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$20 is a bit much, but that's better than a lot of people spend. It's simply the biggest rip-off in electronics today.
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07-26-2010, 07:37 PM
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You should have kicked him the groin for being an ass hole.
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07-26-2010, 07:42 PM
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It's not his fault. Best Buy employees are specifically instructed to push those overpriced cables and can be fired for telling the customers the truth.
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07-26-2010, 07:43 PM
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I bought one for like $5 online, and it just stopped working after a week. So I emailed the seller and they sent me a new one for free. That one stopped working after like 2 weeks.
So finally I ended up paying like $30 for a nice-ish one from a more reputable seller online and it's worked since. I think I just got unlucky the first time because other people I know haven't had problems with there's, I was just royally pissed and fed up. Plus, the rents felt bad so they gave me some money for the new one. Suckers.
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07-26-2010, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Paranoidmoonduck
It's not his fault. Best Buy employees are specifically instructed to push those overpriced cables and can be fired for telling the customers the truth.
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sometimes, i wish your sig would switch to the last panel, instead of the second panel.
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07-26-2010, 07:46 PM
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sometimes, i wish your sig would switch to the last panel, instead of the second panel.
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But the second panel is always the most hilarious taken out of context!
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07-26-2010, 07:47 PM
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Fine. Leave the employee alone, go slap some upper management ass hole.
My HDMI cable was 8 bucks and it works just fine. I actually need to buy another one...I have my xbox hooked up through the component cables.
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07-26-2010, 07:50 PM
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But the second panel is always the most hilarious taken out of context!
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it's true, but i really appreciate the ridiculousness of most of what he says in the fourth panel. the recent one is a perfect example.
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07-26-2010, 07:53 PM
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You mean the 6th panel, right?
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07-26-2010, 07:55 PM
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You mean the 6th panel, right?
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yeah, wow... don't know why i said fourth. alternately, i'm tempted to try to make a script to scrape the alt-text off of random comics to stick in my location.
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07-26-2010, 08:00 PM
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I went to Best Buy first and the cheapest one they had in the store was $39.99. I asked a guy if they had any cheaper ones and he said they do online, but not in-store. He then proceeded to tell me that I should really invest in a high quality one and recommended one that cost $79.99. Needless to say, I laughed at him.
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ROFL.
Digital cables are digital cables. They either work or they don't. Get that guy's name so we can all mock him.
I bought my most recent HDMI cable for $0.50.
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07-26-2010, 08:04 PM
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yeah, wow... don't know why i said fourth. alternately, i'm tempted to try to make a script to scrape the alt-text off of random comics to stick in my location.
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That'd be sweet. I stole the script I have in my sig after North posted in on qwantz.
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07-26-2010, 09:05 PM
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I bought the cable for $20. Can't play without it.
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07-26-2010, 09:09 PM
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I bought the cable for $20. Can't play without it.
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Yea. I moved my PS3 from my room to my other TV downstairs, and at first it didn't register the HD signal. I turned it on and looked at like 2 things and was like, "The **** is this ****."
After playing in HD for like 2 years, there's no way I can go back. Ever.
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07-26-2010, 09:15 PM
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Uncharted actually looks pretty poor on my new 1080p tv. Since it's native to 720...it doesnt look the greatest on my tv. It looked gorgeous on my old tv. But the textures get messed up now and Drakes shirt is all pixelated and glewed to his chest.
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07-26-2010, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by nepg
ROFL.
Digital cables are digital cables. They either work or they don't. Get that guy's name so we can all mock him.
I bought my most recent HDMI cable for $0.50.
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I did that once, and it was a piece of ****.
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07-26-2010, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by M.O.T.H.
Uncharted actually looks pretty poor on my new 1080p tv. Since it's native to 720...it doesnt look the greatest on my tv. It looked gorgeous on my old tv. But the textures get messed up now and Drakes shirt is all pixelated and glewed to his chest.
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Hmm I don't think I've played the first on my new tv. I'll have to try it and see if I get the same. But yea, it was gorgeous on my old, normal tv.
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07-26-2010, 09:23 PM
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Hmm I don't think I've played the first on my new tv. I'll have to try it and see if I get the same. But yea, it was gorgeous on my old, normal tv.
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Yeah...I was pretty disappointed. The jungle still looks great, but the 1080 messed with Drake and I experienced an ass load of screen tearing that wasnt there on the 720 TV.
The same thing happened with Alan Wake on the 360. Although, that game supposedly has tons of screen tearing when playing in any HD quality. But the 1080 really made things worse.
Sports games look amazing at least.
I still need to give Mass Effect 2 and Heavy Rain a try on this thing.
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07-26-2010, 09:26 PM
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your screen didn't auto-adjust to 720p based on the input?
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07-26-2010, 09:29 PM
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For whatever reason...the thing with his shirt happens on both settings.
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07-30-2010, 12:06 AM
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God dammit you guys. I'm trying to download the Madden 2011 Demo and my PS3 is telling me it's gonna take 220+ Minutes. Fix it now.
Edit:: I canceled the download and restarted it, now it's telling me around 90 minutes. Still too damn long.
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07-30-2010, 12:25 AM
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i usually download **** when im sleeping. Just leave my ps3 on.
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07-30-2010, 07:13 AM
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God dammit you guys. I'm trying to download the Madden 2011 Demo and my PS3 is telling me it's gonna take 220+ Minutes. Fix it now.
Edit:: I canceled the download and restarted it, now it's telling me around 90 minutes. Still too damn long.
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Buy better internets.
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08-02-2010, 10:22 AM
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what do you guys think about this new Medal of Honor game? I'm not a huge gamer and I know the game is still two months away, but whats the word on this game?
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