I got a new television: a 23″ HD flat-screen (via LCD technology, not plasma).
This was originally just one point among several in this post, but the purchase of a new television has garnered more interest than anything else in my life so I thought I would separate it out into its own post. A little tiny kingdom in my blog, just to commemorate that I’ve bought a television. People are fascinated by televisions, especially when you start throwing around terms like “flat screen” and “high-def.” I feel like I had a baby, everyone around me is so happy.
Let me spell this out: I don’t know anything about television. I bought my last TV in 1996 and it was beat-up then. Still, I only got rid of it because it started emitting a high-pitched squeal after being on for five minutes. I could smack the sides of it to make the squal go away for a few minutes. It was like watching a television with a snooze alarm. So I know this new set is better if only because it doesn’t hurt my ears.
It’s a flat-screen, which is cool. But that’s mostly cool because it takes up less room on my TV stand, which means I can pile more books there before I get around to re-filing them onto my shelves. It’s high-definition, theoretically, but since I don’t have cable or a new DVD player — I’m not going to SEE any high-definition. Unless my old VHS copy of Hooisers has a high-def option I’m not aware of.
I bought this television for one reason: because Terry Jinn told me to. He knows electronics and televisions in particular. He could have pointed me to a pile of clay and I would have bought it sight unseen. He pointed me to Samsung, so here we are!
Come on over sometime and watch my new tv.
On my iTunes now:
Child Star by The Unicorns from "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?"
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Oct 10th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
You should christen it with something awesome to you like a Woody Allen movie.
I’m planning to pop-in “Yi Yi” first when I get my next TV.
Oct 10th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
Excellent choice.
Though you now join the ranks of “people I’m jealous of because they have an HD tv”.
Oct 10th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
I steered you toward Samsung because it fit your budget. I could have steered you into “bankruptcy”, which has great picture quality and stunning sound.
By the way, I am going to calibrate the shit out of that new TV!
-Terry
Oct 10th, 2006 at 10:50 pm
Terry Jinn is always right.
And he calibrates the shit out of a new TV.
Oct 11th, 2006 at 9:02 am
I’m more surprised you don’t have a DVD player… when you have a wall full of DVDs
Oct 11th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
He has an old DVD player. He doesn’t have a -new- DVD player (as in upconverting to 720p or 1080i over HDMI). However, such a DVD player won’t do true HiDef. It just scales up regular (standard definition) DVDs. You’ll need an HD DVD player (or Blu-Ray player) for true HD.
Will might be enjoying a new DVD player soon.
-Terry