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Minnesota Gophers Season Thread - 2016-2017
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Nothing will replace a high end plasma like the Kuro or the Panasonic VT series but it had zero to do with refresh. It has everything to do with black level and color reproduction.
Plasma is the closest thing to CRT we have that can be easily scaled to that size. The problem is no one makes plasma anymore, which makes me insanely sad. I'm glad I got a 65" VT50 while they were still in production. I'll pay to have it repaired if it dies.
If you want to get close, you'll need a full panel backlit LED screen. Not one with just the edge backlit.
don't bother paying extra for 4K.
Oh, and there is a big difference between a $500 tv and a $1,000 tv. But if you can't tell the difference, buy the $500 one.Code:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
Originally posted by SanTropezMay your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.Originally posted by bigblue_dlI don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..Originally posted by KeplerWhen the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View PostNothing will replace a high end plasma like the Kuro or the Panasonic VT series but it had zero to do with refresh. It has everything to do with black level and color reproduction.
Plasma is the closest thing to CRT we have that can be easily scaled to that size. The problem is no one makes plasma anymore, which makes me insanely sad. I'm glad I got a 65" VT50 while they were still in production. I'll pay to have it repaired if it dies.
If you want to get close, you'll need a full panel backlit LED screen. Not one with just the edge backlit.
don't bother paying extra for 4K.
Oh, and there is a big difference between a $500 tv and a $1,000 tv. But if you can't tell the difference, buy the $500 one.
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Could be. The biggest problem is that stores turn their TVs up to ultra brightness instead of having them properly calibrated. People think it looks better in the stores, probably the fluorescents*, they spend a wad, and don't get a great picture. They might be happy with it for a long time. Who knows. LEDs aren't bad TVs, they just won't be as good as plasmas.
* this almost certainly explains why Best Buy and other major stores would put their highest end TVs in a separate section, dimly lit with warm lights, and isolated from the fluorescents. Also it gives an air of superiority, but I'm guessing if you stacked a $3k TV next to a $750 TV in the main floor and cranked the brightness, it would probably be hard to sell a $3k TV.Code:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
Originally posted by SanTropezMay your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.Originally posted by bigblue_dlI don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..Originally posted by KeplerWhen the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
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Congrats to the guys on a decent season. It is frustrating to seemingly have this happen the first weekend of the NCAAs as many times as it does. But we have not been playing stellar hockey - 3-4-1 over the last 8 with some pretty soft teams in that mix. I do wonder if perhaps the team just overachieved in the middle part of the season.Go Gophers!
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Originally posted by state of hockey View PostWe don't have to watch at all.
But, we will. It's what us saps do.
Thanks Seniors for a fun run. Too bad you didn't get a win today. Hopefully everyone else returns.
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Originally posted by Slap Shot View PostWell of course you'd find the cloud in the silver lining. The above is a pretty small sample size and their regional in 2002 wasn't in MN. Also remember the 2001 team was OT away from advancing and didn't thanks to a missed offsides call and a terrible penalty that allowed them to be tied with 3 seconds left. They've also had other close calls outside MN in regionals so it's not as though they've never had chances. Never mind none of the players on this roster were on any of those teams.
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I thought the game would be a good matchup and a goalie duel, and both Schierhorn and Peterson played very well between the pipes. ND blocked a tons of shots (21). But the Gophers had their chances in front, Kloos had a breakaway, Bristedt hit a pipe, and they were only 1/5 on the PP. There were a couple costly turnovers. The disaster line change where 4 Gophers were heading to the bench, and Peterson launches a stretch pass to Oglevie sitting on our blueline for the first ND goal was hard to watch.
The Gophers seemed to lose their composure in the third after ND went up 3-2 and struggled generating the same offensive surge they had in the first. This wasn't the same resilient team we've seen this half that averaged 5 goals/game.
Overall, a good season for the Gophers but it's always disappointing in a one and done to have your season end so quickly. Thanks to the team for some very exciting hockey this season. We'll be back.
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I'm beyond angry we lost, especially after that start. We got worse and worse as the game went on. Frustrating. Had about an hour of very real anger, then got into sadness, then acceptance. Season is done.
Then the "FIRE LUCIA" newbies started showing up (on GPL), and got me riled again. Not that I disagree with them, necessarily, but FU for only showing up after losses.
The gathering I was at handled it in a humorous fashion, and everything was okay again. At peace with the season being over. I shall move on.Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens
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Originally posted by Koho View PostWhy the he!! do we invest so much emotionally? Builds up over a whole season, to end in one game. Seems this team didn't learn from several games this year where they got a lead and started dumping it out more often than trying to attack and extend the lead.
No doubt the season-ending injuries to Novak and Lindgren dealt a big blow to the Gophers' chances. But even with both of them in the lineup and healthy, I wonder if the Gophers would have been consistent enough to win their Regional (two games), much less the NCAA Championship (four games). In the "pick'em" contests I entered I did expect them to beat a good - but not great - Notre Dame team, but I didn't have enough confidence in their consistency for them to get past Mass-Lowell, who I thought was the type of team that would capitalize on the Gophers' all too often defensive lapses.
I was hoping for a Frozen Four appearance, but honestly I wasn't surprised that it was not to be.Last edited by D2D; 03-26-2017, 01:47 AM.Minnesota Golden Gopher Hockey
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Disappointing end. I didn't peg this team for top,whatever but I think they underachieved. Some positives to take one of which we saw the growth of several,players this while the past we'd seen a bit more stagnation. After a slump Schierhorn got back to his old self and will be a bonafide #1 next season. They should not see any major early departures and of course Casey is coming in. They really have to get the D back on track to mirror the Top 6 from the better Gophers teams.
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Originally posted by Brenthoven View PostI'm beyond angry we lost, especially after that start. We got worse and worse as the game went on. Frustrating. Had about an hour of very real anger, then got into sadness, then acceptance. Season is done.
Then the "FIRE LUCIA" newbies started showing up (on GPL), and got me riled again. Not that I disagree with them, necessarily, but FU for only showing up after losses.
The gathering I was at handled it in a humorous fashion, and everything was okay again. At peace with the season being over. I shall move on.Go Gophers!
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