dtstratovarius (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dtstratovarius) wrote,@ 2009-04-03 22:30:00 |
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Take some time to blog...
Hey all,
Well, just finished watching "Marley & Me" with Amanda, and that was a good, yet sad movie.
Anywho....let's get to some randomness...
-Joined the "Next-Generation" DVD age again yesterday....well, I've had an HD-DVD drive for the XBOX 360 for awhile now (I believe I got that Oct. '07?), but Thursday, I picked up the Samsung BD-UP5000 "combo" (it plays Blu-Ray DVDs & HD-DVDs, along with the usual CDs/DVDs). Pretty much, it's the display unit that's been on display (and at times in use in Magnolia) for awhile now. I've been waiting for it to hit on one of the End of Life sendbacks for Mark to give me a good deal on it. However, I mentioned that I was eyeing it to my old grade/high school classmate Jeff, who said he'd talk with Dave (since it's been on Home Theater's At-Risk Report FOREVER) about a deal. They had it currently marked at $199 open-item price (off of a "new"/clearance price of $299.99, with an MSRP originally of $799.99). So, Jeff gets back to me and asks me if I want it for $100. DEAL! Sure, there's no manual (which is easily fixed, as I downloaded it from Samsung's site tonight here at Amanda's, along with the 1.4 version of the firmware, with the BD 2.0 profile on it) AND there's no remote, but I'll be ordering that sometime this weekend from work's PartsSearch website ($36 for the remote, but honestly, a combo player w/ext. warranty and remote for less than $150...can't beat that). Tested it out at home, and it works perfectly (as the upconvert chip in the system is considered to be one of the best made). No clue on which Blu-Ray will be the first I snag, but that won't be for awhile.
-Ever since putting on the new Security Suite (CA's Complete Internet Suite, got it from Circuit before they died), my Internet has been bogged down speed wise, along with the flat-out slowness of the computer now. Gotta get some more RAM for this sucker.
More to blog about later...
Matt
Hey all,
Well, just finished watching "Marley & Me" with Amanda, and that was a good, yet sad movie.
Anywho....let's get to some randomness...
-Joined the "Next-Generation" DVD age again yesterday....well, I've had an HD-DVD drive for the XBOX 360 for awhile now (I believe I got that Oct. '07?), but Thursday, I picked up the Samsung BD-UP5000 "combo" (it plays Blu-Ray DVDs & HD-DVDs, along with the usual CDs/DVDs). Pretty much, it's the display unit that's been on display (and at times in use in Magnolia) for awhile now. I've been waiting for it to hit on one of the End of Life sendbacks for Mark to give me a good deal on it. However, I mentioned that I was eyeing it to my old grade/high school classmate Jeff, who said he'd talk with Dave (since it's been on Home Theater's At-Risk Report FOREVER) about a deal. They had it currently marked at $199 open-item price (off of a "new"/clearance price of $299.99, with an MSRP originally of $799.99). So, Jeff gets back to me and asks me if I want it for $100. DEAL! Sure, there's no manual (which is easily fixed, as I downloaded it from Samsung's site tonight here at Amanda's, along with the 1.4 version of the firmware, with the BD 2.0 profile on it) AND there's no remote, but I'll be ordering that sometime this weekend from work's PartsSearch website ($36 for the remote, but honestly, a combo player w/ext. warranty and remote for less than $150...can't beat that). Tested it out at home, and it works perfectly (as the upconvert chip in the system is considered to be one of the best made). No clue on which Blu-Ray will be the first I snag, but that won't be for awhile.
-Ever since putting on the new Security Suite (CA's Complete Internet Suite, got it from Circuit before they died), my Internet has been bogged down speed wise, along with the flat-out slowness of the computer now. Gotta get some more RAM for this sucker.
More to blog about later...
Matt
