Scratchskunk Vox 2008-05-03T07:40:09Z markpasc http://mark.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full tag:vox.com,2006:6p00b8ea0717f31bc0/tags/samsung/ The days of press button, receive bacon are OVER TV tag:vox.com,2008-05-01:asset-6a00b8ea0717f31bc000f48cf3b1830003 2008-05-01T04:33:32Z 2008-05-03T07:40:09Z markpasc http://mark.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

If you were still in suspense, I did get the TV I bought:


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which has dramatically increased the number of wires in my place. I made trips out both the weekend I got and the weekend after I received the TV, to buy cables for the

  • new Xbox 360 I bought when I decided to buy a tv (HDMI)
  • Wii I already had (proprietary ↔ component)
  • free upsampling DVD player that got me to buy the thing (HDMI)
  • MacBook Pro (DVI ↔ HDMI)
  • white iMac (mini-DVI ↔ DVI ↔ HDMI)
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plus the new Apple wireless keyboard that's all the rage, so I can type from the couch. I also bought a USB extension cable for my mouse, as I couldn't find a wireless mouse that didn't suck and I didn't realize those cables don't actually work (plus it's way too long, which only made it worse, I imagine). Instead I had to stretch the regular Mac keyboard with USB socket out to use it as an extension for the mouse cable... but at least I was able to enjoy the season finale of Sam & Max season 2 in big screen amaze-o-vision.


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]]> Overlords etc tag:vox.com,2008-03-29:asset-6a00b8ea0717f31bc000e398eae9280004 2008-03-29T21:39:23Z 2008-03-29T21:47:20Z markpasc http://mark.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

I guess that's that:


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It wasn't discounted extra for the new DLP models, but I decided it was time to give up and buy it on Amazon, and when I looked on the site today, Amazon showed me a separate offer for a free up-converting DVD player. I was a little worried about getting a tv shipped, but after Amazon had trouble with broken items through UPS, they switched to Eagle, who everyone complains is slow... but slow versus broken isn't much of a choice, is it?

I had looked at the glossy LNT4665F, but its sibling, the matte LNT4661F, is a few hundred dollars cheaper. The 4661 a Consumer Reports "Quick Pick" from the March issue Henry mentioned. Amazon forumgoers seem to prefer the 4665, but these folks think the glare is a bigger issue. The Amazon thread also says the speakers are on the bottom on the 4661 instead of the sides as on the 4665, but CR still gave the 4661 an “excellent” in sound quality.

I guess we'll see in a week or two!

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]]> Amazon TV tag:vox.com,2008-03-28:asset-6a00b8ea0717f31bc000f48ce90d370003 2008-03-28T18:54:51Z 2008-03-28T18:56:49Z markpasc http://mark.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom-full

Dear Amazon.com Customer,

As someone who has shown an interest in televisions and video, you might like to know that as Samsung prepares to release new models, Amazon.com has lowered prices on all of our current models while supplies last.


Omg woot!

Seems to only be the DLP models, though. The LNT4661F I was looking at is still around $1700.

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