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Re: HD tivo?
#60160 09/08/04 12:25 AM
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Spiff,
I actually sacrificed HD on my TV in family room to accomodate Tivo... just couldn't wait any longer. The box was only 80.00 after rebate. I figure when the Hidef comes out, I'll think of upgrading. The hi-def DVR are suggested to be pretty pricey, so I'll do a wait and see. But, I must say, Tivo is all they say. It is fun to have menu of your favorite stuff to pick from.

Good luck with your decision. I say -- get it now, upgrade later!




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#60161 09/08/04 05:46 PM
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Speaking of tennis, I was just out at the USOpen day session yesterday. I got rained out last year, so it was nice to get a chance to actually see them play this time

It was a good day full of tennis and some nice woman gave us her tickets as a seat upgrade to the second level. I enjoyed it, but was ready to come home by the end of the day.

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#60162 09/08/04 07:04 PM
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I found out yesterday that a friend of mine in NY could have given me a pair of tickets to the entire US Open (yeah, every day, every session) in BOX seats, with "back court" passes. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR...

I think I'll be going next year! (If he can still swing the tickets!)



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#60163 09/08/04 07:31 PM
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Oh WOW!!!

I am going to try and go Labor Day weekend next year....but have you seen the price for good tickets?

Serena got a bad call yesterday....real bad. I was pulling for Capriati.....nobody wants to win like that. A very pivotal point....and the call was not close in my book. We called that a "hook" in my college playing days. A call that bad, and I would have been like classic McEnroe.

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#60164 09/08/04 07:45 PM
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classic McEnroe



WHAT?? ARE YOU BLIND?? IT WAS ON THE LINE!! CHALK FLEW UP!! YOU ARE STUPID!!

oh, i forgot the part where he went back to the dressing room and sucked on his momma's tiddy like a little baby. i never saw how people admired him. he was a spoiled rotten, bratty little $hithead..regardless of if he could play tennis or not. he was a horrible sport, and even less of a role model.

i never watched his show on msnbc, but the 4 people who did said it wasnt very good anyway!!

bigjohn


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#60165 09/08/04 08:11 PM
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Spiff,

I'll tell ya, the US Open looked so spectacular in HD on my Samsung DLP 50-inch, I wouldn't dream of getting off my couch and sitting in the hot sun in Flushing. But I gotta stay out of the sun, anyway (years of sailing, skin cancer, etc. no problem now. . .). I haven't watched that much tennis in years. The match between Mary Pierce and the Russian 17-year-old was amazing.

To his credit, McEnroe kept his trap shut much of the time. In fact, I was pleased that the tennis commentators had the grace to simply keep quiet, something that the Olympic commentators might learn from.

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#60166 09/08/04 08:15 PM
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something that the Olympic commentators might learn from.




AMEN, brother!!

especially the gymnastic commentators.. those guys were horrible.

bigjohn



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#60167 09/08/04 08:33 PM
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One call? Try like 3 or 4! I don't really care for Serena or Jennifer, but there's no doubt Serena got screwed big time. She may have not won the match, but those four calls could EASILY have changed the outcome.

Johnny Mac played before my tennis watching days. All I know is that I've seen a few old matches of his and that man did things with volleys that I've never known were possible. He's now aged into a geniune boon for the sport. No one does as much for tennis right now as he does. No one is better at commentary. No one promotes the sport as much as he does. He A-OK in my book.

Btw...watched his show on CNBC a couple times. You're right - it sucks. Bummer.



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#60168 09/08/04 09:50 PM
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As bad as McEnroe's tantrums were on the court, you have to understand the frame of mind McEnroe worked best in. He played the best when he felt it was him against the world.....and his mind put him in that state.

His hand quickness and footwork were his weapons. His serve was OK...but he is a lefty which puts him at an advantage.

Being 40, my favorite players were/are Connors, McEnroe, and Gerulaitis. I liked Borg too...but not nearly as much.

The younger guys....I like Sampras, also helps that I knew him when he had a two-hander, Marat Safin, and Taylor Dent.

On the women's side.....I like watching the Russians.

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#60169 09/08/04 09:52 PM
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I wouldn't dream of getting off my couch and sitting in the hot sun in Flushing.


But at least if you attended the US Open, you'd be able to tell people you sat on a crapper in Flushing.

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