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STR posted:Wait. HiSense is essentially Sharp now, at least with panels? Been that for a few years. Also it's bizarre to think that Panasonic are exiting the TV market completely. Maybe they really think they can bring in the $$$ purely on reviving Technics turntables. Pioneer may as well fire up some LaserDisc factories in turn (pls do as I need some parts) On the new car front: still absolutely nothing! Had a nice R34 GTT worked extremely well lined up and got ghosted. Even a G36 cos maybe why not try a luxury skyline and ghosted the day before my friend was set to inspect for me. No luck with the Imprezas, no luck with SV6s. Even dealers are actively not wanting to sell poo poo. Oh and a dealer local that had a car 'in stock' which I went to check out and is infact not in stock and actually in another company lot entirely 1000kms away. Also mums husband who has no idea on cars put his big boy pants on and bought his own car for first time in ages with no help. 2 weeks later it's blown the block and he has zero recourse for compensation from what I can get out of my parents. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 11:07 on Aug 12, 2020 |
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opengl128 posted:Give it a few months. Every year, the 55" LG OLED can be found for $1000 and the 65" for $1500. The 2019 65's were $1500 before they dried up and the 2020's are all you can reasonably find now. I would, but I kinda need one now since my Vizio is going in my newly renovated screened in porch, and I don't really wanna wait around for sales to happen. Of course as soon as I buy one tho, it will be on sale the next week, Murphy's law  Raluek posted:what dont you like about it? last year i got a 65" vizio lcd, and i have had no problems beside what i believe to be an intermittent cable (so not the tv's fault). Burn in from video games lol. When it's bright there's gray blotches all over it. Maybe more my fault for leaving it on sometimes while hosting a game and taking a break, but I never thought once it could be an issue with LCD. Definitely won't be doing that with the new TV. That being said, I really don't game that much to begin with, maybe a few hours a week so I was pretty disappointed with that happening.
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I asked the TV thread for advice in buying a TV and some of the new stuff is super awesome. I really want to get a new TV but I just bought a new washer and dryer so I'm going to wait until my next quarterly bonus to pull the trigger. I also currently do not have a surface to put a TV on because Ikea delayed my order because of Covid  - I just want my lovely furniture dammit!
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I would, but I kinda need one now since my Vizio is going in my newly renovated screened in porch, and I don't really wanna wait around for sales to happen. Bought a TCL 65R625, couldn't be happier with it. gently caress Vizio.
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Go to Walmart they have 55” 4K roku TVs for like $350 and 65” for $450. Seems silly to spend so much when you know it will go on sale but me and the kids are fine watching our old now TCL 55 I even mentioned getting a 65 and they were like why? In disaster wheel news I don’t know what happened. I etch primes the wheels first but the paint has turned to a flaky powder of you rub it with your finger in places. Ruined. I never wanted metallic I just wanted gunmetal but this was in stock. I did everything right. Degreased, let dry. Etch prime dry. Coat and coat and coat of color and drying between colors. I’m going to have to pressure wash this mess off. I wanted these rims on tomorrow. Dang it.   AA LOOOOOOOK: TCL 55 inch 2020 4K mini LED TV $650 and the 65 is $750 link is on front page of slick deals https://slickdeals.net/f/14263862-tcl-55-inch-2020-4k-mini-led-tv-650?src=jfy%7Crecombee%7Cc6188c40-86e6-4b27-b95c-f20235313ad3 everdave fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Aug 12, 2020 |
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everdave posted:Go to Walmart they have 55” 4K roku TVs for like $350 and 65” for $450. Seems silly to spend so much when you know it will go on sale but me and the kids are fine watching our old now TCL 55 I even mentioned getting a 65 and they were like why? Did the paint say to dry between color coats? Some of the metallics I've seen say to not apply additional coats after it's no longer tacky.
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everdave posted:Like I read that. I waited until it was dry to add more beause I thought that was the right thing to do. I actually busted rear end doing this the right way (I thought) but that very well may be what happened. That sucks. The good news is that it's just spray paint and after a quick sand, you can try again.
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I have not bought a TV since we built and moved into our house seven years ago. I bought a 55" Samsung LCD, 1080P. I bought it from Costco and it was such a good deal at like $1100. How wonderfully naive. The problem is it still works, and what is the point of getting a bigger TV? I just walk downstairs and I have a 110" screen for the media room. I don't do gaming and don't even bother with live sports. It will probably take an errant Switch joy-con getting thrown through the TV that makes me consider a new panel. I will probably go to 65 should this ever die.
