FUNNY STORY

[Chederer]

sup peoples'? i have been hibernating in my warm cozy cave for quite some time....thought i might stop by and say "ello" gooday" anyways to the funny story--i was playing TS3 last night---wife came in and kicked the xbox "football style" fortunately the xbox withstood the force--unfortunately the wife now has a sprained foot--just thought that was funny and i would share---BTW i am working on getting internet in my new place and i hope to be back by clay season--i really miss you guys and playing matches with everyone over the internet---have there been any changes to the characters in sim since ive been gone that i need to know about?

[Rob ITST]

Wife vs Xbox


Xbox always wins.

[Cro Morgan]

Video game consoles seem to have that effect on wives, or so I am told.

[Moralspain]

Wife vs Xbox


Xbox always wins.

that´s in your country cause here wife/girlfriend always wins, vs xbox, vs football match on the TV, vs whatever
btw ,glad to see you back Chederer

[djarvik]

I would rather see wife and xbox on the same team

[ANILTJE]

new place , hope with xbox and wife ?

[Rob ITST]

I do hope that after your wife fell on the ground holding her foot in pain, that you said, "Baby! Are you okay?" and then ran over and hugged your Xbox.

[Chederer]

yes Anil...new place with both wife and xbox.....and you are exactly right Rob....wife was in pain, but first thing i checked was to assure the xbox was still working

[Q. Reese]

I do hope that after your wife fell on the ground holding her foot in pain, that you said, "Baby! Are you okay?" and then ran over and hugged your Xbox.

Rob!! Owwwwww! I am shocked.

[Chederer]

all right guys....im buying a Dell labtop for the lady this weekend...will have DSL by mid next week---I WILL BE BAAAAAACK i will vow to risk return 99% of the time----MUAH HEE HEE---also had another question for the computer gurus---it will have a built in wireless card---can i just feed off the modem the phone company gives me and is there anything else i need to buy to get it working? ohh yess yess i also forgot to mention i am receiving my 40" samsung 1080p LCD(i bought a 9 piece furniture set and got a free T.V.---not sure how many htz----but do i need to purchase an HDMI cord now? and do the different quality cords offer anything more opposed to a cheap cord? im new on all the HD crap

[picachu211]

If you plan to use the Ethernet, then you are fine just with the modem, I assume they will provide the cable.
If you plan to use the wireless, then you probably need a router if the modem is not the so-called "gateway" shit that has built-in router functions.

[Chederer]

i know i saw this conversation elsewhere.....but, what router should i buy? if the wife is on internet at the same time will this bog my connection? or will a good router solve that issue?

[Rob ITST]

but do i need to purchase an HDMI cord now? and do the different quality cords offer anything more opposed to a cheap cord? im new on all the HD crap

First, check your Xbox to see if it even has HDMI output. If it does, then I'd buy one for sure - better picture quality and you need only one cable for audio and video.

DO NOT buy an expensive HDMI cable; 15-20 dollars is just fine. The best thing is to buy the shortest cable you can find, and make sure it's HDMI1.3 high speed (1.2 may even be fine for the Xbox, but 1.3 is probably the most common now anyway.) 6 foot cables are common, but I like 3 foot (less mess). 3 foot ables can be kind of hard to find, but I've bought about 5 of this exact one CLICK. No matter which cable you buy, unless you need one that's like 100 feet, you won't notice any difference from one cable to the next.

If you don't have the HDMI port on your Xbox, then just use the red/blue/green cable it came with. Make sure you slide the switch on the cable to HDTV, and go to the system settings and select 1080p for the display. If you use the cables that came with the Xbox, I'd go ahead and get a fiber optic audio cable. Just like HDMI, there is no difference in the cheap and expensive cables, and shorter is better. Just make sure it's long enough to not have any sharp bends - they're made of glass strands, and they can break.

[Chederer]

im pretty sure i have an HDMI port on the xbox....but, i will make sure tonight---i bought it brand new last January---just checked---yes it has an HDMI port....soo ill just order the cord you recommended....