>Goomba38 writes:
>
>I just saw it at Best Buy this week. Great
>picture, lame idea. But I feel that way about
>those huge, huge televisions on the market
>nowadays too. Entire rooms situated around the
>television. Sad.

That's like saying it's sad to devote an entire garage space to a Maserati.

Not sad... perhaps plain old ignorance.

Hopefully the size of the room is correctly proportioned for the size of the
TV, kinda dumb to place so large a TV into a room so small that one can't sit
back far enough to appreciate the picture quality... like someone who will
never drive faster than 40mph buying a Maserati. Last year I broke down and
bought a 42" Sony wide screen hi def for my 22' x 18' bedroom... lovely -
$3,000 very well spent... but I'd not suggest that size/type TV for a room very
much smaller. I can never go back to my old style 23", the tremendous
difference is instantly perceptible... would be like discarding CDs and going
back to 78rpm Victrolas. The TV manufacturers publish charts that indicate
viewing distances for various sizes and types of TVs... for instance, the huge
(60"+) rear projection TVs require very long viewing distances, whereas the
vast majority of homes will not have rooms large enough to accomodate such
behemouths. I already purchased a matching VCR-DVD combo, my next step is to
purchase a proper surround sound system. I didn't go to movies much before but
now with my new TV I will probably never again go to a movie theater... today's
movie theaters are crap anyway, literally a smallish c-ment alley way, with
teensy hard seats and surrounded by a bunch of noisey smelly unbathed
inconsiderate A-holes and rug rats... maybe yoose enjoy being crammed in like
sardines with the dregs of the earth but I much prefer enjoying movies from the
comfort and peaceful sanctuary of my own home, where I can hit pause and take
an intermission anytime I want. It's easy to rationalize that one doesn't
need or shouldn't have something, but without conducting proper research that
is merely sour grapes and/or ignorance talking... with your kind of rationale
you shouldn't be using a PC, simply holler out the kitchen window across the
alley to chat with your neighbor... "Hey, Anna, how yoose cooka da calamari, do
yoose likea da testicles too?" hehehe


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