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  1. Hi guys. A quick help on this audio related query would be really appreciated as there is a really good deal of the day on amazon :p

     

    I've been thinking of upgrading my audio experience, mainly for gaming and movies. I've a really good soundbar (LG SL6Y) but its not surround sound. To make it 5.1 surround sound I can buy rear wireless speakers (for 10k as part of amazon deal, usual price 13.5k). Or I can get a new good set of headphones altogether and keep the soundbar as is. 

     

    The pros of soundbar+surround is that its true 5.1, the physical sensation of sound can be exhilarating and usually headphones cant replicate that. The pros of new headphones is that they dont take as much space, no wire hassle etc and can be enjoyed at loud sounds at night too.

     

    So are there any headphones which will be as good or better in about the same price range? Or should I go with the rear speakers only? 

  2. 43 minutes ago, KnackChap said:

     

    The chairs tilt/move according to the action going on in the scene. There are huge fans that simulate wind too. TG Maverick made some of the best use of it. 

     

    Yeah. And some water, snow, lights too.

    As soon as Maverick started and the plane on aircraft carrier revved up and the chair started vibrating, I was excited. Then the chair threw back as the plane accelerated and the wind blew in my face; and I knew it was going to be amazing.

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  3. On 7/3/2023 at 9:07 PM, Bird Bird Bird said:

    Re-watched Top Gun Maverick today. Really really hope this gets another run at IMAX in near future. 

     

    Watched it twice in 4DX. Absolutely amazing experience. Took mom and wife (who doesnt like Hollywood movies at all) and they too loved it. Experience of a lifetime.

    I only wish I had watched Interstellar in an IMAX/4DX for the first time. I watched it on release day in a normal theater and it still remains the best movie going experience of my life (followed closely by Maverick 4DX), and can only imagine how it wouldve felt in 4DX/IMAX.

  4. I can't take it anymore!! This stupid a*s motion blur is insanely retarded. I tried performance mode and while it's better, I still can't handle panning camera. It feels as if my eyes become unfocussed whenever I pan the camera. I will just wait for the motion blur patch for now. Has never happened to me with any game before (playing on a LG G2 OLED).

    Any ETA on the motion blur patch?

  5. 1 hour ago, Heaven Angel said:

     

    I think you should cancel from amazon and get it from GTS, they've started shipping yesterday itself and most have gotten it by now. 

    Pre-orders after the demo/reviews peaked. Locals were taking orders till this morning, now it's OOS. 

     

    I did go to GTS to check but they are sold out :( Others such as M2X etc showing 4-6 days delivery too

     

    I ordered from Amazon due to the 10% discount. Pros and Cons I guess. 

  6. 50 minutes ago, Heaven Angel said:

    Meanwhile Amazon (not mine) 

     

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    Mine is showing delivery between 23rd June-1st July, though it hasnt yet moved to 'preparing to dispatch' stage even. Pre-ordered a month back.

    Hopefully it doesnt come as late as 7th July (or worse).

  7. 9 minutes ago, Vamos said:

    They ship pretty late. 

     

    Afaik, only GTS ships it before launch day, so you get it on the day of launch. 
     

    Rest all ship on day of release. 

     

    Damn amazon and their 10% discounts! Couldnt resist the savings. Well, will have to wait I guess.

  8. 12 hours ago, Vamos said:

    I think they’ve sold out the preorders. 

     

    E2zstore and mx2games are taking preorders but no steelbook. 
     

     

    You reckon Amazon will ship on time?

    They are usually very hit and miss regarding shipping video game pre-orders.

  9. 13 hours ago, KunjanPSD said:

    TCS of 5% is applicable over 7L forex spends in a year. It is valid for any kind of LRS instrument you use. CC is outside LRS.

    It's given in their TnC, you must have missed it.

     

    Anyway this is just TCS i.e. Tax collected at source. You can pay 5k and since it was last year, you can just claim the same in your AY23-24 return, plain and simple.

