Did some more research and stumbled upon the N71-series from Samsung, their leading series of LCD-TVs at the moment (one step under the M71-series), and I chose the 32" model. I wanted to buy it yesterday but neither Fona in Kolding nor Elgiganten had any. Fortunately they had one left at Fona in my town. Yay!
Specs:
Resolution: 1366 x 768.
Connections: 2 x HDMI, 2x SCART, 1 x Component.
Dynamic contrast: 6000:1.
Response time: 8 ms.
Price: 11.000 DKK.
Official specification sheet: Link.
And it's probably gonna get one. Been wanting to upgrade my old 28" CRT TV from Philips, and now seemed to be a fitting time. Probably won't be able to afford one when I start studying. Anyway, I'm thinking about a 32" LCD-TV, and at the moment I've narrowed it down to these two:
Sony KDL-32S2530
Resolution: 1366 x 768.
Connections: 2 x HDMI, 1 x Component, 2 x SCART.
Price: appr. 10.000 DKK.
Philips 32PF9541
Resolution: 1366 x 768.
Connections: 2 x HDMI, 1 x Component, 2 x SCART.
Price: appr. 10.000 DKK.
As you can see the specs are pretty much identical, I went to the local store and watched them in action, the picture is incredible. Surprising how big a different there is between HD-TVs with almost the same specifications, there was no visible difference between the picture quality on these two though.
I managed to turn off my Xbox 360 and post a small entry. The full theatrical trailer for the Rodriguez/Tarantino project Grindhouse has been released, and I'm going to be disappointed if I rate it with anything less than 10/10 (well, let's say 9/10 just in case). Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Bruce Willis and Kurt Russel, how can this not be fantastic?
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Yup!
I first thought of buying one of the next-gen consoles last year, when I realized I had to upgrade my PC to continue playing the best games, and I just didn't bother. So, I had to choose between Xbox 360 and Wii, in the end, Wii won on account of numerous reasons. First of all I didn't want to pay much, this wasn't in the Wii's favor much though, since the Xbox 360 is down to 2.700 DKK, and a Wii Remote with a Nunchuck attachment cost approx. 600 DKK. Secondly I also wanted to play some of the classic GameCube games, especially Resident Evil 4 and Metroid Prime, which I've done now, and my desire to play games wasn't that big, therefore I didn't expect to buy that many games. Finally I really wanted to try the new controller.
I've owned Wii for almost two months now and it's probably been two weeks since I played games on it. I completed Twilight Princess, great game, Wii Sports has given me the best multiplayer experiences ever, but the rest of the Wii games haven't been that impressive. Madden NFL 07 just isn't me, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is pretty boring, Rayman was fun until completion and Call of Duty 3 would've been awesome if it wasn't for the big amount of ridiculous bugs. The only games I play now is the two mentioned GameCube games. When I bought the console I knew I had to wait for the big games, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, etc., but my desire for playing has increased since then, and I'm not really that patient anyway. :P
The biggest reason for buying the console: I've got the money! Making more than 10.000 DKK each month, and my only 'expense' is the fact I'm saving most of it for my education. 2.700 DKK is only a week's work, I can live with that. Also, I will still keep the Wii, but only buy the big blockbuster games and the fun multiplayer ones.
It's funny to rewatch a movie you've grown up with. I still have the VHS-tape with Die Hard recorded from some random tv-channel more than 10 years ago, it almost became a tradition to watch Bruce Willis kick some ass every time I was sick and couldn't go to school. Watching movies back then was kinda rare, my mom was very anti-everything-electronic, so we had to rent a so-called MovieBox. Anyway, it's probably been atleast five years since I watched Die Hard until today when the Special Edition DVD dropped into my mailbox.
Seeing it again was interesting, I noticed some mistakes I hadn't in my previous viewings, and, once again, I saw how damaging bad subtitles can be. Relying on subtitles was necessary back then, when I didn't understand much English and it's a bit chocking how easy it is to misinterpret dialogues, feelings, etc. when the subtitles have been created by some ignorant twat who didn't really listen when he or she watched the movie. It's almost as bad as translating the original movie titles to ridiculous Danish ones.
Well, back to Die Hard, Hans Gruber and John McClane were both as badass and cool as I remember them being, but Al Powell, the black cop, was a lot more annoying than I remembered. He was really bugging me. Now, I like grading movies, my vote history is steadily growing on IMDb, but when I grade this movie I base it on the memory I have of it, and not on the movie experience I had when watching it tonight. I feel that it's pretty much the same as playing a blockbuster-game today that was released 10 years ago, naturally it won't be the same experience and you would grade it lower now than back then, and the memory I have of Die Hard makes it atleast worthy of a nine out of 10. Bruce Willis (as John McClane) truly is the coolest motherfucker on earth, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Norris, Seagal, you aint got shit.
Die Hard – 9/10.
By the way, does anyone know the correct spelling of "yippee-ka-yay"?