I have tried to fix broken flatscreens before TCON boards, ribbon cables etc. I am zero for 2 and the money I wasted could have gone towards a new one anyway. But if it's just 8 bucks and you're bored/adventurous/cheap then go nuts!
Same. We wanted to see it but didn't care about the f*ckbucket and I don't like sitting in theaters for 3-4 hours. I pre-ordered it using up some CC points.
I bought one off Kyle during his hardware review blowout sale 5 or whatever years ago. I just sold it this year and got a 4070. Made me sad to sell it but at least it found a loving new home and isn't just sitting in my closet collecting dust.
There is some truth to this, I bought 3 of them. I only bought one new though, the "fixed" Jasper version. If we're counting the 2 RROD replacements I got, I had 5 of them total. # of PS3 slims owned? ONE.