Wednesday, March 30, 2011

3D TV's

Hello readers, Bucky here! As you guys are all aware of, television has truly evolved throughout the past few years. When our parents were kids color was brought to TV and from then many amazing things have changed just to let us have a better viewing experience. A little less than 8 years ago TV's were starting to become something that were big and bulky and couldn't be moved around a lot. Plasma TV's started to become popular and not only was the quality terrific but also the thickness of the TV was nearly only inches thick. Ever science then the battle to create the best, thinnest TV has been going on for years until a new kind of technology was brought out. 3D movies have been out for a while but never for personal usage and therefore they're are many pro's and cons but overall I am against them . First of all who likes to wear glass when they watch TV? I get headaches with out them and for me wearing glasses while watching something really gives me a headache. Also the biggest thing is the price. While normal LED, or plasma TV's can cost up to 1500 dollars, a good quality 3D TVs can easily cost up to double the amount of money. For something that I don’t even do that often, I don’t really think that watching  TV really deserves 3000 Dollars of my money. Even if you get past the tremendous price of these TV's you still have to realize that almost all TV programs are not in 3D and therefore your going to have to buy 3D movies which aren't abundant. I really think that a high end non- 3D TV is worth much more than a 3D and that personal 3D technology is just a fad like CD's. 

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Blackopz

Hey readers, Bucky here! Today I have a amazingly popular topic to talk about, Call of Duty Black ops. Blackops is the latest edition of the Call of Duty series. Call of Duty is a first person shooter which basically means you shoot people in a video game. Something to take note, is that you cannot judge this game without playing it. Before I had played the "Call of Duty" series I thought that it was kind of stupid and a nerdy thing to do but once you play, your hooked. There are basically three different modes that this game has to offer, Campaign, Multiplayer and Zombies. The Campaign is a story based game mode where you become a player that travels around the world while working in undercover operations. Something that the Call of Duty series is known for is combing historical events into they're games so you can kind of experience what happened. In Blackops, Fidel Castro is brought into the game and you can get an idea of what he did to start his revolution. The next option of how you can play this game is Multiplayer. Multiplayer takes this game to a whole new level and this is achieved by allowing anybody who has the game to be able to play with each other just over an internet connection. This is very fun and lets people interact over the game online by talking through a microphone and makes the game seem very real. The last option of how to play this game is called Zombies. Zombies is a game mode that allows you to take on waves of the undead. You can play this game either by yourself or with a few friends but the basic idea is to survive as many rounds as possible. Every round more and more zombies come into the map and you have to fend them off. Overall this game is very fun and it is definitely something that will keep you occupied. The thing to remember is not to judge this game before you play it! 

Audiophile time

Hello readers  Bucky here! I'm going to be talking about a great interest of mine, Technology. Specifically I'm going to be talking about headphones. For a while I have been really interested in headphones and speakers and also listening to great quality music. This interest sparked one day when I was listening to my IPod a while back with the stock white apple ear buds. I was with my family and we had been out shopping for most of the day and we decided to go to BestBuy or some electronics department like that. I saw a bunch of headphones and decided to try them all out. I was completely astounded when I even heard the cheapest pair. They were nothing like the stock white ones I used. The music was completely put into a different level and I could hear thing in the songs that I never even knew were there. After that I invested some money into a pair of Bose ear buds that were outstanding. Soon after I purchased a pair of Logitech Z2300's which are computer speakers. I was super happy with this purchase because this 2:1 speaker system was just amazing. I spent many hours listening to music while doing my hw after that. Very recently for Christmas I got a pair of Beat Studios made by Monster. These headphones are simply crazy and have changed the way I listen to music. Not only do these headphones look amazing but they also sound extraordinary. Since I've gotten them I have had to listen to all of my songs again just to here the hidden details that the songs have. One of the coolest thing though is that the audio is so crisp and clear that you can actually hear the breath of the artists singing. This might be kind of creepy but it defiantly allows you to experience all of the music. I take my music very seriously and something that I cannot stand is to listen to music with a cheap pair of headphones for very long.     

Tha beach!

Hello readers, Bucky here and today I'm going to be talking about a very hot topic, the beach. Ever since I can remember I have always gone to the beach quite frequently. I have always loved the beach but there are definitely some things that I'm not to crazy about. To start with the positives, the beach is just an awesome place because there is an unlimited supply of sand. Almost every time I travel to the beach I have to make a huge fort with the sand and it can be especially big because of the unlimited supply of sand. Another really good thing about the beach is when you come out of the water and take a drink of anything  cold. It is probably the most refreshing thing ever. There are two types of beaches that I go to. Calm beaches were the water is like glass and you can see down super deep. The other kind is the wavy type where there are huge swells that knock me to my feet every time they come in.  I actually like beaches with a lot of waves more than calm beaches but an exception is that I can take photos of all the underwater life when its calm. The beaches with a lot of waves are a lot more fun because I love to just let the waves knock me over and boogie board. I haven't tried surfing but I bet I would really enjoy it. It may be ironic but something that I also hate about the beach is the sand. One of the worst feelings ever, is when your wet and sandy and you have to just sit (or walk) without rinsing off. I actually cannot be more uncomfortable when I have to do this. Something else that I'm not a big fan of is extreme humidity at the beach but that’s minor because you cant have everything you want! I cant wait to go to the beach again and play in the waves.