Paging MD!

[Chris F.]

MD,

First I need to let you know its going to be freezing rain and sleet for our weather forecast tomorrow. Would you like to come up and experience it?

Second...whats up with that TV? If it's another there in another week....I'd raise hell!

[Juanted]

We have not heard from him in a couple of days, which leads me to believe:

1. Golfing with the ol' retired folks suddenly got interesting, or
2. He's tanning, OR
3. He's enjoying his brand new HD TV.

Juan

[Chris F.]

I am hoping all of the above Juan! Man I wish I was there. Sleet and Freezing Rain tomorrow for the commute. Oh what fun!

[motordavid]

Yo CF/JK...

The Sony, No Baloney TV arrived this afternoon; not however, from the idiots at US1Camera in Brooklyn. I'll skip the arm wrestle details, but they really fooked me over, though I had bought camera stuff, successfully, from them in past. That orig order, of Nov freaking 29th, I cancelled Wednesday, and put the "dispute" into my MC situ, so that's cool, I hope.

Plan B was to hump one up here, around the foo-foo overpriced burg of Naples, FLA: I shopped really hard and checked out Everyone that had one, locally. My thought was/is, if it sucks or doesn't work...well, I won't be shipping it back to my Sid buds in Willamsburg,NY. (Put your jackets back on: I have a dozen very good Hassidic friends; no slur in that remark.)

NEway, back on track, I found it in lotsa places around here. But, CC had it on a "slight" sale for 4500...I rolled in, bargained at length with the TV dept Mgr, and walked out with a firm order yesterday for the unit, delivered inside with simple "set up/hook up" for 4200, tax, tags and license, delivered, as they say.

I don't normally arm wrestle a retail store, but I figured what the hell: they were offering 0% interest for 12 months, blah blah blah...I figured $4+Gs in their till that eve is better than having to repo it from GatorGeorge in a few months, :p .

And, it got delivered today, the next day after "buying it"!

It is Titz! I have barely cracked the 100 ppg book on it, but it runs well. The few HDTV channels that our local idiot Comcast offers are fooking amazing; the non-HD is v. good, but needs some tweaking and the channel to channel diffs range from v. good to sucks. The TV allows one to see "too much"; thus, the crummy feeds from some non-HD channels look like 1962 rabbit ears tv. All in all, I am happy, CC gives a 30 day no questions return on same set, etc.

I have been pouring over the 60" SXRD Owners segment on AVS forum, but most of their tweaking and settings adjustments are beyond my low tech mind. Glad we got it and glad I pulled the plug on the other deal.

...I did play my first full round yesterday with our GeezerMens'sLeague here; it is not my Ol'Gang back on the mtn, but it will be fine; shot an 88 on a course I've seen 4 times. Right in the zip code with my 4th yr 13.9 Index.
TheCEO & I are playing in a hubby-wife couples deal on Sunday which gives us a day off from freaking shopping and, especially, spending money like I just hit the jackpot. I am about broke, budget-wise and we have some more road to cover in this new, 2nd house.

I've rattled on here way too long, but Ya'll asked.

Sony, No Baloney...it is TitZ!
BR,md

Live'[email protected]

PS: I check the 28786 weather every morning and deduct 10+ degrees for our mtn elevation, and just smile...our "crummy" weather here in Naples has been endless days of 48-60 at night and 70-77 daytime. This can get boring,

[Juanted]

Congrats, David!!!

Post some pics!

Juan

[motordavid]

Originally Posted by Kaefer

Congrats, David!!!
Post some pics!
Juan

Juan, thanks...I will. Need to hunt up a new camera to 'puter connector: left our Canon Zoom Browser connector back on the fooking Mtn., along with about 20 other things we forgot. That, and the USPS has managed to "misplace" 2 of the 9 boxes of stuff we "mailed to ourselves".

The Tube is titz, but maybe too big for this little house/viewing area we are in.
And, Very complex, in terms of settings, hook-ups, etc. One HDMI cable costs more than my first real stereo, circa 1965, lol.
Thanks, JK.
BR,md

[LeMansX5]

Congrats! lets see some pics.

[ylwjacket]

Glad to have, bro'. This is the time of year to be here, that's for sure.

Welcome aboard!

[alpac]

Originally Posted by motordavid

Juan, thanks...I will. Need to hunt up a new camera to 'puter connector: left our Canon Zoom Browser connector back on the fooking Mtn., along with about 20 other things we forgot. That, and the USPS has managed to "misplace" 2 of the 9 boxes of stuff we "mailed to ourselves".

The Tube is titz, but maybe too big for this little house/viewing area we are in.
And, Very complex, in terms of settings, hook-ups, etc. One HDMI cable costs more than my first real stereo, circa 1965, lol.
Thanks, JK.
BR,md

Yes David, we want to see some pics of this place where you stay but always good to hear form you anyway

[Chris F.]

MD!

Congrats my friend! Welcome to the world of HDTV. I still have not jumped on the bandwagon yet, but I'm sure that time will come!

MD, what Cable Box did Comcast give you? Try and get the model # off the unit. There are some settings you should put into the Cable Box that will give you a better picture on the standard definition channels.

Chris