"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> sf wrote:
>> We just installed a new 50 inch plasma tv. It's gigantic! Good thing
>> hubby didn't get the 58 incher he was coveting... it would have
>> overwhelmed the room!
>
> My brother has a 50" flat screen high def TV. I have no idea why anyone
> needs a TV this large (perhaps because I don't watch much TV). He kept
> saying, "See? High definition! What a difference!" and I'm thinking no, I
> really don't see any difference. It's just a big television. Of course he
> also had to have a 20 inch monitor for his computer. Maybe that lasic
> surgery (at $2000 per eyeball) didn't take so well after all...
>
> Jill
>

If he got a 1080, you should see the difference right away, but if not, it can be
hard to tell depending on the input.

With a living room like ours, a small tv would look ludicrous and be impossible to
see ;-)

kimberly