Oppo Digital update

[pixelthis]

Geez. Do you even understand why China holds so much US debt? They peg their currency to the US dollar and buying and selling debt is the only way they can do that. Cool part about that is, when the US economy sucks, it drags China down with it, so it's in their best interest to sustain an equilibrium of sorts.

The last thing China wants is to be repaid $800 billion worth of US dollars that are relatively worthless compared to when they purchased US dollar bonds...they would much rather be paid back $800 billion worth of US dollars that are the strongest currency on the planet.

The reason CHINA holds so much debt is that is all we can pay them with, since we produce next to nothing anymore.
AND of course China would prefer to be paid with "valuable" US dollars instead of the worthless paper we put out that is backed by NOTHING.
Of course they dont really have a choice in the matter do they?
Going to be interesting when China tries to start reposessing US property to collect
on the debt they are owed by us.
Which is not going to happen of course.
The US is going into repudiation sometime this year, which will end us as an economic power.
Several states have already written and passed articles of succession(like New Hampshire,
Utah, ARIZONA, ETC).
When the US economy collapses a total military dictatorship is all that will be possible.
Think the US "cant" collapse? ASK THE RUSSIANS.
Just because something has been a certain way doesnt mean it will ALWAYS be that way.
I remember when candy bars were a nickle, and a drink in a machine was 7 cents,
and I am not that old.
This is not the same country that surrived the great depression, we are not made of the same stuff as our grandfathers.
And this wont be the "great depression", it will be the greater depression
Of course you dont beleive me, and thats fine.
Because you WILL.

[pixelthis]

CDP? As in CD player?

CD is dead. DEAD!

DEAD DEAD DEAD!

CALM down and take a blue pill.
Of course CD is dead, kinda like a serious DVD player that doesnt do Blu ray,
basically the buggy whip of modern electronics.
I do hope you enjoy your player, but I guarentee ya, when looking at the BLU
version there is gonna be a sinking feeling in that considerable gut of yours.
In other words, your hippo(excuuuuse me, oppo) is going to start looking like this
pretty soon

[kexodusc]

The reason CHINA holds so much debt is that is all we can pay them with, since we produce next to nothing anymore.
AND of course China would prefer to be paid with "valuable" US dollars instead of the worthless paper we put out that is backed by NOTHING.
Of course they dont really have a choice in the matter do they?

They hold US debt in order to buy/sell it fast enough to control their currencies value, pegged to the US dollar. If they sold a ton of it, it would make their yuan worthless, if they horde too much they lose their competitive advantage. It's an actively managed position.

Going to be interesting when China tries to start reposessing US property to collect
on the debt they are owed by us.

Good luck with that, there's no property backing the debt, just a good ol' fashioned IOU, backed by the good people of the USA.

The US is going into repudiation sometime this year, which will end us as an economic power.
Several states have already written and passed articles of succession(like New Hampshire,
Utah, ARIZONA, ETC).
When the US economy collapses a total military dictatorship is all that will be possible.
Think the US "cant" collapse? ASK THE RUSSIANS.
Just because something has been a certain way doesnt mean it will ALWAYS be that way.
I remember when candy bars were a nickle, and a drink in a machine was 7 cents,
and I am not that old.
This is not the same country that surrived the great depression, we are not made of the same stuff as our grandfathers.
And this wont be the "great depression", it will be the greater depression
Of course you dont beleive me, and thats fine.
Because you WILL.

Well then, allow me to be the first to welcome our Chinese overlords with a great big 你好

[Rich-n-Texas]

I think kex just said a curse word.

[Luvin Da Blues]

I'm curious how much better the 980 sounds compared to the 981?

[Rich-n-Texas]

LDB, how do you manage your player's volume control? Do you leave it all the way up? I didn't even realize you could control the volume until I started playing a CD and the music was barely audible. I pressed the volume control on my universal remote, the volume got louder but the receiver's indicator didn't move. I said WTF?

[Luvin Da Blues]

LDB, how do you manage your player's volume control? Do you leave it all the way up? I didn't even realize you could control the volume until I started playing a CD and the music was barely audible. I pressed the volume control on my universal remote, the volume got louder but the receiver's indicator didn't move. I said WTF?

