Proud New Addition to our Household!
If you have followed us here for long you probably remember seeing this (and laughing at me):
This was the actual setup I was using last year to watch college football. Laugh at me no more. This weekend the wife and I headed to Sam’s Club where we finally got a real TV:
Philips 52-inch HDTV
So what, after all these months, finally moved us to get a real TV? Was it lower prices due to the economy or technological advances? Sure, those played a role, but I blame my stepdaughter. See, a month ago, she let us borrow her 37-inch HDTV when she moved out, and we got used to having a big screen. Then, she said she needed to have it back. Seriously, we thank her for letting us borrow her TV (which she now has). :)
Sorry, I gotta go now. The biggest “Gilligan’s Island” rerun I’ve ever seen is due to start in a minute. I hear the Skipper is going to slap Gilligan around in this one.
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I finally found someone later to the HDTV game than myself. I bought a 52″ Samsung only four months ago.
Not even close. The last TV I bought was 5 years ago.
No flat panels, not HDTV…yet. The silly “conversion” next month might finally make me break down for a new set.
Nice purchase James! Do you plan on hooking up your PC for some big-screen browsing/gaming?
…or for that matter, a HTPC?
Damn James, your room must be huge for a 52″ screen to look small ;)
Isn’t big screen HD the greatest? I bought a 32-inch Samsung for the bedroom around Christmas, and almost immediately ran out and got a second one to replace a 15-year-old Sony Trinitron 26-inch tube in the living room. Just last weekend, I got a 47-inch Insignia for the living room (BIGGER!) and bumped the second Samsung to the den.
I still can’t believe how addictive these screens are.
What website/program were you using to watch live sports on your laptop?
I was using the Pinnacle HD USB tuner stick to watch it.