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summercomfort) wrote2014-08-31 09:03 am
summercomfort) wrote2014-08-31 09:03 am
Blu Ray
All right, I've held out long enough -- with the Snowpiercer blu-ray coming out, and increasingly more bonus features being on blu-ray only (I really want to her the directors commentary for CA:TWS!!), I think it's time to upgrade my current beloved and super janky tv setup:
The main problem is that the tv only takes RCA composite (well, also coaxial, but... hahahaha)
So one option is to buy a blu-ray player for $80 and an hdmi-to-RCA cable for $10 and be done.
BUT, I can also get a PSP3 for about $250, and therefore get an extra gaming console (but... I don't really play games, but Jono might...)
OR, I can go whole-hog and get a new TV. I could probably fit a 32" in that spot, and it'd probably cost around $200.
And it'd bring me:
Digital image quality. (Not sure if that would be better or worse -- perhaps just different, especially since I don't care much about image quality. On the one hand, I find hi-def things to be kind of uncanny valley. On the other hand, most things are native-digital anyway.)
A glorified computer monitor. (I can co-opt the mostly-defunct minecraft server as a dedicated tv computer for streaming purposes, and Jono can play League of Legends on the tv monitor instead of the separate monitor. Then again, my current tv-watching laptop is pretty convenient -- I don't have to get up to navigate to the next episode.)
New TV hookups. (I'd have to give up my precious VHS player, and probably my old DivX/DVD player, too. Which mostly means giving up half my anime shelf. But then again, most anime is available for streaming online, and it might mean I can plug in a usb???)
As you can see, each has its pros and cons. So yeah... not sure??? Opinions???
The main problem is that the tv only takes RCA composite (well, also coaxial, but... hahahaha)
So one option is to buy a blu-ray player for $80 and an hdmi-to-RCA cable for $10 and be done.
BUT, I can also get a PSP3 for about $250, and therefore get an extra gaming console (but... I don't really play games, but Jono might...)
OR, I can go whole-hog and get a new TV. I could probably fit a 32" in that spot, and it'd probably cost around $200.
And it'd bring me:
Digital image quality. (Not sure if that would be better or worse -- perhaps just different, especially since I don't care much about image quality. On the one hand, I find hi-def things to be kind of uncanny valley. On the other hand, most things are native-digital anyway.)
A glorified computer monitor. (I can co-opt the mostly-defunct minecraft server as a dedicated tv computer for streaming purposes, and Jono can play League of Legends on the tv monitor instead of the separate monitor. Then again, my current tv-watching laptop is pretty convenient -- I don't have to get up to navigate to the next episode.)
New TV hookups. (I'd have to give up my precious VHS player, and probably my old DivX/DVD player, too. Which mostly means giving up half my anime shelf. But then again, most anime is available for streaming online, and it might mean I can plug in a usb???)
As you can see, each has its pros and cons. So yeah... not sure??? Opinions???