It sounds like they are exactly trying to hit their old price point by waiting for chips to improve enough. So they can get a big performance boost for similar cost.

I guess this is sort of good, letting media encode “Do not motion smooth” might make watching on friends/families TVs bearable now. I’ll just keep my motion smoothing off.

And this is how the prisoner’s dilemma is lost.

I monitored mine for a few weeks, snagged a 4K player for $15. But they always had dvd and blu ray players in stock from $3 to $15. Also good place to get DVDs/blurays.

(Prices will obviously vary from region/country but thrift stores seem to be ideal for old players)

It’s more about cultural and socioeconomic bias. So you might have questions that have a bias towards middleclass suburban kids vs a poor innercity kid.

You can find examples online, but some can be quite subtle. “Banana is to yellow as Ruby is to ______” Someone who grew up with jewelry would be more likely to know this. This goes against the principle of an IQ test, and older tests were notorious for this.

Not really, way back when the default was cool maps and such. Not just “special edition”.

Oxygen Not Included.

You start with oxygen.