially the way America is setup right now.<br  /><br>2) DRM, if you want movies you can download to your DVR, then transfer them to a mediacard for portable use, how does that circumvent copyright issues? The logical answer would be the movies would be DVR locked.<br  /><br>3) There is a huge population that still purchases movies, more so then rent them. With Netflix you pay a flat monthly fee and rent movies, which in a way emulates how digital download would work semantically, you pay a flat fee averaging out to your usual purchase/rental cost and you can re-rent old movies if you want to re-watch it, but realistically thats not how it works in the world. Owners still purchase movies because they want to physically own them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257671" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-25257671" href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ian Bell</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257671" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is how I see things happening:<br  /><br><br  /><br>Movie downloads will replace regular DVD movies, for the general consumer that really doesn&#039;t care about movie quality. Whether they watch it on their PC, or cownload it from their cable provider via VOD (which is already huge I might add), this will be their format of choice.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Blu-ray will be there for the true movie buffs, the trend setters and people that really help new technology take off. <br  /><br><br  /><br>Blu-ray won&#039;t be going anywhere, anytime soon.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Just my $.02 cents</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257674" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257674">andyx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257674" class="dsq-comment-message">There was a time when Rob Enderle was proclaiming that HD-DVD is the WINNER! How the Mighty has fallen, I said at the time that Blu-Ray has the advantage having better studios supporting it. But Rob and HD-DVD fanboy Jeff even argued that content libraries does not matter and that stand-alone player sales matter most. WRONG!!! As I said then, what good do cheap players be when there&#039;s only few titles for it.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Can I say it Loud, I TOLD YOU SO!!! Jeff, Eat your words! HA HA HA</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257675">Stan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257675" class="dsq-comment-message">To Andyx - Who&#039;s Jeff?<br  /><br><br  /><br>"Jeff, Eat your words! HA HA HA"<br  /><br><br  /><br>You moron.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257676" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257676">TankerKevo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257676" class="dsq-comment-message">Either way, PS3 owners win. Even in the outcome of digital downloads they win.  We have already seen previews floating around the net of PlayTV in the UK.  We know the PS3 can play Hi-Def downloaded content from the PS3 store. To me, it&#039;s only a matter of time before Sony either makes a client of their own to place on the PS3 to play downloaded movie content, or has a third party do it (think NetFlix).<br  /><br><br  /><br>The PS3 is now starting to showoff what Sony execs were saying 2 years ago before its release, and that is that it was designed to be future proof.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257677">andyx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257677" class="dsq-comment-message">Stan you&#039;re the Moron,<br  /><br>Read "Wal-Mart HD DVD: To Be or Not To Be?" Talkback April 27, 2007 and you&#039;ll know what it&#039;s all about.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Commenting without knowing the details makes you the MORON!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257678">Stan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257678" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257678" class="dsq-comment-message">You didn&#039;t answer my question Andy....who the hell is Jeff? Did you mean Rob?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257679">andyx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257679" class="dsq-comment-message">You did not read the web page, refer to the comments then you&#039;ll know who Jeff is. He&#039;s probably one of the most fanatic of HD-DVD fanboys. He&#039;s not Rob, I think.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257680">Kerbe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257680" class="dsq-comment-message">Now guys lets all play nice.  Digital HD downloads sounds like a great idea.  HD video content on the X360 looks awesome, not the same quality as a bluray however.  Video downloads is great for rentals but not for those who collect.  Anyone that collected vinyl records in their youth are probably still enjoying those records as collectors many years later.  The problem with digial downloads is digital rights management (DRM).  I remember reading about a music download service that went under and all ATRAC files with DRM were going to be useless after the service goes bye bye... remember the Connect Music store.  I am sure if Universal kicks the bucket that my DVD of The Transformers will still work perfectly on my PS3 or any DVD player in my home.  Bluray 2.0 giving consumers that ability to make a compressed copy of a movie to be used on other devices (like the PSP) is a great idea.  My question is how is the DRM?  <br  /><br><br  /><br>P.S.: Rob... can you please not compare the Wii to the other three systems.  