Noiz Waves

So I decided it was time to begin the long haul task of watching Lost from the beginning. Recently I’ve been watching the latest episode with some friends, and really getting into the analysis of each episode, nutting out theories, and asking and answering questions. There is such a wealth of hidden detail in each episode, its very easy to miss first time around. Last night I watched the first 3 episodes, and it reminded me just how good the show is.

A couple of things I picked up on during the first 3 episodes (potential spoiler alert ahead):

1. In season 1 episode 3, 6 survivors hike into the jungle to get a better signal on the transceiver, but lie upon returning to camp about what happened. In season 4, we learn that 6 survivors (The Oceanic Six) make it off the island and decide to lie about what happened. Strange, but worth noting.
2. The pilot of the plane is played by Greg Grunberg (who plays Matt Parkman in Heroes). Pity he didn’t use his telepathy to get them rescued
   

I use VLC to play all of the TV I watch. Because of this, I’ve been missing out on a lot of the shine that Front Row has to offer. One of the mean reasons for not using Front Row is it’s inability to play DivX/XviD encoded .avi files…

Enter Perian. Perian is a free, open source plug-in for QuickTime that enables Divx/Xvid/many more encoded videos to be played in QuickTime and Front row.
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In addition to adding DivX support to Front Row/QuickTime, installing Perian came with some unexpected surprises:

1. OS X can produce thumbnails for .avi files in Finder. No more ugly icons!
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2. Cover Flow uses these thumbnails too, and looks awesome.
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3. Quick Look now plays the .avi files.
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Much better. Now all thats required is a big HD LCD TV to really show off Front Row.