For me a television is mainly a way to view films at home. The only
programming I watch on anywhere near a regular basis is sporting
events. But home theater has long been a pleasant way to bring at least
some of my large family together. And since we generally avoid
commercial theaters, the cost is amortized over the years. So the
television is important . I've had a 60-inch Mitsubishi rear projection
unit for about a dozen years. It served very well and produced a good
picture even in daylight. But it's become somewhat shaky in old age
with an unstable picture and vertical rotation on warmup. So I'm going
to replace it with a 50-inch HD plasma. The plasma picture seems far
superior to LCD in the large sizes, and it's much better than the
projection boxes. I invested quite a bit in surround sound about five
years ago, so I need to maintain the picture end of the equation as
well. Since this is a fairly important lifestyle thing, I don't mind
spending the extra money. It will be used extensively for another dozen
years -- I hope. Costco has been selling the Pioneer 50" for about
$4000 US. When they have it in stock again, I think I'll bite. I
haven't seen anything better in that size.
Paul
On Oct 14, 2005, at 12:51 AM, David Mann wrote:
On Oct 14, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
CRTs are too costly to ship and produce and new technologies always
demand a
premium especially when there are marketable benefits and cool
technology
labels. It's becoming very difficult to buy any kind of CRT
TV/monitor in
Australia.
It's not very difficult here, but I've noticed that CRTs are suddenly
in the minority in the shops. It's basically the same as what
happened with computers... nowadays the perception is that you only
buy CRT if you're budget-conscious.
The quality of programming in this country makes it difficult to
justify owning a TV at all. I don't consider that to be a bad thing
because it means I can use the time more constructively.
- Dave (will there be another season of The Robinsons?)
