Comments on: A question for the Intarweb http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/ Just. One. Column. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alexander http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-182238 Alexander Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:16:55 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-182238 LCDs are so cheap now, and work so well with PCs, I wouldn't go any other way. I have a 42" Samsung at home, connected to an HD DirecTV DVR. It works well enough to watch everything I record; spend most of my free time farming titanium nodes anyways. And getting a Wii is like buying a Miata with no doors, get yourself a PS3 if you want something useful. LCDs are so cheap now, and work so well with PCs, I wouldn’t go any other way. I have a 42″ Samsung at home, connected to an HD DirecTV DVR. It works well enough to watch everything I record; spend most of my free time farming titanium nodes anyways.

And getting a Wii is like buying a Miata with no doors, get yourself a PS3 if you want something useful.

]]> By: Dylan http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-177889 Dylan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:06:45 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-177889 Computer-to-TV is the way to go. Depending on your stance on bittorrents vs. iTunes (Netflix, pfft, iTunes or bittorent, that's all anyone needs) in the battle to find your media, you can simply have a television as an extension of your computer... everything that is offered for "traditional television" is accessible on the internet now in more convenient, less expensive (or free) and most importantly, flexible formats. Buy a big TV, hook up your computer. Should be little different then connecting your laptop to a projector in a conference hall... in fact, consider a projector/screen as a superior option (if you have the room). I set up a system like this for my self-described "luddite" parents a few years ago, taught them how to find bittorents and let them go wild. Bittorent and streaming websites are only a few days behind original airings and iTunes sometimes has day-of airings. Getting sucked into an expensive DVR or somesuch plan. Comp + TV, all you need. Oh and in answer to your question all modern TVs (since 2000 for sure) can connect to computers, but not all computers can connect to TVs. Check the back of your laptop/desktop for SV (the most basic format) or higher formats. If not, it is a rather simple and inexpensive matter to buy the appropriate slot to but into the back of your desktop. Computer-to-TV is the way to go. Depending on your stance on bittorrents vs. iTunes (Netflix, pfft, iTunes or bittorent, that’s all anyone needs) in the battle to find your media, you can simply have a television as an extension of your computer… everything that is offered for “traditional television” is accessible on the internet now in more convenient, less expensive (or free) and most importantly, flexible formats. Buy a big TV, hook up your computer. Should be little different then connecting your laptop to a projector in a conference hall… in fact, consider a projector/screen as a superior option (if you have the room). I set up a system like this for my self-described “luddite” parents a few years ago, taught them how to find bittorents and let them go wild. Bittorent and streaming websites are only a few days behind original airings and iTunes sometimes has day-of airings. Getting sucked into an expensive DVR or somesuch plan. Comp + TV, all you need.

Oh and in answer to your question all modern TVs (since 2000 for sure) can connect to computers, but not all computers can connect to TVs. Check the back of your laptop/desktop for SV (the most basic format) or higher formats. If not, it is a rather simple and inexpensive matter to buy the appropriate slot to but into the back of your desktop.

]]> By: Guinness http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-175117 Guinness Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:07:32 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-175117 Possibly. Around the Superbowl there are also usually some sales. Possibly.

Around the Superbowl there are also usually some sales.

]]> By: Rex http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-174891 Rex Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:30:06 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-174891 We went down to the Big Box Shop today and took a gander. There are some cheap ones but... don't you think if we wait until after Xmas they will be even cheaper? And thanks for the links to the models G! We went down to the Big Box Shop today and took a gander. There are some cheap ones but… don’t you think if we wait until after Xmas they will be even cheaper?

And thanks for the links to the models G!

]]> By: John http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-174272 John Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:17:18 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-174272 Tommy, there's nothing wrong with appreciating elite cultural products ("gold"). I appreciate many of them myself. But many of us have become anthropologists because we have greater appreciation for the "dreck"--those cultural products in which most people place very little value. Tommy, there’s nothing wrong with appreciating elite cultural products (“gold”). I appreciate many of them myself. But many of us have become anthropologists because we have greater appreciation for the “dreck”–those cultural products in which most people place very little value.

]]> By: Commander Plaza http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-173791 Commander Plaza Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:42:04 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-173791 Regarding the Wii: Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed; the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Channel 10. Regarding the Wii: Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed; the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Channel 10.

]]> By: Tommy McCullough http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-172896 Tommy McCullough Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:29:03 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-172896 I have to admit that that last, "Good for you! I always thought..." is a valid point. However it does rather direct you to the dreck than to the pure gold (sic). Otherwise, I think "deranged" has a certain panache and outranks the more plebeian "ass." A self-indulgent young male informant warns me that Wii has strongly addictive properties. I have to admit that that last, “Good for you! I always thought…” is a valid point. However it does rather direct you to the dreck than to the pure gold (sic).

Otherwise, I think “deranged” has a certain panache and outranks the more plebeian “ass.”

A self-indulgent young male informant warns me that Wii has strongly addictive properties.

]]> By: John Schaefer http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-172686 John Schaefer Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:53:37 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-172686 Good for you! I always thought an anthropologist refusing to watch TV was like a butcher refusing to eat meat: "I think meat (mass culture) is fine for my customers (readers, consultants), but personally I can't stand it..." Good for you! I always thought an anthropologist refusing to watch TV was like a butcher refusing to eat meat: “I think meat (mass culture) is fine for my customers (readers, consultants), but personally I can’t stand it…”

]]> By: Guinness http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-172380 Guinness Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:26:54 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-172380 or for higher contrast (you are in bright ass Hawaii, after all) go with the plasma: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8477433 or for higher contrast (you are in bright ass Hawaii, after all) go with the plasma:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8477433

]]> By: Guinness http://alex.golub.name/log/2008/12/08/a-question-for-the-intarweb/comment-page-1/#comment-172379 Guinness Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:24:42 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=807#comment-172379 Less than $500 http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5623472 Less than $500

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5623472

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