Ozymandias

This is clearly a fabrication. If nothing else, I know for a fact that Mocha does not equal "security." Offer to rub her belly, and she'll let you take anything you want.

Re: "This is clearly a fabrication. If nothing else, I know for a fact that Mocha does not equal "security." Offer to rub her belly, and she'll let you take anything you want"

>> Shh! ;)

Nice HR20.  :)  Did you get the OTA firmware upgrade yet?  It should be coming any day now.

Re: "Nice HR20.  :)  Did you get the OTA firmware upgrade yet?  It should be coming any day"

>> Haven't seen it yet - but I'm crossing my fingers. Love the picture, still some funkiness around the UI and stability. <sigh>

Nice security >).

Tried out Resistance online yet?

Wow am I ever envious.  I cannot wait to finish graduate school (Physics) and get a real paying job.  :)

MASSIVE FAIL, you shouldn't buy a PS3 till something good being released, such as DMC 4 or MGS4, otherwise the PS3 is useless.

Nice setup. I appreciate your open candor on gaming. Have you watched a blu-ray movie yet?

Keep your chin up Quarem-

Your gaming rig is boss :)

whoa dude you have a killer set up, nice man, those speakers are freakin' sweet!

Man what TV is that? Thanks man, post rocks, love the tech talk! ;)

Dang what a set you have there. Just two questions; why the 2 360's and are they both connected to the same TV?

Cool dog too, my mutt has something of a sheppard in it too (and a collie and a lab) but he's not suited for security duty.

can i have japanese ps3 please???

I always thought the dev 360 were black so as to be easily distinguished.  Yours appears identical to a retail one?  You are one of the few people who can play system link via PiP.

The gear is great ozzy, but what the hell is that on your coffee table? Merry Christmas..

To answer a few questions:

* The two 360s are because one is a devkit. It's a special sort of devkit called a "demokit" that looks like a retail console. Otherwise, you're right, the devkits are usually black and a tiny bit taller with a sidecar on top. They're both connected to the same TV - it has plenty of inputs.

* The TV is a Pioneer Elite 1120HD. Couple of years old, but with an awesome picture - not time to upgrade yet.

* I've watched parts of Blu-Ray movies - House of Flying Daggers and the bundled Nascar movie (can't remember name). Picture was pretty bad on both, but I've read they're also not good transfers. I'm still trying to research and understand what a "good" Blu-Ray movie might be - ideally, one I could compare H2H to HD-DVD.

* As to the coffee table, I have no idea. Some sort of russian roommate decoration. ;) Oh, and a bowl of walnuts and a ying/yang rock I picked up in China. You know, to throw at burglers. ;)

* I've played Resistance online. Played well - didn't see any hitches. My problem with Resistance online is that it's disconnected from the rest of the Sony network, friends, invites, etc. Frustrating experience, feels very 2002 or so.

i thought sony kept talking about multiprocessing with Cell Broadband Engine Architecture??? :D and they cant let u run music during game and friends list

hahaha

Important questions. I talked to the Xbox Customer Care line and wanted to retrieve a old Xbox1 tag but they say there is no way to get it back. The tag ended in 2005 but I can tell that no one has currently has it. Please tell me that there is a way to get the tag back. This is for Ozy or anyone who knows how to do this. Thanks

Re: "Important questions. I talked to the Xbox Customer Care line and wanted to retrieve a old Xbox1 tag but they say there is no way to get it back. The tag ended in 2005 but I can tell that no one has currently has it. Please tell me that there is a way to get the tag back. This is for Ozy or anyone who knows how to do this. Thanks"

This is because all expired tags are currently unavailable. Moral of the story, don't let your account expire. ;)

Seriously, though, at some point I'm sure the Live team will go through and clean up the database and make all of those expired tags available for selection. No idea when that might be though.

Great set-up Oz! Gotta love the german sheps!

"Seriously, though, at some point I'm sure the Live team will go through and clean up the database and make all of those expired tags available for selection. No idea when that might be though."

The only reason I can imagine to keep expired tags around, is to prevent people from recreating that tag, and impersonating a player. However, a previous owner should be able to get their old account back.

I wouldn't want to pay X dollars just to keep my account, even though I don't use it.

Out of curiosity, does your TV not seem a little bit high? Based on the angle of the picture it seems like you don't have a higher than normal couch. But your TV seems like it sits too high to be comfortable.

They should create seperate versions of all consoles that you can mount in 19" racks. I don't like having all these non standard sizes around where each needs their own space. If they were available in racks, you could make a cabinet with a small rack and you could neatly store them all away. That only leaves the problem of all those controllers. Though I suppose now they are all wireless, so that removes the problem of cables. (Although I prefer cabled, because I hate using batteries)

How do you play your Wii with the Coffee Table in the way?

I suggest you do it the lazy way (no standing up needed!)....like I did and still kicked my mate's ass at bowling and golf. Lol! :D

Nice Setup and Nice Blog btw...Keep up the work. (Y)

Nice setup...don't worry about proving to anyone you have a PS3.  You have nothing to prove; keep doing what your doing bud.

Hey - are those Von Schweikert speakers?  Very nice!

Re: "Hey - are those Von Schweikert speakers?  Very nice!"

Vandersteen. But hey, you got the "V" in there. :)