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Tony Bullard
01/28/09

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Can I just say that 40 inches is probably bigger than most people think?

I bought a 37 inch for Christmas,and a month later I still look at the thing and marvel at how huge it is. I know for a lot of people size is a big thing, but I have a cough pretty far from my TV,and it still seems almost comically large.

Spend a good time measuring the space you have, cause in the store, next to the super giant ones, 37 may look small, but at home, it makes my tower speakers look small.
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infmom
01/28/09

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You left out the best! Commercials I hate always does a hilarious running commentary on the ads.
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DontFeedTheTrolls
01/28/09

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Sorry Sean, but I'm going to have to disagree with your tip on avoiding the pricey in store warranties. I bought my first 50" plasma back in 2005. At the time I thought the $400 3 year warranty from best buy was a ripoff. Much to my disappointment the tv shyt the bed 1 year and 1 month after the purchase date. Oh yeah, missed that manufacturer warranty by 1 month. I took it to a local repair shop and the guy took 7 months to fix it (while working with the manufacturer) and it cost me almost $500. Had I purchased the warranty, not only would I have saved $100, I would have had a new tv within days, not months.

I wonder, has Giz ever done a poll on warranties? Maybe we could see how many people bought one & never used it vs. bought one & it saved their ass vs. didn't buy one & didn't need it vs. didn't buy one and it bit me in the ass.
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Shooting a monkey is now a hate crime
01/28/09

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Um a 4 to 6 week wait on the coupon for free Diet Dr. Pepper. I guess I could Tivo the game and wait that long. But you guys have to promise not to reveal the results of the game or give details of the commercials until the middle of March.
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

Wouldn't God already know who won?
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Could God fix a boxing match so crookedly that even He couldn't get in on the fix?
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: It's a false hypothetical because She wouldn't.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/28/09

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I noticed that the TV-B-Gone is excluded from the list. While superbowl-related deaths would likely skyrocket I say this needs to be there anyway.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/28/09

@Kaiser-Machead: No kidding. That's really rather important. How else are we to mute the game until the commercials come on?
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

@Lite: You Stay Classy Gizmodo: With the Mute button?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: On all of the TVs in the sports bar are once?
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

@Lite: You Stay Classy Gizmodo: If it's at a sports bar, why would the sound be on on all the TVs? There's only one football game on - the Super Bowl. So, in theory, all the TVs are going to be on the same channel. Plus, most sports bars I've gone to keep the TVs muted anyway with the closed-captioning on for the commentary. Only the main game gets sound.

The sound gets run through the stereo system.
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ripfire
01/28/09

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The worst line I hear from salesmen when they're about to sell a big screen is "Why go cheap on cables when you're about to make a big investment on a TV?" Makes me so angry.
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

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I too have an excuse for drinking beer eating cocktail weenies and scouting gadget deals. I call it "evening."
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/28/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Date night?
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

@Lite: You Stay Classy Gizmodo: He's having a threesome. With his right hand and a bottle of lubricant.
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

@Lite: You Stay Classy Gizmodo: No. "Date" night is when I sit with my calendar and look at all the numbers and empty spaces.

@OMG! Ponies!: Liar. Left hand.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/28/09

@92BuickLeSabre: We all know that you use your left hand to give yourself a stranger. For those nights where you need to pick up a random you've never met before.
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

@Lite: I'm offended by the way you are talking about my left hand.

I wear a wedding ring on that hand for a reason!
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Extra traction?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: He enjoys the thought of picking up a married woman?
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

@Lite and OMG! Ponies!: You know, you two can go after me as much as you want, but the moment you start to insult my family! And more specifically, My Left Hand! You. Have. Gone. Too. Far.

Sure we all like to laugh and have a good time, but some things are just off limits, and that includes My Left Hand.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

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BTW:

If Any Given Sunday is Wilson's favorite Stone movie then he's fucked-up stupid. Both Wall Street and Platoon are far far better. Platoon is widely considered to be one of the best war movies of all-time and Wall Street is an iconic look at the culture of excess and greed.
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Do not sleep on the awesomeness of Any Given Sunday.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

@92BuickLeSabre: It is most assuredly awesome. Makes up for some of the drek he had churned out. But it's definitely not Stone's best work.
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Okay. I feel better now.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: I'm not the biggest football fan but Any Given Sunday actually makes me love Football (must capitalize it here because Stone makes it awesome).
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Yeah you really cannot claim AGS to be his best work. Sure it's good but Platoon's use of Adagio for Strings was pure magic.
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infmom
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: There is only ONE good Super... uh, I mean Big Game... movie. Black Sunday. Bruce Dern at his wacko scenery chewing best trying to blow up the Big Game in a blimp.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

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Already set on gadgets:

HDTV: check

Cold window ledge to put the pony-keg* on: check

Shelf full of whiskeys: check

Two chilled bottles of vodka in the freezer: check

Cast iron griddle for sliders: check

Crock Pot for making vegan chili: check

Air freshener for the after-effects of the vegan chili: check

*OMG! Ponies! buys pony kegs. Apropos no?
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Vegan chili?

Please tell me this is a chili made from Vegans.
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noone1569
01/28/09

@92BuickLeSabre: No joke . . chili requires meat . . and cheese . . otherwise its lame soup!
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ripfire
01/28/09

@noone1569: Cheese is not vegan. That would make it vegetarian chili.
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

@ripfire: Meat is also not vegan. That would make it chili.
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ripfire
01/28/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Heh. I noticed that.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

@noone1569: I have vegans coming over. They need to be fed. And given booze.

And Buick there is a difference between a vegan meaning someone who doesn't not eat animal products of any kind and a Vegan meaning someone from Vega like Jodie Foster's holodeck daddy from Contact.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: But we have yet to determine the species/flavor of said holodeck daddy. For all we know holodeck daddy could very well be some mucous-coated vomit-fleshed monstrocity with tentactles. Lots of tentacles.

While it would behoove us puny mortals to be kind and diplomatic to advanced races throughout the galaxy despite their varied (and grotesque) appearances...

I ain't eatin' the shit.
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Shooting a monkey is now a hate crime
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: No HD DVR for when the refs screw the Cardinals like they did to the Seahawks a couple years back?
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92BuickLeSabre
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: As long as you're not inviting any Vespans meaning someone who rides a Vespa.

@God: Sometimes what is technically true is still so very wrong.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

@God: Of course I've got that. Although it is the crappy Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8800 that Cablevision uses.

I don't see what's so "Scientific" about it.
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Ho0ber
01/28/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Which whiskeys?
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OMG! Ponies!
01/28/09

@Ho0ber: I always keep some Jack Daniels and Jameson's in the house. For Scotch, I prefer Glenmorangie. I have some 10-Year Single Malt; right now, I can't afford to splurge on the Port Finish. I also have some Bullitt and some Knob Creek. I'm out of Woodford.

I may also pick up some Michner's rye whiskey.

I tend to drink whiskey although I keep a bottle of Luksosowa and a bottle of Ketel in the freezer.
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infmom
01/28/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Hey! I ride a Vespa! Take that back! :)
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