Which is the best hospital in South Korea?

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Asan Medical Center – Songpa, Seoul
Baekje Hospital – Nonsan
Catholic University of Korea Catholic Medical Center – It has eight hospitals of 5,263 beds; Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital (Seoul), Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital (Seoul), St. Paul’s Hospital (Seoul), Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital (Uijeongbu), Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital (Incheon), St. Vincent’s Hospital (Suwon), Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital (Bucheon), Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital (Daejeon)
Chungnam National University Hospital, Deasa-Dong, Jung-Gu, Deajon, Korea
Bundang Jesaeng Hospital
Hallym Medical Center – Kyeyang, Incheon
Hamchoon Women’s Clinic – Seocho, Seoul
Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine – Apgujeong, Seoul – www.jaseng.net
KangNeung Hospital
Kim’s Eye Hospital – the largest ophtalmological hospital in Asia
Konyang University Hospital – Daejeon
KyungHee Medical Center – Dongdae-mun, Seoul
KyungHee University Neo Medical Center- Gangdong, Seoul
Konkuk University Medical Center – Kwangjin, Seoul – www.kuh.ac.kr/eng/
Kyungpook National University Hospital- Joong, Daegu
Samsung Medical Center – Suseo, Seoul & Seodamun, Seoul
Sejong General Hospital
Seoul National University Hospital – Jong-ro, Seoul & Dong-jak, Seoul
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Bundang, Seongnam
Sung-Ae Hospital
Yeungnam University Medical Center
Yonsei University Medical Center (Known as “Severance Hospital”) – Shinchon, Seoul

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_South_Korea

Answer by cant learn more than 4 moves!!!!
Yonsei is probably the best one in Korea

Answer by Shane
I’d say that Seoul National University Hospital and Samsung Medical Center both have claims to being the best.

However, it depends much more on the specific treatment; there are at least a dozen hospitals with one world-class expert in a particular area.

What do you think? Answer below!

620-Parque Retiro (Madrid)


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Los Jardines tienen su origen entre los años 1630 y 1640, cuando el Conde-Duque de Olivares (Don Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel), valido de Felipe IV (1621–1665), le regaló al rey unos terrenos que le habían sido cedidos por el Duque de Fernán Núñez para el recreo de la Corte en torno al Monasterio de los Jerónimos de Madrid. Así, con la reforma del Cuarto Real que había junto al Monasterio, se inició la construcción del Palacio del Buen Retiro. Contaba entonces con unas 145 hectáreas. Aunque esta segunda residencia real iba a estar en lo que en aquellos tiempos eran las afueras de la villa de Madrid, no estaba excesivamente lejos del alcázar y resultó ser un lugar muy agradable por estar en una zona muy boscosa y fresca.

Bajo la dirección de los arquitectos Giovanni Battista Crescenzi y Alonso Carbonell se construyeron diversos edificios, entre ellos el teatro del Buen Retiro que acogió representaciones teatrales de los grandes del Siglo de Oro, Calderón de la Barca y Lope de Vega. Perduran aún el Casón del Buen Retiro, antiguo Salón de Baile, el Museo del Ejército, antaño Salón de Reinos con sus paredes decoradas con pinturas de Velázquez, Zurbarán y frescos de Lucas Jordán y los jardines.

Éstos se levantaron al mismo tiempo que el palacio, trabajando en ellos, entre otros, Cosme Lotti, escenógrafo del Gran Duque de Toscana, y edificándose una leonera para la exhibición de animales salvajes y una pajarera para aves exóticas. El estanque grande, escenario de naumaquias y espectáculos acuáticos, el estanque ochavado o de las campanillas y la ría chica pertenecen a este período inicial.

A lo largo de la historia, en este conjunto se han ido efectuando modificaciones, no siempre planificadas, que cambiaron la fisonomía del jardín, como el Parterre diseñado durante el reinado de Felipe V (1700–1746), la Real Fábrica de Porcelana del Buen Retiro en tiempos de Carlos III (1759–1788) o el Observatorio Astronómico, obra de Juan de Villanueva, reinando Carlos IV (1788–1808). El rey Carlos III fue el primero en permitir el acceso de los ciudadanos al recinto, siempre que cumpliesen con la condición de ir bien aseados y vestidos.

