Completely off topic..
and nothing at all to do with the grow...
But I am extremely enjoying
Halo 5 on the Xbox One.. especially on my Klipsch/Onkyo THX 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio System.
I am not a big gamer by any means.. at all.
But this game.. perfection.
60fps High Def performance looks amazing on my high end Panasonic Plasma. Visually the graphics are stunning. Some people don't know what they are missing with all these cheap LCD and sub $1000 LED junk panels I call them. A good HDTV with high refresh rate and good contrast ration makes all the difference with gaming. I plan on getting a new Samsung Curved 4K SUHD TV set in 2016 but for now this $3k 60" Panasonic Plasma is just fine. This is the one I want so bad here.. LINK --->
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It's $3500 now, was MSRP $5999.. before Christmas.. I predict it will drop between $2500-$2800 around Christmas. I used to be in the TV/Home Theater business.. so usually I can predict these things. That pricing really isn't too bad. It's one of the only Curved 4K TVs that's screen has both the Nano Crystal Screen aka Quantum Dot Technology.. the tech itself is amazing and impresses the hell out of me. Here is a short video on the tech they implement in these new SUHD TV's
The Audio...
The Audio in Halo 5 is equally as impressive as the graphics too.. it's sonically perfect for a video game. Immersed in sound, you really get lost in the game while playing. So much action, I can play and forget there's a whole real world that exists outside of this room. Good speakers like my Klipsch Reference System really push some air.. you feel the action. When there's bullets flying or grenades being tossed.. you don't just see them on the screen.. you feel them.
Unfortunately without a proper system.. something that decodes the digital signal, a full blown home theater receiver would be required.. as well as some really nice speakers that can re-produce sound frequencies in the lower range.. most gamers won't be able to experience how rich and lifelike the audio really is. Most people never get to hear or play a game in an environment like the one Halo 5 creates on a nice system and because of that,, so many people never buy a system. They literally don;t know what they are missing.
Me myself.. I like Klipsch speakers. Klipsch is an American audio company based in
Indianapolis, they've been in the speaker business for 70 years. Klipsch speakers use their unique and well known
horn-loaded tweeters and also what they call cerametallic aluminum cone woofers that accurately reproduce both soft and loud sounds. They are incredibly efficient.. which means it takes very little power to drive them.
Klipsch is well known for making Home Theater, Stereo, and Commercial Cinema products,, but what they do best,, and sound best for.. is making a really fucking good sounding loud speaker for Rock Music.You play some music and crank these bitches up.. you feel like you're at the show. Their current model LINK-->
RF-7 II Reference Series Floorstanding Loudspeakers.. are some of the best speakers I've ever heard in my life.
If anyone has any Audio/Video questions. it's kinda my thing.. I don't mind at all if anyone wanted to ask me something.
But Halo 5.. AMAZING!!