The psychology of the big screen TeeVee
That’s what insty calls it. Here it is. Simpler version: Ooh, pretty.
We just bought a plasma on Sunday. Should be here Wednesday. I was sort of disappointed as the the mantle above the fireplace (which I had a media slot put in) was about 1.5 inches too short for the 50 incher. We got the 42 incher.
Here’s my bizarro psychology: Back in 2000 when me and the Mrs. decided to live in sin, our first major purchase together was a big screen TeeVee. Not just a big screen, the biggest screen. We bought a 60 inch projection set (a month later, the 72 inch came out and I was pissed). This was when HD was not as popular and we saw no point in that kind of bling for 4 HD channels. We still have that TeeVee in our rec room. It’s a great TeeVee, with a good picture. Honestly, me and the Mrs. really like that TeeVee a whole lot. But a part of me kinda wishes Junior would throw a hammer through it or something so I can get a plasma for the rec room.
November 13th, 2006 at 10:09 am
If you want it dead, just block the vents… it’ll die within the week.
November 13th, 2006 at 10:22 am
I don’t want it dead. I said some part of me does. It’s a damn fine teevee.
November 13th, 2006 at 10:34 am
We bought a 51″ projection when we moved into our house back in ’99. It’s still going strong despite two kids trying desperately to kill it…
Except, of course, that when it dies, we’re replacing it with the 32″ Sony in our bedroom. And when that dies, the 25″ Daewoo in the office.
Eventually, we will run out of TVs. And that will suit me just fine…
November 13th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
It’s funny about how priorities are different for different people. When my wife first moved in with me (about two years before we got married), I bought a Magnavox tube TV (30″ maybe?), primarily because my old roommate moved out to go get married, and he took his 27″ TV with him. That Magnavox is still our primary TV to this day. When I bought a house in 2003, and remodeled the guest bedroom by 2004, I bought an additional TV — 19″, mono, color — just to have one in there in case we have company. It almost never gets used.
Apart from that TV, the only other audio-video equipment I’ve purchased in the last ten years has been a 5-disc CD changer (to replace a 15-year-old Sony that was starting to flake out), and a set-top DVD recorder (primarily to replace an 6-year-old player that was starting to flake out).
And that’s a big part of the problem. If I shelled out for a nice new “TeeVee,” as Uncle calls it, this would have an incredibly expensive cascading effect, as I would have to upgrade virtually every other component in my system. And truth to tell, we almost never watch movies at home anyway. Now if DirecTV starts offering the NHL package in HD, I’m going to be in trouble…
November 13th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Yeah, that’s why I plan on doing it in increments. The new living room first. Other stuff later.
Found it the other day one of our DVD players cannot be plugged in to one of our TeeVees. The DVD has the S-Vid or three cable deal. Older TeeVee in Jr.’s room only takes coax.
November 14th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
You can get an adaptor for that, but I’d bet a new DVD player (with coax output) would actually be cheaper.