It’s Back to HBO

Yesterday my Chinese DVD player went on the fritz.  Goddamn it, when I spend $35 on a piece of home electronics I expect it to work longer than 5 months.

I really need to get my pirate satellite dish hooked up. 

No worries. From what I’ve been reading here, you should be able to make back the money to buy a new player (even an HD-DVD, probably) in oh, about.... 14 minutes.

In the meantime, what’s the Chinese phrase for “let the buyer beware”, Lee?

Next time, get a genuine Sormy....

I just bought a new one, a Chinese brand called Malata.  I asked the guy in there if they had any Blu-Ray players yet, and he said they would have some in a few weeks.  So I bought another $35 player, and as long as it works until the Blu-Ray players come out I’ll be happy.

You can also buy a huge sweet-ass Hitachi HDTV for less than a grand here.  I might just have to purchase one eventually and move my current HDTV (which is a lot smaller) into my bedroom.

I highly recommend DLP for HDTVs, especially for higher elevations. Blows plasma and LCD away from what I’ve seen.