Before you guys go any further with your witch-hunt on Gary would you please post the link to where he supposedly devulged all this. I looked over there and didn't see it. Not saying it isn't there, only that I didn't see it, which could just mean that I didn't look hard enough.
Anyway, the issue of what he said or didn't say outside the pub aside, as far as Gary's passion about HD PQ quality and his position on the downrez situation, that's not a reason to run him down. He's put a lot into this forum and just because you don't happen to feel as intensly as he does, doesn't make him a bad person.
Personally, I think it's ok that Scott shared this MEPG2/MPEG4 information here first but also think it should have gone out on the main forum a while later - at least some time before the Chat tonight but that's Scott's call and I'll respect his decision not to do that, even if I don't agree.
Now if you want to make fun of the silly hat in Gary's avatar, I'll join you