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everdave posted:In disaster wheel news I don’t know what happened. I etch primes the wheels first but the paint has turned to a flaky powder of you rub it with your finger in places. Ruined. I never wanted metallic I just wanted gunmetal but this was in stock. I did everything right. Degreased, let dry. Etch prime dry. Coat and coat and coat of color and drying between colors. I’m going to have to pressure wash this mess off. I wanted these rims on tomorrow. Dang it. Didn't you say the paint was walmart brand or something? Could be just lovely quality paint. Also I'm over the cheap TVs that's what my current Vizio is, I can afford a nice one now so I'm gonna splurge on OLED. And from what I've seen OLEDs should last a lot longer than LCD/LED so it will be worth it in the long run.
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My 50" TV looks tiny on my new (to me) family room wall so I have an urge to get a bigger TV despite the fact that I only use the thing a couple hours a month max. I think I have enough self control to not throw a bunch of money at a toy that won't get used. I think...
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TV chat. Best way to recycle old (LCD) TVs? Long version: I have a 43" Toshiba that has issues for the first 15 minutes or so it's on (lots of purple lines through the picture, then poof they're gone and it's fine.. but the backlight is really dim now), and a 32" Samsung that only has a functional backlight if you unplug it to turn it off. Every. Single. Time. If you use the remote, no backlight next time you use it. I've fixed the Samsung twice now (the inverter is part of the main power supply on that one), but it's old enough that finding working power supplies on ebay is getting difficult (and at this point it'd be cheaper to just replace it).
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everdave posted:In disaster wheel news I don’t know what happened. I etch primes the wheels first but the paint has turned to a flaky powder of you rub it with your finger in places. Ruined. I never wanted metallic I just wanted gunmetal but this was in stock. I did everything right. Degreased, let dry. Etch prime dry. Coat and coat and coat of color and drying between colors. I’m going to have to pressure wash this mess off. I wanted these rims on tomorrow. Dang it. They're steel, right? Those can be media blasted clean and powder coated for like $20 each. Find your local powder coat shop and get a quote.
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LloydDobler posted:They're steel, right? Those can be media blasted clean and powder coated for like $20 each. Find your local powder coat shop and get a quote. Yep they are steal
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STR posted:TV chat. Best way to recycle old (LCD) TVs? My city has a place to dump appliances. Assuming yours does too I'd just take it there. Otherwise, front yard with a "FREE" sign on it?
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Hey guys, I know this isn't computer thread, but I am looking for a little mini-PC. I respect your guys opinion and I'd appreciate your input. It would not be my daily, go to PC (9900K for that) and just be truly secondary, maybe a guest PC if we have company. Nothing hardcore.. browsing, vids, I suppose maybe the most basic gaming but obviously nothing serious. I think I have it narrowed down to 2 and would like opinion: (just looked at Amazon for ease of customer service if it goes sideways). Option 1: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07J2TFW5T/ref=crt_ewc_title_dp_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A38VQAZY823I7W e: Linked wrong one first quote:HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Business Desktop PC Intel Quad-Core i5-6500T up to 3.1G,8G DDR4,240G SSD,VGA,DP port,Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit-Multi-Language-English/Spanish (Renewed) Option 2: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B087BGDWTY/ref=crt_ewc_title_dp_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AMSFF11DD0K5A quote:Beelink U57 Mini PC with Intel Core i5-5257u Processor(up to 3.10 GHz)&Windows 10 Pro,8G DDR3/128G SSD High Performance Business Desktop Computer,4K UHD,2.4G/5G Dual WiFi,BT4.0,Dual HDMI Ports Option 1 seems like a better deal to me on its face, but being a "refurb" I'm not sure how much of a detraction that would be. Pros: Skylake vs Broadwell Name brand (better hardware?) Probably a legit Win 10 license... I am under the impression these chinese mini-PCs are typically not legit serials. C/D? 240GBSSD vs 128GB SSD DDR4 vs DDR3 *may* come with basic KBM, but I'm not planing on it. Cons: Refurb vs new No HDMI (looks like just DP and VGA) Thoughts? slidebite fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Aug 12, 2020 |
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We have probably 10,000 of those HP's at work. They put up with crazy environments and last years. I'd buy the HP.
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IMO, you're taking the same risk buying off eBay vs buying referb. I'd just buy from a ewaste recycler off eBay.
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ebay stuff marked 'used' not 'for parts or repair' has to work when you get it, or ebay will make it right. Who pays for a return can vary, though. If they misrepresent the item, they are screwed though. Those HP's are great, I have one and it has been trouble free.
