xrider01

<----- needs sleep =\

hondasr4kids

I'm in between a Philips 42" LCD or a Sony 60" LCD Projection. Leaning towards the Phillips.

lesper4

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not much, i got a crazy good deal $1800 (orgnially $3000) no intrest 36 months financing plus free (instant) dvd player and wall mount.

Honda I would sugest getting a panasonic or pioneer plasma sicne they are some of the best image quality for plasmas our there. then again it comes down to what you really want. I am upgradigng from a 1990 29" zenith console tv. Vast improvement no matter what make or model i got. Good luck with your search Honda.... I had a heck of a time deceiding what i wanted, almost got a 50" LG for the price and size but i liked the pioneer plus features better.

kwescott

I have a 60 inch Panasonic LCD projection set. Paid way too much for it, but love having HD football games 60 inches wide. One thing though, the larger you go, the worse regular tv broadcasts look.

On another side note, I love the "bong" sound the older tv sets make. The old computer monitor did the same thing. "bong".

On another side note...I downloaded the file last night. I saw last night, but really, I started the download at like 10:30 and just went to bed. Woke up this morning excited to start my day with a kick a## xped video....no luck....it says I need a different "codec" on my windows media player. Damn it.

Detrich, didn't you have the same problem, what did you do to fix it?

hondasr4kids

well I was looking at the Plasmas also and I was set on a Panasonic until someone pointed out the distortion on them which was very clear. Then I stated thinking about the screen getting burn when my son watch cartoons all day during the week. I know what LG you are talking about and man I loved it too. It's till burning in the back of my head. The issue I got right now is that my TV sits about 16-18 ft from the couch. But I don't want something to big because I move around alot (like every 3 years) and every living room is not the same. In this living room a 60" is perfect.

lesper4

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I think you just like that word "bong"...i have the same problem at work today with the vid...i will take it home and see if i have better luck...i would love to download the older videos (streetfire doenst let you)

Detrich

i downloaded the file to my G5, but it wouldn't play in QT or WMP. so, i copied the file to my PC, and it opened right up. the only 3rd-party codec i have loaded on the PC is divx, which u can download from www.divex.com i believe. so, try updating WMP first to the latest version, then install the divx codec, and see if it works after that.

kwescott

Thank you...I'll have Erica do that when she has a chance, since it is her comuter, and I am less computer literate. I have screwed up a couple of computers in my time.
This is a bummer, since she is at school tonight, so I won't get to see the video till Wednesday or Thursday...uggghh.

Jedi54

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Kwescott:
Odd that you don't have the proper codec. Maybe you can get it from doing a Windows update?

I downloaded the video and was able to view it using the Nero 7 software that Xrider got for me. I've never used their stuff to view videos before but it seemed to work fairly well. You need any burning software?
I'm trying to download it here @ the office to see if my WMP can handle it...

Detrich

yah, the bigger the screen and the higher quality the tv, the crappier ordinary tv programs look- namely because the resolution on newer tv's are SO good that they completely display just how crappy the source analog signal is of normal broadcasts.

my own experience is that, generally-speaking, only HD channels and DVD's look insanely great on the new flat tv's- be it plasma, LCD, DLP, or LCD projection. everything else looks actually a lot worse than regular flat screen CRT- only because CRT tv's are so much more forgiving when the input signal is not the very best.

also, generally-speaking, the bigger the screen the further u have to sit from it to get good viewing. read the tv's manual to see if your living room meets the requirements.

lesper4

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I concur.

kwescott

I also concur...and add that Xbox is awsome at 60 inches... especially games that are made in 720i or higher...yummy.

newcastle

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Hey Jorge I use to play WoW (flushed a good deal of my life down the drain playing that crack addicting game...LOL). What server are you on?

Jedi54

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I was starting to think that no one on here knew what World of Warcraft was...LOL.

I'm playing on Ner'zhul (lvl 60 Rogue)

Detrich

WOW> i got up to level 25 in Warcraft III, before i stopped playing. (ORCS baby! hehehehe) and, i decided not to get WOW when it came out. too afraid of getting sucked into that vortex and wasting too much time... LOL. Hey, i need to put some miles on the 8 instead, right?

TV> to replace my old 27" CRT, a few months ago i picked up a new 42" Sony WEGA LCD-Projection for $1,700 out-the-door (including free delivery) from Sears. (my living room is too small for anything bigger.) and, i've been really happy with it- very good bang for the buck. as mentioned, DVD's, HD channels, and PS2 look insanely great on it! but, watching Bernie Mac (one of my favorite shows) on UPN looks like crap! can't have everything i guess.

hondasr4kids

Yes I was playing Gotham Racing or what even on XBOX 360 on a 60". It felt like I was in the car

newcastle

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Ahh i'm on Terenas (lvl 60druid). I havn't played in over 2 months but use to dump +40 hrs a week in to the damn thing. We conquered BWL 2 months after it was implemented. My guild link http://www.stehlenlife.net/

Jedi54

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BWL in 2 months! Whoa, that's pretty impressive.
My guild is still attempting to kill Neferian. www.vanguardwow.com
(watch the intro...it's pretty cool)

kwescott

It's the world's largest walking simulator. You should have seen the presence of WOW in China. Every marketing department used it to advertise their products. There was even a Pepsi blue team that was battling a Coke red team at every bus stop. In talking with a college student there in China, he said the government limited children to only two hours of play time per day. Damn communists.

kwescott

ok, checked my wmp and it doesn't need any updates (it is running version 10). I went to the divex web site that is listed above and it took me to some diving site. Any other suggestions?

RX8SaxMan

here, download and install this:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm

It basically will install every codec known to man on your computer so you'll never have to worry about that problem again

kwescott

I'm trying it now....it worked. Thanks. Ahhh, I go to see the video...

StealthFox

im on tichondrius and frostwolf, half of my friends have wasted thier lives to it and i have a friend in VC(one of the largest alliance guilds in frostwolf) thats a recovering wow addict and he really scared me into not playing which is why i dont because he told me how difficult it was to gain back a social life and get back in the program with school and stuff.

StealthFox

thanks for that, VERY useful link

newcastle

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^Ditto