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[REC] College Dorm TV Set?
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(Last edited by air; Aug 23, 2005 at 09:38 PM.
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Posting Junkie
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Go into Walmart, but biggest one you can for 150.
No need to make sure it'll work forever since its gonna get beer spilled on it anyways 
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Leave the TV and videogames at home. 
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The Lord said 'Peter, I can see your house from here.'
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get that plasma that Tommy Lee has in his dorm.... oh wait.... nevermind
Maybe you can just try and get a down and out rock star as a roomate. Even cheaper than $150.
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Don't get a good TV. You don't want your room to be the community gathering place for video games and movies. If you allow that to happen your stuff will get trashed, stuff will get stolen, everything will smell like smoke, and it will be full of people's garbage after they leave.
Someone else on your floor will get the 32" Wega and you can go in there and do all that sh!t.
Just have a TV for the occasional show you need to watch and when you want to invite some broad to watch a movie late night.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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If anything, a cheap walmart tv will do.
Toshiba makes a damn nice 13" otherwise, just don't show it off
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Baninated
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois might be cold and flat, but at least it's ugly.
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Want to watch TV? Get a satelite dish, put it on top of the dorm, run the line down and then get El Gato / EyeTV.. record and watch TV on the Mac. 
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Originally Posted by Captain Obvious
Don't get a good TV. You don't want your room to be the community gathering place for video games and movies. If you allow that to happen your stuff will get trashed, stuff will get stolen, everything will smell like smoke, and it will be full of people's garbage after they leave.
Someone else on your floor will get the 32" Wega and you can go in there and do all that sh!t.
Just have a TV for the occasional show you need to watch and when you want to invite some broad to watch a movie late night.
True that.
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EyeTV USB 2 Wonder.
TV and ability to play console games through it.
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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Go to Best Buy -- they have a bunch of little TVs, many of them much cheaper than Sony (e.g. Toshiba) with nice features (like lots of inputs) or built-in DVD players.
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 TV is crap - such a waste of your time. Not only will you be happier since you actually get work done but you will find that there are many other more stimulating things to do in life.
Originally Posted by ReggieX
Leave the TV and videogames at home.
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Change your world and you will change your mind.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
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The elgato USB (or firewire) ones are a great idea. You can carry that with a PB and then stick it in your bag when you walk off, makes theft and vandalism MUCH harder
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I was dealing with this same problem back in January... my school finally got cable in the dorms.
I picked up a $80 Toshiba 13" tv... serves me fine. My one bit of advice would be to get one with a stereo headphone port (mono is damned annoying).
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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I wish you success with finding an affordable TV that will fit your dorm room needs. A good idea to shop around.
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Admin Emeritus Join Date: Oct 1999
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As I said, Toshiba and others have great little TVs -- I've been eyeing one for the kitchen. 13" flat CRT, with stereo in/out and S-video and component inputs for $130.
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Originally Posted by SSharon
EyeTV USB 2 Wonder.
TV and ability to play console games through it.
Are you sure about that? I thought those analog converters are too slow for video games.
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I bought a 14" Advent from Best Buy last year for basically the same purpose for around $100. I didn't care that it was an 'off' brand, and it actually has some really neat features, like component video in and stereo sound.
I agree with shopping around.
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Originally Posted by crazyjohnson
TV is crap - such a waste of your time. Not only will you be happier since you actually get work done but you will find that there are many other more stimulating things to do in life.
Then what are they going to watch pron with when the college girls come over?
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Originally Posted by Synotic
Are you sure about that? I thought those analog converters are too slow for video games.
their web site says so. the eyetv usb2 does not have any hardware compression abilities and therefore has no lag. someone in the peripherals forum has one and uses it as such.
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edit: double post cause server errors
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Too bad.. you are living in the NYC. My local school distract here is having a surplus sale tomorrow.
27" Color TV'S $20.00
32" Color TV'S $25.00
19" Color TV'S $10.00
Anyway...did you check craigslist?
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Originally Posted by Captain Obvious
Don't get a good TV. You don't want your room to be the community gathering place for video games and movies. If you allow that to happen your stuff will get trashed, stuff will get stolen, everything will smell like smoke, and it will be full of people's garbage after they leave.
I don't get this. Aren't there any locks on the doors or what ? If you don't want people in your room then just say no. It isn't that hard.
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Originally Posted by Goldfinger
I don't get this. Aren't there any locks on the doors or what ? If you don't want people in your room then just say no. It isn't that hard.
If you're living in a double or a quad then I don't think there are usually locks inside the individual rooms themselves. And it's harder to get a single if you're a freshman, if that's what air is.
And about the EyeTV... according to the FAQ for the USB (and also the firewire one, which I'm eyeing):
Q: Can I connect my PlayStation/GameCube/XBox to EyeTV?
A: You can, but playing on the EyeTV display won't be much fun since the MPEG decoding mechanism currently employed by EyeTV introduces a delay of about 1.5 seconds. In other words, it always takes about 1.5 seconds before the results of a game controller command are displayed in the EyeTV window. EyeTV is a great solution to record your gameplay though.
http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file...v200_faq#faq14
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Phillips 20" flat can be found for $99.
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Originally Posted by Synotic
That is the FAQ for the EyeTV 200.
http://elgato.com/index.php?file=pro...nder_faq#faq14
Here is a question from the EyeTV USB2 Wonder FAQ, the model I mentioned since it is the only one with this ability.
"Q: Can I connect my PlayStation/GameCube/XBox to EyeTV Wonder USB 2.0?
A: You can. EyeTV Wonder USB 2.0r has a delay of only few milliseconds, allowing for excellent live gameplay. Other EyeTV devices have encoding hardware that causes a larger delay, rendering gameplay difficult to impossible. "
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