johns said:
Why would they drop? I haven't been following it
very close since the "big" drop by AMD. What I
try to follow is the price drops when new tech is
coming out. Generally that is a good price
window for moving to very recent hardware, but
not the newest. One thing for sure .. if the cpu
prices are about to drop, then the video cards
and monitors are probably going to follow, to
give a good price in the bundles ... and to clear
the stock for the new stuff. But what new stuff?
I'm following the tv-tuner combo cards coming
in that will run both analog and digital HD tv.
Yeah, interesting to watch currently.
I'm considering duplicating the current PVR,
basically just as a full backup, so I dont lose
anything even if the PVR glitches one evening.
We are currently seeing the digital tv glitching
back in the transmitters more often than the
analog does, so it would be handy to routinely
record analog and never actually watch it unless
the digital channel glitches one evening etc.
Sure would like to see the cost of high(er) speed
internet drop to $10 per month ... and include
Internet TV. I'm still beating that by a huge
amount by just going to the dvd-rental store
in town, and renting the tv shows ... like
House. I've rented the entire series that is out,
and I rarely watch live tv anymore. Costing me
about $2 a week, and not every week.
Are you saying you're still using dialup ?
I wouldnt voluntarily go back to dialup again,
and DSL doesnt necessarily cost anymore either,
but thats because we dont have free local calls.
I just don't like that garbage they are pushing, and
I won't watch it because I'm stupid and bored.
I'll find a way to get what I want ... and at the
same time, stick it to them. Live tv is for morons.
Hope the new tech is dealing with that.
Yep, I watch almost nothing live anymore, always watch
from the PVR so I can skip the crap and the ads etc.
