BannedEpisode
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Im glad we didnt all get killed by that asteroid that almost hit earth.
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NFL Offseason Thread 2013 - Here comes the wait
- Thread starter DeaconKnowledge
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Sony just might start off the PS4's lifecycle with a bang, hope they don't let me down.
This gen really showed them people ain't gonna buy shit if there's no games to play.
Resolution, refresh rate? What you aiming for? And yea, lol @3DandSmart TV's. Does brand matter to you?
:blarry
So...you started weeping?
By the way, I'm glad (and by glad, I mean depressed) to see that the Sony and Microsoft fanboys are back in full force on Gaming side. Devour thyself, gaming industry. Devour thyself.
Dutch Gronk
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Another one? Internet is slowly becoming available in Cleveland it seems.
I live in Belgium...
Dutch Gronk
Banned
Freaky...
Although internet in Belgium is also on a Third world nation level.
Oh boy oh boy! Now we can make German, Dutch, French and Belgium jokes!
Dutch Gronk
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Bruges is the superior Belgian city.
It's just a goal that he has set, no different than any other play.
It's not the Redskins who are pushing the information out, they are being asked for updates. They haven't stated anything different. The kid is ahead of schedule.
Future PhaZe
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Local media has been bitching at the Skins about RGIII's health. They absolutely won't allow the coaching staff to play him unless it's 100% without any doubt that he's ready to go.
Welcome brother!
yankeehater
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Who wont allow the coaches to play him? If someone could stop Shanny they should have during the playoffs when RGIII was clearly hurt and they put him back in.
:lol
The situation was a failure all around but it's not just on Mike. RGIII has to be smarter and put the team before his pride. Mike's surrounding staff, especially those up in the booth should have relayed something to the side lines.
I forget the coach who said it, probally Roberts college coach but he basically said that as a HC, it'd be hard to notice the signs that he was hurt more than he was letting on to. Small things like not planting and his throwing motion aren't thing that a HC even looks at until they review tape the next day. But I believe that he still had to have noticed something.
Bad situation, what's done is done. I believe they won't make the mistake again.
My Uncle is a skins fan and he said before the season "RGIII is going to be amazing but he's not gonna last the season".
Dutch Gronk
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We have a Dutchman, a German, Yankees and we even had a Frenchie for like a week.
Nice I didn't know you could track it like that.
Yeah... The kid isn't made to handle but so much abuse. He's going to have to be more intelligent. What makes me feel hopeful is that they're correctable problems. All he has to do is learn when to give up on a play. Plenty of rookie QB's have the same issue of holding on to the ball for too long. But due to his ability to run, he puts more of his body at risk during those moments.
He was NEVER injured on a designed run. His injuries stem from not learning that this isn't college anymore. These men are the best of the best and can catch up to you and hurt you. Live to fight another down.
Once/if he learns that, I believe he'll be fine.
How can you stand to be around Fox with his Tebow hate? Should have been a deal breaker
yankeehater
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I agree with everything you said except it was clear he was hurt even going back to the game against the Eagles. At one point he tried to run and he was noticeably limping, and during the playoff game the announcers mentioned it several times. That is when the coaches have to step in, since most non-Cutler type players are going to want to play. I really hope RGIII comes back healthy. It is good for the division to have 4 competitive teams, and I dont want the Giants sneaking in at 9-7 again.
Not good enough.
I agree with everything you said except it was clear he was hurt even going back to the game against the Eagles. At one point he tried to run and he was noticeably limping, and during the playoff game the announcers mentioned it several times. That is when the coaches have to step in, since most non-Cutler type players are going to want to play. I really hope RGIII comes back healthy. It is good for the division to have 4 competitive teams, and I dont want the Giants sneaking in at 9-7 again.
The kid will be fine. People want him to fail because he could be that good. Time will tell.
Bolt Vanderhuge
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No, :blarry now means joyous victory. He was celebrating the meteor missing earth like a Superbowl win.
Who wants him to fail? He seems almost universally loved to me.
DeaconKnowledge
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this is the TV (it's plasma, not LED like I thought)
http://www.hhgregg.com/samsung-60-1080p-plasma-hdtv/item/PN60E530
Brand doesn't matter, but I want something that'll last, obviously.
