Binary Brew

Wow.  We had a great dinner at the Lebanese Taverna tonight in Tysons.  Great food, we had the BABA GHANNOUGE, FATTEH BLAHMEH and SHAWARMA. If you have not eaten there before, I highly recommend it, if you like middle eastern cuisine. We saw “We Own the Night“, good movie. It was a good story and kept you interested all the way through. Plus it has a good opening with Eva Mendez. So sorry Devon, I know you wanted to see George Clooney tonight.

Oh and I got my orientation package from XM today, but for some reason only have of it was for me.  I think HR at XM had some sort of mix-up.   Oh well, I’ll call on Monday and find out what the story is.

Our TV died two days ago, so I headed over to Best Buy to get a new one. I decided on a Sony Bravia 32″ LCD.  Its HD ready and I am impressed with the quality of the “On-Air” HD local channels. The only problem is now I have an HD TV but I have nothing that can take advantage of the quality other than my local channels.  A new HD Tivo is like 300, so I wont be getting that anytime soon and an HD DVD player is like 300 also. I discovered that if I connect the MacBook Pro to the VGA port on the back, I get a really nice picture when watching HD QT videos, but watching a DVD doesn’t really add any clarity. I’m afraid that this TV is the beginning on my eventual home theater. 32″ TV is much bigger than I expected.  I am used to watching on our 26″ CRT.  32″ is a great size for watching movies.  Its a wide screen and our old BOSE system sounds great (thanks dad for the donation) though I am tempted to buy the new BOSE all in one system with the 4way surround speakers. Well, regardless, I am happy with the purchase. Watching Discovery Channel DVDs are far more impressive on this TV than any we have had in the past.  If anyone is looking for a new TV and wants a flat screen LCD, I recommend the Sony Bravia 32″ its only 700 at Best Buy.