What’s worse is that stupid energy saving warm-up time, taking us right back to 1953 Also, the fact that you have to move across the room because the new screen is too darned BIG! Progress is over-rated!
Ours is wall mounted. Frees up the cabinet for the cable/sat box, the CD player & the 7.1 Dolby digital surround sound with 7 speakers & sub-woofer for that authentic movie theater sound, including bass that will shake the house & highs that scare the cats.
Oh, yeah, and the four remotes it takes to operate it (need to get one of the new “universal remote” thingies.
LuvThemPluggers: So who told her to get such a big one? Flat-screens come in all sizes.
FishStix: If you ever see the difference between the picture on a high-definition flat-screen and your ancient big tube, you’ll quit waiting and take a sledge hammer to your antique.
EarlWash: Maybe if it’s a plasma TV. LCD TVs use less power, and LED TVs (once they’re mass market) will use a lot less.
jkoskov: Again, maybe if it’s a plasma TV. The others have much longer expected lives. (Besides, I’ve never owned a big-tube TV that lasted all that long either.)
jackdohany: Now there, you may have a point. But listen before you buy. Some models have built-in stereo speakers that, small or not, have remarkably clean sound. And even the ones that don’t usually have an external speaker jack; add a pair of moderate-price computer speakers and be amazed.
SCAATY_423, I’ve seen the picture difference of the really big & expensive ones – I’m not impressed. I have a flat screen, but only because the old tube dies, and we couldn’t get a tube set larger than 12” for the price we paid for the 32” flat screen.
Jonni over 13 years ago
hilariously true! and drives Mom crazy
LuvThemPluggers over 13 years ago
What’s worse is that stupid energy saving warm-up time, taking us right back to 1953 Also, the fact that you have to move across the room because the new screen is too darned BIG! Progress is over-rated!
EarlWash over 13 years ago
That pluggers’ going economally backwards. Takes a whole lot more wattage for those big flats.
jkoskov over 13 years ago
And they can plan to replace that new set soon since they only last 3-5 YEARS!
OMC-USNR over 13 years ago
Ours is wall mounted. Frees up the cabinet for the cable/sat box, the CD player & the 7.1 Dolby digital surround sound with 7 speakers & sub-woofer for that authentic movie theater sound, including bass that will shake the house & highs that scare the cats.
Oh, yeah, and the four remotes it takes to operate it (need to get one of the new “universal remote” thingies.
Reid
peter0423 over 13 years ago
LuvThemPluggers: So who told her to get such a big one? Flat-screens come in all sizes.
FishStix: If you ever see the difference between the picture on a high-definition flat-screen and your ancient big tube, you’ll quit waiting and take a sledge hammer to your antique.
EarlWash: Maybe if it’s a plasma TV. LCD TVs use less power, and LED TVs (once they’re mass market) will use a lot less.
jkoskov: Again, maybe if it’s a plasma TV. The others have much longer expected lives. (Besides, I’ve never owned a big-tube TV that lasted all that long either.)
jackdohany over 13 years ago
Worst thing about the new TVs is the sound. They all seem to have teeny tiny tinny loudspeakers.
peter0423 over 13 years ago
jackdohany: Now there, you may have a point. But listen before you buy. Some models have built-in stereo speakers that, small or not, have remarkably clean sound. And even the ones that don’t usually have an external speaker jack; add a pair of moderate-price computer speakers and be amazed.
Yeah, I’m a tech fan.
momazilla over 13 years ago
Still nothing on worth watching
tedcoop over 13 years ago
SCAATY_423, I’ve seen the picture difference of the really big & expensive ones – I’m not impressed. I have a flat screen, but only because the old tube dies, and we couldn’t get a tube set larger than 12” for the price we paid for the 32” flat screen.
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
Hang a small one on the wall, like a picture & put the knick-knacks & a plant on the shelf where the TV was.
Gretchen's Mom over 13 years ago
momazilla: Isn’t that the truth?!
Madhatter1903 over 13 years ago
True, too true. I still have an old non flat tv in my room and it still works fine
LuvThemPluggers over 13 years ago
Scatty, she’s not the one that bought that monster. It’s guys who always think bigger=better.
mrprongs over 13 years ago
Yup. Ran into quite the storage problem when me TV top was no more.
GESWho over 13 years ago
It’s all actually a conspiracy by the shelf makers…