There just seems to be some underlying sentiment of expectation/hope of being able to say "I told you so", or "I knew it" when it comes to him. As someone who just loves football, I don't get how people get off on seeing a player injured.
For example. I live in Baltimore. My girlfriends brother was over the house (Ravens fan) when we played. As soon as RGIII got hurt, he squealed in delight. It took everything in me not to kick him the f*** out of my house. Maybe it's just Ravens fans but they just seem to relish putting other players off of the field.
I hate to see any player injured and hate to see someones livelihood threatened.
I love plasma, and that's a hell of a price for 60"
As long as you are aware of the drawbacks of plasmas (heat, weight, image retention) then there's no reason not to grab that one if you are ready to buy
DeaconKnowledge
Member
I can actually get it for 100 bucks less (899)
DeaconKnowledge
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My biggest concern is the HDMI. It only has 2 in the back and I have a lot of HDMI enabled devices. You guys have any experience with switchers?
yankeehater
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Years ago I used an HDMI switcher. It was okay but mine you had to push a button on it to switch and it would give me a black screen a lot. I would hope they are much better now though.
I have a Monoprice HDMI switch w/remote for my bedroom TV. Works fine. Was like $20. As long as you have a universal remote it's no hassle at all once setup
TheLegendary
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Get a receiver with HDMI switching. No reason to get an additional individual switcher imo.
Futurevoid
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Get a decent receiver? A receiver with at least 4-5 HDMI inputs wont run much more than 2-300 bucks.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007O5ATC8/?tag=neogaf0e-20
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Yeah, but then i'll have to get compatible speakers, won't I? I bought a HTIB about 4 years ago before the HDMI boom and the speaker wires look proprietary..
You can always rip out the plugs and rewire them into banana plugs. Or wire them directly, depending on the receiver.
Futurevoid
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Absolutely not. Any 8ohm speaker will work properly with that receiver I posted (I have a higher up Onkyo model). Nothing proprietary about that unit at all.
You can either tie the braid on the speaker wire together and insert into the screw down terminals on the back for each speaker or put the speaker wire into a banana plug and plug it in.
DeaconKnowledge
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yankeehater
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I tried that before I bought the HDMI switcher and my onkyo receiver actually killed my TV. I had a cheap Westinghouse TV and when I hooked it up to the receiver and tried to switch inputs the screen totally freaked out and had horizontal lines of pixels all through it. Lucky my new TV has 4 HDMI ports on it so I dont have to worry about it any more.
Futurevoid
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There's the answer to your issue.
There's fundamentally little difference between what a receiver is doing and what an HDMI switcher is doing outside of the quality of the components and any video processing chipset that may be built into the receiver to upscale images to 1080p (or 4K in newer receivers). If the television "died" after hooking it up to the receiver and switching sources, it sounds like the A/V board on it crapped out which tends to happen on cheaper quality TV's.
Mind you, I'm working on the assumption that you bought a fairly cheap HDMI switcher and not some ultra expensive HDMI Base T Matrix Switcher..
yankeehater
Member
You are probably right. It took me almost a year to get a new TV from Westinghouse after that. I will never buy anything from them again.
BaltimoreLarry
Member
I don't always hate seeing a player injured if it's something minor, but only in a game my team is playing. For example, when Haloti Ngata smashed Ben Roethlisberger's face on one of hte first plays in the game and broke his nose, I wouldn't say I was "squealing in delight," but I was happy that he might miss some of the game, but I also knew he wasn't seriously injured. If he was lying on the ground twitching after getting a hard shot, or screaming in pain holding his knee, I wouldn't feel that way.
As for RGIII, my comment earlier about it being sounding like a disaster is based purely on RGIII's likeability, and the probability that he could be injured again. Don't get my wrong, I hate the Redskins, but I don't hate RGIII. He's fun to watch and very charismatic, I wish him all the success in the world, I just don't wish the Redskins success. I don't think people are lining up to watch RGIII get hurt, or waiting to say "I told you so." I think they are getting ready to attack the Redskins organization, the doctors, and the NFL mindset of playing before you're truly ready, if he is hurt again. RGIII doesn't have that asshole factor that Cam Newton has that drives people away.
DeaconKnowledge
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That game pissed me off. Mostly because the Steelers were on some bullshit trying to sell Ben as having just a bloody nose when the thing was clearly bent to one side. Hate it when they do shit like that.