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ellenkushnerYes, it's been over a year since we moved, leaving our big old 4-square TV behind us in Boston 'cause we were going to get a nice new flatscreen to hang on the wall . . . but we're so intimidated by the technology & the choices! For a year we've been entertainig ourselves solely by means of DVD's on the laptop on the bed, propped up on an old legal folder box. Not a pretty sight.
We need a Shopping Buddy who Likes this Sort of Thing to go down to J&R (or somewhere) with us and help us pick one out. Or at least murmur words of encouragement & help us figure out where the hell we're going to put the VCR etc. in a pretty small space. Built-in speakers - Yes or No? The guy in the fancy TV store said they're crap, but the idea of kitting out a whole sound system to hang on the wall gives me the fantods. On the other hand (there always is one, isn't there?), this will be our only TV, and we're mostly going to use it to watch movies, so shouldn't we have decent sound? Or whaaaaat? I hate this. Thank you.
We need a Shopping Buddy who Likes this Sort of Thing to go down to J&R (or somewhere) with us and help us pick one out. Or at least murmur words of encouragement & help us figure out where the hell we're going to put the VCR etc. in a pretty small space. Built-in speakers - Yes or No? The guy in the fancy TV store said they're crap, but the idea of kitting out a whole sound system to hang on the wall gives me the fantods. On the other hand (there always is one, isn't there?), this will be our only TV, and we're mostly going to use it to watch movies, so shouldn't we have decent sound? Or whaaaaat? I hate this. Thank you.
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Date: 2007-09-24 09:44 pm (UTC)-or-
From the end of your theater style seat, knuckles white from gripping the arm rests, thumb worn game controller at your feet, and 10 bottles of Mt. Dew empty and forgotten around your chair?
I'm going to guess the first way, and I can assure you that built in speakers are fine.
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Date: 2007-09-25 03:02 am (UTC)And, hey, btw - we have the same birthday!! A few years apart, but still . . , Happpy Almost Birthday to Us!
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Date: 2007-10-03 04:01 pm (UTC)And YES! Happy Birthday to US!
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Date: 2007-09-25 02:53 am (UTC)We still owe you some Birthday Chocolate Indulgence, don't we?
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Date: 2007-09-25 02:10 pm (UTC)I do have some technical expertise when it comes to electronic stuff. I can do a little research online so that when you go into the stores with Eugene, you can say "we are interested in these type models", which is generally helpful for not getting completely dicked around by sales people.
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Date: 2007-09-25 02:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-24 10:28 pm (UTC)I don't know if your library does the same, and it certainly wouldn't be as cool as hitting the shop with
It does for me, at least.
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Date: 2007-09-26 08:11 pm (UTC)Of course, I also had to fit a large cable box, two other DVRs, a VCR, a receiver and a CD changer into the space.
And despite my long history with this stuff (I was the first person I knew who owned a VCR, back in the day), it's all way too complicated for me now. There was no way I could have installed this myself.
Good luck!
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Date: 2007-09-25 12:42 am (UTC)If you're ever back visiting Boston on a Second Sunday, drop by the tea dance -- it's been a long time. We're going around the world (virtually) this season, starting with Vienna in October.
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Date: 2007-09-25 05:51 am (UTC)http://reviews.cnet.com/Televisions/2001-6475_7-0.html
I can say that I bought a Samsung LCD about a year and a half ago (not a large one; I wanted it to fit on a certain shelf in the den). The picture quality is excellent.
You may want to consider dropping the VCR if you have limited space, and use a DVD player that you can also play music on. I have a Bose setup in the living room that works this way: a Bose CD/DVD player, along with a casette tape player and a phonograph -- because I'm retro that way -- with the small Bose speakers hung around the room. I painted the speakers to blend with the wall. All the sound goes through the one system.
I will note that there is sometimes a weird effect, by which words on TV may be slightly less easy to understand when they come through the speakers. When that happens, I turn down the volume on the Bose and turn up the volume on the TV itself. (There are also combinations of components where you can *only* hear through the speakers for certain things, but at this point, why complicate our lives by getting into that? But if you *do* get something like my system, make sure whoever sets it up for you knows you want the option of hearing sound just through the TV sometimes.)
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Date: 2007-09-26 09:42 am (UTC)Bless you. I'm so very glad that you wrote this book.
"Hello. I've brought us some fish."
::dies::
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Date: 2007-09-26 09:43 am (UTC)::smacks forehead::
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Date: 2007-09-26 03:02 pm (UTC)As for the fish . . . ah!! I actually brought some orange foil-wrapped chocolate fish to my reading at Nippon Con in Yokohama last month just so I could deliver that line - but nobody got it! Alas. If only you had been there.
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Date: 2007-09-28 12:18 am (UTC)Shopping buddy
Date: 2007-09-27 06:41 pm (UTC)Call Kaluta. He absolutely knows his electronic gadgets and would be a perfect guide on such a sopping spree.
Karen and I are getting up to speed for a trip over to London on Sunday to attend the UK premier of Stardust. With a short side trip built in to have dinner with the Chagford mafia.
See you the next weekend at FaerieCon!
Best,
Charles
Re: Shopping buddy
Date: 2007-09-28 01:28 am (UTC)technophiles
Date: 2007-09-30 12:07 am (UTC)I just stopped by to see the latest and was enthralled by a new word:
"fantods". Had to go look it up immediately.
I need to add that to my vocabulary asap.
Hope you are recovered from your latest trip.
Will we see you anytime soon?
xxx
Your Cleveland Fans/Cousins (Susan & Co.)
Re: technophiles
Date: 2007-09-30 11:51 pm (UTC)We are just beginning to be over the Japan jet lag, thanks for asking. It was such a terrific trip - we'll make you look at all our pictures...whenever we finally do get to see you. Meanwhile, thanks for the link to your new blog - it's wonderful!
Re: technophiles
Date: 2007-10-01 11:56 pm (UTC)Lov to Del.
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