Durante la invasión francesa, en 1808, los jardines quedaron parcialmente destruidos al ser utilizados como fortificación por las tropas de Napoleón. El palacio fue totalmente destruido.

Tras la Guerra de la Independencia, Fernando VII (1814–1833) inició su reconstrucción y abrió una parte del jardín al pueblo, como ya hiciera Carlos III. El monarca se reservó una zona, entre las calles de O’Donnell y Menéndez Pelayo, donde construyó una serie de edificios de recreo siguiendo la moda paisajística de la época, conservándose aún a (principios del siglo XXI) la casa del pescador, la casa del contrabandista y la montaña artificial.

Reinando Isabel II (1833–1868) se abrió la calle de Granada, calle que más tarde se llamaría de Alfonso XII, vendiéndose al estado los terrenos comprendidos entre ésta y el Paseo del Prado que fueron urbanizados por particulares.

Tras la revolución de 1868, la Gloriosa, los jardines pasan a se propiedad municipal y sus puertas se abrieron a todos los ciudadanos, comenzando una época en la cual, la ría grande y el estanque de San Antonio de los Portugueses se transformaron en Paseo de Coches. Se colocaron las fuentes de los Galápagos y de la Alcachofa, realizándose la fuente del Ángel Caído, obra de Ricardo Bellver. En el Campo Grande se edificaron el Palacio de Cristal del Retiro y el Palacio de Velázquez, obra de Ricardo Velázquez Bosco. En esta época, concretamente a finales del siglo XIX, transcurre la novela que Pío Baroja tituló Los Jardines del Buen Retiro, en la que se narra la vida de la capital en torno a este enclave.

Traido de la Wikipedia.

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My setup: Onkyo TXSR-805 receiver. Panasonic TH50PZ77U. Soon, a Blu-ray or HD-DVD.
My question:
My understanding of the benefits of bitstream output compared to LPCM are clouded. I understand, according to Onkyo, that no current HD/Blu can output bitstream audio to the receiver through HDMI 1.3 for receiver-onboard decoding (this, according to their site, which might be dated…). Given that I’ve seen a Pioneer BD, Toshiba HD-A35, as well as a firmware-upgraded Samsung BDP1400 that say they support bitstream output, I’m curious as to what benefits either format provides?
Internal decoding of Dolby TrueHD through LPCM is currently possible and only requires HDMI 1.1 (>35.5Mbps), which confuses me. Why does external decoding in my receiver require HDMI 1.3 and only 18Mbps (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_true_hd)?
I guess it comes down to this: which format is better? LPCM or bitstream output to external decoder? If the question doesn’t make sense, I’ll adjust later.
So if LPCM is uncompressed, this should be better, yes? Also, is LPCM always 2.0 or can it be 5.1/7.1/8.1 like the bitstreams (or is that waaay too much bandwidth)?
Also, I’m curious: my receiver says “Multi-channel input” when LPCM is selected. Does this indicate that LPCM is analog, making bitstream digital and therefore, better? This crap is confusing.

Answer by Ashram
Bitstream output means that the signal is being outputted in its native format whereas with LPCM, the signal is being converted into LPCM.

For example, if you are outputting a Dolby Digital signal and the digital output is set to “bitstream,” the signal will be Dolby Digital. If it’s 5.1 Dolby Digital from the disc, it will be 5.1 Dolby Digital when the decoder gets it.

LPCM, or Linear Pulse Code Modulation, may take the signal and convert it into a linear PCM signal. For example, if you are outputting in Dolby Digital and the digital output is set to “LPCM,” the signal will be LPCM instead of Dolby Digital. If it’s 5.1 Dolby Digital from the disc, it may be 2.0 LPCM when the decoder gets it.

The LPCM option is for compatibility; if your decoder is unable to decode Dolby Digital (such as using an outboard PCM A/D converter), you set the output to LPCM instead so the decoder can work with the signal you are feeding into it.

As for why LPCM requires a higher bitrate: LPCM is uncompressed, requiring a higher bitrate whereas Dolby TrueHD uses a lossless CODEC to decrease the size of the bitstream without sacrificing fidelity but without requiring as much bandwidth to transmit it.

