Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

.....Har har har.

@Tyranexx "censored by google"
Where were YOU in my argument with shani about how everything Google touches turns to rainbows and gold as the most perfect benevolent company ever that only makes perfect quality? You're leaving me to fend off the wolves without backup....

@Joeynator3000 I'm too lazy to go through the comment history: What's your current HDMI issue with your switch/soundbar/tv?

Soundbar has HDMI ARC, my TV just has two normal HDMIs...Switch has to be connected DIRECTLY to the soundbar for the surround sound to work. I've tried it even though my TV doesn't support the ARC thing and it works, but the soundbar has issues giving me the video. (home menu on the Switch has tons of flickering and "noise" and it disconnects constantly when running a game)

However, because I'm the clever type, I already know a way around this since plugging it in directly works. Just....more waiting. xD

@Joeynator3000 Ahh, I see. Yeah HDMI is such a mess. ARC sounds great, but if any part of the chain isn't compatible it becomes useless. Same with HDR, 4k, 3D, Deep Color, etc. etc. etc. The only way to make HDMI work is to end up with a splitter that supports everything and then running cables to every device with its unique requirements making it more of a pain than the analog cables it was supposed to make simpler. And even then you end up with EDID problems more times than not. It's great for one input, right to a TV, and painful for audio equipment or any amount of switching/repeating.

I have a mess of a setup with the one set of consoles by the TV and the other near my gaming monitor. I can get the signal through the chain all the way to the one repeater/amplifier, but then the 30ft HDMI run to the matrix switch for the monitor never handshakes the EDID on time so the screen just turns on and off endlessly unless I reboot the repeater and then it locks. I tried another repeater, but that one ended up flickering AND showing garbled output.

I'm actually getting a splitter, but using it differently, I'm gonna have the Switch plug into the bar and TV at the same time instead. That way I don't need to use the bar's output at all. lol

EDIT: And yeah, just tested something, I plugged it in to the bar without outputting, I still get the Switch's audio, so my idea will work. Hah! lol

@Yosheel: Congrats on the new silver screen! I'm currently rocking a 40" Vizio Smart TV that I picked up about three years ago. I haven't felt the itch to upgrade yet as it works fine, and I still have one HDMI port reserved for my future Switch!

@NEStalgia: I must have missed out on that one. Google is the new Chuck Norris, John Cena, and Shigeru Miyamoto all rolled into one! Didn't you know?

....How the heck does American Dad do surround sound? xD
I love this thing. lol
(also, I thought I had the setting off. >_>)

Oh wow, they really are going all out with the Twilight Princess manga. This is a series that usually condenses full stories into one or two short books... but three books into TP, they’re still around the second dungeon.

If they keep up, this one will be like 10 books before it finishes.

@Tyranexx LOL, according to some, it indeed is. I don't get it. I just started Farcry 5, and during the whole intro with the cult leader and his adoring fan base, I kept picturing Eric Schmidt and Google's adoring adulating, unwavering supporters who believe Google is divine benevolence itself bestowing flawless tools to the world for free, making everything better, and only collecting information, but hey everyone does it so it's all cool!.

@NEStalgia: I snorted at "divine benevolence". XD

...So yeah, I got surround sound working on the Switch now. Hah! lol
(time to play some MHXX)

my tv is so big
i cant fit it inside
so it sits in the lawn.
everyone watches it
it has become the community tv.
also @Yosheel i didnt realize that red game boy topic was old lol.
lets blame person above me since he opened it.
and its also safe to say im better looking.

Oh yeah don't worry, I know you didn't revive it.

Wait... I didn’t do it, either. Because I’m me.

But are you really sure you're you?

I don’t have fillings, so I guess there’s no sure way to tell.

Also, I went ahead and spent some saved up shop funds on a Battle Pass. Added a whole new value to enjoying Fortnite with the additional challenges. (Ex-Achievement Score junkie. I had to stop when I hit 150,000 gamer score)

But I just realized the downside of spending my $5.85 in gold points..... I hope there’s no good gold point My Nintendo redeems till October

Nah, pretty sure the only me is me.

Just beware of that gap in the door.

Woo! MURICA! Lets blow stuff up! FOR FREEDOM! ... and because we have the day off so why not right?

Happy 4th of July to my fellow 'Muricans, and happy Hump Day to everyone else!