On Jul 27, 2005, at 2:22 AM, John Willkie wrote: > Hint: a screener is a copy of a movie that is made available to > academy and > guild members for voting at Oscar time. http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/screener.cfm John is right about the term, but misses the fact that the definition has evolved in popular usage to include poor quality versions made available for downloading. Downloaders may be using the term incorrectly, but they're still using it and the incorrect use is growing in popularity. There's even more confusion because some people seem to use the term to describe videos acquired by shooting a film in the theater with a camcorder, off the screen, which leads to the term "screener." If only these pirates would get organized and get their terms straight... Dave Bittner - Pixel Workshop Inc. www.pixelworkshop.com 410.381.8555 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.