The Home Improvement Thread

TacoXpo

HOAX DENIER
We have an older 1st gen Samsung 40" LCD TV in the master bedroom, as well as a Samsung BluRay and my old Denon 3808Ci receiver with a set of Definitive Technology ProCinema 600 surround speakers and sub. Well the Denon is too tall to use. It fits but there is not any room for air to move on top of it. Its all in a big armoire. Mainly because that old TV has a bezel that is HUGE! It must be 3" on all sides. Anyhow for Black Friday I picked up a new Samsung 40" 4K Smart TV. Its amazing to see the difference between the two. Size is the main thing. My wife and daughter swear its a smaller screen, but its not, just no bezel. So now I can lift up the shelf the TV is on and use the surround sound. And for what its worth, I probably didn't need the 4k TV as you can't really tell between 1080p and 4k on a screen that small. But it was on sale and maybe $40 more than the standard 1080p smart samsung tv.
Got the same at Costco for $285 or some-some. I'm partially blind so 640 x 320 would have worked for me. The thing is light as air compared to my damn near first Visio Plasma - That thing weighs a ton!!!
 

Mauzer

Pitter Patter. Lets Get at Er
Got the same at Costco for $285 or some-some. I'm partially blind so 640 x 320 would have worked for me. The thing is light as air compared to my damn near first Visio Plasma - That thing weighs a ton!!!
Yeah I recently gave my 47" Samsung (same big ass bezel) to my in-laws (they were still watching a TUBE tv) because the thing was so damn heavy and I didn't trust it with the baby crawling around. I picked up a 55" 4k (with Xbox One S) and the thing weighs NOTHING...its crazy, how light and thin TV's are now!
 

Anathollo

Armorall is my choice of lube
Staff member
Yeah I recently gave my 47" Samsung (same big ass bezel) to my in-laws (they were still watching a TUBE tv) because the thing was so damn heavy and I didn't trust it with the baby crawling around. I picked up a 55" 4k (with Xbox One S) and the thing weighs NOTHING...its crazy, how light and thin TV's are now!
And how cheap they are. I picked up a Samsung 60" 4k UHD for ~$900 IIRC

In 2008, I paid ~$600 for an offbrand 42" TV. (which is my garage TV now.)
 

Oswego

n00b
I remember calling a friend to come help me load a 47" Sony in my car. Circuit City was going out of business and all their employees called out so no one could help me load it. They just brought it out of the back on a cart and said here ya go so I called him. My buddy shows up, picks it up by himself, put it in my truck like it was nothing, then pretty much called me a p*ssy. I was expecting it to weight 20x more than it did.

Good ol technology lol
 

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I'm pulling the 1/43 scale slot car track out of the garage. It just doesn't work like the old HO scale ones did. Its awesome to look at.. cars are very detailed. But its time to move on from it. I am not sure what I'll do with it.. probably box it all up and sell it all on CL. So to get me and my daughers fix I am installing an AFX Giant Raceway (62.5' of track) with about 16' of extra track. Also picked up about 6-9 extra cars (depending if I win the online auction tonight on two of them and one more in a few days) cars for it. I can't wait to get this thing setup and running. We had a lot of fun with the 1/43 scale stuff but it was just too finicky and either didn't stay on the track or wouldn't go for reasons unknown. When it worked it was a blast... when it didn't it sucked. So here is to racing again at Silverback Springs Raceway this Winter. :)
 

Taco Loco

Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
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The backyard salad bar. I took this picture yesterday before I headed out to the farm.
 

Taco Loco

Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
98% humidity and little frizzle drizzle snoop dawg, but this still scares me if all the native grasses were to catch fire.
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Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
New track is in place. Need to raise up the bridge supports a little more, Semis can't go under the low ones. So the plan is to raise them all up about an inch or so.


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TacoXpo

HOAX DENIER

Oswego

n00b
He's getting ready to be in "Blade IV - The UV Dominater" lol
 

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
You all can suck my nuts... all at the same time. Gather around. lol
 

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
So you want me to dress like a woman? WTF?
 

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
lol.. you expected less?
 
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