Television is a real friend, to people with no real friends. John
On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:28:58 -0000, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally, 5 hours a day in front of the boob tube is way too much. I > think the 2-3 hours average I spend in front of the box is too much. > > I'd be embarrassed to own up to that. > > Dave > > > At 11:12 AM 18/12/2006, J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> SOME REAL NUMBERS - >> >> I recently installed some run hour meters >> on my new tube audio gear for maintenance >> reasons so I know when to test the tubes >> and when to recalibrate the gear. I had a few >> extra hour meters left over and decided to >> put one on my main HDTV for kicks. I installed it >> on 11/29/06. Its already at 100+ hours >> and today only makes 19 days. Thats >> about 5 hrs a day on average, over 1800 >> hrs a year at that rate. I know it sounds >> like a lot, even more than I even expected, but >> the meter is accurate and its been an average >> viewing month so far for me I would estimate. >> >> I think it proves my point about how much >> use you can get out of these products. Its >> not like something you use once in a while, >> it's a day in, day out, lots and lots of hours >> thingy. Thats the reason why I called these >> home entertainment bargains. Not only are they way better than >> ever, you can get a hell of a whole lot of enjoyment >> out of that purchase. That's for sure. That quality >> and that quantity of Pleasure is a GOOD thing and its certainly >> been worth the very reasonable cost to get it for me. >> >> jco > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
