Happy 3rd birthday Engadget HD!

Yes we can't believe it either, but as of today we're officially done with the terrible twos. Although we haven't always made it easy on our parents, we have tried to make them proud since our first post 36 months ago by bringing all of you the best HD news coverage we can. In that time we've written over 11,672 posts and recorded 125 Podcasts, which is pretty crazy. We have to say that we've had so much fun hitting the HD news you love, we can't even believe its been that many. We also look forward to many more years of HD goodness, but of course none of this would be possible without all of you Engdaget HD readers. So go ahead and give yourselves a pat on the back -- and then get back to reading.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 3:46PM]

Congrats guys. Keep up the good work and here's to 3 more years of HD goodness

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 3:47PM]

"brining"

Does no one proof-read the posts before they go online? There are always a million spelling or grammar errors and frankly I'm blown away that this many always get through. How about a second read through or have someone else do a quick proof-read of your work before posting? OK? OK!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 4:21PM]

But they're only two years old!! How many two year olds do you know that can spell correctly?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 4:25PM]

Good point!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 1:34PM]

That you, tony. I'm glad I'm not the only one trying to make these guys step up their game. So far they've ignored every single comment I or anyone else has ever written about the grammar mistakes that happen far too often. Everyone makes mistakes, but the rate of how often it occurs on this site is just horrendous. What's worse is that they never get corrected.

This just isn't the type of website where shaving a minute or two off of the time it takes to go live means anything, so there's just no excuse for the laziness. Even if that were the case, why don't they just fix it afterward (especially since one of us usually points it out).

I admit I don't know what tool is used when writing a blog, so I don't know if errors are easy to spot (like how they're underlined in Firefox). If spelling and grammar checking is not built-in to whatever is being used, though, I always suggest doing a simple copy/paste to check it in MS Word.

If - for some reason - that is too much work, then at the very least they should be reading it back to themselves before hitting that submit button.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 4:25PM]

Tony save that for some review of newest HD DVD player, this is a time to let the guys enjoy this milestone.

Congrats guys!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 4:33PM]

I guess maybe that was bit of a 'party pooper' move on my part. My bad.

OK, Engadget. I'm a big fan and congratulations are in order. Good job making it three years! At the end of the day I guess I would rather have you as a cousin, even if you are a semi-retarded cousin, than not have you at all. :-)

Gasz, is that better?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 4:50PM]

Dude, why the douchebaggery? Seriously, now you just look starved for comment section attention.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 5:02PM]

Douchebaggery? That is rich coming from a guy who's handle is "DEEZNUTZ".

And for your information, people bag on Engadget all the time for their opinions. I am not doing anything like that. I am merely pointing out that they need to up their professionalism and edit their postings if they expect to be taken seriously and make it another three years. And my comment about being a "retarded cousin" was supposed to be a humorous way to get that message across. Lighten up and take a fucking chill pill already Mr. NUTZ.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 5:06PM]

I think the guys will know what you really mean.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 5:19PM]

"...was supposed to be a humorous ..."

There's the key douche... you're trying too hard, so just quit it.

BTW, glad you like my name!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 6:06PM]

Wow, did you come up that super witty reply on your own? You sure are cool.

Now piss off and find something better to do with your time, like maybe your usual: sniffing glue or tampons.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2009 1:42PM]

Sorry, DEEZNUTZ (nice name, btw), but you're the one who's trying too hard. And for what? So you can defend laziness? I like this site too, but I'd like it even more if they proofread their blogs so they looked professional.

Just as bad as that is the fact that they don't engage their readers whatsoever. I could be wrong, but it appears as if they submit a story, walk away, and never come back to read any comments. Almost every other blog I read has comments from the author mixed in with those from the readers. Of course, that would explain why the grammatical errors never get fixed... the authors don't know because they don't even bother to read when we point them out.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 5:01PM]

Congrats eHD! Been following since near the beginning and it's been a great read.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 5:57PM]

Is it wrong that I still type in HDBeat.com when I want to visit Engadget HD.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 6:06PM]

And wasn't hdbeat.com around in 2005? Do people get to reset their age when changing names, too?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 6:31PM]

We like to think it was more than just a name change, but yeah HD Beat was started in the Summer of 2005.
http://www.engadgethd.com/page/1008/

Richard joined in Sept of 05.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2005/09/15/the-hd-gaming-era-has-a-launch/
http://www.engadgethd.com/bloggers/richard-lawler/page/251/

I joined in January of 06.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/01/27/directv-hdtv-losing-its-edge-rate-hike/
http://www.engadgethd.com/bloggers/ben-drawbaugh/page/94/

And Steve joined in Aug of 07.
http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/19/the-itc-one-a-high-end-htib/
http://www.engadgethd.com/bloggers/steven-kim/page/64/

And in the meantime we had Kevin Tofel, Matt Burns and Darren Murph as dedicated EHD writers. With many other throwing in a post or two.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 8:29PM]

I still type hdbeat :)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2009 12:00AM]

Love the site guys! Great work!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 9:56PM]

Happy Birthday EngadgetHD :)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2009 10:23PM]

Happy Birthday guys!
Yes, the Mexigun still trolls around here,
and now that I finally got a iPhone 3Gs,
I always listen to the podcasts on the way to work!

Peace,
Mexigun

[shamon Posted Sep 22nd 2009 10:58PM]

Happy birthday i love this site and here to many more .

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2009 5:34AM]

Happy Birthday guys....well done on being at the cutting edge of HD news for the past 3 years...long live EngadgetHD!

[James5mith Posted Sep 23rd 2009 5:00PM]

Happy birthday HD. Keep up the good work.

[PeterFnet Posted Sep 24th 2009 8:15AM]

Congrats! EngadgetHD is always my first stop in the Engadget family!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 12:01PM]

Kudos...I have to admit but EngadgetHD has become must reading for me on a daily basis. A new vice!