Though its a crowd favorite, the attach rate is less than stellar which puts the developers in a situation of not making any money on a top selling system.  Nintendo seems to be the only one really celebrating the mega success of the Wii.  Developers are more willing to put games on the X360 and even the PS3 to make money... ask Activision, ask Capcom, ask Namco, but dont ask Nintendo.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257681" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257681">imaballa</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257681" class="dsq-comment-message">@Kerbe,<br  /><br><br  /><br>As I have mentioned in my 1st post, in Blu-ray 2.0 the compressed movie file is only 1GB you can put on PS3 to watch on the go. 1GB is probably your "Video On Demand" quality, however remember it still looks stellar on the PSP&#039;s 4.5" Screen. I don&#039;t think you will have too much DRM issues there.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257682">Stan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257682" class="dsq-comment-message">To Andy:<br  /><br><br  /><br>Ah...didn&#039;t catch that, or read all of the comments. Can I still call you a moron? :D</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257683">Stan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257683" class="dsq-comment-message">Is there really an Xbox 360 shortage? <br  /><br><br  /><br> <a href="http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15749/microsoft_claims_xbox_360_shortage" title="http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15749/microsoft_claims_xbox_360_shortage" target="_blank" ref="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/15749/mic...</a><br  /><br><br  /><br>I call B.S. here (posted on it too)<br  /><br><br  /><br>HD downloads on the Xbox 360 are still way to pricey, you don&#039;t really "own" them and the quality sucks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257684">andyx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257684" class="dsq-comment-message">To Stan<br  /><br>Nope, a moron in our language is a kind of delicacy made from sticky rice, eaten as snack or dessert. ;D</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257685">Kerbe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257685" class="dsq-comment-message">@imaballa<br  /><br><br  /><br>Thanks for the update which is a lot more detailed than your original post of "Did you know Blu-ray 2.0 allows you to download a 1GB portable version of the movie in MP4 format so you can put it on your PSP. Cool eh? Solves that portable problem you talk about."  In that case, thats just Sony fluffing up the functionality of the PS3 and PSP and does nothing for the masses that may have an iPod or a laptop PC or some other portable media player.  There goes your DRM my friend.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257686" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-25257686" href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Stan</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257686" class="dsq-comment-message">Stan and Andy are now friend!<br  /><br><br  /><br>Yay!<br  /><br><br  /><br>Beers on me!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257668" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257668">Greg Mahoney</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257668" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257668" class="dsq-comment-message">I have all the latest equipment Sony PS3, Toshiba HD A35, Very high speed internet connection, etc. I am happy to see Blu Ray winning. However, Joe Six-pack will not be downloading Hi-def movies any time soon....Mark my words "packaged media" is here to stay for a long time. You are misguided to believe the majority of people will all be downloading their Hi-Def content any time soon. Yes, you and I may be downloading some content to our media servers. Don&#039;t however underestimate the desire for the average person to own something physically tangible.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257687" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257687">imaballa</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257687" class="dsq-comment-message">@Kerbe,<br  /><br><br  /><br>Yea, the PSP reads MP4 format so at first it was a pain when I realized my PSP wouldn&#039;t read Divix files like all the episodes of "Heroes", that was until I found a nifty little transcoding tool that converts divx to MP4 format and vice versa.<br  /><br>I don&#039;t know what video formats ipod will take but converting that 1GB "lite" version of the movie "300" MP4 into divix or wma would be a cinch. <br  /><br><br  /><br>I already have a nice little Blu-ray collection, with all the great deals going on all the time like Amazon likes to do blu-ray movies for $19 once in a while. Very tempting.<br  /></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257688">Aaron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257688" class="dsq-comment-message">I am in agreement with the multitude of comments above that HD download is greatly lacking compared to physical media and that this article is bunk.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Just think about the bandwidth issues if tons of folks started using the internet to get QUALITY 1080P content!  The internet would crawl to a halt.  Maybe 15 years from now if we concentrate on more infrastructure improvement the net could handle massive 1080P content downloads...but by then everyone will have dozens of movies on Blu-ray.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257689">DCB Rick</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257689" class="dsq-comment-message">Fascinating post Mr. Enderle.  Rather provocative.  