What Have You Just Ordered or Received?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 15 Jan 2008, 13:24

grim_tales wrote:
No, I'd love a g/f but I get so dispirited. Sometimes I think whats the point?

have you tried any of those online dating sites,plentyofish etc, i've heard quite a few prople have had success with them. no harm in giving it a go.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 15 Jan 2008, 13:31

grim_tales wrote:
Yi-Long wrote:Are you and Brad an item now, Grim? What's he buying you presents for? Given up on the whole 'finding a girlfriend' idea!?
No, I'd love a g/f but I get so dispirited. Sometimes I think whats the point?

I'll answer you in the off-topic thread

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 16 Jan 2008, 22:02

Prison Break - Season 1
Unknown
The Big Lebowsky
Revolver (Guy Ritchie)
The Flock
Black Snake Moan
Transformers
Kill Bobby Z
All the King's Men
Rush Hour 3
Shaolin Temple
Killer Clans
Bride with the White Hair (German re-release)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 21 Jan 2008, 10:38

Started a lovefilm free trial

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Jan 2008, 11:50

Alice In Wonderland (Lovefilm free trial)
Tell No One (CD WOW rental)

Confusingly both come in the same style package

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 Jan 2008, 20:09

yesasia
Koshoku genroku maruhi monogatari
Sukiyaki Western Django

SB IVL (yesasia and ddd)
Masked Avengers
Disciples of Shaolin
The Kid With the Golden Arm
The Delinquent
Big Bad Sis
Killer Constable
Seeding of a Ghost

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Jan 2008, 11:32

The Sixth Sense Vista Series R1 (Amazon Marketplace)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jan 2008, 09:19

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Jan 2008, 11:10

Under Siege 2 (blu-ray) spanish import

The Kingdom (hd-dvd combo)

Midnight Express region 2

McVicar Region 2

Shen · Post by **Shen** » 29 Jan 2008, 12:53

grim_tales wrote:Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)

have you played that game grim? what do you think of it? i tried it some time ago and its SO slow!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 29 Jan 2008, 18:23

Shen wrote:
grim_tales wrote:Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS)
have you played that game grim? what do you think of it? i tried it some time ago and its SO slow!

I havent played Hotel Dusk yet, right now I'm playing Phoenix Wright 3 which is awesome

I'd heard Hotel Dusk was the same sort of mystery/graphic adventure as PW. Though I also heard Hotel Dusk is less linear and its sometimes hard to work out what to do etc.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 29 Jan 2008, 20:14

Bought a HP w1907v today. A nice 19 inch widescreen monitor by HP. Just installed it, and seems like a very nice screen. I was actually thinking of buying a huge FullHD screen, but I feared that it wouldnt work on my 4 year old PC, so I'll get one of those once I do get a good PC.
I do like the size of this 19 inch btw. In the shop it looks quite smallish, but when working on it in my room, I think it's a nice size.

I do have to adjust it etc to get the best picture possible, but it already looks pretty damn good after having changed the resolution and brought down the brightness and contrast etc.

So, I'm pretty happy with it, but it's only been on for 15 minutes, so who knows what happens!?

I also received a new phone. My old one was broken, so my girlfriend bought me a nice Sony Ericsson j100i. Pretty cheap, but seeing as she's pretty much the only person I ever call, and I have no other use for any other functions of a telephone than calling, it's a very nice phone

Finally, I bought 2 wireless controllers for the 360. They were bundled deals, so 1 controller plus a game, for 50-60 bucks.
I bought Blue Dragon + a controller in the shop, for 60 euros, and then I ordered PGR4 + a controller, for 48 euro's. So pretty happy with those deals. The PGR4 + controller should be delivered tomorrow or thursday.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 30 Jan 2008, 01:20

Bought downtown today:
Sopranos - Season 5
The Kung Fu Cult Master
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
The Magnificent Seven (2 discer)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 30 Jan 2008, 14:14

Some Hitchcock:

Rear Window
The Man Who Knew Too Much (remake)
Vertigo

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Jan 2008, 15:49

Nvidia Geforce 8800GT 512MB
GTA: Liberty City Stories (PS2)
GTA: Vice City Stories (PS2)

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 30 Jan 2008, 15:55

EvaUnit02 wrote:Nvidia Geforce 8800GT 512MB
GTA: Liberty City Stories (PS2)
GTA: Vice City Stories (PS2)

Was the 8800GT discounted?
Cause pretty soon the newest cards will be released, right?

I'm thinking of buying HP pc which has the 8800GT installed, but not sure yet.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Jan 2008, 20:08

Yi-Long wrote:Was the 8800GT discounted? Cause pretty soon the newest cards will be released, right?

The price of that card has settled since it was released last November, that's all. The 9600GT 512MB will be released fairly soon, but it'll still be slower than the 8800GT 512MB.

I'm thinking of buying HP pc which has the 8800GT installed, but not sure yet.

Just get it or the ATI Radeon 3870 now. Those cards will the sweet spot for the price to performance ratio for quite some time to come.

Ordered:-
Auzen X-fi Prelude

Upgrading from my Creative X-fi Xtremegamer (budget card) to an audiophile level one (built from premium quality components) that can potentially playback HD formats (eg DD+ out of the box).

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Feb 2008, 10:16

The Persuit of Happyness R2 UK (rental)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Feb 2008, 08:36

Today I received:

Rear Window
Vertigo (Amazon Marketplace)
My Young Auntie (Dragon Dynasty)
From Beijing With Love (both from Bruce)

Rear Window has a different cover design than the 2005 UK DVD, there are so many bloody re-releases of it its confusing, specs wise it looks to be the same.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Feb 2008, 11:09

Ace Ventura r1 remastered Double Pack

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 Feb 2008, 19:13

Ace Ventura 1 is missing some scenes from the original release.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Feb 2008, 20:23

Oh bugger

Well I never owned AV 1. Isn't one version an extended TV version or something?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 Feb 2008, 21:18

not sure i don't own it,just remember my brother moaning it was missing a funny scene when he upgraded from the old dvd.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Feb 2008, 22:12

I heard the remaster is the original theatrical version which is missing the Dolphin Trainer sequence. The old DVD is the extended version.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Feb 2008, 08:18

Theatrical cut in OAR + new anamorphic transfer > Extended cut + wrong AR + transfer from the stone age.