    This money is not permanently being taken away from you.

     

    And yes, it's been increased to 20% and without 7L threshold. Will probably deduct per txn/day.

    This is apparently to curb tax evasion by ameer log who book foreign tours, conveniently skipping the fact that all forex txns are reported in PAN anyway.

    They have added this on foreign tour packages as well i.e. if the tour merchant settles the amount in forex even if a customer pays in INR.

     

    This is just BS move to reduce forex spending and get interest reserves from tax payers to make up for losses via freebies and incompetence in tax collection.

     

    But I didnt spend anywhere near 7L last year on forex spends. How did I still get the message?

  10. Can someone help me please? I got a message from Niyo global card that I need to pay ~5000Rs as TCS for foreign travel/transactrions I did last year when I traveled to Europe. Saala I got this card because they supposedly dont charge any conversion fee. In order to save 3% I got hit with 5% TCS now. Credit Cards pe nahi lagta yeh TCS for now. Ironically someone here at IVG only suggested this card. Niyo guys should really mention that transactions on their card will incur 5% TCS. 

     

    Anyway, can I get out of paying this bull*hit tax? And read above this will be increased to 20%? Are they out of their minds?

  11. After much confusion between Sony A95K and LG G2, got a 65 inch G2 over the weekend.

     

    Man do I love this TV. I was skeptical that this wouldn't be much of an upgrade over my existing C9, but it sure as hell is. The increased brightness is so much better for HDR. And the better processing, sleek looks (looks so good wall mounted) and picture quality improvements (cant detect any black crush now) are totally worth it. The picture is pristine.

     

    Playing A plague's tale requiem on it now and am just blown away every step of the way.

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  12. Adipurush looks like utter garbage. Both in terms of CG and general thought put behind it. Ravan with crew-cut? Ram fighting random flying things? Lanka looking like lair of some vampire? Saif acting like generic crazy villain number 5007? GTFO.

    This clearly shows money matters little. One should have real passion about the subject, actual talent and ability to learn. Thats why Rajamouli is ace. He wants to make Mahabharat but still only honing his skills for that, even though all the money in the world will be available to him to make it.

     

    And who the hell thought it was good idea to shoot whole of Adipurush on a sound stage and waste money? Should've used real locations- would've looked far far better and money saved could be used to insert CG sparingly and effectively. Bollywood really should stay away from cultural subjects. Their heart is just not into these.

  13. 23 hours ago, STICK3Rboy said:

     

    Hawke and McGregor. What else do you need?

     

    I really am interested in the movie but by God please stop showing the whole movie in the trailers. Most trailers these days just summarize the movie and show beginning to end in the trailer. I feel like I've no need of watching the movie anymore as I know everything that is going to happen.

  14. 1 hour ago, arjun_sasuke said:

    Guys , I was just randomly reading reviews of the Sony A95k QD - OLED tv and I came across this review 

     

    https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/sony-bravia-xr-65-inch-class-a95k-oled-tv

     

    This is the part that kinda surprised me , 

     

    " THE BOTTOM LINE

    The Sony A95K is a powerful OLED TV with very wide colors, strong contrast, and excellent features, though its quantum dot layer prevents it from getting as dark as an OLED should. " 

     

    Is this true ? I was under the impression that this TV is the Be all and End all of Tv's. 

     

    No thats not true. It gets perfectly black during actual video/when its on.

    Its only when there is a direct reflection of ambient light that it looks a little less black.

    Also, people got a little confused because it looks grey when off, rather than complete black like OLEDs. It doesnt matter to me and I think to most also it shouldnt matter. Off hone ke baad kaisa dikhta hai I dont give 2 shits about.

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  15. Heads-up for a mind blowing offer on Samsung TVs. If you are a corporate employee (I suppose most of us are), Samsung is giving amazing discounts. Just to check I looked at price of QN95B and QN90B. Look at the price below (I work at Citibank and all it did was to send an OTP on my official mail ID to confirm, so at least Citi is eligible for this)-

     

    QN95B regular price- 195000, QN95B corporate employee price- 160000, 35k difference

    QN90B regular price- 170000, QN90B corporate employee price- 140000, 30k difference

     

    And regular offers can be applied on top of these, so you can get QN95B in 1.5L after other offers. And a phone worth 24k free. These are great deals.

