thejj

Hey guys, not really much new going on but I thought I would make a post anyway.

The cable for the HDTV came in, however it decided to kick my butt. Getting the settings right were very annoying and no matter how hard I tried I could not get the tv to work at 1920×1080. When I came home I found out about a dialog box that I did not fiddle with so maybe that will fix the problems. All of the resolutions looked halfway decent on the tv so if I can fix the scan problem (i am missing like 1/6 of the screen on the left and right side) then we will be in business. The only real reason I am bothering with this is I wanted to make a HTPC to play DiVX movies and record / playback HDTV. Most HDTV set top “vcrs” are like 600 bucks, that is way too expensive.

Today is payday — gonna send a lot of money to the ol credit card and newegg to pay stuff off. My student loans are almost paid off, only have a couple of months left on them and then my debt will be like 2/3 gone, that is really really exciting. I really hope that I can get most of this debt knocked out before I move out of the house in two months, part of me is scared that I am not going to make it since I only have like 4-5 paychecks left. The good thing is the only really big expenses I have left are….

Getting kitchen stuff out of layaway
Buying RAM for my Dad
New monitor

That’s it right? Someone speak up if I forgot something.

Hey — last thing, leave a comment for your vote - CRT vs LCD. The CRT I picked out is 250 bucks, LCD is 400. How should James spend his money?

UPDATE ::

Links to said monitor(s)
LCD

CRT

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