On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 01:21:45PM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: > Seen HDTV, not worth the cost. A good HD set costs more than my laptop, > for little benefit (unless you host several people at once and thus need > a larger screen further from you).
The optimum arrangement in our living room has the TV set around 15' from the principal seating area. A large screen is a definite plus, > HD is mostly a scam to get you to buy new HD-DVD's or Blu-Ray DVD's to > replace your DVD collection, while ensuring you can't record TV > broadcasts for your archive. I've had HDTV since well before HD-DVD or Blu-Ray were available. With a good DVD player, and component output, you get a passable 480p picture. (And I can watch movies in 16:9, rather than being stuck with 4:3). And while there's very little broadcast TV I'd want to archive, I can record HDTV perfectly well (from either satellite or over-the-air) on my HD DVR. > -Adam > Who *may* go HD when he gets an Xbox 360, but only for the games which > actually do benefit from more resolution. Playing "Twilight Princess" on a 57" screen (just the GameCube version, albeit with the wireless controller) beats any small-screen experience. > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > 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