     

    Also, this corporate employee thing applies to all Samsung electronics. I wish I had known about it a few weeks back when I got a new Samsung phone.

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  16. Started watching The Boys last week and I am hooked. I am only somewhere middle of second season , but it has been great.

    I absolutely love Homelander actor. Amazing psychopathic acting, and then once in a blue moon you find yourself maybe agreeing to something he says and it feels weird. And he is perfect in funny scenes too. The best 'suppressing menacing rage' face ever. 

     

    Karl Urban, of course, is perfect as always. Diabolical!

  17. 13 hours ago, harsh1387 said:

    I always thought Marisa Tomei will be a top star when I watched MCV long back. Pity it didn't worked out that ways for her.  

     

    On 8/14/2022 at 12:12 AM, radicaldude said:

     

     

    aunt may...

     

    On 8/14/2022 at 12:00 AM, North said:

     

     

    That is one of the best movies I've watched. Smart, funny, Joe Pesci.

     

    I watched the movie and then 10 years down the line find out Marisa Tomei got an Oscar.

     

    On 8/13/2022 at 10:29 AM, Bird Bird Bird said:

     

    Man, it's an yearly ritual to watch MCV. Marisa Tomei :wub:

     

    Looks like you guys have got a little Marisa Tomei thing going on.

     

    Spoiler

    It's a Seinfeld reference.

     

     

  18. On 8/8/2022 at 7:17 AM, DinJo said:

    My current tv lg uh8500 has display issues and cost of changing is quoted at 35k including everything.

     

    I have been looking for Samsung QN90A/B specially 50 inch model anyone bought here? Any experience? 

     

    Not going for oled as 48 c1 is not as good as 55 and 55 is over budget 

     

    I've been doing a lot of research for my next TV and have extensively looked at QN90A/B and QN95B too (along with OLEDs such as Sony A95K, Samsung S95B and LG G2). These are definitely very very good TVs at a very competitive price. Even better if you are planning to use these in a bright room (lots of ambient light, from windows etc.). OLEDs are not well suited for that. If I couldnt buy an OLED, then these are the TVs I would buy. In fact, they will beat an OLED in a bright room.

    And as long as a good OLED is not side-by-side in a dark room, these TVs will provide astounding picture quality and will be very pleasing to your eyes. Go for them I would say.

  19. 8 hours ago, Assassins Creed said:

     

    Thats still very steep.. why not the LG 65s 

     

    TBH, I am very confused and havent decided yet. It will depend on price difference and options available. This year everything is a little f'ed up. LG G2 is definitely a contender and cheaper and also available in my preferred 55" size, but doesnt have a stand and I want to keep the TV on a table. So I will have to buy a stand and the official one is very expensive and not in India.

    The Sony A95K is not even available in 55" size. And 65" I can manage but is too expensive.

     

    I will decide during Diwali. If Sony doesnt come up with 55" by then, I might just go with G2 55" and see what I can do about that stand. But if the prices are reasonably close then I will go for A95K 65" as it is indeed better (and might feel more of an upgrade from my current C9) and has a stand and all. Lets see what happens.

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  20. 30 minutes ago, arjun_sasuke said:

    The pricing on their website shows a discounted price of Rs.351490/-. Not that that's a very good price either , lol, but I guess including taxes and all its probably the same as what it would be priced abroad. *Not including the US of course where all electronics are wayyy cheaper than here. 

     

    Yeah saw that price at ShopatSC. Its $4000 MRP in US, so I suppose thats pretty close to direct conversion.

    It should go down a little more or have better offers in Diwali. If only they had a 55" version for around 2.2-2.4L at Diwali, I would've bought it. 

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