Figured by the title this blog post is about money.. well kinda, more in the sense of how I spend it. Picture is of Brian, it’s there to please him.
So some of you seen that I have my new desk in an earlier blog post, the new desk was definitely needed but the main thing that prompted me to buy it was the fact I was gonna drop a load of cash for a 1080p HDTV to use as my monitor and putting it on a 90cm wide by 35cm depth didn’t seem to feasible.
So we’re on to the HDTV now, I’ve been through months and months of saying “Oh I’ll just get that when I get paid” and every week getting closer to my payday, the prices of each TV I set my eyes on changed. I started off on a LG, then went into Sony’s Bravia selection and then in Samsung’s many 40″ tv’s. I even bought a DVI-D to HDMI cable so I’m ready to put my PC through the TV, also got an HDMI to HDMI for something in the future (probably a 360). I got my pay a few days ago, I paid off my credit card, paid my mother for feeding me like a baby and then got down to the dirty business of paying for my 40″ 1080p Samsung LE40M87BD which will look something along the lines of this but less dirty. Now I await Tuesday (they tell me) for my TV to arrive and for me to cream my pants in anticipation. Which brought me to my next thought, should I buy an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 on Monday before the TV comes?
My Brother has an Xbox 360 already and I had one a while back before I sold it, so I know how good they are. But the main reason I was thinking of a PS3 is that 1, my brother has a 360 already and 2, it’s the best Blu Ray player out there. I know majority of people are like “ohh blu ray and hd dvd, fuck that shit, I’ll stick with dvds murr murr murr”, yeah I get it, I have DVDs too but I wanted to dabble into some HD content and see for myself what they can do. The reason I swayed to Blu-Ray instead of the HD DVD despite the cheaper player for the 360, is that the figures are showing that Blu-Ray are skipping ahead of HD DVD’s. Not only that, Warner Bros and New Line have dropped off HD DVD and are now exclusive Blu-Ray providers, which isn’t a helpful step for HD DVD and I don’t want to be stranded with a HD DVD player that I couldn’t sell on even if I had a picture of my penis attached to the side of it (Fact: The public are more susceptible to purchase after seeing my penis).
I could talk for England, but not really.
Monday: Xbox 360 + PES 2008 (not a big football fan but there’s something about injuring the other team and watching them limp about that appeals to me)
Tuesday: TV time
Next Month: Playstation 3
