LennyH

Can't people have a couple of weeks to work up to the group hug?

I love my android (HTC One x) but after a few months with it I'm pretty shocked at what a pain in the ass it's been to get all of the notifications working exactly like I want. The blackberry had settings to put everything on silence, vibrate, ring or ring + vibrate. Simple. I've spent quite a while trying to get my droid to do exactly that and am using multiple third party apps and it's still not quite right. And I went with a 3rd party text app to help with this and sometimes get double notifications, one from the 3rd party app and one from the native (AT&T) one. The droid is superior in almost every other way (compared to BB Torch) but it's amazing that I've had so much trouble doing something that seems so simple. I went with Droid over iPhone because of lack of customization possibilities on the iPhone. I can do most of what I need to do with one click. I'd also never trade this screen for a smaller one. A big factor with this Z10 should be how many of those droid apps get ported over. That's their only hope.

I remember you. We're you into skateboarding?

Incorrect. It turns out that I can decide what's fun for me and that's not impacted in the slightest by whether or not it meets your definition.

Yeah, I just checked and I joined here in June of 2003. I did read this board regularly for a while. Geez, we're just having a bit of fun with this on both boards. Not sure why a few people seem to be taking it so seriously. It's all in good fun. First of all, we're just getting used to the idea of the JC forum getting yanked after all of these years. The news is still fresh and it's not like we're going to go on about it forever. People should try to be patient. Some of the people from JC that have just started posting here recently will become assimilated and follow the rules around here like good boys and girls and I'm positive that this board will be better for it.

LENNY!!!! I'm quite happy for you to join me here as the new kids! But we're not allowed to talk about ourselves (or even each other) too much, unless we balance it with sufficient talk about album cover art. I actually don't believe this, but that's what some people on JC are saying about Organissimo, and I've made like 6 straight posts here without being a wise guy and I was about to explode. Whoa...Where the hell am I? I'm sorry, I thought I clicked on The Beer Thread but ended up here.

Check...1-2 Hey, some site has to become the lucky recipient of my 3 posts a week...

Good grief. Here we go again. You might be right about the the Aints going to the SB, but they have to get past the Iggles first. The Eagles did not play as well this week as they have been. The pass offense should be better next week. Should be one helluva football game.

Yeah, it looks like the Avia has better reviews. Better navigation (Digital Video Essentials definitely does not excel in that area) and more in depth color reference. It's been updated more recently than DVE. Avia is more expensive but I'd say go for it and spend the extra money. You drop a big wad of cash on an HD TV and you don't have a prayer of adjusting it correctly without some help. These DVDs do a lot of things and you won't find all the features useful, but they're more than worth it even if you just used them to get the colors in tune.

Ain't that the truth. I certainly wouldn't waste time waiting for the supposed next great thing. I spent $2,200 for my 42" Sony LCD RP 3 years ago. I could get better quality today for less money (although I must say, I think mine holds up surprisingly well after 3 years) but we've gotten immeasurable enjoyment out of this TV. My wife thought I was nuts when I bought it, but within days she understood. We're still in awe of it after all this time.

porcy62, HD is delivered here by cable, satelite and through the air (picked up by an HD antenna). There's actually a lot of HD programming now, thankfully. The difference in night and day. It's fantastic. It is HD all the way like you describe for a lot of the new programming (TV shows, sporting events, etc). Although there are expections: - Some things are broadcast over a HD channel but it's 4:3 and not true HD. This is better quality than a regular digital channel but it's not HD. - During a sporting event, not all of the cameras used are necessarily HD. During the big events, the majority of the shots are in HD but it's obvious during some shots that an HD camera is not being used. Many sporting events are still in 4:3, unfortunately. -Most movies were transferred from film, of course, as are documentaries but the transfer is usually very good. Some documentaries that were originally done on film still look incredible. HD has come a long way over the 3 years since I fist got it.

I have Digital Video Essentials and it worked very well for me. I believe they will both do the job. I've heard that Avia might have a more user friendly interface.

Thanks, porcy62. That all makes sense to me.

Couldn't have said it better myself, felser. I agree with you on every single point. I've seen Sonny 4 times since 2000 and this is the longest he played. His energy was amazing. Song selection, as you said, lacked diversity. He came out and killed on G-Man but it was uneven the rest of the night, mostly due to his choice of tunes. I think the best I've seen him was at the Keswick Theater in 2000, although that band wasn't as solid as this one. Still great to see the man in action! Clifton Anderson was very good. I hoped to give you a ring before the show started but we just got there in time to get seated. We ate at Monk's around the corner, which was a total zoo. An interesting discovery brought on by this thread: felser and I work in the same building

Advice for a few above: Be sure to pick up the Digital Video Essentials or AVIA DVD's to help you set up your TV correctly. It's worth the price just to get the color right. You will never set your TV up properly by eye. Brightness is another issue. I had to do that by eye (the DVDs didn't help much) but even with LCD you can find an acceptable balance of black level and black detail. LCD gets knocked for this and it's true that this is still one of the cons of LCDs, but these things (like virtually all TVs) are WAY too bright out of the box. You can easily change this and bring your blacks more into line. I have to say that the motion blur is not that big of a deal for me. I certainly can see it but it's doesn't effect the actual action of the game for me (the motion of players, footballs, etc). Kevin said to watch the sidelines of a football game to see it but I haven't noticed that it's particularly bad there. I'll pay more attention to that this week. I've noticed it most during hockey and I see it most when the camera moves very quickly or pans in or out rapidly (Although I don't know how much of this is caused by the feed). This honestly doesn't effect my enjoyment of the game.