The technology can be as whizz-bang as you like, but if the programmes are shit, what's the point?
-- Bob (the only thing I watch is Strictly Come Dancing) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell > Sent: 17 December 2006 17:53 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: It's snowing in hell --OT > > My God, this is the HDTV era for 8 years > already! Get yourself > a good HDTV and get free DVDS ( they look > way better on a progressive scan HDTV > than any analog 4x3 set can ) from the > library. You dont know what you're missing, > especailly if you can appreciate good > imaging/cinematography and being a photographer already kinda > proves that. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > graywolf > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:16 PM > To: PDML > Subject: It's snowing in hell --OT > > > Graywolf got a new pet, a television. There it was sitting in > the thrift > > store looking all sad and abandoned, so he paid $15 + tax to > spring it. > It sulked at first shutting itself off after less than an hour, and > graywolf thought he was going to have to turn it out on the > streets. But > > a thorough cleaning, wasn't filthy but 25 years of dust on > its circuit > boards mostly came off and a night to get used to its new > home, and it > seems to be working nicely. > > Like any new pet graywolf is going to have to buy it some things, a > remote, and a longer cable as the one he has is not long enough to > tether it to the splitter and he has to change back and forth > between it > > and the modem in the mean time. And later a VCR so graywolf can watch > movies from the local public library. Maybe an upgrade in > cable service. > > This could be a very expensive pet. > > OH? The breed? Magnavox 27in stereo console. By its tag it was born > early in 1983 and cost $539.97 ($849.95 list). Does that make it an > antique, or just an old TV? > > One would think the thing would take up a lot of space, but actually > instead of taking up space it provides a table to place > things like the > DVD player and the Epson printer on. > > Anyway as the subject line implies graywolf buying a TV is a > very rare > occurrence, it has only happened twice in 63 years. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
