Samsung 37″ LE-37M87BD
I have fallen in love .. with another piece of hardware, this time though, not something directly for my computer needs.
For a long time I wanted to have a replacement for my old Samsung 28″ CRT tv, which is immensely huge and ugly. And the other day i saw the Samsung 37″ LE-37M87BD. It suits me in every way possible. Its 37″ which is enough for our relatively small living room, it has Full-HD support, which means its capable of 1080p and it even has a built-in digital tuner. In short: the flat screen monitor of my dreams :) On top of all this, its fairly cheap considering equally quality products compared to Sony’s products.
Its fair to say I put in the hours at work to buy this, my girlfriend actually claims I lived at work for the past few weeks:) Also, it will surely, be nice for watching some movies on :)
Update: Now i actually have it, look here for when it was delivered. And here for the installation :)
Wii .. i think i need one!
This weekend, i borrow a friends Nintendo Wii, along with the nuncucks with it, and the game Wii Sports. I must say, its even more amazing than i dared to hope for.
One could argue that the graphics on the Wii gets no where near the graphics of Xbox 360 or PS3, at all. But the Wii delivers something quite unique still, its controller is used in a new way, where it can be used as a baseball bat, golf club and even as a pair of boxing gloves!
I played with it for a little over 8 hours during Saturday, and the “punishment” for the intense action it is playing Nintendo Wii set in today, all my muscles are sore as a result of boxing my way to Pro level in Wii sports :D
The Nintendo Wii is amazing, and i need my own!
You can read more about the Wii here on wikipedia and here from nintendo.com.
Update: May 1st 2007
I actually ordered one today :) Chipped with a WiiKey and ready to use it, i ordered it with a black case though.
2d sidescroller aint all dead!
In a nostalgic search for some old school screen shots, i was looking for some R-Type screen shots, i stumble across this new 2d side scroller, due to be released spring 2007! It actually looks like something i think i just might have to won :)
See the video of it here.
The game looks to have the kind of game play that suits me :)
The games website can be found by clicking here.
ATI shot their own feet!
For starters, I’m still waiting for the Q6600 processor to drop in price, so that i can get my system upgraded.
I’m still somewhat undecided on whether or not i should replace my faithful GeForce 7800 GTX card yet, and get a GeForce 8800 GTX. The thing is, i was kind of hoping/expecting that ATi would come out with their next gen graphics card around now, and that it would blow away the competition from nVidia. So that they would drop their prices a bit, making it somewhat affordable.
However, this article, shows something different, the new ATI card called ATI Radeon HD 2900 XTX failed. It can almost perform the same as the 8800 GTX, and i think everyone was hoping it would blow it away. Theres a lot of reasons why it could be wrong, the 8800 GTX is being tested with a driver thats a bit more tested since its already on the marked, while the ATi card is being tested on a RC driver. Now i guess i will have to wait for nVidia to release the 9800 GTX series, which should make the 8800 GTX series be a bit less pricy :)