I just use the players volume control to level match it to my other sources.

[nightflier]

P.S. China's ownership of the US is a fraction of England's, to be specific, it's smaller than most Western European countries. Actually the Netherland's "ownership" (16M cheeseheads, less that Greater LA), is the second largest.

Pix, if I were you, I'd be a lot more afraid of having to eat stinky French cheese than having to wear a Mao cap.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Pix is going to become the next Uni-bomber so don't worry about him, worry about that strange package in your mailbox.

[pixelthis]

P.S. China's ownership of the US is a fraction of England's, to be specific, it's smaller than most Western European countries. Actually the Netherland's "ownership" (16M cheeseheads, less that Greater LA), is the second largest.

Pix, if I were you, I'd be a lot more afraid of having to eat stinky French cheese than having to wear a Mao cap.

They own trillions of dollars of our debt, trust me, they OWN us.
Of course , being the experts at being deadbeats we failed to explain that Roosevelt
signed over ALL US property (INCLUDING ALL BIRTH CERTIFICATES) to the
federal reserve in the thirties(its in the congressional record).
So the chinese would be in line behind the Europeans , in other words the Chinese
own the second mortage.
Serves em right, I coulda told them that bond sellers tend to be a bunch of skunks

[pixelthis]

Pix is going to become the next Uni-bomber so don't worry about him, worry about that strange package in your mailbox.

I GOT A "PACKAGE" FOR YOU...

[pixelthis]

I just use the players volume control to level match it to my other sources.

Its got a VOLLUME control on a line level out?????

JEEZE

[pixelthis]

OKAY, I am getting a lot of "heat", doesnt help that the tame media isnt reporting
whats really going on.
THIS is my last off topic post...as a form of defense.
This is NOT a wild eyed looney, but a high ranking congressman talking about the first
bailout and the reason for it.
SEEMS that there was an electronic "run" on the banks, with some 550 billion being pulled out in a matter of hours.
If not stopped this would have led to a FIVE TRILLION "run" that would have ended the economy as we know it.
This congressman says we ARE NO BETTER OFF than that day, and that nobody is quite sure if it will happen tommorrow or if it will never happen again.
A lot of scary stuff, even more so coming from a congressman.
ALSO REMEMBER that since the "crash" late last year 40 TRILLION in wealth has disapeared from the economy, gone!
LISTEN TO THIS CLIP BEFORE YOU DECIDE JUST HOW "LOONEY"
I AM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMu1mFao3w

[Rich-n-Texas]

Its got a VOLLUME control on a line level out?????

JEEZE

What's your point dumbass?

[pixelthis]

What's your point dumbass?

ITS JUST not nessesary is all, I have never seen a vollume control on a line out.
YOU KNOW, you seem a bit pissed Rich.
So heres a "peace" offering(see pic below)
I figure someone buying a DVD player for the price of a BLU player will LOVE IT.

[pixelthis]

AND iffen you dont like that heres a hot off the presses copy of the latest
release of Sir Talky's autobiography, fresh out on BLU
(oh wait, you dont have BLU...)

[Rich-n-Texas]

Well this one has a volume control okay dumbass?
And yes I do have "BLU" dumbass.

[pixelthis]

Well this one has a volume control okay dumbass?
And yes I do have "BLU" dumbass.

WELL THEN, send your oppo back and get one of these, "dumbass"
You can thank me later.

http://www.wildwestelectronics.net/c...version-2.html

[nightflier]

I got a good chuckle out of the DVD rewinder. If that's a real product, I'd like to know who the F*** was the venture capital firm behind that piece of genius.

[Rich-n-Texas]

Ask dumbass where he got it. Employee discount from Wal-mart I'm sure.

[pixelthis]

I got a good chuckle out of the DVD rewinder. If that's a real product, I'd like to know who the F*** was the venture capital firm behind that piece of genius.

A place that says they get theirs from Texas Instruments
DESPERATE TO GET INTO SOMETHING AFTER the way DLP is crashing and/or burning