TV is no friend, if you need to buy a friend, get a dog.
John Forbes wrote:
> Television is a real friend, to people with no real friends.
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> John
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> On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:28:58 -0000, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> I'd be embarrassed to own up to that.
>>
>> Dave
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>> At 11:12 AM 18/12/2006, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
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>>> SOME REAL NUMBERS -
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>>> 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
>>>
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