A week ago I finally convinced my wife to buy a new flat screen LCD television. Reluctantly she agreed. I got the 52″ Sony that Costco sells to it’s faithful masses.
I was just as pleased with the thing as my wife was disturbed. I had to run to Walgreens that night to get some Pepto-Bismal (not really, but you get my point.)
Just plug it in and turn it on and wallah! It scanned both my cable and the airwaves and found several digital channels. High def television is so much better that standard def, and moving up from the 25″ 480×720 to the 52″ 180×1920 was just breathtaking. Newscasters look like people and not Gaussian blurred dollfies, and the exploded shrapnel from toaster ships scattered in delicious HD as lasers from Starbuck’s Viper arc with gentle energy gradients to Cylon targets.
One problem is that the demons in “Reaper” look more like rubber suits and CGI than on the 25″ whimpy set. Regardless, I still recommend the upgrade to anyone on the fence.
Now, the lengthy smooth transition to hi-def peripherals. Upgrade to HD cable, Blu-Raydisk player and a HD time shifter. -Bleh- These people really know how to make you pay for the experience.
I hear that the PS3 plays Blu-ray disks and costs the same as a Blue-ray player. I wonder if my wife will go for it?