Answer by grgurmg
To tackle the later questions first.. LPCM is in fact both digital and can support up to at least 8 channels (7.1) audio. Don’t let the fact that it falls under the same play mode on your system as analog signals confuse you. Also, LPCM ouput should generally never downgrade audio from surround sound to stereo, unless of course that’s what it’s supposed to be doing. I think the misconception may stem from PCM as a recorded format on standard DVD (DVD-Video), which I think only supports 2.0 or 2.1 audio do to bitrate limitations. DVD-Audio discs however can do more channels, because there’s no video output consuming most of the available bitrate

Essentially as a format LPCM is higher quality then any compressed format . In the computer world, PCM is a Wavefile (.wav) and the various other compressed formats (Dolby, DTS, etc) are like Mp3, WMA, etc. Essentially all of the audio standards like Dolby Digital, decode and decompress into the something like LPCM for further processing.

When Onkyo says no current HD/Blu-Ray player supports bitstream audio out, I believe they specifically meant for DolbyTrueHD. Other formats, including any supported by regular DVD, should bitstream through HDMI.. as this was supported by newer regular DVD players through HDMI or S/PDIF.

I understand the confusion about HDMI 1.3 needed for bitstreamed TrueHD, because naturally you realize it’s a lower bitrate then LPCM. Essentually it doesn’t have anything to do with the supported bitrates or any such limitations, but simply what formats are written into the HDMI specification as a standard.

To finally answer your question, however… the answer to anyone asking that question, in general, would likely depend what has a better audio decoder (and other relevant features), the player device or the reciever. Essentially it’s a choice of which you are going to have decode the audio, not a question of how good LPCM is. In general, bitstream would be the choice for most, as the reciever will at least decode the audio as well, plus know what it’s dealing with thus how to treat the audio better. This point is magified by the fact you have a fairly fancy reciever. In matter of fact, now that I think of it.. any audio reciever that would decode audio worse then your player is pretty much crap.

So yeah, bitstream’s your safe bet. But LPCM as a recorded format is better. Sending a lesser format via a higher one of course isn’t going to magically make it any better though. I would certainly think it’s possible for their to often be not much of a difference however, depending on the source audio the recorder format, and player. Obviously is someone has a low end audio setup, the difference could not be rendered undisernable.

Answer by A/V Truths
Here’s ALL you need to know to get the sound you want:

You need to know which current Blu-ray Disc players are compatible with your Onkyo, the difference between the THREE “lossless” (uncompressed) audio formats and how to set the “HDMI Audio” output for whatever player you choose.

A continually updated list of capable Blu-ray Disc players is near the bottom of this link (right after the capable receivers): http://www.avtruths.com/uncompressed.html

Here’s a link to a complete list of Dolby and DTS’s (the “Coke” and “Pepsi” of digital surround) audio formats. You’ll find the 3 competing “lossless” audio formats near the bottom of the page under the heading “New High Definiton Surround Formats”: http://www.avtruths.com/dolbydts.html

The last part is easy. If you pick one of those 4 players and hook it up using an HDMI cable, you’ll need to make sure the “HDMI Audio” output in your Blu-ray Disc player is set to “Bitstream” and not “LPCM”. It has nothing to do with “sound quality”, but if you want your Onkyo to properly decode the audio signal from the player, it needs to be sent in “Bitstream” form.

One more thing. Most Blu-ray titles default to the LOWEST QUALTIY audio track. Before you press “Play” you’ll need to go into the “Audio Menu” (every time) and select one of the three “lossless” formats:

“Uncompressed 5.1″
“DolbyTrueHD”
“DTSHD Master Audio”

Unfortunately, not all Blu-ray titles include a “lossless” audio track. Some studios simply transfer the original DVD audio to the Blu-ray Disc version of the same film.

(and while “Dolby Digital Plus” is less compressed than standard “Dolby Digital”, it is NOT a “lossless” audio format)

Blu-ray Disc won the format war. Check out this link which monitors the continuing demise of the HD-DVD format: http://www.avtruths.com/blurayvshddvd.html

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