Dusty Chalk

Well, if you're concerned, then you're concerned, I don't really have any advice on that. Other than: Get an LCD. LCD's aren't bad, per se, I just personally prefer plasmas. Also, you need to be able to darken your room pretty dark if you're going to get a plasma. Which I would be able to do. But if you can't, that's another vote towards LCD (don't know if LED's handle that yet -- I should check). At 8 hours/week, I wouldn't worry too much about it. That's relatively light use. I will give you a little more context as to where I'm coming from, so that you understand my comment: I deliberately said I... I... I... because I was saying what I was doing as a data point (amongst many), not as "what you should do"/trying to influence you to do things the way I'm doing them, because I don't feel I am sufficiently knowledgeable about your situation to give you that strong advice. It might be a little high, but I would look at the LN46b6xx -- the 650, 630 or 610. Their retails are a little high, but the streets are typically lower. I prefer 120Hz to 60Hz (in LCD...plasmas don't provide that option). If you want to go even cheaper, look at the LN46B5xx -- 530, 540, 550. PS Sony would be my third choice. But what you really should do is go to a half decent store and go to them and actually look at some TV screens (from the distance from which you plan look at them at home). If they all look the same to you, then don't worry about it, and get the LG. If one of them stands out, then get that one. Try zooming in here. Don't go to Best Buy. I don't know why they're so fucked up, but I think it's the long cable runs, all their televisions look the same. I went to Belmont TV, myself.

I don't have a problem with too much bass -- only out of control or diffuse bass.

Well, I thought about it, and wonder ... there's got to be a video recorder (probably professional) that has a DVI input...I wonder if something like that can be hacked to record any signal off the stream...

I like large quantities of accurate, controlled bass.

What's interesting about this one is that it does HDMI -- I wonder how far off we are from one that can be set to record?

Just get a Belkin Gold.

Yes, they have more bass, but I'm not sure about the less deep bass.

Poor Chaco.

Genesis SACD box set #3

Goddamnit, I really didn't need to hear that. Can I ask you to bring your pair to the next mini-meet?

I prefered the Samsung (and Sharp) to pretty much every other LCD out there. Just based on in-store auditions. The Sharps never go on sale, and therefore don't have the same market presence that the Samsungs do, but I prefer them, so that's what I'll end up getting if I end up getting a LCD. I'm pretty much sold on a Samsung plasma, though. Also looking at the LED's that just came out.

's'truth. I actually got the "did you lose weight?" question once -- told them, "no, I bought bigger clothes". They laughed. Still need to lose weight, though, haven't given up on that.

It's cute -- what did you hear about it, and where?

Nice! And: ditters!

Metal earcups.

Probably means a Pico Slim.

Yeah, that's what I was trying to remember -- too lazy to look it up.

Probably in the "if you gotta ask, then it's probably too high" price range. His single-ended dynamic amp was what, in the several thousands?

You need a full client, or just something to download? Firefox/whatever browser you're using should do ftp.

It might help me narrow down my search, yes, thanks. Actually, it looks like "Oppo" is English for "BBK" (I.E. the American branch of said company).

I do. And now I have to think of a completely pointless use for them.

Some of those look really nice.

I looked before, I didn't see it in there (under "specs", I presume). Jesus christ, I'm not looking through 435 pages for that (even though it can be reduced to 218 pages).

Yeah, if they're flood damaged, I should probably pass (highly allergic to mold). Thanks for looking into it, but there's no rush, so whenever is fine.

No. I just seemed to have gained a little weight, recently. Next: Transformers (for the P. Millett UniAmp project)