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OK, definitely leaning towards the HP then. RE ebay, I hate ebay and absolutely loathe paypal. As much as I don't want to support Bezos, I support them even less so Amazon is a no brainer for me. I did go to ebay to check pricing and really by the time you have any shipping in there it's pretty similar. So adding in the ease of returning it in case it's junk has some value with me.
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trouser chili posted:If airflow is weak but temp drop across the a-coil is sufficient, you may be undersized on the blower and/or have dirty ducts. Airflow is I think often very underlooked compared to tonnage when evaluating system size, but I think it’s way more important. You may be able to replace the blower with something higher CFM fairly inexpensively, and they’re usually super easy to pull. May be worth investigating. It's really only a problem like one month out of the year, though we do have a window unit in our bedroom because airflow is so poor, and the inside unit is literally across the house, almost as far away from the bedroom as possible. What I'm saying is it is NOT "central air". Also my wife likes it practically freezing when she sleeps, and I'm not paying to cool the entire house to 65 degF. MomJeans420 posted:I bought a 55" TCL two years ago and have absolutely no complaints. I bought mine last year, and same. Raluek posted:same but 2001fp I use a decade? old ViewSonic VG2230wm. It's widescreen (1680 x 1050), wider than 4:3, but not the current 16:9 standard widescreen. I've got 5 of the things floating about. Got them from work due to bad caps (they're from the period where those were a problem) and fixed two of them. Not sure if it's worth fixing the others. It does have a nice display. everdave posted:Like I read that. I waited until it was dry to add more beause I thought that was the right thing to do. I actually busted rear end doing this the right way (I thought) but that very well may be what happened. You don't wait until it's dry to do another coat. You wait until it tacks. It should give you a "recoat" window on the instructions. If it's just rubbing off like that, you were probably too far from the surface with the can, and the paint was drying in the air. I tend toward one heavy coat, then a second lighter coat to make sure I didn't miss anything, on single-stage paint, anyway. Applebees Appetizer posted:Didn't you say the paint was walmart brand or something? Could be just lovely quality paint. ...or that. Plastikote, etc. have specific wheel paints at O'Reilly's, in common wheel colors, like gunmetal, silver, argent, etc. I just use those.
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slidebite posted:Option 1: DP to HDMI adapters are cheap. And in the case of office-grade computers that are a couple of years old, "refurb" usually just means it's an off-lease return with an OS license added on (since enterprise stuff is normally on a volume license). Sometimes they might wipe the dust off of the outside if you're lucky, but it's usually just "it boots? okay, toss an OEM copy of Windows on it, ship it". It's a good way to get a compact, higher quality but not top performing, PC for pretty cheap, so long as you don't mind cleaning them out a bit (usually pretty dusty). (the one you linked is "Renewed" and from the actual HP storefront on Amazon?) HP's consumer-grade stuff is junk. Their enterprise stuff is good. Hell I still have an old HP Core2Duo enterprise desktop sitting here, used it as a HTPC for several years. It's never had a hiccup, though I promptly replaced the original HDD with a SSD. It's old, but reliable, and works fine as a garage PC (it's a DC7700, so ~14 years old... I do have a spare PSU for it somewhere, but haven't needed it). Hmmm.. it does have an add-on video card with HDMI. Maybe I just found a new use for that flaky Samsung TV. Wall mount it, turn it off by the power strip, use it as a monitor till it dies. The nearly as old Dell LCD I have on it has a small crack that irritates me. taqueso posted:Best buy will take your tv Yeah... for $25. Each. Their recycling page did lead me to the TX Department on Environmental Quality though.. which took me down a deep rabbit hole through Samsung, back to the state, then to the city's electronics recycling/hazardous waste collection center It's closed until further notice due to COVID.  They'll do chemical/hazardous waste collection curbside if you request it, but not e-waste. I'm not paying to recycling them, they'll just sit in the garage until the city opens their recycling center again I guess.
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Made some Traeger 3-2-1 ribs earlier this week. Dijon+apple sauce on the first pass, spice mix when in the foil, light bbq sauce on the final 1hr set.   Falling off the bone. Family(ies) loved them. I had half a rack and was sick the next 24 hours. Sadly I appear to have fully developed the same intolerance for Pork my father has. Stomach pains for almost two days even with Tums. No issues with Bacon or ham. Just certain cuts like tenderloin/ribs.
