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10-30-08, 12:30
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King of Understatement
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: One Flump in One Place
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Thanks George. A snip once I converted to GBP
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Features:- World’s First Laser-powered Television
- Twice the Color: Over 200% of HDTV
- Energy Efficient: 135W Operating Power
- 3D Ready2
- 1080p Display
- High Contrast
- UltraThin™ Frame
- Black Lacquer Finish with Blue Diamond Accent Lighting
- Smooth 120Hz™
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- Um...I know what Black Lacquer is. 3D Ready2? WTF?
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ur codings are working excelent.
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10-30-08, 12:33
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www.gvee.co.uk
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Thanks George. A snip once I converted to GBPUm...I know what Black Lacquer is. 3D Ready2? WTF?[/LIST]
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The most impressive feature is that it is 1080 p!!
TrueHD, none of this rubbishy regular HD crap.
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10-30-08, 13:00
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www.gvee.co.uk
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10-30-08, 13:15
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SQL Server Street Fighter
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Down The Rabbit Hole
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i am holding out for hd virtual reality porn. when that arrives i will never leave the house.
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10-30-08, 14:03
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10-30-08, 14:12
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SQL Server Street Fighter
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Down The Rabbit Hole
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I shall live to code another day.
I nearly pissed myself when my <insert client name> boss called, but it looks I survived. Still no word on the contract renewal though.
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10-30-08, 14:23
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World Class Flame Warrior
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Ohio
Posts: 11,555
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i am holding out for hd virtual reality porn. when that arrives i will never leave the house.
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That would be the end of our civilization.
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10-30-08, 14:40
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Wage drone 24601
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 4,780
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10-30-08, 15:13
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Throwin' the steel to SQL
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Marina Del Rey, CA
Posts: 3,550
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*LOL* Damn. I knew I shouldn't have said that. Suffice to say I went through a period a decade or so ago in which it was impossible to teach me that drinking and driving were bad. So as a result of a few lessons (none of which involved bloodshed, thankfully) the Great State Of California sent me to a "learning facility" for an extended period of time. I also learned to fight wildfires during that time, so I get to say "I used to be a fireman" when conditions are right. Then I just hope nobody says "oh really? what department?"
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Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// total_hours_wasted_here = 13
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10-30-08, 15:32
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Throwin' the steel to SQL
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Marina Del Rey, CA
Posts: 3,550
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Originally Posted by pootle flump
Wotcha fellow Tolerable Buddies.
I am renovating Flumpington Towers and have a few pennies left over in my budget. I think an overhaul of my audio visual centre is numero uno on my list of Good Things To Squander Money on. Bare in mind I only recently left analogue telly....
Already settled on HD LCD telly. What other things should I consider? I've got big, fat broadband connection. Would merrily get surround sound, entertainment dedicated PC, ....erm....other things. Any thunkles, experiences, recommendations?
One minor thing - I quite like mature technologies rather than the latest shiny thing. Hence LCD, not holding out for those organic thingies. Probably not yet ready to make the Blueray jump. I like good bang for my buck.
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I just recently (OK, over the past year) upgraded my entire system throughout the house (old one went to the garage  ).
I won a free HD DVD player from a local radio station, just before Blu-Ray was announced as THE format to have, and since I had already purchased some HD movies, I just added a blu-ray DVD player to the system.
One thing of note is that you need to make sure the receiver can handle as many HDMI inputs as necessary (one output to TV, as many inputs as you need - I needed three - one for HD Cable box, one for Blu-Ray, one for HD player). I ended up with a top-of-the-line Yamaha receiver in order to get all the inputs I needed. Cool thing about it is though that it also has inputs for my LP turntable (!) An unexpected, but appreciated, bonus. Seemed when I was looking that most of the receivers out there only had one (or more commonly, two) HDMI input(s) and one output. How stupid is that? I needed three, but again, my setup is a bit unusual because of the two DVD players. A few that had more HDMI slots also only supported the video part of the HDMI interface, so they required RCA cables for the audio. How stupid is THAT? So ask questions about the receiver and the HD signal cables that will be required. I got rid of a WHOLE lotta cables once I found the right receiver.
I also found that a self-powered bass speaker sounded better than a non-powered version, but I have no rational nor technical support for that assertion.
I have yet to program my remotes to work the other components. This is a friggin third-year after I got all the components hooked up together. Maybe I'll do that weekend after next, or one night next week when I am bored. Besides, now everyone in the house is used to the process of using three remotes to turn on simple television (cable box, receiver, television).
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Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// total_hours_wasted_here = 13
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10-30-08, 15:49
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Throwin' the steel to SQL
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Marina Del Rey, CA
Posts: 3,550
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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite
I also have two squeezeboxes for listening to the music on a computer system somewhere and playing through the hifi/home cinema system. This one's neat as it has a good interface. My favourite bit is being able to listen to old programs on R4 while sitting in front of the fire and sipping a whysky. |
I like that little gizmo....Hmmmm...shoulda got that instead of my recent purchase of a CD player that can play MP3 CDs.
I'll have to bookmark that little gadget so I have it next time I get some breathing room in my "toy" budget (likely in another decade or so).
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aka "Paul"
Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// total_hours_wasted_here = 13
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10-30-08, 16:01
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Throwin' the steel to SQL
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Marina Del Rey, CA
Posts: 3,550
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Originally Posted by georgev
(Oh and PiP in my opinion is one of, if not the, best feature!)
As for audio - if you're an audiophille, then fine, go buy aa 5.1 or 7.1 cinema setup for millions of pounds. If you're anything like me and just want a bit more oomph than you can get from your TVs inbuilt, then a solid 2.1 system is all you need. I suggest the set I bought for my ex, but can't remember what they're called... if I remember I'll post back.
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I have a 55" Samsung, but it's a DLP as opposed to a LCD one. Have a 30" LCD on the wall in the bedroom. I like the DLP's color better, but it's not that much of a difference. Haven't seen any performance problems on either one of them. Mine both support PiP, but I don't use it, because they are both set up pretty much as monitors, rather than tuners, so there is never more than one channel for them to monitor anyway. Although I could use PiP just to use it, and just have the same video in each frame 
I had a long talk with the dude at Best Buy about the 7.1 speaker system, he said not many DVDs and other output formats are using that paradygm yet. I don't know about that, but the Yamaha receiver I ended up can handle both 7.1 and 5.1. Currently I just have the 5.1 set up and LOVE it. Don't know what, if anything, I am missing by not having the extra two side speakers. My place would not really allow for unobtrusive side speaker placement anyway. I LOVE the surround sound though. Can't imagine how I lived without it before I just need to set up some back speakers in the bedroom now *L*
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Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// total_hours_wasted_here = 13
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10-30-08, 16:01
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SQL Server Street Fighter
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Down The Rabbit Hole
Posts: 7,766
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I do not like the wireless players. not for headphones or speakers. with any decent sound card you can run an out line to your stereo receiver. I have had that much set up for years.
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10-30-08, 16:15
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Throwin' the steel to SQL
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Marina Del Rey, CA
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My samsung DLP came with that too, but I didn't bother to look into it other than to briefly scan the website that Geo linked to when I was originally doing the DLP vs Plasma research.
I guess I'll have to re-read it and see when I can expect 3D in my living room
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aka "Paul"
Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
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// total_hours_wasted_here = 13
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10-30-08, 16:20
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Throwin' the steel to SQL
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Marina Del Rey, CA
Posts: 3,550
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BTW...connect FOUR! yeee-haaawww!
(OK, I am easily impressed).
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Non est ei similis.
// Dear maintainer:
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
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