IA's 'Does my bum look big in this Debt?' Diary

immoral_angeluk

SarahNeedle1872 wrote: »

Both tv's are gorgeous! If a little expensive.... The good thing is tho, in a few months time when u've become debt free and saved, if Ste still wants the same one, it'll probably be a lot cheaper!

January sales ahoy!!

I completely relate to the whole xBox/HD thing tho....we have a pre-LBM HD ready tv, and playing the xBox on it is fantastic.... then when we take it to the in-laws so OH's DS1 can play it, it looks pretty naff..... call me a snob, but one u get used to it, its hard to go back!

That's exactly the problem we have... now we've seen both there's just no comparison.

PS - How's Halo3? Worth the purchase?

Definately! Such a good game.. shame that I accidentally wiped Ste's save game last night though :eek:

tigtag02

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

January sales ahoy!!

That's exactly the problem we have... now we've seen both there's just no comparison.


Definately! Such a good game.. shame that I accidentally wiped Ste's save game last night though :eek:

OMG ~ miserable bollox would have divorced me <hhmmmm, now there's a thought >

We bought a decent HD ready TV from Argos a few months ago - it was about £350 and its fab.
We refuse to pay the extortionate Sky charges for the HD package but its worth it for the egg-box.

usurper_2

the difference we are seeing is between crt and lcd. Although normal tv looks great and clear through crt, the xbox and ps3 look shoddy and washed out on crt. the new tele when we are debt free will be plasma which gives the crispness of crt for normal telly and the high resolution of lcd for me gaming.

And to answer barnaby bear again, true hd is a matter of opinion. some people say that true hd is 1080p but imo, hd is anything from 720i. Its a crisper resolution that uses around 4x the pixels of a normal signal.

- and that was another rare post from the usurper :rotfl:

SarahNeedle1872

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

January sales ahoy!!

That's exactly the problem we have... now we've seen both there's just no comparison.


Definately! Such a good game.. shame that I accidentally wiped Ste's save game last night though :eek:

:eek: Blame it on a power cut, that usually works for me!:D

Does it matter that I haven't played any of the other Halo games? I was heavily into the Quake series some years ago, and I need another game to get addicted to - OHs DS1 only has 3 games for it, Smackdown vs Raw (which I can't play for toffee), some football game, and PGR Racing, which I'm bored of cuz I keep crashing!

immoral_angeluk

usurper wrote: »

the difference we are seeing is between crt and lcd. Although normal tv looks great and clear through crt, the xbox and ps3 look shoddy and washed out on crt. the new tele when we are debt free will be plasma which gives the crispness of crt for normal telly and the high resolution of lcd for me gaming.

And to answer barnaby bear again, true hd is a matter of opinion. some people say that true hd is 1080p but imo, hd is anything from 720i. Its a crisper resolution that uses around 4x the pixels of a normal signal.

- and that was another rare post from the usurper :rotfl:

oooh my stalker returns... :P

:hello: hunny

immoral_angeluk

SarahNeedle1872 wrote: »

:eek: Blame it on a power cut, that usually works for me!:D

Does it matter that I haven't played any of the other Halo games? I was heavily into the Quake series some years ago, and I need another game to get addicted to - OHs DS1 only has 3 games for it, Smackdown vs Raw (which I can't play for toffee), some football game, and PGR Racing, which I'm bored of cuz I keep crashing!

It's a good game in itself but to get the story you need to have played the other 2.

and what's wrong with crashing??? LOL.

immoral_angeluk

WOOO 18 WATCHERS altogether on ebay now :T

Really need to go down the shop... have no bread or milk and and so desperate for some food and a cup of tea! lol

barnaby-bear

usurper wrote: »

the difference we are seeing is between crt and lcd. Although normal tv looks great and clear through crt, the xbox and ps3 look shoddy and washed out on crt. the new tele when we are debt free will be plasma which gives the crispness of crt for normal telly and the high resolution of lcd for me gaming.

And to answer barnaby bear again, true hd is a matter of opinion. some people say that true hd is 1080p but imo, hd is anything from 720i. Its a crisper resolution that uses around 4x the pixels of a normal signal.

- and that was another rare post from the usurper :rotfl:

I was curious HD ready seems pretty wide spectrum - technically 720 seems in the definition, HD compatible seems to mean little.... I can't imagine many people would opt for a CRT these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_ready

usurper_2

barnaby-bear wrote: »

I was curious HD ready seems pretty wide spectrum - technically 720 seems in the definition, HD compatible seems to mean little.... I can't imagine many people would opt for a CRT these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_ready

samsung make a hd ready crt for about 350ish. i havent seen any available in this country for general sale yet but you can buy them on ebay.

and sarahneedle... you really do have to play the other 2 but the good news is that the other 2 halo games are backwards compatible on the 360... hurrah! go buy em, they'll be cheap as!

SarahNeedle1872

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

It's a good game in itself but to get the story you need to have played the other 2.

and what's wrong with crashing??? LOL.

Nothing's 'wrong' with crashing, but when ur palying on the lowest level and all the comp generated cars are flying past u, it gets a bit disheartening! LOL