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STR posted:Yeah... for $25. Each.  it was free last time I recycled one, uh, 6 years ago
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I bought a hisense TV last year because it was really cheap and I’m really happy with it. I think it was the 2018 model as the OS is something weird which can be a bit lovely but it does work (except the amazon prime app - but I just use a chromecast or a media PC instead much of the time anyway) In the UK you can get them with a 6 year warranty from richer sounds so I know my under £400 TV is gonna last for atleast 6 years which is nice.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Yeah - my mom said water was coming in through the front door seals from the wind pressure - my dad was the biggest efficiency man on the planet, the thermostat was guarded hourly and was always 68 degrees in the winter and 84 degrees in the summer - that door is sealed with no drafts and has been used approximately 25 times in 40+ years anyway - and her foyer rug got soaked anyway. The main house entrance we always used was through the garage so the front door was ceremonial at best. From the numbers I've seen it was about ~75mph in Des Moines and closer to 110-120 in CR. Yeah, I'm south of town enough to not get the worst of it, but my friends in Des Moines are out of power and/or trying to get trees off their roofs right now.
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I just had another successful FB marketplace sale. A semi pro wakeboarder and his brother and kids drove 5 hours to check out my LiteAce paid cash and took it home. I screwed up my wheels for sure. Will see about getting them blasted and powder coated.
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the spyder posted:Made some Traeger 3-2-1 ribs earlier this week. Dijon+apple sauce on the first pass, spice mix when in the foil, light bbq sauce on the final 1hr set. try some pepcid ac or the OTC version
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everdave posted:I just had another successful FB marketplace sale. I found a place that preps and powdercoats for about $20/piece, the end product is soooo nice too.
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So, my brother in law passed away a few hours ago. It was assisted (really bad brain cancer of some sort) and my sister and their children were all there. I just spoke to my sister because we just had an interesting auto correct conversation on text so we chatted and she was just laughing, including snorts.. which was good to hear (the auto correct was pretty funny, consisted of an accidental toilet emoji and awesome being speech to text as rear end in a top hat) but she told me about the last minutes of his life. He's in bed, she's laying next to him and they have some music playing in the background. He as a bit of a classic rock guy but it was easy going country music.Very somber, quiet and lots of tears as you can imagine. Anyhow, I think I will always love you was just ending, and they were singng along. The attendant/Doctor administering the drugs is asking to make sure he's OK with moving forward (the patient can stop at any time) and on comes Alabama "I'M IN A HURRY TO GET THINGS DONE" and I guess everyone just starts laughing their asses off... That sounds about the best possible way, all things considered.
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Liquid Communism posted:Yeah, I'm south of town enough to not get the worst of it, but my friends in Des Moines are out of power and/or trying to get trees off their roofs right now. That's good. I'm happy my mom's house is safe, but the city is in bad shape with no electricity, everything is closed/damaged, and people are driving 2 hour round trips to other towns to get gas since everything is sold out. Literally every structure in town has damage.   What a shitshow. https://medium.com/@bjkap/its-worse-in-cedar-rapids-than-you-know-33b4c9b9c7fe 43% of the state's crops are affected, I'm sure this won't be a problem for the country as a whole as we go into the winter with coronavirus being completely unchecked. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/12/iowa-derecho-corn-damage/
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I would like to point out to the Bible thumping conservatives that these plagues started during the rule of Pharoah Trump. 
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Hurricane in Iowa was a surprise. Who's got "Avalanche in Nebraska" on their bingo card for September?
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Ether Frenzy posted:That's good. I'm happy my mom's house is safe, but the city is in bad shape with no electricity, everything is closed/damaged, and people are driving 2 hour round trips to other towns to get gas since everything is sold out. Literally every structure in town has damage. The storms you guys get through there really floor me. A couple years back I got caught in one while driving, stuck with me from St. Paul to somewhere south of Iowa City. At points in time I was seeing four or five lightning flashes a second. The rain was coming down so thick you could drown standing up. I couldn't see the lines hardly for poo poo, high beams made the blindness worse, you didn't dare stop cause you'd never know where on the road you stopped and where anyone else was driving, and I couldn't find any exits. So I carried on down the center of the highway, keeping the dotted center line in the middle of the car. It was the only way to know I was still on the road, just creeping along at whatever speed I figured at the moment would keep me from getting slammed from behind, and yet could keep from slamming someone else from behind should I come up on them. When I came out the other side I half-expected to find a tiger named Richard Parker in the backseat. 43% is astonishing. That's mostly dent corn, correct?
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