The Saga of Wii...

[thistlechaser]

Since my TV was old and made by a company that's been shut down by the South Korean government, I decided to get a new one so I could (hopefully!) hook up the Wii. Warily searching around the net, I finally decided on this one. It has good reviews from a number of different sites, and so hopefully should do the trick.

Amazon was cheaper than local stores by a good $50 or so, which I figured would cover shipping, but I didn't really want a long delay in getting it. $30 for Amazon to 2-day ship it to me, which seemed good enough... then Amazon tempted me with a Prime account ($70 for free 2-day shipping on everything you buy for a whole year (and I shop endlessly on Amazon), but even more important: $3.99 per item overnight shipping). I got the Prime, thus paid $4 for the TV set to arrive tomorrow. Basically I broke even on that purchase alone, so I get Prime for the rest of the year for "free".

So, maybe tomorrow I might actually get to play! "Play", ha ha. I'm doing all this so I can exercise! Insane. :P

Comments

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Yep that looks like it should do the trick for you, and then some. Composite Video = Yay Thistle has reached the Bronze Age of electronics! Then you've got a nice bunch of HDMI inputs for if you ever get a Blu-Ray player (probably when they become cheaper and more mainstream) or an HD box for your cable/whatever.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I think I can just trade my current box in for a HD one... assuming I could get it unhooked. :P Hopefully once it arrives it'll be nice and easy to set up!

<3

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

Clearly you don't know Sony. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyVh1_vWYQ)

<3 Onion. It'll probably be fine. Looks like a bunch of stuff on the back and some stuff on the sides so it shouldn't be too bad. Remember, manuals are for losers!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! That was great! And the item they used for the story looks just like the switch I bought yesterday! :P