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Mar 28

It's been difficult for me to find something to talk about that is more exciting than my previous blog post. While I don't think I'll ever be able to top that achievement I suppose it's finally time to talk about something else (for a change).

Original Xbox I recently got a pretty good deal on an old school original Xbox along with 25 games. Since then, I've been re-living the glory days of the old Xbox I use to own before it was stolen. Probably my favorite game from the Xbox was Doom 3, which I've been playing constantly for the past two weeks now. Another pretty sweet game is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory which is a stealth-based third-person shooter. The game has pretty good graphics for an original Xbox game and I find it to be pretty fun.

LG 42LE5400 Then, on my birthday, I woke up decided I felt like buying a new TV set. I've been using my crappy 25 inch TV for the past year or more since the old one was a casualty of the before time. I didn't really mind this since I seldom played any games on it and when I watched movies I usually wasn't paying much attention to them. Then, Best Buy had a 36 month no interest deal running which was exactly what I was waiting for before buying another TV. I did some quick research and decided to buy a LG 42LE5400 LED 42 inch TV.

LG 42LE5400 Depth A couple cool things about it is it's only 1.2 inches thick (as you can see in the picture, it's only as wide as a nickel and more narrow than my 24 inch flat screen computer monitor). Another awesome feature is it has the ability to hook up to the internet for select websites. One of these is Netflix. I had previously used Blockbuster's mail service which was ok but once I started using the Netflix integrated service I was really impressed. I can now select movies on my computer and they'll instantly show up on my TV and I can start watching them streaming. Apparently the TV was a good deal because my friend Tyler went out to Best Buy that same day and bought the exact model I bought.

LG 42LE5400 Cables The picture quality for my LED TV is really awesome, but my main problem is I don't own anything that outputs in 1080p (HD). Time to upgrade. I ended up buying some cheap HDMI cables from Amazon along with a cheap HD Antenna which works great for the price. I had looked around some local stores for HDMI cables but they are wicked expensive, usually around $5 a foot with the shortest cable being 6 feet long for $30. I also bought a floor model LG Blu Ray player for $100. I got it mostly just to upconvert my DVDs so they're not windowboxed anymore.

Overall I'm pretty satisfied with my recent purchases.

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Posted By: Neal Grosskopf @ 3/28/2010 5:07:00 PM

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  • Chris Retlich
    Chris Retlich
    #1

    Thu. April 1, 4:14:31 PM

    HDMI cables even less expensive here: ht-tp://meritline.c-om/3-pcs-of-6-feet-hdmi-male-to-male-digital-av-cable-28-awg---p-26865.aspx (spam filter keeps eating my post)

    But yeah, anyone who buys those at retail prices is paying way too much - like some kind of fool... an April fool, as it were. Also, congratulations on a new TV - do any of your computers have HDMI out? My new laptop does, and it's fairly nice just to stick one cable into the side of my laptop and have audio and video handled with minimal fuss. Previously I had two cables to deal with (self-made S-Video to composite, and bought audio), but that worked fine too.

  • Chris Retlich
    Chris Retlich
    #2

    Thu. April 1, 4:15:11 PM

    Hmm, seems it doesn't like the word "cheaper"?

  • Neal Grosskopf
    Neal Grosskopf
    #3

    Thu. April 1, 6:14:57 PM

    Chris, I'm pretty sure I flat out block the word "c.heap" on my site. After doing some studies on comment spam that was a frequent word spammers used. My computer has DVI out and you know, looking at the spec for my TV I don't think it has DVI in. Oh well I guess. The TV automagically recognizes TVersity running on my PC so I can stream videos from my computer to the TV over the wireless network.
    I just bought a Xbox 360 from a co-worker so I'm enjoying 1080 high def finally on it. Nothing like Perfect Dark and Halo 3 in high def!

  • Chris Retlich
    Chris Retlich
    #4

    Thu. April 1, 10:16:19 PM

    There are DVI to HDMI adapters out there, for example this thing: http://www.amazon.com/DVI-HDMI-Cable-6-ft/dp/B000Y7RNCW

    Also, blocking the "c" word - makes sense, in any case, I always know my comment got eaten by the spam filter when I see the lovely "Thanks for posting" message. Unfortunately, if I hit the back button, it seems that my comment usually disappears from the text box, so I either have to retype it, or have copied it to the clipboard beforehand.

  • Chris Retlich
    Chris Retlich
    #5

    Wed. April 21, 10:46:30 PM

    Here's another option for DVI->HDMI ($2, free shipping):
    http://www.meritline.com/dvi-male-hdmi-female-adapter-464---p-30315.aspx


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