Two questions then:<br  /><br><br  /><br>#1 - Does this mean you think the currently HD-DVD studios (Universal, Paramount, Dreamworks) should (Or perhaps will) forego delivering their content on Blu-Ray and focus instead on digital deliveries.<br  /><br><br  /><br>#2 That Microsoft will/should not put a Blu-Ray drive in a future version of the XBox 360?<br  /><br><br  /><br>I tend to believe, the Sony strategy of delivering content on hi-def packaged media AND as digital downloads seems more viable from a business perspective than focusing entirely on digital downloads.  Particulary in the short to medium timeframe (5 years out).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257673" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-25257673" href="http://retrovision.tv/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kevin Van</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257673" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder if we don&#039;t have two boat anchors instead of one in our HD players.  It seems like the claim to fame of Blu-Ray is the PS3.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Unless your TV is 60 inch and 1080p and you are sitting 2 feet away from the TV I just don&#039;t think HD gives that much.  I did enjoy March of the Penguins in HD, but that&#039;s the only movie I&#039;ve seen where it mattered and that didn&#039;t matter to the tunes of hundreds of dollars.<br  /><br><br  /><br>I think the main concern of the movie companies is that DVD&#039;s really AREN&#039;T copy protected. Blu-Ray provides slightly better security in that regard.<br  /><br><br  /><br>From my viewpoint, I think the movie companies are trying to entice us away from DVD with a marginal improvement in picture quality.  Let&#039;s get serious about the claimed sound improvements too...  Unless you have dog hearing, you couldn&#039;t tell the difference between DVD and either HD format.<br  /><br><br  /><br><br  /></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257690">paul smith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257690" class="dsq-comment-message">i think people are going to be really disapointed in download offerings. this article talks as if we are ready to go. perhaps you should speak to a few ISP&#039;s and see just how happy they will be with people downloading 10gbs per movie (and that compressed to a level that is not comprimised), not to mention the &#039;extras&#039; and also the increased cost in additional harddrives and power they consume.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257691">Bjorn</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257691" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257691" class="dsq-comment-message">Did this guy do any research before he wrote this?  Half of it doesn&#039;t make sense and the other half is wrong.  Where ever he got his sources, he should start looking some where else.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257692">Will</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257692" class="dsq-comment-message">Bjorn, have any facts to back up your statement?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-25257693" href="http://Cniinc.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JVM</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257693" class="dsq-comment-message">I quite enjoyed your post on the format wars. Yours was one of the few I found that analyzed the demise of HD-DVD, instead of solely forecasting the future. I especially liked your argument about the Nintendo Wii. As much as insiders and tech aficionados may not want to believe it, what drives sales is the average consumer, generally clueless but looking for a good buy. Sony&#039;s brightest idea was using the average consumers in the video game market as a  fulcrum for Blu-Ray sales. The average consumer is generally unsure of which direction to go (especially in a format war), so when they saw one item bundled with a complete game console, the advantage was obvious. <br  /><br>In fact, I would argue that the real clincher in the format war was definitely the PS3, because it had the lowest barrier to entry. If you looked at either format, you had steep requirements to get anything out of it - an HDTV, an HDMI cable, and the unit itself. Two of those units costed at least 800 to a thousand dollars. For any average consumer, the price was ridiculous. However, the PS3 doubled as a game console, and one which had multitudes of fans. They may not have had an HDTV, but it was okay, because the blu-ray player they were using also happened to be enjoyable without an HDTV, because of the gaming ability. Right there, one of the barriers to entry was lowered. Obviously, to get the full experience, upgrading to an HDTV was necessary, but not immediately. The Playstation 3 was also the cheapest blu-ray player around (much cheaper than a good HDTV), so it had a definite advantage.<br  /><br>Sony, of course, used this to its full advantage. It always touted the number of players, claiming it had its format in a million and a half homes. Of course, 1.4 million of those were PS3s. ( <a href="http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/06/20/ps3-and-blu-ray-players-outnumber-hd-dvd-5-to-1/)" title="http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/06/20/ps3-and-blu-ray-players-outnumber-hd-dvd-5-to-1/)" target="_blank" ref="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/06/20/ps...</a><br  /><br>And while the North American adoption of the ps3 may not have been huge, it was rather large in Europe and Japan, where the rival Xbox 360 was unpopular, and where the Wii was nowhere to be found, as you stated.