Good stuff. Lost season 1 was better then season 2 in my opinion, but it started to get interesting again last week. Up until now in season 2 was character building, but not much action or mystery.Changleen said:
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firetoole said:
Actually, I was thinking about moving to Idaho to raise alpacas and start me up a militia.
jimmydean said:
CSI Miami is stunning in HD Hi ReZ... :eyepop:
Jesus. What a waste! GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY (even if it is just Louisiana)N8 said:
I have to agree. CSI Miami has way better production values then the other 2. It is like a mini movie each week, especially with the oversaturated colors they like to use.N8 said:
jdschall said:
I don't watch that much tele either... LOL!
But when I do I like it be stunning.
my theory is if I never watch a HD tv then I will never know the differance
Mondays at 10est on cbs i think.dfinn said:
It is worth watching an episode, and then downloading the hi rez hd copy off the net if you don't get it. Then compare. insane.
Since my plaZma is only a monitor without a HD tuner, I was so freekin' happy to discover that I could connect a HD antenna to my DirecTV HD reciever and get the over-the-air HD and digital channels.
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Mandi's first big purchase, when she gets her job, is going to be a TV. probably in the $2000 - $3000 range. i'm trying to get her to pay off her car first, but she wants to spoil herself...like a "good job, you graduated college with an MPA, and you got your CPA certification" present.
Holy Crap! I just bought the Sony Wega 32" and only paid $550. The 36 was $800. You must live in a place where the cost of living is high.dfinn said:
My 43" was almost $4000 5 years ago. The bottom fell out of tv prices over the last 24 months.riverside73 said:
I paid $4500 for mine and I can get the latest and greatest one for $3000ish today.
I like it that the prices are dropping.
I like it that the prices are dropping.
My GF just bought this tv. It is spectacular. She got it for $420 cnd awhile ago due to a pricing war at a local mall.hooples3 said:
My advice is to wait on the HD and Plasma front. Korean made Plasmas are to expensive IMO. Prices are going to come way down soon. That and as major brands start to manufacture/spec their own highend stuff and the quality will improve. I wouldn't blow the bank on a HD tuner/brain either as the standard hasn't really been set yet. Until true HD is available your basically only getting a converted analog signal in most areas. Internal tuners are crap.
I find it funny that folks break the bank on highend stuff and buy crappy cabling. That and a good system will need to be calibrated by a tech. Most crappy or not so impressive video/audio outputs are because your system wasn't calibrated or still has the high settings that most manufacturers ship them with to look good in the showroom. A properly calibrated system (after the first 100 hours of burntime only!) will last longer also. You can for the most part only make limited adjustments to your setup.
To qualify what I say, I have very little experience with consumer level stuff....
I find it funny that folks break the bank on highend stuff and buy crappy cabling. That and a good system will need to be calibrated by a tech. Most crappy or not so impressive video/audio outputs are because your system wasn't calibrated or still has the high settings that most manufacturers ship them with to look good in the showroom. A properly calibrated system (after the first 100 hours of burntime only!) will last longer also. You can for the most part only make limited adjustments to your setup.
To qualify what I say, I have very little experience with consumer level stuff....
we have never had to buy a tv. living in an apartment, we always found one that some one was getting rid of or had hand me downs. i don't want to have to buy one, i hope ours never dies.
Link: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7345768&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat33900050026&id=1122652696015
Best Buy has a really nice Zenith/LG 50" for a good price:
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If I get a TV that is bigger than 25" in this house, I will need to remove a wall.
$2500-$6000 for me.
i would spend a lot of money a hell of a lot faster on a nice computer than a tv. you can actualy do things that are cool with a computer and like edit videos and photos and use the internet and like write stuff. tv is kind of boring, movies on the other hand can be prety cool to watch every once in a while
my friend has this like super duper plasma hd tv and like seriously the picture is like not that much better and it has a crappy sound system so its like really kind of lame. my like 300 dollar tv works fine for me and it looks just as good.
At least my bike cost more than my tv....
the last tv i bought, a 54" (thanks to ridemonkey input, but it wasnt a plasma) was around 2300 bucks... but they gave me a nice stereo as a complimentary gift....