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the mineral quest does seem quite pointless, just an incentive to spend more time in the bouncy buggie and look around.

It depends. Some units have their inidividual inputs/outputs named. My samsung tv is like this, so if I hit "play 360" it automatically switches the tv to HDMI 2, or if I want to play a DVD, it will auto switch to composite 1. It doesn't matter which mode it was in last, the TV knows what mode it's in and it accepts a specific instruction from the remote. My HTiB has unique settings for DVD and AUX, but AUX also includes my optical in line, so I either need to manually cycle through to the optical input or the other method, you can fine tune the on and off behaviour of the remote, it can even compensate for lag. So, part of the off macros could be cycling AUX 1 and then you would need to program the remote to cycle through the AUX settings X number of times. I tried it, and it works, but this assumes you will always turn your system off between activities, which is not true for me. So I just mapped one of the optional/LCD buttons in each activity mode so that I could cycle through to the right setting. It's no big deal, and still more convenient than 3 or four seperate remotes. And yeah, the Aquas is nice. I hope no one got the wrong impression, I'm not lumping it in with the vizios of the world. They are definitely a AAA brand and their image quality is very good but they are considerably cheaper than the other top tier brands.

you should really check out the harmony series. They're no bigger than a normal sony remote and they feature an LCD screen that you can map controls to. so if you have a specific function you use often, say aspect, you can map it to one of the lcd buttons. The programming is easy as well, it's a windows app, so no looking up codes and pushing and holding down buttons.

David, Whats the reluctance to get a receiver? Is it the hassle of turning it on? You can get a logitech harmony universal remote, and they are VERY easy to program Macros with, so all you do is hit the "watch tv" button and it will turn on and configure every device you use to watch a tv. Besides, a good AV receiver is something that you can take with you from setup to setup.

wow... I guess I've been looking at the yamato yf=19 too long, because when I looked at that hasegawa, all I could think was, "what the F is up with that weird goose neck thing going on?"

because the sony name costs you 20% more. The days when sony tech was noticably better or higher quality than the other guys is in the past, but Sony wants to maintain their elite status. Fortunately, more and more people are catching on that companies like Panasonic and Samsung have offerings that are just as good... if not outright better than a Sony equivalent. However, there is a big difference in quality and capability between the AAA brands like Sony and Samsung and some of the other brands out there like visio. Usually, the cheaper brands can't compete in terms of contrast ratios (half or less of a sony or samsung), problems with the DSP or pixels going dead after a while. Some chinese brands even have non standard display resolutions and result in wonky images. If you're budget minded but still want a nice set, I'd say look at the Sharp Aquas. They've had some hardware/quality control issues last year but their sets are nice and color reproduction and contrast ratios are very good. They tend to cost less than comparable samsung sets and way less than sony.

Towards the middle of the game, I just park the mako and take things out with my squad. After a while, your weapons pack more punch than the mako and it's way easier to dodge enemy rocket and glowing blue ball of death attacks.

the mineral collection is an easy way to earn money early in the game, but I agree, there seems to be little point to it. and the pistol is an awesome weapon, it's very accurate, even early on and you can hit things beyond your scanners range, so if you have a good tv and you see something moving or glowing WAY out in the distance, you can peg it and kill it.

I would lvl up charm/intimidate as much as possible, early on it will help you out a lot, extra exp and extra rewards.

awesome, going to have to try that!

oh man, i can't believe you live in Southern California and haven't seen stuff like that. Wait... what do you mean by "real" woman? 100% real or 90% real? Because that could be the problem. lol.

my samsung can do audio out and keep the built in speakers going... and my old sony wega could as well... so could my old panasonic. http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5225837 - it's an onkyo 7.1 system but it's more than what you were looking for (450 $). This unit supports HDMI and with 7.1 sound it will work well for your HD needs. Or, you can keep checking the weekly sales, Fry's usually puts a onkyo 5.1 system on sale for around 200 bucks every couple of weeks.

if you look at the bottom of the "beaver tail" there are indents carved out that conform to the shape of the feet. I think that's pretty clear evidence that the feet are supposed to stick out.

try samsung: htib I have a lower end model and the sound is pretty good. user interface and performance not as refined as the sony, but it's pretty good for the price and the price is a lot more competetive.

if you unlock the "mastery" achievement for abilities (pistol, AR, first-aid, whatever) you can select one of those abilities for any new shepard you make from that point on. Example, I unlocked the assault rifle mastery with my soldier, so on my adpet character, I chose AR as my bonus ability. It's pretty cool. And when I finished my game on hardcore setting, I was lvl 50 and I didn't complete any of the collect XX missions.

wow, looks great. Nice work on the custom decals, they really look excellent and have that "macross" feel to them.

Then I feel sorry for you.

true true. but I'm still having fun playing as different classes. I'm still finding new quests every now and then as well. I'll move onto assassins creed sooner or later.

The docking area at feros dropped all of its texture on me, and I walked through a glowing, pulsing purple hallway. That's pretty much the worst I've seen.

Whatever troll, you're debating transforming gundams in a thread about NON TRANSFORMING VALKYRIES. If you want to go talk about your gundams, we do have threads specifically for them. In the meantime... don't you need to go check back on your bridge?

that's a good point. On the 1/72, we had the kick down stand to mount the belly plates to... I think is a more elegant solution, acutally.

that would be my guess.

I think I'll make the renegade a soldier with throw... I want to have two different styles of game play for ME 2

yeah, while bandai has the potential of doing an awesome valk toy... there's just two decades of them doing crap and Yamato took a license few people really cared about and did some amazing work (even with all the flubs) and I would rather have the company that cares continue to produce macross toys, rather than the company that seems like it's just trying to cash in.

troll, just go back to your gundam fansite or stop trying derail threads with this stupid and pointless gundam versus valk crap you're so bent on.