<br  /><br>In fact, it this could be best illustrated by looking at the shifting allegiances of a very lucrative industry: Adult videos. Say what you want about the adult industry, it is a perfect litmus test for a format. In the beginning, Blu-Ray tried to adopt a family-friendly stance, and banned pornography from its film repertoire. The porn industry responded by going to HD-DVD. However, companies were bombarded with requests for HD adult content on the shiny new Blu-Ray player that they got when they bought their PS3. Since there was such a market for Blu-Ray pornography, and since Sony desperately needed a way to pull ahead of HD-DVD, a compromise was found, and adult films were made in Blu-Ray HD. The point here is that once an industry which cares very little about the technical advantage of HD media decides to adopt a format, it has become desired by the mainstream. And, since Sony had spent an arm and a leg getting Blu-Ray players into the PS3s and into homes, the momentum for mainstream demand rested solely in the camp of Blu-Ray. ( <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/01/17/blu-ray-loves-porn-after-all)" title="http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/01/17/blu-ray-loves-porn-after-all)" target="_blank" ref="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/0...</a> I think that, while Time Warner&#039;s decision may have capitulated the change, the real underlying reason that the format war was won by Blu-Ray rested solely in the lowest barrier of entry that the PS3 represented.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257694">Randy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257694" class="dsq-comment-message">Real good thing about blu-ray. Benefit right now there is no way to broadcast in 1080p the bandwith is to large for the resolution and the 60 frames per seconds thats a lot of information and the really one of the only ways to watch a movie besides in movie theater to watch 1080p and it looks great!  Downloads will probably be if not already are in 1080p but who groups around a computer and watches a movie usually its only one person maybe two who sits and watches a movie on a computer,  but you could use your computer and run it to a tv (via hdmi).  you run into a lot of computer format ratios.   A lot of tv&#039;s don&#039;t agree to well with computer resolutions.  In lamers term watching a seting up a Blu-ray playes is quick and easy and majority of the customers like plug-n-play put the dvd in and go with it and the pix is outstanding.  Blu-ray is here to stay and eventhough were in this digital and download world.  Blu-ray one make a lot of customers like simplicity happy.  (Besides the software uprgrades to these players which that helps me out of being a TV Repairman and other home electronics).  Thanks that was a great article!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257695">Randy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257695" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257695" class="dsq-comment-message">I had comments but got a e-mail to verify my e-mail I put a lot of good info in there I hope you can post it. The e-mail told me to go to this link and verify my e-mail this is the only place I see to put a e-mail in.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257696">Marcel Schoen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257696" class="dsq-comment-message">So according to Rob HD-Downloads will probably become the new mainstream.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Maybe Rob should be a bit more careful with his predictions.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Aug. 2005:<br  /><br> <a href="http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback67.html" title="http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback67.html" target="_blank" ref="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback67.html</a><br  /><br><br  /><br>Dec. 2006:<br  /><br> <a href="http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback234.html" title="http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback234.html" target="_blank" ref="nofollow" rel="nofollow">http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback234.html</a><br  /><br><br  /><br>Just saying...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-25257672" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257672">ken</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-25257672" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257672" class="dsq-comment-message">I just got a 1080p HDDVD player from Tesco last night for £179 with 2 HDDVD movies included (one of them the awesome looking &#039;300&#039;) and a HDMI cable, all in the the box.<br  /><br><br  /><br>I am very happy with my purchase and it plays normal dvd&#039;s aswell (i can use the other side of the disc in a NORMAL DVD PLAYER TOO!) ... something you CANNOT do with bluray.  and you cant get bluray for that price.<br  /><br><br  /><br>Once I can download movies (HD MOVIES) i will move to them permanently though.  That is the future.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-25257660">Nick</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-25257660" class="dsq-comment-message">I think that we (the commentaries) have spoken. I have downloaded movies and it sucks. I have T4 here at my home/office. It might be fast but there are limits to the movies and most of all, my server is the only place to store 5TB of HD movies. Then if it crashes I lost my money. <br  /><br><br  /><br>Downloads are great if you want to watch something like Friday, get stoned, and forget that you ever saw it. That way when your 24 hours of owning it are up you can feel good not knowing where it came from.</div>\
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