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So, the party sucked. But it had some good points.

jwhorfin explaining how he made a man flee in terror to Guam, once.

narel and duneaql1 getting the full jwhorfin experience.

Dinner. Dinner enough to block out the sun.

Massive loads of leftovers, so much so that my car actually had difficulty taking hills.

$250 from people I have never met.

Deciding I will buy a new TV as soon as Wal-mart gets 27" ones back in stock.

MASSIVE amounts of Excel Saga with jwhorfin, MD: Livewire, and ice cream. Though this all happened at the apartment and is technically not part of the party per se, unless it's the party I'm having for myself.

So...better than I was.

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Anyone up for buying a 19" Sanyo TV?

2 A/V inputs, RF, good quality image, remote.

Sells new for $140.

How about we start the bidding at $70?

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So. After much shopping around, I settled on a 25" GE tv, with S-video and 3 different A/V jacks, as well as full A/V output, and it's own internal surround sound stereo speakers. I also picked up an S-video/AV Monster Cable for the Xbox, and a power cord for the new printer I got yesterday. (HP Deskjet 940c)

I had considered a 27" Toshiba which would have been another $50, but on discussion with jwhorfin, we agreed that 2" of screen was not worth that much. As it turns out, it would have also made the TV near impossible to get into the door.

GOD DAMN.

It's just cool to have a huge TV, but it's more than that.

Mechassault is incredibly crisp and clear. Thanks to the surround, I can even hear the sweet tinkle of autocannon shell casings, and the unique sounds of crushing buildings, and different damage sounds from weapons in a way which I never had before on my old TV's non-surround sound.

The cable looks much better, though I admit some snow and such due to the college's ongoing replacement of converters.

DVDs look gorgeous.

I think this is the best $200 I've ever spent on toys.