I tend to watch movies on a 50' screen with full DTS. No home theater can compare. Rewatching is typically on a laptop while in transit somewhere or (on rare occasions) on the TV.
You may not go back, but I've yet to see the benefits of replacing my (decent) 27" CRT with a far more expensive HD set that i'll barely watch. Ain't worth the money. And small widescreens suck at TV distances. a 27" 4:3 CRT is more watchable at a 10' distance than a 32" 16:9, due to the lack of vertical size on the latter (it's wider, but distinctly shorter). I'd need to buy at elast a 36" and likely a 42" to get a similar vertical size on the TV. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > What do you mean by "TV"? If you mean only the Network > primetime TV shows, you're probably right, I wouldnt > really know as I have little interest in any TV shows > except I do watch a lot of Leno and Conan and SNL. > But movies are at another whole level artistically and culturally > and HD is worth the very low cost just for movies, let alone sports > or TV shows you might watch. There is no point in sticking > with a crappy analog TV for any reason IMHO because > considering the low cost and long life of a HD set, they > are a no brainer STEAL and I would never ever go back > to watching crappy analog NTSC no matter what... > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:33 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: It's snowing in hell --OT > > > 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 >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
