Shop around for your HDMI cables, though. The big-box retailers charge way way way too much for them.
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Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 3:51:42 pm PDT #3204 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 3:56:51 pm PDT #3205 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That was precisely my next question, Tom. I'm looking at the Circuit City web site and wondering. I see one for $80, which is more than my DVD player cost.
When you say shop around--what is a realistic price to not end up with crap? I could swing by Fry's I guess. They should be good, eh?
meara - Oct 25, 2007 4:02:59 pm PDT #3206 of 25497
OK, next question involving cable and TiVos:
So, I've got a new digital cable setup, but when the guy set it up, I didn't have my TiVo or TV. So I tried to do it on my own, and...it wouldn't work.
There's a cable coming out of the wall, then a splitter. One half of that goes to the cable modem. The other half, to a digital cable box.
I couldn't make the digital cable box and the TiVO work together. So I figured no problem, I can just hook the TiVO up to the cable on it's own, and switch inputs on the TV if I want to watch something OnDemand. Not ideal, but whatev'.
So I hook up another splitter, before the digital cable box. Now there's one wire to the modem, one to the box (connected to one TV input), and one to the TiVO (connected to another TV input).
Any idea why the TiVO signal is crazy and ghosty, then? The digital signal is just fine, but the TiVo one isn't much better than over air (though it does get the cable channels).
Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 4:03:55 pm PDT #3207 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
what is a realistic price to not end up with crap?
I wouldn't pay more than $25.00.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 4:04:59 pm PDT #3208 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wouldn't pay more than $25.00.
Cool. What sort of store is a good bet? Local AV?
Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 4:07:11 pm PDT #3209 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Local AV?
That's where I found mine.
amych - Oct 25, 2007 4:14:09 pm PDT #3210 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
IIRC, we paid $20 for a DVI HDMI at a Tiger outlet, if you have a physical store nearby.
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 4:35:58 pm PDT #3211 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is this what we're talking about?
I am so psyched. Assuming all goes to plan I could be HDed up by Monday afternoon.
Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 4:43:04 pm PDT #3212 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Is this what we're talking about?
Yep.
NoiseDesign - Oct 25, 2007 5:00:46 pm PDT #3213 of 25497
Our wings are not tired
Amazingly I've gotten good prices on interconnect cables through Amazon.