27th December 2012, 12:44 PM
Oh come on TC, why did no one make a thread (or post at all)? Poor site...
Anyway, I got a few interesting things for christmas, at least (with one more thing coming). I got the PC game "The Secret World" (now that the monthly fees are gone, I need to play Ragnar Tornquist's latest work! First impression is good; graphics are very nice, and the story's interesting.), $165, several books including GRR Martin's "A Dance with Dragons" and three history books (all look interesting for sure), and other stuff like some t-shirts, a frying pan, a suitcase (since my cat peed in one of mine... annoying thing, she's so cute, but that "peeing on things" habit of hers is so awful...), some christmas tree ornaments since I needed more, and some other stuff. Overall, a fine year for Christmas I think. :)
Oh, and i don't know if I mentioned it, but back in November when we were visiting my cousins in Vermont for Thanksgiving, they gave me their old 38" rear projection CRT TV, because they got a new 40-something inch plasma TV, and had no need for the old one anymore and were going to give it away or something, so they told me "please take it". I wasn't sure how to fit it in my place, but managed to find a way through reorganization. At only 89 pounds it's not as heavy as it looks ,but of course, RP-CRT isn't quite as good in terms of picture quality as real CRTs are, and I can see the difference in screen clarity when I compare stuff on it to my other TV, the 19" SD CRT I've been using for years. This one has a bigger screen, but you can tell that it's rear projection and not a straight tube. Of course, a 38" tube would probably have weighed like 400 pounds, not 89... that would be fun to try to move. :p
Still it's pretty cool (and is my first widescreen tv/monitor), but does have a problem: everything except for the center of the screen has yellowed, so most of the picture is somewhat discolored. It's pretty annoying in some things, less noticeable in others; it depends. I imagine it'd be expensive to fix though, so I haven't tried. Maybe someday... But yeah, now I want some Wii component cables... I already have some for PS2 and Xbox, and have hooked them up (progressive scan, widescreen-compatible Xbox games like DOA2U and Burnout 3/Revenge look amazing!) but not Wii. (The TV has component, composite, and S-Video input only, so if I wanted to get a DC VGA box and play it with that, I'd need a VGA to component converter...)
Anyway, I got a few interesting things for christmas, at least (with one more thing coming). I got the PC game "The Secret World" (now that the monthly fees are gone, I need to play Ragnar Tornquist's latest work! First impression is good; graphics are very nice, and the story's interesting.), $165, several books including GRR Martin's "A Dance with Dragons" and three history books (all look interesting for sure), and other stuff like some t-shirts, a frying pan, a suitcase (since my cat peed in one of mine... annoying thing, she's so cute, but that "peeing on things" habit of hers is so awful...), some christmas tree ornaments since I needed more, and some other stuff. Overall, a fine year for Christmas I think. :)
Oh, and i don't know if I mentioned it, but back in November when we were visiting my cousins in Vermont for Thanksgiving, they gave me their old 38" rear projection CRT TV, because they got a new 40-something inch plasma TV, and had no need for the old one anymore and were going to give it away or something, so they told me "please take it". I wasn't sure how to fit it in my place, but managed to find a way through reorganization. At only 89 pounds it's not as heavy as it looks ,but of course, RP-CRT isn't quite as good in terms of picture quality as real CRTs are, and I can see the difference in screen clarity when I compare stuff on it to my other TV, the 19" SD CRT I've been using for years. This one has a bigger screen, but you can tell that it's rear projection and not a straight tube. Of course, a 38" tube would probably have weighed like 400 pounds, not 89... that would be fun to try to move. :p
Still it's pretty cool (and is my first widescreen tv/monitor), but does have a problem: everything except for the center of the screen has yellowed, so most of the picture is somewhat discolored. It's pretty annoying in some things, less noticeable in others; it depends. I imagine it'd be expensive to fix though, so I haven't tried. Maybe someday... But yeah, now I want some Wii component cables... I already have some for PS2 and Xbox, and have hooked them up (progressive scan, widescreen-compatible Xbox games like DOA2U and Burnout 3/Revenge look amazing!) but not Wii. (The TV has component, composite, and S-Video input only, so if I wanted to get a DC VGA box and play it with that, I'd need a VGA to component converter...)
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