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felis_ultharus

Post-Exam Calm

Sep 19, 2006 09:20

This has been a good day already, and it's scarcely mid-morning. I did 20 pages of editing very early, and I'm now about a half-a-week ahead of where I need to be in school. I'm reading goood books, getting plenty of hours at work (but not too many), and gradually getting my space in order again ( Read more... )

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yumemisama September 19 2006, 15:46:47 UTC

Believe it or not, the cheapest solution is usually a TV tuner for the PC. You can get RCA -> VGA converter boxes, but as they contain a lot of circuitry they get kind of expensive. If you have a TFT monitor with built-in TV tuner, you should just be able to plug and go. Tuner cards are about $60USD on the low end -- you get Engrish instructions, but they work fine. Cat has a laptop and therefore has a USB TV tuner box instead, which I think bumped it up to maybe $80USD ( ... )

jenjoou September 19 2006, 16:07:49 UTC

Speaking of Kingdom Hearts and slashy.

yumemisama September 19 2006, 18:19:00 UTC

Yes. It is absolutely just like that, except for the part about the flashing. The ending is even slashier. Honestly, we don't even have to try anymore. ^_^

felis_ultharus September 19 2006, 22:51:15 UTC

We were trying? I thought Squaresoft was just providing ^_^

yumemisama September 19 2006, 23:03:40 UTC

I like to think it takes ~some~ artistic effort to write all this porn...

felis_ultharus September 19 2006, 22:50:42 UTC

That would probably be funnier if I knew who the characters were :/

(Problem with VGCats is that you either know the games or you don't -- and it really makes the difference.)

yumemisama September 19 2006, 23:08:38 UTC

Don't worry about it too much -- the bit they're making fun of is in the second game. You have a ways to go yet. ^_^

Although I will note for you, for when you start the first one, that the names all have meaning in Japanese -- Sora is 'sky', Riku is 'shore' and Kairi is 'border between'. Happy pondering of this once you're neck-deep in the plot.

felis_ultharus September 19 2006, 22:45:05 UTC

Thank you! Thanks to your advice, I looked around at TV tuner boxes after work today.

There are a couple in price range, and I can get free installation (which is good, since you're talking to an arts geek -- I'd probably just plug the card in wherever it looked pretty).

There are a few brands -- I'm not sure what I'm looking for. They all seem compatible with my computer, and all of them have RCA outlets. Is there anything more I should be looking for?

Also on your (and other people's) recommendation, when I brought my useless VGA adapter in for an excahnge, I traded it for Kingdom Hearts plus credit. Now to see if I can get the machinery working.

yumemisama September 19 2006, 23:01:22 UTC

There are a couple in price range, and I can get free installation (which is good, since you're talking to an arts geek -- I'd probably just plug the card in wherever it looked pretty).As long as 'looks pretty' also translates to 'has some ventilation', this works just fine with PCI cards. The slots aren't really numbered or anything. Any installation procedure that avoids involving tin snips or any large Frankenstein-lab-esque electrical sparks is a successful one. Computers are fairly idiot-proof nowadays; everything is shaped differently and you cannot plug a card (or a CPU, or a fan, or a RAM module) in where it does not go without involving a large mallet and probably a lot of beer ( ... )

felis_ultharus September 21 2006, 12:32:10 UTC

Thanks! I'm taking you're advice, an I'll have a TV card by Saturday ^_^

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