Frankly, 90% of what's on TV today is crap. The other 10% is merely bad. -Adam
J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Who says the programs are shit? There is TONS > of great HD programs now like MOVIES, All primetime TV shows, > and SPORTS. I am a big movie buff and when I > see my favorite films in HD for the first time > it's mindblowingly way more enjoyable compared to what I have been > seeing over the last 40 years. I get HBO-HD, > SHOWTIME-HD,HDNET Movies, and CINENAX-HD, and between all those > and my HD-DVR to capture them and play at my > leisure, I have more great movies to watch > than I have time to watch them and I watch > A LOT. SWITCH to HDTV immediately, it's not just a TV, > its true home theater. Trust me you will not regret it, > the only regret you will have is why you didnt > switch earlier? WHY WHY WHY would you still want > to watch crappy crappy old ntsc TV in 2006? It makes no sense > especially when you consider how many thousands and thousands > of hours of use you get out of a set for so little cost. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bob W > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:53 PM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: It's snowing in hell --OT > > > 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
