I wasnt responding to you. I am entitled to my opinion and to post it. I am not telling anyone to "shut the fuck up" who disagrees with me, so why are you? I didnt post this out of the blue, it was in reponse to someone else who mischaracterized my earlier posts on the topic.
Secondly, I dont tell anyone to buy cameras, high end stereo gear, etc and many other things I enjoy either, because most people dont take a whole lot of photos, or spend a lot of time listening to music like I do, BUT MOST PEOPLE DO watch a lot of TV/video at home. If those people are going to spend thousands and thousands of hours of their lives watching home video/TV/Home theater (what ever you want to call it), then I am going to recommend what I feel is the far better way to do it if its cheap to buy and thing to do is to upgrade to HDTV immediately IMHO. Sorry if you dont agree but to tell me to "shut the fuck up" for just posting an opinion contrary to yours in reponse to someone else's comments is really ridiculous. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:23 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: Please everyone set up an email filter SHUT THE FUCK UP. People have different priorities, different budgets, and different needs. There is no "should" here. I watch a 20+ year old 20" TV. I don't care, even though I watch a lot of movies. I agree HDTV is "better." Many of my friends have HDTV and home theaters and LCD and plasma sets, and it's cool to watch a movie at their house. But I am not going to spent thousands of dollars for an HDTV, and $80.00 a month for cable or satellite. It's just not that important to me. Can you understand that. Some people don't care that much about what's on TV or getting the best image quality from the sets they have. There are other things in their lives that take precedence. For example, I have more and better cameras and lenses than my friends, yet I don't criticize their camera choices. Are they foolish for not using a high-quality DSLR or for not using Pentax, or Photoshop, or printing their snaps on a high-end Epson. By your standards, they are, after all, the results would be so much better, and the cost isn't that great. I guess my friends must be jerks for not seeing this. Why waste time arguing about this shit. You've contributed to generating so many bullshit messages on this list that I could not even unsubscribe from the list and comfortably read the archives. So please, PLEASE, accept that not everyone believes the way you do, or cares about the same things. Get outta the house, turn off the TV and get away from the computer, take a walk, go for a ride in the country, visit a friend ... but please, please, please, go away for a while. Back to lurking for me ... sorry gang, even reading the archives is a PITA these days. I just had to say something, to vent a little. By for a while. Shel > [Original Message] > From: J. C. O'Connell > I was arguing HDTV from many standpoints: > * Its picture quality is WAY WAY better than analog ever was and now > cheaper than the crappy old analog tvs from even 10 years ago. > * The original poster I was replying too said it > was just a big "cash grab" scam and that the picure > quality wasnt really any better or worth it, in fact he even > claimed that DVD was as good or better that blu-ray and HD-DVD. > > *I never said everyone should buy it , but I still > believe though anyone who watches video should be watching HD by now. > If you dont watch video fine, but if you do, what good reason is there > to watch it on an old crappy set when you can now get these much much > better ones and for very affordable prices to the AVERAGE > person. Sure there are some people who might > not afford one, but there are always some people > who cant afford anything. Most people now spend > more than $600 a year and up on cable or sat but these > same people cant afford a really good HD set > that costs way less per year even assuming a > short 5 yr product life? I simply dont agree. > HDTV set purchase is an outstanding home > entertainment value at todays prices and thats > why I still stand by my "bargain" and "no brainer purchase" > description of it. > > Lastly, dont proceed to criticize me for reposting > this stuff and clarifying my postion, because I didn't bring it up > again, you did. Good Day, -- 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
