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4:01 PM

@YiJiang Tell me about it. I've got to try and remain awake for another 12 hours

Quick throwaway question that probably doesn't belong on the main site - I just picked up a new 360 (Star Wars Ltd Ed one!) to replace my old 20GB loud beast. That one was using a VGA cable for the picture to my TV (no HTMI out on those machines) but now I have a new machine, should I invest in an HTMI cable? I have no audio other than the TV speakers.

agent86

@JonW HDMI, and yesss

QAdley

@JonW Thank you for asking a potentially off-topic question in chat. You don't know how much that means to the community here.

JonW

@QAdley I'm a mod on ux.se so I should really follow the guidelines!

@agent86 Why do you say that? AFAIK the VGA out can match the TV resolution directly, whereas HDMI is locked to 720 / 1024, no?

QAdley

@JonW Is your TV not locked to one of those resolutions anyway?

JonW

4:04 PM

@QAdley Ooh, can#t remember. Been a while since I played with the resolution settings to see what it can output.

LessPop_MoreFizz

QAdley

@JonW If your TV is not one of those resolutions that would be extremely surprising

JonW

I do remember spending an afternoon testing out various resolutions between TV and XBOX to get the ideal match.

LessPop_MoreFizz

HDMI also carries audio and reduces clutter

Because fuck clutter.

JonW

So what benefit does the HDMI give me over VGA aside from audio quality.

Physical cables-in-the-way clutter?

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:05 PM

@JonW Yeah.

agent86

@JonW generally, if your TV supports HDMI, then you're already in one of those resolutions

JonW

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ah, they're all around the back anyway. The more clutter the harder it is for the b*stard cats to get behind the TV and cause mayhem.

agent86

if it's a fairly good sized and modern TV, it's probably 1920x1080

or "1080p"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@JonW Beyond that though, HDMI is a digital signal and is of higher fidelity

Ronan Forman

@JonW Oh there's a star there, whatever could that word be?!

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tiddy

4:06 PM

VGA is an analog signal and HDMI is uncompressed digital

agent86

VGA's an analog signal vs HDMI which is digital (so as LPMF says, it's better quality)

JonW

@RonanForman Ah well censoring myself just incase anyone moans at me. ;)

agent86

essentially if your TV supports HDMI, and the thing you want to connect is also HDMI, HDMI is almost always the best way to connect the two

JonW

I've not been in this chat before, you might all be delicate flowers.

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user2334

Eeeeeee, my MacBook Pro with Retina display has arrived. Going to use it exclusively for playing Solitaire. Maybe Zork if I want to tax it.

agent86

4:08 PM

amazon sells "amazon basic" cables for cheap, as does monoprice.com, but whatever you do do not buy cables from retail stores, especially best buy

QAdley

@JonW We care more about the tone of messages than words such as 'fuck' or 'bastard'

LessPop_MoreFizz

@JonW ahahahahahahahahahahah

Ronan Forman

@agent86 £7 for SATA cables.

LessPop_MoreFizz

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

agent86

holy crap those guys will sell you a freaking expensive, waste of money cable

JonW

4:08 PM

@agent86 That's OK, best buy closed down over here (UK) so that's OK.

LessPop_MoreFizz

agent86

@JonW whew. bullet dodged.

user15026

Delicate flowers in Gaming. Yeah. XD

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz If only this was true XD

JonW

@agent86 Their fire sale was apparently worth going to though.

(I missed it)

StrixVaria

4:09 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I was going to object to including 1 as a prime number...

fbueckert

@YiJiang Did I call that, or what?

Ronan Forman

@JonW Ooh, more Brits! Welcome!

LessPop_MoreFizz

JonW

@RonanForman hello!

Yi Jiang

@fbueckert You did! Go you! He doesn't look like the ragequitting type though

agent86

4:10 PM

@JonW yeah, I don't know if it's like it is around here, where "store closing sales" are essentially a scam. they say it's marked down X%, but it's percent off list price, and typically it's more expensive than it was before they started to close

Sterno

Act 3 is so much easier now. Boo.

Yi Jiang

Ah well, I call dibs anyway

JonW

@agent86 Ah well here Best Buy was closing down in the whole UK and buggering off back to the US, so it was a much better sale than you'd normal get in that sort of place.

LessPop_MoreFizz

QAdley

@LessPop_MoreFizz These are great, where are you getting them?

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:11 PM

@QAdley fakescience.tumblr.com

tiddy

Is this from a Teach the Controversy book?

4:13 PM

@RonanForman are you feeling sassy today?

agent86

@JonW well, lucky you guys then :) I never shop there, and I pretty much hate the place in general. One time they tried to convince me that I needed a gold plated extra oxygenated HDMI cable for $60, and I couldn't stop laughing

Ronan Forman

@spugsley What?

spugsley

@RonanForman you've dominated the star list :p

Ronan Forman

@QAdley But everyone is fond of owls.

spugsley

with your sassiness

Ronan Forman

4:14 PM

@spugsley Oh yeah, that.

Yi Jiang

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Q: Lost item skyrim

Alright I married Lydia and gave her vokun to hold and se died I don't remember where this was and I need vokun to get the last mask do any of you know a way to find Lydia or the mask?

skyrim

QAdley

@RonanForman Except for mice and shrews...

Yi Jiang

Should it be a dupe of?

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Q: How can I find a lost item?

I've lost Morekei, 100% magicka regen, and I have no idea how. I've been looping through all of the shopkeepers I might have somehow sold it to but no one seems to have it. I've got this game on PC. Is there any way I can gain information about where in the game world it is is? Conosle commands ...